=~ 1h. Vol. 34 Toronto, January 1, 1914 No. 1 Time is Money ; SS fi THIS The rapid cutting File is the economical File ? chain broken at 11,770 Ibs. Tested at McGill University in 1909 Files Branded Tg So SS aN MT Rp NRE Tn ar a er ae oe Mein" Arcade . Eagle’. Great Western 25% More Weld = 25% More Strength = 25% More Wear Globe - Kearney & Foot - McClellan - J.B. Smith Tested Steel Chain| Secured only with _ are rapid cutters made by made at welds like THIS NICHOLSON FILE COMPANY St. Catharines, Ont. by Port Hope, Ont. McKinnon Chain Co. UNHARMED BY WATER, STEAM OR CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE Dick’s Belts are guaranteed to run through water, or steam, if necessary, without injury and to be unaffected by changes intemperature. They have been applied with’signal success to every variety of work for which belts are used. Saw Mill owners find Dick’s Balata Belting the cheapest when length and quality of service are considered. Catalog No. 17 on Transmission Appliances tells all about it. DICK’S Balata Belting - Leather Belting © Wood Split-Pulleys Shafting | Hangers Iron Pulleys Steel Pulleys Saw Mill Supplies Clutches Babbitt Wood-Working Machinery Steam Goods THE CANADIAN FAIRBANKS-MORSE CO., LIMITED Fairbanks Scales Fairbanks-Morse Gas Engines Safes and Vaults Montreal Toronto St. John, N.B. Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver 4 First: BETTER PUMPS Second: BETTER SERVICE You pay us for the FIRST and you consequently get the SECOND THE BELT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY USE BECAUSE—It withstands heat, cold, damp. wet ee chemical fumes: BECAUSE —It is uniform in thickness and run BECAUSE—Of its great strength, almost Paice. that of oak-tanned double leather. BECAUSE -—It EaEes no more, all things considered. F. REDDAWAY & COMPANY The Smart Turner Machine Co. Limited SOLE MAKERS MONTREAL H | C d Stocks carried: ae The A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, amilton= - anada ORON WINNIPEG VANCOUVER THE Sgpaleta tal CHAIN IN al Ry soca *Weldless Steel Chain’ Photograph of 7/16-inch Weldless Stee] Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 lbs.), or fully double the Admiralty breaking load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of area at the fracture. CAN YOU BEAT ITP WRITE FOR PARTICULARS B. f COGHLIN CO., Limited ery: = MONTREAL Alphabetical Index to Advertisers, page 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products THE LEADING STOCK LINES IN ONTARIO | 1914 Wishing a Happy and Prosperous New Year to the Trade Mr. DEALER, Start the New Year right, Turn over a New Leaf. Get the Price the amount your purchases warrants. If you handle 1000 doors a year, buy them on a Midland Door Contract, and get the Price your Business deserves. ~ Hf you handle ten thousand, get the price on ten thousand. -Don'’t pay extra prices on a lot of small orders. Not when you can get the © Best Line of Doors in Canada, with the Best Prices from us, on a MIDLAND DOOR CONTRACT. We Strive to Please our Customers While we cater to Stock Lines, we manufacture all kinds of miullwork at Reasonable Prices, and can take care of all your wants. It pays to to buy from us. Write to-day for our Door Catalogue, and a sample MIDLAND DOOR CONTRACT, stating how many doors you handle per year, and the style door you prefer. If wont cost you anything to see what the Contract looks like. WRITE TO-DAY. Manufacturers from the Tree to the Finished Product Midland 2 Ontario Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS Your Orders For Red and White Pin We are in position to take care of orders for almost anything in Red and White Pine. 4 In addition to a large assortment of 1, 2, 3 & 4’, we have on hand the following dimension timber in Red and White Pine. x 6 — 10/20 60,000’ 8 x 12 — 12/20 6,000’ 6 [6x § — 12/18 18,000’ — - 10 x 10 — 20/24 5,000’ 6 x 10 — 12/22 18,000 10 x 10 — 12/18 125,000' 6x 12.— 16 & 18 22,000° 10 x 12 — 12/18 _ 35,000’ 8x 8 — 12/24 | 30,000 12 x 12 — 12/24 70,000° 8 x 10 — 12/18 65,000 12x 12— & 14x 14 5,000 Prompt shipment can be made of any of the above. We also have a dry Kiln and Planing Mill in connection, and are in position to do milling on short notice. Limited CACHE BAY __- - ONTARIO George Gordon & Company CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Stock List of Unsold Lumber Now Ready Write for copy The Colonial Lumber Co., Limited. Pembroke, Ont. P: NE THAT’S INE IF YOU APPRECIATE our care in manufacturing reliable and depend- able Pine Lumber — our quick methods of shipping — and our “always right” prices, youll be glad you sent that order for WHITE PINE tous. We can fill any size bill you want. J OHN LUMSDEN CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Mason, Gordon & Co. %."2: Montreal, Que. Everything in Timber Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Write, Wire or Phone for Prices Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Winter Sawn, Ready to Ship 400,000 ft. 1 x 4/up—6/16 No. 2 Com. and Better Maple 150,000 ft. 2 x 6/up—6/16 No.1 “ oc ‘6 100,000 ft. 1 in. Mill Cull Ash This stock is winter sawn and in good shipping condition. We would be pleased to receive your enquiries Our new mill will be in operation by the first of the year when we will be pleased to take care of your winters sawing. We will be glad to hear from you now regarding winter sawing. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited Fassett, Que. ve AS FT. STOCK GOOD GRADE AND MANUFACTURE 1x9, 1%(x9 and 2x9. SEE STOCK LIST BELOW For Quick Shipment from Stock in Yard. Rail or Water Deliveries. Merchantabl Merchantable Merchantable Merchantable Merchantable Merchantable Clear & No. 1 x4 1x9 1}x7 2x4 x 1x4 1x5 1x10 14x8 5 2x10 3x8 1x6 ' 1x6 1}x4 1}x9 2x6 3x4 3x9 1x7 1x7 1}4x5 14x10 2x7 3x5 3x10 1x8 1x8 14x6 2x3 2x8 3x6 3x11 1x9 DRY SPRUCKH, 10 to 13 feet LENGTHS (mostly 13 feet). 3x12 1x10 We also solicit Special Sawing Bills of 13 foot Spruce for future delivery. QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, _- Portland, Maine 6 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER JOHN GILLIES DAVID maps J. S. GILLIES Presid -President Sec.-T “a GILLIES BROS. sues Limited ! Manufacturers of WHITE PINE RED PINE SPRUCE Planing Mill, Yard and Office New York City MORRISTOWN, N. Y. : Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway ——-— Th ge Fraser Bryson Georgian Bay Lumber Co., tta. Lumber Co. ny ag fons Limited Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario : White Pine Manufacturers of High Grade Red Pine | Spruce | Lu m b er Lumber and Lath Office, “ovens. Ottawa, Can. Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined 250,000,000 feet constantly in stock insures filling any reasonable order promptly. Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to merit a still larger increase. Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY Hibernia Building New Orleans, La. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Spruce ana Hemlock | Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited | Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave. MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office | Everything in White and Red Pine Wholesale B H. Y Milling Facilities E CANADA — PEMBROKE, ONTARIO, | CANADA Mills on G. T. RY—LONGFORD KOSH RAVENSWORTH On T. & N.O. Ry. EARLTON and MILEAGE 156} FESSERTON TIMBER COMPANY, LIMITED Estimate of Hemlock Timber at Coe Hill on C.N.R. Cut Jan. and Feb. 1913, and in good shipping condition — which we wish to move 17 pes. 6x6 -12 No. 1 Hemlock 6 pcs. 10x10-16 No. 1 Hemlock 38 pes. 8x8 -12 No. 1 Hemlock 23 pes. 12x12-12 No. 1 Hemlock 20 pcs. 6x10-12 No. 1 Hemlock 6 pes. 12x12-14 No. 1 Hemlock 54 pes. 10x10-10 No. 1 Hemlock 6 pes. 12x12-16 No. 1 Hemlock 510 pcs. 10x10-12 No. 1 Hemlock 3000 ft. 4x8-12, 14 and 16 No. 1 23 pcs. 10x10-14 No. 1 Hemlock Hemlock. New Phone Number Main 3658 Fesserton Timber Company, Limited 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1855 THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. OF PENETANGUISHENE Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. HEMLockK BILisTuFF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait towrite. Phone us your requirements. All stock sized or matched if required. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock = LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Toronto, Canada 801-2 C.P.R. Building, Cor. King & Yonge Send me Your Orders for . 100 M1x a Mill Run White Pine, Box Out 190M1x5 * 75M1x9 60M1x10 * Your inquiries solicited Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Basswood, Lath C. A. SPENCER 12 Zante, tain and Shingles Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec TOMIKO CULLS Must Move before Jan. Ist 250 M 1 x 4 and up 6/16 No. 2 Culls 200 M 1 x ro and 12 6/16 No. 2 Culls 5 Cars B.C. 3X Shingles in transit. THE LONG LUMBER CO. HAMILTON, ONT. River Quelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of Lumber Lath SPRUCE Pulpwood CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Mills at: St. Pacome, Que., Canada On I. C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Quebec City CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER esenees fete,2e, e 7 raser Limited Fredericton, N. B. SELLING AGENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited Cabano, P. Q. F raser Lumber Co., Limited Plaster Rock, N. B. F & M Lumber Co., Limited Whitworth, P. Q. . View of yardand mill—J. B. Snowball Co., Ltd., Chatham, N.B. MANUFACTURERS OF S tty: J . B. Snowball Co., Limited pruce umber Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada Rough and Finished 6 . For Sale— » bd 200,000 of 3 x 7 and 3rd quality and bett fact f 1912 Shingles, Lath, Piano eer eit oe cad oat dactettwile ad oh eck, a 9 9 up, sawing of 1912. 40,000 2 inch Pine, log run, culls out, 2 x 4 and up—6 feet and up. Sounding Board Stock, etc. Two Carloads of New Brunswick Extra Shingles. Two Carloads of New Brunswick Clear Shingles. We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie”? Brand N. B. Cedar Shingles 2,3". Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario Points Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Dalhousie, New Brunswick "Agents for Ontario R, Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited : Toronto If You Need a Position a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you. If You are a Capable Man no matter how small or how big your present position may be, an advertisement in this paper will put you in touch with every existing possibility. The rates are most reasonable, write us. Edward Partington Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Head Office, St. John, N.B. Mills: St. John, N.B. Blackville, N.B. Marysville, N.B. Manufacturers of Bleached Sulphite Pulp Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber, Laths Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto Hardwoods JoHn MoKercow, W.K.GRAFFTEY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Ottawa Office : Montreal Office: 46 Elgin St. 759 Notre Dame St.,W. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 18 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Mill and! Novelty Works. All kinds of Hard and Softwood Lumber. Dimension Stock in Beech, Maple and Birch. Mattress and Cot Frames, Etc. Send me your requirements, I can furnish you stock that will please. PHONE 37 RESIDENCE 15 WIARTON, Ont. HAEBERLE LUMBER CO. MBER AND TIMBER White shies Norway Yellow Pine, Hemlock Oak M aiding. Doors, Sashes and edar Poles and Ties. Yellow Pine "Timber a Specialty, Interior Trim hin Work. NIACARA FALLS, N.Y. RAILS FRor*ma"Stcond Wend YARD LOCOMOTIVES John J. Gartshore 58 Front St. W., TORONTO Hardwood Flooring The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON BROS., LTD. For prices write W. T. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 TORONTO Saddle Tank Locomotives Geared Locomotives Steel Rails Flat Cars All Secondhand Correspondence solicited SESSENWEIN BROS. Montreal CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lumber Grades Good Shipments Prompt Prices Right We have the following dry stock which must be moved quickly:- 3 Cars 2x 6M. R. Jack Pine Fala ce Es do Igo 5/4 x 4/6 Com. and Dress. White Pine 2 DAO do do 1 “ 8/4x 4/6 do do 2. "8/4 xO do do Write us for prices on the above. Me also havea good dry stock of “to 3 Birch for prompt Sens Ae us your enquiries. C. G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited and_ Strictly Wholesale Dealers .in Lumber 206 Manning Chambers Toronto Manufacturers THE MEAFORD LUMBER CO. have the following stocks, namely: Maple, Birch, Ash, Basswood Elm, Spruce, Hemlock and Pine We deal in all kinds of Sawn Lumber. We will be pleased to answer all enquiries and to quote close prices. | THE MEAFORD LUMBER CO. TORONTO E Buy, Sell and deal in all kinds of Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine, Oak, Red- wood; Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. AUGER & SON QUEBEC The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Limited Manutacturers: Lumber, Hardwood Flooring, Handles, Poles, Bed Frame Stock, Cheese Box Hoops, Heading, Baskets, Etc. Write, Teenie or Terre your Orillia, Ont. R, LAIDLAW LUMBER CO. _ LIMITED Toronto Sarnia Buffalo SPECIALTIES Sawed Hemlock Red Cedar Shingles White Pine Lath Bass and Poplar Siding James _ Gillespie Pine and Hardwood Lumber Lath and Shingles ~ North Tonawanda, N. Y. ‘ae a | James W. Se W. Sewall For eleven ears my business has been growing. Since 1910 I have made detailed timber esti- aid correctness and efficiency. Let me serve you. . Timber Estimates Boundary Surveys Topographical Maps Planting 16 Centre Street Old Town, Maine OATS, HAY, Bran, Shorts and Flour —Car Loaps— A. w. FAIRWEATHER Traders’ Bank Bldg.; TORONTO HOBART & CO. CHOICE Southern Hardwoods Cypress, Kiln Dried North Carolina Pine Send Us Your Inquiries 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Yard at Prison Point Cable Address ‘‘ Hobco, Boston.” Guessing a4 rh | Timber Yield No longer satisties the man who wants to szow what he is buying, selling, or operating. Our estimates furnish depend- able information not only as to quantity, but also quality and accessibility of timber and ad- vise as to most efficient opera- tion. Write for particulars. Munson-Whitaker Co. Consulting Forest Engineers Chicago, 515 Commercial Bank Bide: New York 475 Fourth Ave. Pittsburgh, 905 Arrott Bldg. Saw Mill Help Competent employees for saw mills and woodworking plants are scarce. The best of them read this paper regularly. To get in touch with good men send a ““ Want Ad” to the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker 220 King Street West, TORONTO Bos 25 Tremont Bldg. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “Well Bought is Half Sold” Special Hardwood Offer 125,000 ft. 4/4” No. 1 Common & Better Birch 12,000 ft. 4/4” No. 1 Common Birch 40,000 ft. 4/4” No. 2 Common Birch 40,000 ft. 4/4” No. 1 Common & Better Basswood 18,000 ft. 4/4’ No. 2 Common Basswood 16,000 ft. 6/4” Firsts & Seconds Basswood F.0O.B. Deer Lake Dry and Well Manufactured Good Grades Prompt Shipments Order early and avoid delay by Car shortage Graves, Bigwood & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Pine ana Hemlock Lumber 1026-32 Traders Bank Bldg, Toronto,Ont. Mills: Byng Inlet, Ont. We are Buyers of Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce Veneers Handles (3 or more ply) (all descriptions) Staves Hoops Headings JAMES WEBSTER & BRO.., Ltd. Bootle, Liverpool, En ied London Office: Dashwood House 9g Broad St., E.C. C2ant& Kemp 52 St. Enoch Square GLASGOW Timber Brokers Cable Address, ‘“TEcTona,” Glasgow A1 and A BC Codes used ARNWORTH & JARDINE Cable Address: Farnworth, Liverpool WOOD BROKERS and MEASURERS 2 Dale Street, Liverpool, and Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Liverpool England A. MILLER Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Office and Yard: 893 Eagle St. BUFFALO, N. Y The Penetanguishene Planing Mill Sash and Door Factory Planing of all kinds done by carload. Rail road Switch in connection with mill. All classes of building material, lime and cement for sale. ALPHONSE TESSIER, Builder & Contractor PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO G tecagonal Lumber GayonNo9})) STAONAL LUMBER CRAYONS Waterproof Permanent Will not wash or rub off. SUPERIOR MFG. CO., LIMITED 93 Church Street, Toronto FOR SALE For Immediate Shipment Hardwood Lumber Moulding, Sash and Doors SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood in transit on the Intercolonial Railway. The Rimouski Industrial Co., Ltd. Rimouski, P.Q. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Everything in Lumber Watson & Todd, Limited Wholesale and Retail OTTAWA, ONTARIO Write or wire us for your requirements Dry Norway The McL | and White Pine e McLennan ee All Sizes and Grades Montreal, Canada EMPHASIZE THE POINT _ that you are selling HOCKEN’S HEMLOCK, DRESSED AND SIZED The result will be satisfied customers and increase in business. Prompt Shipments on Short Notice. Hocken Lumber Company, Limited Otter Lake Station, Ontario Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. || The Rideau Lumber Co., Limited SUDBURY, ONT. | Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. Manufacturers of Lumber and Lath, : 1913 Sawing Planing Mill Work Ag andes’ Serene 2 x 8 and 2 x 10 Spruce General Office, Sudbury, Ont. Dry Factory White Pine—all thicknesses. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER —=— ——S E WE BUY FOR CASH Mill Cuts of Pine, Spruce and Hemlock Write Us C. A. Larkin Lumber Co’y., Limited 627 Confederation Life Building, TORONTO, ONTARIO F. N. WaAcoie, President. R. S. Watpig, Vice President. W. E. Harper, Secretary. The ae Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Ltd. - Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. 12-14 Wellington Street East, LORONTO, ONT. For Immediate Shipment— 4000 HEMLOCK TIES 3000 CEDAR TIES 100 M 10x10 HEMLOCK TIMBER Spears & Lauder Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers 501 Kent Building. - Toronto JOHN DONOGH & CO. Wholesale Dealers For Sale Dry Stock 1 x 4-5-6, No. 1 Spruce 1 x 8-10, No. 1 Spruce 2 x 8-10, No. 1 Spruce 1 x 4-5-6 Red Pine Flooring Strips 1° White Pine, Nos. 1 and 2 Culls Spruce and Hemlock Lath 1205 TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO YOUR CARD ON THIS PAGE will reach your present and pro- spective customers oftener than your travellers, @ Keep your name before lumber buyers by constant advertising. @ Familiarity heeds business. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Toronto, Ontario We offer the following SPRU CE ok 4, VO) 12514 and £6’ each length piled separately 2x 6,” 10, 12, 14 and 16’ 2x 8,” 10, 12, 14 and 16’ 2x 10,” 10, 12, 14 and 16’ Leak & a Limited ' 18 Aberdeen Chambers, TORONTO 14 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER We have the Goods. We Want Your Orders White and Norway Pine Laths, Boxes, Box Shooks, Wooden Pails and Tubs “WE AIM TO SERVE YOU WITH THE BEST” ‘We sell only the best that the woods can grow, manufactured by the best machines that man can make. C. Beck Mfg. Co., Limited, Penetanguishene, Ont. For low prices and prompt shipment of Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments Yellow Pine Timbers Short Leaf Finish JOHN M. DIVER Chestnut --- Oak --- Ash DETROIT, MICH. rey pe equal | “Everything in Lumber” oS pe wr Lath, Shingles, Cedar Posts, Piling, | coe Telegraph Poles, R.R. Ti Fred S. Morse Lumber Co. |} sucscnn communes ormee, astm, Box 1600 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Comet Bie nates a ee Phone Cadillac 2275 T. H. Garrett Lumber Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in California White Pine California Sugar Pine and Arizona Soft Pine Long and Short Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber Daily capacity of each mill ,00 Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber Ask TOQUIS WUICHET Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. J. Burstall & Company Timber and Lumber Merchants Shippers of All Kinds Head Office, Quebec, Que. of Lumber and Timber Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. . . 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 15 Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont.; and other Lumber. Equipment, including boom Large stock of 1” 1%”, 1%” and 2” WHITE PINE, Bone dry. SPECIAL LOW PRICES on 14%”, 1%", and 2’ Shipping cull sidings and cut ups. Mills at Mont Laurier, P. Q. Offices at 97 St. James St., Montreal Mack Axes The World’s Best HERE are six styles of axes that are made from special crucible steel bit and cap- able of retaining an edge longer than any other axes made. FELLER, MAXAX CHIPPER BEAVER 66 66 9? OTTOWA CHIEF Our motto of “ Quality and Workman- ship” is the foundation of our success and every axe we make can be depended upon to make good our motto. Get our Prices and Particulars. The Mack Axe Works Beaver Falls, Pa., U.S, A. “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds Limited Repaired and Recovered chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Shawanaga, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 1 3-block right hand steam feed carriage fitted with steam set works, made Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 110 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. 1 left-hand steam nigger. 1 Log-loader. 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. 2 Roger Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber. 1 Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2 2-saw trimmers. 1 16-ft. Slash table. 1 20-ft. Slash table. 1 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. 1 Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, made by Diamond Iron Works. 1 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. 1 Lath Mill with bolter. 2 Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM 1 Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. .C. band saws. 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. 1 Hand Machine for cut-off saws. 1 Lap Grinder. 1 Set Band Saw Rollers and levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- ber of second-hand band, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT 1 24 x 36 Slide Valve Engine with 40-in. x 12-ft. extra heavy double arm split fly wheel. 2 Double Duplex, high pressure Water Pumps. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 lbs. steam. 2 125 h.p. Water Wheels. 1 Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. 110 hp. Engine. 1 Mitts & Merrell Hog. 1 Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. 1 Wood Machine for 16-in. wood. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, not in- stalled. 1 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. 1 30 light are generator. There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and rails and turn- tables, particulars of which may be had on application. Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and Machinery, with tools necessary for repair work, All of the . eae open. for inspection at Parry Sound Parry Sound oa Co. Limited TORONTO, CANADA 26 Ernest Avenue, 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBERS HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CO., LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Selects ) | Timbers Shops Saye Yard Stock Commons Clears and as and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. ice: JAFFRAY, B.C. ated - Heavy Fir Dimension Are You Interested : ee A Is Our Particular Specialty e o,e kket for Mill , In British Colum- y WN Henin be The Heavier it is the Better we like it bi T d y) RS all kinds. Let : la Irade: QNGUNSGNS "2" We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to “a ge RS =e op e e Rial CoS ie ff vertising ser 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. e immensity (NG SS dA. vice. e of the Lumber aN Z 8 &, SS ON || Timberland Lumber Co., Limited (sis: Peatiace RSE |S Wore! Imberland Lumber Co., Limite the eee SS SN Lumberman Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. portant in the : ; whole Domin- 2 Crowe & Wilson Chambers Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. fon. VANcouver, B. C. Shipment by C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C.E.R.R. Branch at Winnipeg Our grade is posttively right, and prices will please Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS OF British Columbia Red Cedar Exclusively 4, 5 and 6 inch ‘‘CLEAR A” Cedar Bevel Siding. 8, 10 and 12 inch CLEAR CEDAR FINISH. EXTRA XXX RED CEDAR SHINGLES. Eastern Agents, Gull Ri A : Lee MeoLed Uaodiay, Ont. Head Office and Mills, Port Moody, B.C. _ At left of cut is shown our Stationary Type Steam Nigger, Double Connected Steam Log Stop and Loader and Kelly Steam Kicker CANADA LUMBERMAN AND, WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LTD., OTTAWA, CANADA Fir ‘ : Spruce re Everything in Timber tas llow Pine Hemlock (EITHER ROUGH OR DRESSED) Oak Eastern Agent. THE NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., LTD., Barnet, B.C. Write, Wire or Phone for Prices. WM. E. HILL CO. KALAMAZOO, MICH., U.S.A. Manufacturers of Saw Mill Machinery ee cae The Best Steam Log Deck Machinery on the Market M Ae right of cut our Oscillating Steam Nigger, Direct Connected Steam Log Stop and Loader, and Kelly Steam Kicker arranged horizontally Established 1881 Incorporated 1912 The Rat Portage Lumber Co., Ltd. With Mills at Winnipeg, Man. Vancouver, B. C. Harrison River, B. C. Kenora, Ont. Rainy River, Ont. and Banning, Ont. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors - And all kinds of Woodwork and Interior Finish. Also Box Shooks and Packing Cases. White and Red Pine Lumber, Maple Flooring, Hardwood 2 a ge Turned and Band Saw Work, Cedar Posts and Poles, Tamarac, Piling etc. HAD OFFice The Rat Portage Lumber Co., Limited Winnipeg, Man. D. C. CAMERON, President and General Manager. 18 ' CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Tegge Lumber Co. | Hoffman Brothers Company Fort Wayne, Indiana N ORTHERN AND SOUTHERN Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From HARDWOODS 130" SLICE CUT VENEER 1/20” SAWED VENEER to Special—OAK, MAPLE and BIRCH 2° BAND S20 EX ee Specialty : 700 Park Street, Milwaukee, Wis. QUARTERED WHITE OA K SELL HARDWOODS Below is a list of Dry Lumber which we can Ship Promptly ———— "M. RITTER LUMBER. COMPANY: CHESTNUT RED OAK 1s and 2s, 4/4, 5 cars. 1s and 2s, 4/4, 5 cars. 1s and 2s, 5/4, 2 cars. No. 1 common, 4/4, 4 cars. | N C A N A D A 1s and 2s, 8/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 5/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 4/4, 2 cars. No. 1 common, 6/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 6/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 8/4, 2 cars. Quartered Sound Wormy, 4/4, ars. POPLAR WHITE OAK . 1s and 2s, quartered, 3 cars. 1 car 5/8, 18 a ab in. Poplar Reach the furniture factor- No. 1 com., quartered, 2 cars. 1 Panel and N : 1 by h d 1s and 2s, pines white oak, car 5/8, 24 to or -in, Poplar ies, piano factories, sash an ee eres D 4, 1 a " Tap door factories through Cana- ee plain white oak if Panel’ and Nod a 1 woe 5/4, 7 to cg wees and No. 1 common, 4/4, 6 cars. No. 1 common, 6/4, 3 cars. da’s National lumber medium. All our own manufacture, band sawed, and thoroughly seasoned. Do not place your order before writing for prices. Published semi -monthly. Write today for rates. Canadian Representative : John Hall, Box 32, Toronto, Canada Phone Parkdale 3222 = Canada Linaiceman & Woodworker Toronto, Canada W.H. Dawkins Lumber Co. We have 10,000,000 feet of Plain and Quartered White: Oak and Yellow Poplar. Choice stock, good widths, fine lengths. The Oak has been on sticks 2 years waiting for railroad, now ready for shipment. Write us for prices ASHLAND - : KENTUCKY CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ig HARDWOOD LUMBER United States Manufacturers and Wholesalers seeking Canadian Business = THE W. E. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods 4, 000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. Write for prices. Phone Main 6386 Mills: Welland, "Fenn LOU I SI AN A RED CYPRE Ss S The Atlantic Lumber Co. cre is Head Office: BOSTON, MASS. Yards at Nashville, Tenn. We can ship you promptly any of the above : : St Carefully I d Manufacturers Southern Hardwood Lumber Alig. sane taal ¢ 2 nee Canadian Branch e e ° 606 Kent Building, 156 Yonge Street, Toronto Wistar Underhill & Nixon Robert Vestal, Manager Real Estate Trust Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Canadian Representative: AN Y THING IN OAK LUMBER G. H. Johnson, 125 Tyndall Avenue, Phone Parkdale 736, Toronto, Ontario | Yellow Pine Timber Reach Furniture Factories and Woodwork- ing Plants Through This Department And Lumber Rough or Dressed : All the leading Canadian furniture manufacturers Car Material and Long Timbers and woodworking establishments are regular readers a Specialty of the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker. Many of them have been subscribing to this paper for a quarter of acentury. They are big buyers of hard PROMPT SHIPMENTS mood per: Reach them through these columns. E. C. BR ADLEY LU M BE R co. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker ae and ari Toronto - . . : Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS HARDWOOD LUMBER Wholesale Distributing Yards and Mills at— ‘ ales Offices Union City, Pa. Monticello, Ky JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Hambleton, W. Va. __ Ross Point, Ky. Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS. at IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. G20 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Real Choice White We have in stock and can give you immediate shipments of: 200,000 1” No. 3 Cuts and Better, 8” and up wide 52,000 11%2” No. 3 Cuts and Better, 8” and up wide 54,000 2” No. 3 Cuts and Better, 8” and up wide JAMES G. CANE & CO., Wholesale Lumber 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO RUBBER GOODS FOR LUMBERMEN Belting Our long experience in the making of Rubber Belts enables us to specialize eee On this line. ‘‘ Monarch,” ‘‘Red Strip” and ‘‘ Lion” are our leading brands for power transmission. (Write for Booklet B-1.) Packings ‘‘Redstone’”” High Pressure Sheet Packing has proved by test that it will outlast any other similar packing on the market. We make Spiral and Ring Packing, etc., that are equally reliable. (Booklet P-1.) Hose {or Steam, Water, etc., etc., in various grades, made especially to give satis- factory and economical service under different conditions. (Booklet H-1.) Fire Hose One or more of our twenty brands of Fire Hose will be found, not only = =i the best equipped Factories, Mills, etc., but in almost every Fire Department in the Dominion. (Booklet H-t1.) Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited - Successors to The Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto, Limited 3 TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG CALGARY VANCOUVER James R. Camieron, M. E., Manager. Phone North 5831 Mechanical Engineers Patent Attorneys PATENTS OBTAINED AND SOLD IN EVERY COUNTRY. Send sketch for true report on your invention. WRITE FOR PRICES AND TERMS. Address : SUITE 301-302, 22 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER . 21 To Progress You Must Improve And every time you install ° “DEFIANCE” Woodworking Machinery in your plant, you have progressed just that much further and added a certain percentage of real efficiency to your productive force. Particularly do we wish to call your attention to our new No. 40—9” Variety Wood Bending Machine As shown herewith which represents the highest type of mechanical perfection for the econ omical and successful bending of wood. It will bend wagon and carriage felloes, hames, plow handles, chair stock and a great variety of other shapes accommodating materia] up to 3 inche thick, 9inches wide. May we not receive your request for further information and price covering yourrequirements? THE DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS DEFIANCE, OHIO, U.S.A. , eee atives: Ray ter Ish Columbia), Heid New Eanes (Ontario), St. ees Sere my: ‘ia we ancouver (British Columbia), Rei ewfoundland Co., St. Johns (Newfoundland) illiams ilson 1 . : . Montreal (Que.), W. L. Blake Co., Portland, Me.(Maine, New Hampshire and Vermont). No. 40—9’ Variety Wood Bending Machine. cannes went eI te MAPLE LEAF SAWS sure and specify Improved Racer Cross Cut Saw when ordering your camp sup- plies. They are made of Razor steel and tempered by our secret process, which gives the best results under actual working conditions in the bush. Shurly-Dietrich Co., Limited, $7; Branch: VANCOUVER, B.C. i eae LEAF SAWS, “THE PROVEN BEST,” absolutely guaranteed. Be Pink’s Lumbering Tools ie esis The Standard Tools Split Maple Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd., Toronto Send for Catalogue and Price List °. e- m Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants I hos ® Pink C re) °9 Lim ited 9 Pembroke, Ont. 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER GASOLINE POINTERS The illustration shows one of our lumbermen’s pointers or alligator punts with engine installed. They may be used for many purposes and have proved a good investment to every lumberman who has used them. Adams Pointers reduce your river costs. ss ‘¢ do the work of from six to ten men. One man operates all machinery. carry your men to work and leave them fresh for the day’s work. draw themselves over rapids and portages. can be used for warping and sweeping logs out of corners that an alligator could not reach. Our literature gives full particulars. Adams. Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario Ld ‘alibi CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER het aes oe ae ————" eT ae —- Ohm peg aryoman iamcncnr oie acaewae Nek geet hel magia agp gm mon, her nh om . er tne 2) = <* ~s , - = “ = es —elaniaed an end way cree oe ead te rs yc a Pa ORE TPOS OSs 7 Se ape eat erga Gtines Rae =e rt te Salat r : ; 3 hmubterca het enctet aan ae mata + leg PL fire HOSE For Greater Protection---For Longer Wear 4 The Goodyear Hose-making equipment is the most up-to-date in Canada. We have the latest improvements known to the trade. Every process is under the control of experts, who know the Goodyear requirements and see that a uniformly high standard of quality is kept up. 4 We take no chances with the raw materials. A stringent laboratory examination determines the quality of the raw rubber. The hard long- fibre cotton which is specially woven for Goodyear Hose-making is submitted to tests for strength and weave. qf The walls of the hose are composed of long strips of cotton fabric thoroughly impregnated with rubber or friction. And cut on the bias to resist expansion, bursting and elongation. This friction-impregnated fabric is rolled under great pressure, which ensures a perfect union of the plies. \ ~ tL titre tabrae ak J sages t SUCTION HOSE STEAM HOSE We build into Goodyear Hose the same strength and indestructibility as have made Goodyear Rubber Belts famous. Goodyear Suction Hose is steel-wound internally to guard against collapse. The coil is of round or flat me the ; wire, and round it the hose is built up, is spilt over it. ply upon ply of rubber-permeated cotton O[Goodyear Steam and Hot Water saoric. This fabric is made from Hose is made with special heat resisting GOODYEAR MILL HOSE special hard-staple long-fibre cotton, and _jining, which keeps the extreme heat : oe is cut on the bias to give strength and @When Mill Hose is wanted it is @Steam Hose gets more hard usage than any other hose. In the Boiler Room it lies around near the furnace and is scorched—a hot firing tool is carelessly thrown down upon it—oil PSHE SERRE HEeGNNr es Hef Bs ear from the friction fabric. This gives the wanted badly. To find that your Mill : ; extra durability—it will stand up well Hose has cracked and rotted while lying @ Goodyear Suction Hose is made for every pur- under hard usage. In its manufacture the mat- fe mgs Berio “ Goodyear Under- pose —and can be had rough or smooth bore. erials undergo special treatment to resist oil—so ss ies vk : Is in service throughout Canada—on wrecking destructive to common hose. The rubber and writers 1S always ready for effective mane and dredging contracts—in factories and mines duck used in Goodyear Steam Hose are specially service. We build this hose to meet ee sues oe Be aoe Paks ee ee cto a nie high gah of Soa the requirements of the Associated Fac- made for sand-sucking, oil, gasoli vi r : su it steel wire woun : 4 . and acid, wine, etc. : E ; S or marline jacketed. PPly tory Mutual Fire Insurance Companies. It bears the required stamp of approval “tested to 200 lbs. pressure.’’ The R U B BE R inner tube is made from N E W Rubber of the highest grade, uniform in thick- AR ness and quality. The cotton fabric | [OSE is of special circular web woven to the Underwriters’ specifications for a mini- mum of expansion or elongation under AIR HOSE ; pressure. It is antiseptically protected eGUUATERR RSUENONUDRDUSTCANUP SSA MONE ON SHI OAPROA acetone oct Hoa . . t Of With fair usage Goodyear Air Hose will be found proof against internal decay — 284!NSt rot and mildew. # from oil—breaking away of pieces of the tube—and clogging of the machinery. For Factories and Mills the Good- The lining is made from selected rubber and cured to prevent hardening from year Underwriters is a hose which the heat and pressure. will lower insurance rates, and cannot be @ Goodyear Air Hose will give good service under intermittent pressure. excelled _In durability and strength. @ In mines, engine and boiler works, steel construction contracts—wherever pneumatic tools are You see it everywhere—the hose with being operated you will find Goodyear Air Hose. Wire or marline winding or marline jacket. the black and yellow stripes. ALS THE GOODYEAR TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY -OF CANADA, LIMITED Head Office, TORONTO Factory, BOWMANVILLE ~ : ictori Regi Winni - Hamilt ZS Branches at: Victoria erga ik en Montreal ae bin innipeg amilton i= te — . —— ae He SS RE ER Ge SSS : = SS Sees ee SS = Sale nas a SES = Sa Se | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Yes they are P famous be- cause they have been giv- ing such universal satisfaction to Lum- bermen and Loggers for so many years and in so many different parts of the world. The World-Panouk SIMMONDS Crescent-Ground CROSS-CUT Crescent grinding and Simonds Steel is a combination that makes the best edge-holding, even tempered, well wear- a ing cross-cut saw that the skill of man has MONTREAL yet bon able to produce. Price is not the factor; it is only results that count in making this the most economical saw on the market. SIMONDS CANADA SAW COMPANY, LIMITED St. Remi Street and Acorn Ave., Montreal, Que. Vancouver, B.C. or St. John, N. B. B.B.L. SASH We have special facies for manufacturing and shipping large orders. Only the first grade white pine or cypress used in B.B.L. Sash. Special prices are quoted on large orders or shipments from stock. Our plant 1 1S complete and up-to-date sO ne we are e able to make prompt delivery on all orders. == WRITE US Benson & Bray, Limited Box 207 Midland, Ontario - Telephone 141. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 A National Journal @nada ju la Jumberman Worker Issued on the Ist and 15th of every month by HUGH C. MACLEAN, LIMITED, Publishers HUGH C. MacLEAN, Winnipeg, President. THOS. S. YOUNG, Toronto, General Manager OFFICES AND BRANCHES: TORONTO - -_ Telephone A. 929 - - 220 King Street West VANCOUVER - Telephone Seymour 2013 - Hutchison Block MONTREAL - - Telephone Main 2299 - - 119 Board of Trade WINNIPEG - Telephone Garry 856 - Commercial Travellers’ Bldg. NEW YORK - - Tel. 3108 Beekman - - 931 Tribune Building CHICAGO - - Tel. 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For manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, ' pulp mills, ete., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. Vol. 34 Toronto, January 1, 194 No. 1 Men Timber Felled by Storm "Reports which have been received by the Department of Lands, Forests and Mines of the province of Ontario, indicate that the dam- age caused by the gales which prevai!ed on November 9th and 10th, was widespread and of a very serious nature. So extensive was tie damage that it has become necessary for the government xo take steps for having the timber taken out of the woods, so as to prevent the loss which would occur if it were left there throughout next sum- mer. The force of such a storm is beyond the imagination of anyone who has not seen its effects. The damage and loss of life on Lake Huron showed that the storm approached closely to the proportions of a hurricane. The fact that it laid low many million of feet of sturdy .timbers which had withstood the storms of former decades, shows that it was by far the greatest storm of its kind that has occurred in Ontario for a great many years. The extent of the country over which the storm raged makes it all the more remarkable showing that it was not of the cyclone class, but a gale of enormous proportions. Its greatest severity was through the country lying north of Lake Huron and extending from a little north and east of Sault Ste. Marie,-as far east as the township of Merrick on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railways. Throughout this territory more or less damage re- sulted and on limits which were, for special reasons, more directly exposed, the damage was very great. Thirty-four townships, on which the lands are under timber license, suffered more or less and the own- ers of the timber are facing the necessity of taking it out before the borers get at it next summer and make it a total loss. This will in- volve considerable additional expense as compared with the cost of ordinary lumber. The government has suffered by reason of the timber felled in the Mississaga forest reserve, some of which have been bought by the thousand feet, operators paying, for it only when it is cut. The government will therefore be the losers if any of this timber is left on the ground throughout next summer. so far reported, took place and inspection is now proceeding with a view to locating all the damage and having the timber removed during the present winter. Operators working in this reserve will feel that they are entitled to considerable concessions if they are to take out this ‘timber, as they cannot be expected to accept it at the prices under which they were formerly operating, because the expenses will now be much greater. The reports show that four townships, including eight limits, were badly damaged in this reserve. In this reserve the worst slash, The fact that the government is taking immediate steps to pro- vide for the removal of the down timber is of great importance.- While it will mean the prevention of great loss, it will also involve the pro- duction of a large quantity of lumber during the next sawing season, which would not otherwise have been cut. Whether this will be an ad- vantage or not, no one can say, although, if business activity returns next summer it is quite possible that the market will be able to take care of any moderate over-production. Under present trade conditions however, over-production would be a very serious matter and would have a depressing effect upon prices. The indications already received regarding the cut of logs in the woods during the present winter give reason to believe that most of the operators are counting upon taking out at least as.much as they did last winter. If logging conditions be- come good it is likely that the cut of last winter, which was light, wili be exceeded, without consideration of the timber which has been brought down by the storm, and that with this added, there will be a considerable increase. These are conditions which ought to be understood as fully as possible as soon as the facts can be ascertained. For this reason lum- bermen are hoping that the government will complete its investiga- tions into the amount of fallen timber and announce its plans for re- moving it as quickly as possible, so that all doubt may be removed. Already arrangements have been made for taking out the fallen tim- ber in the townships of Dana and Janes and on McGregor Island. Other sales will probably have to be made. Whatever steps the gov- ernment takes, it is certain that lumber manufacturers and the public generally will commend them if the situation is handled promptly and the timber disposed of as soon as definite facts can be secured regarding its quantity and location. The Timber Trade of Australia A valuable report upon the timber trade of Australia during the years 1912 and 1911 is published in the Department of Trade & Com- merce’s weekly report for December 22nd. The total imports of tim- ber (lumber, etc.), into Australia in 1912 were valued at £2,852,623, showing an increase over 1911 of £64,671. The decrease in the im- ports from Canada to the extent of £50,406 is attributed to a curtail- ment in shipments of Douglas fir from British Columbia. Inversely, the increase of £218,960 in imports from the United States is stated, by experts, to be chiefly of the same class of timber, for which mills in Washington and Oregon States quoted lower c.i.f. rates than Can- adian exporters. Imports from New Zealand increased by £80,554, while those from Norway declined by £121,132, from Sweden by £14,838, and from Russia (Siberia) by £62,629. The importation of logs from Japan and Siberia shows substantial contraction in values { Retail Methods Contest—Date Extended to February Ist The last day for submitting articles in the retail meth- ods contest has been extended to February Ist. A number submitted already, but of interesting articles have been holidays have prevented some from entering the contest who had intended to do so and we want to hear from them all. Read the conditions published on page 38 of this is- sue and oe to win one of the prizes. 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN due-to the business, through high freights and other causes, not prov- ing remunerative. A table published with the report shows that the imports of tim- ber from Canada during 1912 were valued at $70,922, whereas in 1911 the value was $121,328. In 1912 Canada was sixth on the list of countries from which timber imports were received in Anstralia. The United States came first with a total value of £1,314,314. New Zealand was second with a total value of £656,925. Norway was third with a value of £370,975. Sweden was fourth with a total value of £228,416 and Russia was fifth with £87,784. Imports of wood articles and minor lines of timber into Australia during 1912 were valued at £101,371, of which Canada is credited only with £2,518. Screen doors and window screens contributed a small amount of this trade, but the heavy import charges and high customs duties gave local makers the bulk of the business. A small trade is done in Canadian tool handles. The trade in picture mould- ings and veneers has, so far, proved unattractive to Canadian manu- facturers. Among the imports of wood articles and minor lines of timber, the following are included :—Doors, 1912, £3,838, 1911, £137; tool handles, 1912, £44,237,1911, £52,573; elm hubs, 1912, £5,339, 1911, £8,405; picture mouldings, etc., 1912, £34,882, 1911, £37,181; hickory spoke rims, ets., rough, 1912, £10,760, 1911, £19,077; hick- ory spokes dressed, 1912, £10,829, 1911, £20,969; shooks, 1912, £1,- 842, 1911, £1,563; box timber cut to size, 1912, £29,004, 1911, £8,- 714; three-ply veneers, 1912, £40,333, 1911, £22,530; other veneers, 1912, £2,046, 1911, £3,265. Imports of undressed timber in sizes less than 7-in. x 2%4-in. from Canada during 1912 amounted to 3,116,707 superficial feet as compared with 6,087,411 superficial feet in 1911, showing that Canada’s trade in this line fell off by nearly 50 per cent. The United States sent to Australia in 1912, timber of this class to the extent of 55,612,914 superficial feet, which was a slight increase. over 1911, when the total was 55,319,403 superficial feet. A remark- able increase in imports of this class from New Zealand was shown, the total for 1912 being 17,041,159 superficial feet, as compared with 644,338 superficial feet in 1911. The total trade under this class dur- ing 1912 was 77,616,473 superficial feet and in 1911 65,223,790 super- ficial feet. Undressed timbers in sizes from 7-in. x 24%4-in. up to 12-in. x 6-in. A ‘EGebut Lumber Since the passing of the new tariff law in the United States, which permits the entry of lumber from Canada, free of duty, there has not been much public discussion of the advantages involved to Canadian lumber manufacturers. Apparently the period of dull business which has settled upon the United States and Canada, has offset, for the time being, any advantages which might have been expected. There have in fact been some expressions of opinion to the effect that the change in the tariff will involve no material advantage to the lumber industry in Canada. It is hard to believe that this will be the case. When business conditions again become active, we may expect to see an important increase in the demand for various classes of lumber produced in Canada, which are required in the markets of the United States. That this will be the case is forcibly indicated by a report recent- ly issued by the New York State College of Forestry at Syracuse, deal- ing with the wood-using industries of the State of New York. The _ first idea that comes to a Canadian upon reading this report is that the tariff has opened wide to Canada the doors of the greatest lumber ‘consuming market in North America. If the freedom of this market is of no advantage to Canadians, it will be a strange and unaccountable matter. The extent of the market in New York State will be appre- ciated by a lumberman, when he learns that it uses each year over 1,- 750,000,000 board feet of lumber. This is three hundred and sixty-five million more than the production of the whole province of Ontario during the year 1912. In other words the State of New York uses annually as much lumber as Ontario produced in 1912 and one million feet per day in addition. The year 1912 was an off year in the pro- duction of lumber in Ontario, but in the year 1911, the total was 1,716,- AND WOODWORKER were imported from Canada to the extent of 4,798,194 superficial feet in 1912 as compared with 6,940,349 superficial feet in 1911. The im- ports of this class from the United States amounted to 49,449,918 superficial feet in 1912 and 44,344,141 superficial feet in 1911. A great increase also occurred in imports in this line from New Zealand, the total being 4,097,556 superficial feet in 1912 and 110,187 superficial feet in 1911. Decreases were shown in the imports of this class from Norway, Russia and Sweden. Undressed timbers in sizes of 12-in. x 6-in. or over were imported from Canada during 1912 to the extent of 4,138,547 superficial feet, whereas in 1911 the total was 12,777,341 superficial feet. From the United States the imports of this class showed a great increase, the total being 118,313,751 superficial feet as compared with 89,258,145 superficial feet in 1911. New Zealand sent timber of this class to Australia to the extent of 2,134,210 superficial feet, whereas none is shown in the reports for 1911. An extensive import trade was done in “logs not sawn and spars in the rough,” but Canada did not figure in this trade. The largest quantity came from Japan and the next largest from Russia. The United States figured’only to a very small extent. The total quantity was 18,901,739 superficial feet as compared with 29,902,216 superficial feet in 1911. New Zealand pine was imported to the extent of over 70,000,000 superficial feet as compared with 84,500,000 superficial feet — in 1911. Under the heading of “timber for making boxes and doors,” the imports from Canada amounted to 465,704 superficial face feet as compared with 174,614 superficial face feet in 1911. The United States sent timber under this heading to the extent of 550,774 super- ficial face feet as compared with 97,068 superficial face feet in 1911. Laths were imported from Canada to the extent of 3,540,870 pieces as compared with 3,910,960 pieces in 1911. Imports of laths from the United States amounted to 26,090,876 pieces in 1912, compared with 26,302,134 pieces in 1911. The Canadian Trade Commissioner at Melbourne, Australia, Mr. D. H. Ross, states in his report that special enquiries from Canada relative to Australia market conditions on any line of lumber or woodware will invariably receive careful and prompt attention at his office. Consuming State 849,000 board feet, or about sixty million board feet less than the annual consumption in the State of New York. The value of the lumber consumed in New York State during one year is $55,000,000, and of this tota!, only thirty-one per cent. is paid for wood produced within the borders of the State. The pur- chases of lumber from outside the State are therefore valued at $37,- 950,000, which represents the demand that Canada has a chance to help satisfy. Canadian lumber could not fill this demand in its entire- ty, as it is a very varied demand and attracts lumber from all parts of the globe, especially from other states of the Union. But Canada’s chance, now that the market is wide open, is as good as that of any other state or country and better than most of them at present, be- cause of the nearness of the market to the great producing provinces — With the Panama canal completed in the course © of eastern Canada. of a few months, the lumber manufacturers of western Canada will also have cheap rates of freight to the eastern seaboard and will be- come an important factor in.the markets of New York State. _ It is interesting to note some of the chief points brought out by the report upon the woodworking industries of New York state. In the year 1850, New York led all the other states in the production of lumber. Rapidly increasing population and tremendous advancement in the development of the industries using wood. have caused a very material increase in the consumption of all kinds of forest products, so that to-day, New York State has fallen from her position as leader in the production of lumber until she is twenty-third in the list. From the position of leading producer she has now become the leading con- sumer and uses immense amounts of Douglas fir, western cedar, Cali- on duty numbered 415 during the past summer. CANADA fornia redwood, yellow pine, southern cypress and white pine from Michigan, Minnesota and Canada. The New York State College of Forestry in preparing this report have had chiefly in mind its usefulness as an indication of the urgency of the demand for forestry practice within the state. With a vast area of twelve million to fourteen million acres out of the total of thirty- three million acres, better suited to forest crops than to anything else, it is plain, says the report, that the state will produce all of the lumber and other forest products required, when it practices forestry on its land. In the meantime Canadians may, however, count upon a steadily increasing demand for their lumber products in New York State. The variety of uses to which lumber is put in the State is very large. Woodworking establishments are turning out everything from large structural timbers down to the finest dowels, tooth-picks and pegs. Surprising quantities of wood are being used in such unusual articles as wooden shoes, wood fibre plaster, toys, novelties, spools, all sorts of handles, etc. One of the most interesting and significant facts brought out by the report is that slabs and waste material, form- LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 erly burnt up or left to rot in the woods are being used in many effec- tive ways, such as for making toys and other small articles and acid and other chemical products. The State College of Forestry takes an optimistic view of the situ- ation and believes that New York will return to her original important position as a great producer of forest products. If the State pro- duced its own wood entirely, it would keep more than twenty million dollars a year within its border, making its people richer, covering its idle land with a producing forest, preserving its water flow, as well as its game and providing recreation places for the people of the great cities. This is a pleasant dream of the future, but it is also the ideal which is being vigorously approached by forestry supporters in the State of New York. It is an ideal which, sooner or later will be sought in many other cities and also in Canada. It does not involve, how- ever, any necessary lessening of the demand for lumber from the other cities and from Canada, because the population of New York State and of all the United States must still increase enormously and provide markets for any exportable surplus of lumber that Canada can produce. Lumbermen and Architects Anyone who sells lumber has given thought occasionally to the fact that those who are responsible for the use of the lumber fre- quently are not sufficiently conversant with its characteristics to get proper value out of'it. The most glaring instance is probably the architect. There are architects and architects, and some of them make a point of studying the uses and characteristics of lumber in -such a way as to be able to specify it intelligently. There are too many architects, however, who do not give lumber the consideration which it deserves. An occasional effort is made to stir them up to the importance of the matter, but results are not encouraging. The diffi- culty is, to some extent, the fault of the architects, but lumber manu- facurers and wholesalers are also partly at fault and have an oppor- tunity of improving matters which they do not take advantage of. Architects have a natural desire to produce creditable buildings and if ‘umbermen were to take the same care to educate them about the uses and characteristics of different kinds of lumber the result would be a better appreciation of its value and an improved demand. One lumberman cannot do much along these lines, but a body of lumber- men can. The Canadian Lumbermen’s Association, which is to hold its annual meeting at Ottawa next month might profitably consider ways and means of conducting a campaign of publicity among archi- tects. This would be a practical business step, in keeping with the methods frequently adopted by other manufacturers of building ma- terials, with remarkable success. Along this line it would be possible to meet successfully, not only the competition of other building materials, such as cement, patent roofing, etc., but atso the competition of foreign woods both soft and hard, with native woods. Hemlock, pine and spruce manufacturers, by the devotion of a comparatively small amount of time and money to such work could get better results than by a century of individual effort. ‘performed a real service on their behalf. Something along this line was recently carried out by the lum- bermen of St. Louis, Mo., where the Lumbermen’s Club entertained the architects of the city and after feeding them acceptably impressed upon them some facts regarding lumber that are commonly over- looked. The architects were quick to admit that the lumbermen had The American Lumberman, discussing this event editorially says:—‘‘The truth is that lumbermen as a class have too often assumed that ‘whatever is is right,’ or at any rate unchangeable, and they have. rarely in a diplomatic and systema- tic manner attempted to educate users and specifiers of lumber regard- ing its wide adaptability. Lumbermen honestly believe that lumber is better for many purposes than some other materials that are used, and they know that carpenters and finishers do not by any means al- ways get the best results that are easily possible when they are using wood. “What was done for the architects of St. Louis might properly and profitably be done for the same and other classes elsewhere. The work should be carried into all channels of use through which wood should find an outlet, and the persistent attitude of the lumberman should be that his product is the most tractable and adaptable of struc- tural materials. “He should go further and see to it that the wood he sells is adapted to the use to which it is to be put; or, expressed in another way, that the wood bought for a particular use is adapted to that use. Much of the prejudice against wood is due to carelessness in this re- spect.” Many lumbermen have expressed precisely the same view to the Canada Lumberman in conversation, but no one ever seems to adopt the idea or try to push it. It is a valuable idea, which ought ‘to be put into effect at once. Editorial Short Lengths for Busy Readers H. R. MacMillan, chief forester for British Columbia, reports that the forest fire damage during 1913 was the smallest in the history of the province. Practically all the eastern provinces, especially Ontario had been heavy sufferers again this year from the fire scourge, he reports, and while the weather was responsible for a share of the credit in British Columbia, the efficiency and organization of the Forest Branch of the Department of Lands had been an important factor in the excellent record made this year. The British Columbia Forest Branch now has a staff which, including forest guides and patrolmen Thirty rangers and 280 guides protected the forests from fire, while eleven district for- esters and twenty-three forest assistants were largely occupied with this work. Fifty-one of the staff of 415 were railway patrolmen, part _ of whose wages were refunded to the government by the railroads at the close of the season, and in addition there were about sixty railway emp!oyees who were employed on patrol duty. According to the annual statement of the traffic of the Lachine Canal, Montreal, the largest tonnage up, in single commodities, was in pulpwood and pulp, the former measuring 126,938 cords, equal to 380,814 tons, and the pulp weighing 13,100 tons, a total of 393,914 net tons. Pulpwood showed an merease of 45,178 cords and pulp a decrease of 16,242 tons. Two cargoes of pulpwood were brought from, Norway during the season, one of 1,331 tons by the new lake steamer “* Glenfoyle, and another of 1,400 tons by her sister ship, the Keyvive. Lumber sent up into the canal-basin totalled 101,479 tons; and down, 146,345 tons. | 28 CANADA I.UMBERMAN ANID WOODWORKER Talks With the Lumbermen of British Columbia No. 4—By Douglas Fir intention of the writer to be found pointing an incriminat- ing finger toward any one in particular, but rather that the broader view shall be taken, which is the correct one, that the only incentive of the writer in giving expression to his views on the different phases of the perplexing questions with which we are constantly being confronted is, as has already been stated by the editor, a bona-fide effort on the part of the writer to help those who are in error to sge the utter fallacy of trying to pursue further the course which we have been following in some stages of the game, as well as to promote the direction of more earnest and concentrated thought all along the line toward saner and more practical methods, which may be hoped to bring about at least some good to all who are engaged in the industry without doing harm, or giving offence to any. It would require more ability than the writer is possessed of, to en- able one to deal at any length with a subject having the importance of this one, and affecting as it does, so many people, without hitting some one; and indeed, it does not seem as though his thoughts would be well directed, or his efforts worth while if nobody was hit. Con- trariwise, it is the conviction of the writer that there is too much studied effort in these days by men upon whose shoulders responsi- bility should rest, to say the things only which will soothe and satisfy the superficial mind, but which do not satisfy the mind that delves down deeper into the facts and realities of the question at issue. When, however, it is understood by the reader that the only ambition of the writer is to be helpful to those engaged in the industry, may it not reasonably be hoped that nothing but good intentions will be seen in these remarks by those who may read them? The writer does not lay claim to being the centre of all the light that shines along the pathway of our pursuit, nor does he presume to offer a panacea for all the ills with which our industry is suffering, but what light he has, he is ready and willing to share with others, and if his efforts are re- ciprocally met in these columns, and all feeling of resentment and derision dispelled, at least some good should be accomplished. Time Has Arrived to Study the Situation “Never, perhaps, was the pride of our brethren more humiliated, nor the heart more completely subdued” was the opening remark of my first letter to these columns upon the subject of our lesson. When I placed those thoughts upon paper I had in mind a state of humilia- tion, and of subduement, which was partly of our own making, and partly due to causes which are beyond our control. Neither by those words, nor by any other remarks which I have made, or may make, do I wish to be understood as having said that we cannot conduct our industry properly and successfully, and compete with others who are similarly engaged. I am quite willing to admit that we do not compete with our neighbors across the line, for instance, but I am not willing to admit that we are unable to. do so, but on the contrary I say that we can do so, and we should do so, and when anyone says that we cannot compete, nor hope to compete with the American mills, and this is quite freely stated by some, then I think it is time that some of those people should come forward and tell us why, with the same class of machinery and the same chance to select and employ brain and muscle, with no disadvantage in location, and with cheaper and better logs, we are still unable to claim our proper place in the front ranks with the best of them. If it is true, as some have already ad- mitted, that we are not able to compete, either in quality or cost of manufacture, then here is an important lesson which we should lose no time in learning, and the greater is our shame, and the more de- grading our humiliation for not having learned it long ago. I believe that if success is expected to follow any undertaking, it is necessary that we should find sufficient pleasure in said undertaking every day to cause us to devote proper thought, and expend the right kind of energy to achieve success. One of the greatest hindrances of success in the present day is that pleasure is not associated enough with the work as the days go by, but too often only calls around on the day that the pay envelope is handed out, and this does not apply alone to the ordinary workman, but equally or more elsewhere, for do we not often see indifference exhibited by those who should be the dominating force, or generator, as it were, in their respective con- cerns, of that flow of knowledge which should be constantly and unsparingly diffused throughout the different circuits of our organiza- tion, and which should be so alloyed as to fuse the different circuits, or departments into one at the proper fusing place, thus precluding the possibility of what I term short circuiting, or one department cut- ting into another at the wrong place. Do we not, I ask, too often see A LL through these talks, let it be understood that it is not the this force grounded as it were, and running rampant with pleasure and vainglory in other directions? There is nothing more important than this fusing in the proper place, and then keeping the wires loaded to their capacity with energy. Jumping at the “Rush” Order Bait Some managers, and sales managers seem to think that the best way in which this energy can be supplied, so as to keep a constant pressure all the time at the manufacturing end is by reaching out after those orders which are marked with such a big “RUSH” that perhaps the saner, or more practical heads of other mills have passed them up. The inexperienced jumps at them, because you know it keeps their workmen under pressure. Could anything be more fatal to best re- sults? If these men were capable of understanding the sacrifices that are made of valuable material, they would probably change their views, but usually such men think they know, and so they must know. Instead of this enthusing the practical men in the mill, who are forced to do these things against the dictates of their better judgment, it more often has the opposite effect, and acts as a deterrent to their energy. What some of the men who seek to supply that kind of energy in order to bring about big results, don’t know about the busi- ness in which they are engaged would make a very much larger book than would what they do know. My last letter to these columns show- ed in this connection how heavy losses could be incurred, often run- ning into thousands of dollars per month in a mill of good capacity, by this kind of energy, so I will not go into figures here, but "suffice to say that the subject is worth thinking about. Many a man whovhas money invested in our industry at the pre- sent day feels that he has invested in a “gold brick,” while in reality he has done nothing of the kind, but has invested in a legitimate and honorable business which is only brought into disrepute by such causes as the above and others, which in other pursuits entailing such large capital expenditure would not be allowed to exist. If I were to start in to build battleships, or other craft, it would make no difference how many millions I might have behind me, it would only be a question of time when the undertaking would prove a failure, because I do not know anything about building ships. Yet how many people do we see go into the lumber business, and perhaps assume the management of their own or their friend’s investments without having had any experience in the business whatever, and still these people expect to compete with those having years, or perhaps life long experience. It is right along here that many of the jagged | rocks are found, and many a comparatively safe craft has had her paint scraped upon them. ; The Importance of Business Sense [ believe that there is probably as much to be learned about the construction and successful operation of a large lumbering industry as there is about ship building, and since history repeats itself with such frequency in the lumber business, does it not seem as though, if all those who have to do with the management of our lumbering concerns were experienced in the business, much of the presently existing danger of being dashed upon the rocks of overproduction’ could be avoided and many of the wrecks, whose remains are strewn along the sands of time, have been prevented. Being old and experi- enced navigators they would understand the signals, and would take heed in time, to anchor in safety behind the rock of common sense, and this could have none other than the effect of pouring oil upon the troubled waters, and the fury of the storm would be of short duration. Of course I know that there are always some reckless ones who might venture out, and thus prolong the siege, but they would be compara- tively few who would do so without cause, and if right conditions ex- isted, and common sense prevailed they would have no excuse. It is a poor apology, it seems to me, for running our mills double time in the face of a weak, or declining market, to say that we must do so in order to reduce our overhead charges, and protect our stock, or bondholders, and right here, for the sake of argument let us make some theoretical calculations, which may to some seem far fetched, but which will serve as illustrations. Let us suppose that I control a sawing capacity in one, or several mills aggregating 500,000 feet of lumber per day of 10 hours, and I conceive the idea that by running day. and night I can reduce my overhead charges $1.00 per thousand feet. I do so, and I make that reduction. I am now sawing 1,000,000 feet in the two shifts, but I find that the market cannot take care of the excess over the natural output, and competition being keen, the buyer has taken cognizance of the situation, and has noted the effect that my ‘ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 action must have. Consequently, anxiety on the part of the buyer ceases, while that of the manufacturer increases, until soon we find that the prices at which sales are bein gmade are $2.00 per thousand feet lower than before | started to run double time. What have I gained. I have actually lost $1.00 per thousand feet in my own opera- tions, and have caused my neighbors to lose $2.00 per thousand feet on their operations, because I have pulled the price down that much, and their methods are unchanged. ‘Nothing Lost By Trimming Sails to the Wind If I could speak so that all the lumbermen in the Dominion and those that are to come could hear me, my advice would be to get to- gether and study the waters that are to be navigated, and never at- tempt to fly more canvas than the ship.is rigged for. I can see no good reason why our industry can not be kept comparatively healthy, if it is conducted with a view to taking care of our own interests, instead of letting our greed so blind our eyes and understanding that we mili- tate against ourselves. I believe that, if there is not sufficient busi- ness to keep our mills running throughout the whole year, some con- certed action should be taken for closing for a period each year, the same as they do in the east. I believe that we should start out with the right amount of canvas to enable us to do this, and never should we be found carrying so much canyas that we could not stop in ‘safety before an approaching storm. I believe that we should so trim our sails that we could afford to do this, and as I have already shown, we would not lose anything thereby. When we stop and think of it, this seems like a simple solution of the difficulty, for we could then not only be practically assured of a steady market, but we would also steady the nerves of the logger, which in itself is a matter worthy of thought. Now, there is uncertainty throughout the ranks, but if we could decide upon such an arrangement as the one _ described for tying up as soon as we saw a storm approaching, every- body would know what to expect, and in all! likelihood the storm would blow over without doing any damage. When we stop and compare eastern men and their methods with our Own, is it not apparent that more thought and attention is given to the management of affairs there than here, by those who are actual investors? ‘There they have to plan a year ahead all the time. They were planning, and actually working months ago on their log supply for next year’s operations. But this is not a!l the difference we see, for amongst the characters conspicuously emblazoned upon our mem- ories as mill men of the east, have we not read with regret how one in his 88th year was injured while directing men in the works? Neces- sity did not drive this man to do that, for later did we not see him writing his cheque for $125,000 for a charitable institution? - We who have watched him closely have found that his greatest pleasure has been in directing his business, and while he has had plenty of set- backs, yet he has weathered the storm. He is a natural born director. Long may he live to enjoy the fruits of his labor. - Things are different here. It is more of a hand-to-mouth game with us. We do not have to plan our log supply so far ahead; are not dependent upon snow to get the logs out of the woods, nor upon spring freshets to get them to the mills, and yet with all our advan- tages we admit that we are unable to cope with conditions. Practice in the east has almost invariably been to acquire timber holdings, and then begin operations modestly, and in this way build up a business on a sound basis, adding to and increasing as conditions demand, and producing much of the capital, as they have gone along, with which to increase their operations. Here, we acquire the capital, and timber -perhaps, then we build and equip a large and fully arranged plant, and then demand suitable conditions, and while nature by her slow process is bringing those conditions about, ‘the interest is eating us up. Bad Business Habits Soon Become Chronic As we are passing by the sales department let us have a look in and see what some are doing here. There are times when it is inter- esting to look into some of these places. Does it seem reasonable that any one should resort to the practice of changing the grades in order to secure business? It is common knowledge amongst sales- men that this is often done, and business is obtained and held by giv- ing the customer higher grades than those figured in his bill. This is only one of the methods resorted to. There are many more, but I be- lieve this is one of the most common, and I fully believe that it-is more common than many of us are aware of, and is carried on to such an extent whether prices are maintained or not, that it is now con- sidered by many to be,a diplomatic trait, or accomplishment, without - which the salesman can hardly be successful. This is all wrong, and ‘only goes to show another weakness which is prevalent here, that is not found in other business. Just as practice becomes law, so is this custom fastening itself upon us, until soon it will be considered as a legal demand. Some may think this is not true, but it is true not- withstanding. Resorting to any such tactics as this in figuring a bill _ only denotes weakness, and inability on the part of the salesman to clinch the order by correct methods, and by convincing the customer ts that he is ready to give him a square deal, and that he expects the same. There is much work to be done by way of re-adjusting these things, and re-educating the trade, which ought to be done. No sales- man should be allowed to employ any such methods, and it should be made a criminal offence against his employer. We have certain prescribed rules governing the amount of sap that is allowable on the different kinds and grades of lumber, but as yet we have nothing laid down for our guidance as to how much sap is allowable on the surface of a salesman before he is reduced to a lower grade. I often think of this when I see a salesman meet a pros- pective customer, and salute him as some of them do after this fashion, and in his own familiar way, “‘good morning,’ ‘what do you know?” To which I have heard the customer reply, perhaps more in disgust than otherwise, “I don’t know anything.” This always reminds me of a young man who was sitting near me on a steamer one time. He was sitting there apparently in a deep study when an acquaintance came along and stopping, asked him “what have you got in your head now young man?” The other looked up and calmly replied “nothing Sir, absolutely nothing.” Now, if, when this salesman walked into his prospective customer’s office the salutation had been something like this, “God morning Mr. Brown,” “good morning Mr. Jones.” “I must apologize to you Mr. Brown for being later than | expected, I was detained over at Smithville longer than I expected to be when I wrote you, but I looked up some nice business in consequence. I hope, however, that I have not caused you any inconvenience, and that | am not too late to merit your favors:in our line.” Which in your opinion Mr. reader will impress Mr. Brown most, the gush of sap, or the businesslike appeal? If you were in Brown’s place which would be most likely to get your order? All these things, as well as many others which I have not been able to mention at this time have their bearing, and as a body of men all having the one aim and ambition in life, it behooves us to rele- gate to the fathomless depths of oblivion anything, let it be form or formality, trait or practice, which is not conducive to our obtaining best results for the coming year. Let us by one united effort, and by concentrated action of body and mind, lift the industry in which we are engaged to a plane inferior to none other. Let us not forget the fact that, dull as trade may become in all lines, those engaged in hand- ling other lines do not start out on a campaign of giving away their goods. The prices of saws and all supplies remain stable, or higher if they choose, and we must use them just the same. Would not the same rule work out in our case if we but knew how to work it? I aver that it would. We have been easy long enough, and have gone along in a rambling way, knowing that everything we bought was higher, and what we had for sale was lower. One would naturally think that we liked it that way, since the remedy is in our own hands, but we have gone on and on, grabbing after the dollar which we might have known we had no chance of reaching, until now we have, I believe, fully awakened to the realization of our position. We have been acting insanely, and now that we have come to our senses, and have plenty of time to reflect, let us figure out whether it would be better to have nine or ten months of good sound business, or twelve months twice a year of business that has to be kept alive by feeding it upon its own substance. Over-Development the Main Trouble The trouble seems to be that we have been trying to force an un- natural growth. It is a case of over-development in our line, with under-development in all other things in the country. We must have use for a thing before it can be either valuable or useful, and that is our trouble to-day. Could we but plant the germ which would grow up and branch out all over the land into great and healthy demand upon our forest products, then our industry would grow without any forcing, but just as long as we try to force our products in double quantities upon an already glutted market, just so long are we wast- ing our time in trying to nurture a tree and to make it grow a large top in a confined space. It is unnatural, and never will be satisfac- tory under those conditions. I do not wish to infer by anything that I have said that we have no capable men in the lumber business in this province for I know that this would not be true, and I have tried to confine myself to facts as I see them. What I do say is, that there are some who are incap- able, and partly by their incapability, and partly by other causes we have been led into devious ways, until, at the present time we are all lost, and it will need a Moses to lead us out of the wilderness. It has been a case of the tail wagging the dog for a long time in this indus- try, and if it is kept up much longer the dog will die. The proper time to start the work of getting out a good balance sheet is on the first day of January, and if that balance sheet is kept in mind the whole year through then there need not be half as much anxiety shown whers it is passing through its final stages, as is sometimes the case. If you like a good balance sheet, then do not forget it and allow holes to be torn into it throughout the whole year, for if you do, it will not look we'l when it is finished. These are plain facts, friends, but they are spoken with a hope of doing good, and not evil. ho : CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Commercial Importance of Birch Physical Properties and Industrial Uses of the Most Important Canadian Hardwood— Forming One-Third of Total Lumber Cut . By R_ G. Lewis* important hardwood. It heads the list of hardwood lumber sawn in Ontario but is exceeded by birch in Quebec and the Maritime Provinces. For the whole of Canada birch is the most important hardwood lumber and forms at least a third of the total quantity sawn. Even in Ontario this wood forms over fifteen per cent. of the hardwood produced. In 1912 Canadian sawmil!s cut over a hundred million (100,267,- 000) feet of birch lumber. Canadian railways purchased eight thous- and birch cross ties. Over fourteen thousand cords of birch were dis- tilled to produce wood alcohol, acetic acid, ete. cords of birch were used for firewood. It is highly probable that more birch is cut in Canada in a year than any other wood although this would be a difficult statement to prove, as large quantities of this wood are cut and consumed locally and no official statistics are available of its local use. There is no doubt of the truth of the statement that this is our most important hardwood. There are eight different species of this tree growing in Canada but three of these form the greater part of the wood of commercial value. Many of the species are mere shrubs and others are found only in isolated stands and are rare and unimportant. The important point in connection with the geographical distri- bution of these birch species is that, speaking generally they are found further north than any of our other native hardwoods. The Western Peninsula of Ontario was at one time almost a pure forest of hard- woods. Many of these: chestnut, tulip, black gum, walnut, sycamore, blatk locust, mulberry, sassafras and Kentucky coffee tree, were never abundant and were confined to the north shores of Lakes On- tario and Erie and the valley of the St. Lawrence. These trees formed the northern fringe of the great hardwood forest of the middle West States and would not thrive further north. Other hardwoods, like maple, beech, oak, basswood, hickory, ash, elm, butternut and iron- wood, were more abundant and were found in some cases as far north as the Height of Land. The oak, hickory, basswood and butternut have been cut to such an extent that they are now, or soon will be, commercially extinct. being rapidly cut and are not found north of the Height of Land in either Ontario or Quebec. The out!ook for a future supply of these woods is very uncertain. Birch is found mixed with all these hard- woods in southern Ontario and in addition to this is fairly abundant further north. (ner to the common belief, maple is not Canada’s most A Vigorous Reproducer It is a well-known fact that birch is one of the first trees to come in and establish itself on burned and cut-over areas. The seeds are very minute and light in weight and are easily carried by the wind. When they fall on cleared areas and come readily into contact with the mineral soil they germinate quickly and the trees gain a foothold long before the seeds of other species can be carried and deposited on such areas. This augers well for our future supply of birch in Canada when we consider the enormous areas in this country that have been burned and cut over in the last twenty-five years, and which are unfit for agricultural purposes. When we thoroughly realize that our supply of many such hardwoods as oak, hickory, cherry, walnut, butternut and basswood is strictly limited we begin to see the need of adapting the more plentiful hardwoods to our use. Birch is a wood that is little understood in Canada. It has been discriminated against in the past on account of the difficulties encountered in its seasoning. These difficulties on the whole are the result of ignorance of the phy- sical properties of the wood. If the same care were exercised in sea- soning birch as is given to oak, hickory, cherry, and other hardwoods the result would amply warrant the extra expense. Modern mills using improved methods have little difficulty in seasoning this wood. Sweet Birch (Betula lenta), which is also called black and cherry birch, is the most valuable of the birch species. It is more important commercially in the United States than either yellow or black birch and forms the greatest part of the birch lumber on the American mar- ket. The tree grows in the Maritime Provinces but is not abundant in that region. The greatest quantities are cut in southern Ontario and in Quebec (where it is called by the French name of Werisier). It is nowhere as abundant as the next described species, yellow birch, and does not grow as far north. This wood is the heaviest and hardest of the birches and is strong *Of the Forestry Branch, Ottawa. A least five million Even such trees as maple, elm and ash are’ and compact. The grain is fine and the texture fine and even. Wavy and curly effects are common and add greatly to the value of the wood for ornamental purposes.: ‘Sweet birch is noted for its peculiar satiny lustre which is due to the light lining of the wood pores. The lumber shrinks considerably in seasoning and is apt to check. ‘The surface takes a high polish and the wood works easily but is very perishable in most situations. Physical Properties of Sweet Birch While the physical properties of the lumber cut in Canada ngs never been studied scientifically up to the present time the figures by Sargent for this wood in the. United States can be used for com- paring ‘the species. They are as follows: Weight of dry wood, 47.47 pounds per cubic foot. Specific gravity 0.7617. Ash, 0.26 per cent. of the weight of dry wood. I‘uel value, 102 per cent. of that of white oak. Breaking strength (Modulus of Rupture) 17,000 pounds per square inch. Factor of stiffness (Modulus of elasticity) 2,042,000 pounds per square inch. ; Yellow birch (Betula lutea) is cut in Canada in large quantities than any of the other species as this tree has a much wider distribu- tion than sweet birch and is of more commercial value than paper birch. The tree is found throughout the Maritime Provinces and its range in Ontario and Quebec is bounded on the north by a line com- mencing at Anticosti Island and running north of Lake St. John and Lake Abitibi and following the north shore of Lake Superior to the Lake of the Woods. The tree is fairly abundant everywhere south of this line. The wood of this tree is very similar to that of sweet birch but is lighter in weight and color and lacks some of that wood’s satiny lustre. It is nevertheless heavy, hard, and strong and takes a beautiful polish. Sargent gives its physical characteristics as follows: Weight of dry wood 40.84 pounds per cubic foot. Specific gravity, 0.6553. Ash, 0.31 per cent. of the weight of dry wood. Fuel value 88 per cent. that of white oak. Breaking strength (Modulus’' of Rupture) square inch. Factor of stiffness (Modulus of elasticity) 2,478,000 pounds per square inch. This would indicate that this wood has a lower specific gravity, a lower fuel value and a greater percentage of ash than sweet birch. Its breaking strength is; however, identical, and its factor of stiff- ness greater than that of sweet birch so the real differences between the two species are comparatively unimportant. These two woods are generally sold together in Canada. Considerable quantities of birch are imported from the United States and these imports are largely made up of sweet birch but the greater part of the native wood is probably yellow birch. In some cases manufacturers demand sweet or cherry birch but the majority of purchasers do not discrim- inate between these two species which are sold simply as “hard birch.” Hard birch is used in; greatest quantities in Canada by the manu- facturers of hardwood flooring. Birch and beech are often sold to- gether and birch, maple and beech together make up over half the hardwood flooring used. Birch goes also into other forms of in- terior house finish being valued for stair material, panelling, wains- cotting, moulding and ceiling. 17,000 pounds per A Favorite Furniture Wood Sweet birch is the favorite birch for the manufacture of furni- ture, cabinet wood- and fixtures. The wood can be stained to imitate many more expensive woods, such as mahogany, oak, cherry, and walnut. If this staining is done carefully it takes an expert to dis- tinguish between the real and the imitation. In such cases there is no “dishonesty in the imitation if the products are sold as such, be- cause well finished birch furniture is quite as useful and ornamental as that of the more expensive woods. The birch improves with age and being a fine grained wood its surface remains smooth and lus- trous when oak becomes roughened and furrowed. In the United States birch furniture is considered quite as valuable as oak. Some of the finest and most beautiful furniture in the world is made in Sweden out of birch of a species similar to our Canadian wood. Oak and ma- hogany are fashionable at the present time just as walnut and cherry were in vogue a few years ago. When the excellent qualities of birch CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 are more fully understood this wood will probably take its place among the finer finishing woods. At the present time in Canada birch is used for the cheaper grades of furniture only. Large quantities are used for frame work and “‘in- side work” on the more expensive products where the “outside work” is either oak or mahogany. If birch received the same careful treat- ment and careful finishing it wou!d be quite as popular for outside work. In the vehicle industry in Ontario birch is taking the place of elm for heavy hub stock as it has been found that this wood will stand the pounding and will hold spokes, and that it has the advantage of being much cheaper and more abundant than elm. Heavy spokes are being made of birch instead of oak and hickory by many Canadian vehicte factories. The wood has been used for other gear stock for some time and 1s especially valuable for heavy work. For panel and box work both in heavy and light vehicles birch is valuable and is be- coming more popular. Automobile manufacturers use this material for dashes, seat frames and door trimmings. In the Maritime Pro- vinces birch is the most important vehicle wood used. In the construction of cars and coaches birch takes an important part, more as a finishing wood than for framework. It is often finish- ed in imitation of cherry for the interior panelling and finishing of electric cars and second class coaches. The framework and heavy box work of agricultural implements is made of birch in many cases. This industry resembles the vehicle industry in many respects and the wood is used for similar purposes in both. The manufacturers of handles and brush backs utilize enormous quantities of birch annually as the wood is hard and tough and holds its shape well. In wood distillation birch is used in Ontario to almost as great an extent as for hardwood flooring but the trees cut are mostly of small size that would not produce saw logs. Slabs and waste from sawmills could be utilized for this purpose to a greater extent than they are at present. The wood for this purpose is not selected for its physical but rather its chemical qualities and all species of birch are used. Birch is used for slack barrel hoops and occasionally for staves and heading, yellow birch is probably the most important species for this purpose. Boxes and crating of hard birch are manufactured but softer woods are usually preferred for boxes, and tougher woods for crating. Birch is too valuable for other purposes to be used extens- ively by this industry. Birch Interiors for Musical Instruments The manufacturers of musical instruments such as pianos, play-- ers and organs use birch for the interior parts including keys, actions, frame work, and inside casework only. The use of this wood for the outside case work, legs and carvings has not been reported although piano manufacturers in the United States have been finishing pianos in sweet or cherry birch for years and value the wood more for its appearance than its strength and rigidity. Boat builders in Ontario do not favor this wood although they use a few thousand feet in a year. In the Maritime Provinces more birch is used by boat builders than any other hardwood and is used for frame work, planking and inside work. In the manufacture of blocks, sheaves and ship fittings birch is used in greater quantities than any other wood. Without going into the details of each industry it might be well to add that hard birch is also used by the manufacturers “of wooden nove'ties, woodenware, patterns, laundry accessories, fruit packages, refrigerators, coffins, half tone blocks, picture frames, pumps and sporting goods.- Birch in the form of veneer is used in the furniture and vehicle industries and by piano manufacturers. Built-up chair seats, berry boxes, crates and baskets are made largely of birch in this form. The wood for this purpose is steamed and peeled by a rotary veneer lathe or sliced. It has the advantage of peeling smoothly and of making a very tough veneer. The Uses of Paper Birch ; Paper birch (Betula papgrifera) is.an inferior wood to the hard birches for most of their uses, but is much more abundant. This tree in Canada ranges south of a line running across the northwest - border of the Labrador Peninsula, skirting the shores of Hudson’s Bay and running northwest to the Arctic Ocean at the mouth of the Mackenzie River. Very few trees are found farther north than -this. The wood is valuable in some cases on account of its whiteness, soft- ness and toughness, in which it exceeds the hard birches. The wood is light, strong, hard, tough, and compact with reddish brown heart- wood and nearly white sapwood. The lumber is graded for the quan- tity of sapwood present. Sargent gives its physical properties as follows — Weight of dry wood 37.11 pounds per cubic foot. Specific gravity 0.5955. © Ash 0.25 per cent. of dry wood. from birch veneer. Fuel value 80 per cent. of white oak. Breaking strength (Modulus of rupture) square inch. Factor of stiffness (Modulus of elasticity) 1,841,000 pounds per square inch. By the figures it is seen that paper birch is lower both in stiff- ness and breaking strength. than the hard birches. The wood is also much more perishable in moist situations. Probably the most important use to which this wood is put is in the manufacture of small turnery. Spool wood is exported in large quantities from Canada to Europe and the United States and some spools are manufactured in Canada. Birch is valuable for this pur-' pose on account of its compactness. It is fairly hard but does not dull the lathe tools as quickly as other spool woods and when season- ed it holds its shape well. Large quantities of dowels are made from this wood and are used locally and shipped to Europe. Shoe pegs are made either by splitting them out of blocks or by cutting them Shoe stands (the small flat pieces of wood used to support the arch of a shoe) are made from rotary birch veneer. Toothpicks and skewers and clothes pins are also manufactured of this wood. Excelsior and wood wool are made largely from poplar in Can- ada but large quantities of paper birch are also consumed by this in- dustry. The softness of the wood and its long tough fibres fit it par- ticularly for this purpose. Whenever possible, paper birch is substituted for the hard birches and much of this wood is doubtless cut and sold mixed with the two hard birches although no statistics are available of its pro- duction as lumber. It is used for flooring and interior finish and for parts of furniture and vehicle work where great strength is not required. 14,900 pounds per Other Varieties and Their Uses Of the numerous other species of birch little need be said as they are nowhere abundant and are cut and sold mixed with the three species described. White birch (Betula populefolia), also called grey and wire birch, is confined to the Maritime Provinces and Eastern Canada, where it is noted for its promptness in taking possession of abandoned fields and burned and cut over areas. The wood is light, soft and weak, but is probably tougher than the other birch species. The wood is used for the less important commodities manufactured from paper birch and is valuable for hockey sticks on account of its toughness. Blue birch (Betula coerulea) seldom reaches commercial size and is similar in its uses to white birch. Western birch (Betula occidentalis) is probably the largest birch tree of America but it grows only in British Columbia and is rare and unimportant even there. The wood is used locally for rough lumber, fencing and fuel and is similar in its qualities to paper birch. Alaska birch (Betula Alaskana) is the most important fuel wood in the Yukon and its range extends south eastward across the Rockies and to the valley of the Mackenzie and Saskatchewan Rivers. The wood may be cut into lumber locally but is not of commercial import- ance. Black birch (Betula fontialis) is found in the Rocky Mountain district of British Columbia and Alberta and is of no commercial value except for fuel and fencing. There are only ten birches that reach tree size in America and all of these grow in Canada with the exception of two. Black or river birch (Betula nigra) grows in the Eastern States from Massachusetts to Florida. It is sold mixed with other hard birches and may form a part of the birch imported into Canada. It has none of the attractive surface features of sweet birch but is a very strong, serviceable wood. Kenai birch (Betula kenaica) grows on the coast of Alaska and is of no commercial value or importance. Birch an Important Forest Cover Apart from the commercial uses of birch in the industries this tree has great economical value as a forest cover. Its seeds are very minute and light in weight. They av erage about 450,000 or nearly half a million to the pound and are supported on a thin membranaceous wing which greatly facilitates their being carried by the winds. Au- thentic cases are known where the seeds of this tree have been car- ried several miles by the wind and have sprouted and established themselves. This probably gave rise to the belief among some old- fashioned woodsmen that this tree reproduces itself spontaneously on burned over lands without the medium of a seed. The seeds ripen on the trees from spring to the middle of summer and are carried by the'wind over large areas. If they fall on burned or cut-over areas or on abandoned farm lands they can reach the mineral soil with*ittle difficulty. This enables large numbers of the seeds to sprout and grow into hardy seedlings by the fall of the same year in which they were born on the trees. Such an ‘early start in the year gives these seedlings a great ad- vantage over most other trees and accounts for the fact that birch 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER . is almost invariably among the first trees to establish themselves on cleared areas. The tree, however, is usually short lived and is soon shaded out by pine and spruce which is established under the pro- tection of the birch and gradually overtops it and kills it for want of light. Few trees cause less inflammable litter than the birch and this tree has been planted to great advantage along railway lines and highways where it acts as a natural fire guard, keeping the ground bare and damp beneath its shade. 3irch is rather a slow growing tree and takes over a hundred years to reach saw log sizes in most localities. Yellow birch in eighty-five years will have an average diameter of eight inches and can be used for handles, spool wood, distillation, pulp, mine props, fuel and fencing. It takes a hundred and eighty years to reach an average diameter of eighteen inches. Paper birch grows more rapidly in its youth but is shorter-lived than yellow birch. It reaches the eight inch diameter in about fifty years. Wind Felled Much Valuable Timber Ontario Govt. Report Shows that Storm of Nov. 9th and 10th Caused Widespread Destruction The Ontario Department of Lands, Forests and Mines has re- ceived a number of reports regarding the damage done to Northern Ontario timber by the recent heavy gales and has issued the follow- ing report upon the situation: The wind storm which occurred on the 9th and 10th of Novem- ber, 1913, appears to have extended in greatest severity from a short distance north and east of Sault Ste. Marie through the country lying north of Lake Huron, and extending as far east as the Township of Merrick on the Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railway, which is south of Temagami. On lands under timber license the blow did more or less damage on about thirty-four townships. The timber blown down, if not cut and taken out this winer, would be attacked by the borers next sum- mer and become a total loss. The Department immediately called the attention of the licensees of these townships to the damage, and they are taking steps to save the blown down timber, although it will entail considerable additional expense over ordinary lumbering. With respect to Crown lands, there has been considerable dam- age done in the Mississaga Forest Reserve. Here the parties lumber- ing bought the timber by the thousand feet, paying for it as it is cut. The worst slash that occurred is in this Reserve, and particularly where parties are operating. We have had careful inspections made and are insisting upon the damaged timber being cut this winter, al- though the operators are claiming that some concessions must be made if they are to take it all out. Eight Mississaga Limits Suffered In this Reserve eight limits, equal to four townships, were badly damaged. The Reserve contains a large body of timber and we are having other parts of it examined to see if there has been any damage done there, and we shall have full reports in a short time. North of Sudbury the damage is not as bad as was first reported, and we have arranged with the contractors for the construction of the Canadian Northern Railway to cut the damaged timber for their work. On the Vermillion River in the Townships of Beulah, Marshay and one or two others, considerable timber is damaged, but this will be arranged for with the railway contractor, who requires considerable timber for construction purposes. Then, on coming further east, in the Townships ,of Janes and Dana, north of Lake Nipissing there is a serious blow down of about five and a half million feet board measure of fairly good timber. This blow down was on four lots in the Township of Dana and about four- teen lots in the Township of Janes. There was some standing tim- ber left upon the lots where the blow down took place. The difficulty here was that the timber was very badly slashed down. There were no roads into it, and snow might be expected at any moment. It seemed hopeless to expect any large operator to create an organiza- tion, cut roads, etc., fot the small quantity of timber there. To call for tenders and give any time to examine would mean it would not be got out this winter. Timber Sold to George Gordon & Company Messrs. Geo. Gordon & Company, Limited, were lumbering close to this timber in the Township of Dana, and they made an offer of $5 per thousand feet board measure for the blown down timber, and $12.25 per thousand for whatever timber might be standing on the ‘ots where the blown down timber was. This we considered as advan- tageous an offer as could be got, and the Department determined to take the responsibility of accepting it. The effect will be that this timber will be taken out this winter and will not go to loss. On the islands in the Georgian Bay, particularly McGregor Is- land, on which there is considerable timber, the wind did great dam- age. We have advertised the timber on this Island for sale. There is no difficulty in calling for tenders there, as it is easily accessible. The same thing has happened on Johns Is!and, another large island. If any of the other islands have been damaged steps will be taken to sell the timber on them as soon as they can be reached. There does not seem to have been any damage in the Rainy River or Port Arthur Districts, or north of Lake Superior, nor in the Temagami Forest Reserve or north of there,—so far.as the advice from our agents goes. Every effort has been made to get at the ex- tent of the damage and the whereabouts of the blown down timber, and to arrange for cutting it this winter, so that the loss caused by this totally unprecedented catastrophe may be reduced to a minimum. British Columbia’s Progress in Forest Protection At the meeting of the Western Forestry & Conservation Asso- ciation held in Vancouver, B.C., on December 15th and 16th an inter- esting address upon “The Protection of British Columbia’s Natural Resources” was delivered by Hon. W. R. Ross. After reviewing the work of the Lands Department of British Columbia, Hon. Mr. Ross dealt in some detail with the work of the Forest Branch. Probably 70 per cent. of British Columbia’s two hundred and fifty million acres, he said, was under some kind of timber. Timber was destined to be the greatest crop that could be raised in the province, and since the bulk of the forest land was Crown property and the chief source of public revenue (yielding three million dollars annually) the protection of the forest and the most scientific method of obtaining revenue from it, were two of the most important functions of the government. Eight and one-half million acres of the forest lands had been placed under a license system which called for payment by the operator at the time when the principles of modern forest finance require that it should be paid, namely, when the timber crop was cut and marketed. He believed that they had in British Columbia an almost ideal method of co-operation between government and private interests, in the form of the forest protection fund and the organization that the fund had rendered possible in the province. During the past year, over one hundred and fifty million acres of the total area of British Colum- bia had been placed under some form of protection. They had main- tained over this area a skeleton organization capable of being recruited to any extent that fire danger might require. Under the excellent weather conditions during 1913 the eleven forest districts had been provided with thirty rangers, and two hundred and eighty guards and patrol men; another one hundred men being at their call at short notice if required. This force had experienced no difficulty in controlling the situation, for, though nearly six hundred fires had been reported, three out of every “four had been extinguished without extra cost. Full use had been made of this favorable situation. Numbers of the men had been drafted to improvement work. Fire fighting had cost © only $9,000. Patrol expenses involved another $190,000. Out of the total fund for the year amounting to $350,000 they therefore had an ample balance for construction work. The department had thus been able to construct since August, 1913, 1,000 miles of horse trails, 168 miles of foot trail and 360 miles of telephone line, 10 cabins and 10 mountain lookout stations, the cost of these being $67,000. Anglo-Newfoundland Company Had a Good Year The Anglo-Newfoundland Development Company, one of Lord Northcliffe’s “subsidiary companies, has issued its report for the year ended August 31st last. The company built large pulp and paper mills in Newfoundland for the purpose of supplying the British oa pers in which Lord Northcliffe is interested. The mills, when in full operation, are capable of supplying more than the requirements of the papers, but it is stated that no further extension of the company’s operations will be made during the con- tinuance of the present Newfoundland tariff. The gross profits of the company, after making provision for depreciation, amounted in the past year to £65,000, which compares with £51,200 in the preceding twelve months, and £34,700 in 1910-11. Debenture interest absorbs £24,800, and a further £10,000 is set aside under the provisions of the trust deed for the redemption of the debenture debt. This leaves a net profit of £30,100, which compares with £9,800 last year, when, however, although there was no charge for debenture redemption, a sum of £16,400 was written off out of revenue to cover the expenses of the issue. The result is to leave the company with a balance in hand, including the sum brought into the accounts, amounting to £45,200, which is carried forward. The directors state that the out- put from the mills is increasing, while the quality of the paper and pulp produced continues to give satisfaction, which is shown by the fact that the whole of next year’s production has a!ready been sold. In 1911-12 the company’s profits were earned on an output of barely three-fifths of the capacity of the completed mill, while the company suffered as a result of the shipping and coal mining strikes. The production last year should have been very considerably larger, but while some improvement has been made in the cost of manufacturing paper, this was offset by a further rise in the price ce coal and partly also by high freight rates. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 The Reader’s Viewpoint on Trade Topics Opinions on Questions of General Interest—An Edger Drive Problem— Waste in the Woods Articles or letters to the Editor of the Canada Lumberman, deal- ing with trade conditions, or discussing questions of interest to manu- facturers, wholesalers or retailers of lumber are always welcomed by our readers. Here are a few that have been received lately :— Edger Drive for Hardwoods Editor Canada Lumberman: Haliburton, Ont., December 16th. Driving problems are numerous in any sawmill and their solution is always important. In a mill in which I have worked the feed rolls of the edger were driven as shown in Fig. 1. This proved to be too fast a feed for hardwoods, of which there was a considerable quantity in the mill’s output. The feed be!t was run as slack as possible, con- sistent with giving service. Still there was much difficulty owing to the saws stopping while edging hardwood. Finally a shaft was placed across the top of the machine, above the arbor and on one end of this was placed a pulley of the same On the other end a pulley of twice this It was driven from the arbor as shown in Fig. diameter as the arbor itself. diameter was placed. FEEU ROLL PULLEY 2, and the feed belt was driven as shown in Fig. 3. placed in front of the belt running on the arbor so as to prevent stock A guard was from striking the belt and breaking it. Of course this had the effect of narrowing the availab!e room for material passing through, but the advantages secured more than offset this. This device has now been in use for three seasons and has _elim- inated the difficulty above mentioned. To support the shaft, wooden caps were placed on top of the frame and babbitt used in the customary way. These cap pieces are held in place by means of U-shaped clamps, as shown in Fig. 4. —James E. McCormack. Dimension Spruce Firmer at Boston Editor Canada Lumberman: Boston, Mas., Dec. 19th. There is not, perhaps, a great deal to be said about a market which has*been a slow and dragging one, although it would seem as though, in the last week, trade has been somewhat better, in the vicin- ity of Boston, probably owing to the long spell of warm weather this fall. é, The summer spruce mills—that is, dimension, mills that have been shipping green lumber, are shutting down and there being little or no snow, the winter mills are not starting up yet and temporarily there is a scarcity of spruce, which is reflected somewhat in prices on dimen- sion stock, which are a little higher. This advance is generally felt to be temporary—in fact is quite usual at this time of the year—that is, if the snow is late in coming. Low grades of southern pine and North Carolina pine have been selling very cheaply in this market, and have been weak. Also shin- gles have been in slight demand and weak. We understand, however, that there is to be a large shutdown in Washington and to some extent in British Columbia and the production of these shingles will prob- ably be greatly reduced for a time.—Shepard & Morse Lumber Com- pany. Two Sources of Waste in the Woods Editor Canada Lumberman: Ottawa, Ont., Dec. 17th. I have been trying to think what the real sources of waste are in lumbering operations, and I can think of but two. The first I do not think will be understood by any but a practical lumberman, and that is the cutting up of the trees into logs after they are chopped or cut down. In too many instances the logs are measured off 16 ft. and 13 ft. regardless of quality, whereas a great saving could be made by carefully separating the good from the bad, and making as many good logs out of the trees as possible, then taking the best you can out of the coarse or cull material which ‘is left. This I consider one great source of waste in woods operations. Now there is one more serious waste and it is the only one I know of, namely, that under the Crown Lands regulations as they exist today, the lumbermen are forced to take out small, crooked and very coarse tops which do not pay the expense of handling, and here there is an enormous waste. Years ago, it is true, the reverse was the case and comparatively good logs were left in the woods to rot, but I am not aware of any lumbering operations where this is the case today, but the other extreme is gone to and a great waste, both to the individual lumberman and to the country exists, consequent upon taking out many logs that do not pay the expense of taking out and sawing.—W. C. Edwards. The Fraser Bryson Lumber Company, Limited, Ottawa, Ont., have selected an exceptionally attractive calendar as a souvenir to send to their friends at the new year. One of Philip R. Goodwin’s splendid paintings of backwoods scenes is used to decorate the calen- dar. The title of the picture is “In Strange Waters,” and it repre- sents a couple of canoeists shooting rapids at the headwaters of the Ottawa. The picture is very realistic and at the same time an ex- ceptionally fine work of art. It will appeal forcibly to all who have had anything to do with logging operations or cruising in Ontario’s Northland. — What Constitutes “Absolute Accuracy” in Cruising Editor Canada Lumberman: Montreal, P.Q., Dec. 16th. Our friend, Mr. Sewall, seems considerably peeved at my state- ments. While I have no desire to enter into anything but a friendly discussion of this topic, I may just briefly state however that by “ab- solute accuracy” in timber limit estimates of areas (such as we have them in Canada) comprising anywhere from one hundred to one or two thousand square miles, we must perforce be practical and mean just so accurate as it is possible to be in such work, and by our meth- od we claim that when we state a certain area contains say one million cords of pulp wood, it will be found to be so nearly that amount that for all practical purposes it will be ‘ ‘absolutely accurate.” Now, sure- ly anyone with common sense can understand that. What would be the use of paying say $30,000 extra for a forest survey in order to de- termine whether there is an error in value equivalent to or less than the amount expended in trying to discover it, especially when in lum- bering operations a wide margin of waste is overlooked. Opinions may differ but I would certainly not encumber my work by the use of calipers. May I ask Mr. Sewall how he measures the height of trees? Would he use step-ladders and a steel tape. or would he just estimate? If he estimates the height of a tree, why shouldn’t he esti- mate its diameter, which he must concede is more simple than esti- mating the height. Such methods as suggested by Mr. Sewall in timber cruising and forest surveys have no practical application here and while they have been observed in one or two isolated cases, I may be pardoned if I state that they caused considerable amusement to a great = R. O. Sweezey. 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Logging Superintendents’ Convention Interesting Practical Addresses and Discussion of Working Problems at Meeting Held at Green Bay, Wis.—Machinery, Methods and Equipment The first meeting of Northern Logging Superintendents, held under the auspices of the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufac- turers’ Association took place at Green Bay, Wis., on December 6th. Mr. E. A. Hamar, president of the association occupied the chair and about 70 members were present representing more, than 40 dif- ferent concerns. In opening the meeting Mr. Hamar referred to the history of logging in the north, discussing the great changes which have taken p!ace during the last twenty years. Logging, he said, which was in reality the most important part of the lumber business, was probably the least understood, on account of the primitive con- ditions under which they formerly operated, when timber was de- livered to lakes and streams on short hauls and flooded down to the mill. A second reason for the logging business being the least under- stood in connection with lumbering, was the remoteness of logging operations from headquarters. During the earlier days of the logging business, the most difficult problem for the lumbermen to solve was the flooding of the logs from the remoter territory to the sawmill. Some of the engineering feats of the pioneer lumberman in building dams and reservoirs for flooding logs down the narrow and rocky streams had been little short of wonderful. He had seen streams which had carried millions of feet of logs year after year, down which a novice would think it impossible to float a canoe. During this period labor, except for river driving, was cheap. The same crew of men that went into the woods in the fall usually stayed until spring, so that the foreman was not confronted with the problem of constantly breaking in new men, which in itself under present conditions was a rather serious and expensive problem. Sup- plies were very much cheaper than at present, and as the food served was much plainer and not of so great a variety, the cost of feeding men was much less. He had figures in his possession, compiled for a set of camps for the years 1892 and 1893, showing an average cost of 23c. per day per man for food. It was now costing the average lumberman double this amount. The conditions of this earlier period were gone, in his opinion for ever, and they must now face new ones. Logging, as carried on to-day was a very complicated undertaking. The woods superinten- dent had under his charge a large investment in horses, machinery and railroads, including the necessary rolling stock. In order to get the best results each division of the logging department must be nicely adjusted to the others, so as to balance and involve no delay in supply- ing a mill with logs. The two most serious problems confronting them to-day were the constantly increasing cost of labor and of food for the men. He believed that camp cooks would have to be taught to change their methods of cooking and supplying their tables. The higher cost of labor and supplies had come to stay for some time. They would probably not see for a great many years the low schedules that prevailed some years ago. The only way to reduce the cost of labor would be to increase its efficiency and to do this, with the low grade of labor now available would be a very difficult matter. One of the best methods was the preparation of daily cost sheets for each camp. These however, were not practicable except where a camp was logging direct from the stump to the mill. Another useful method was one that could be applied to camps cutting and skidding and which consisted of requiring each gang of sawyers and each skid- ding crew to turn in the number of logs sawed or skidded daily. With this count before him each night, the foreman could tell pretty nearly whether his men were giving him a fair day’s work. Every camp employing eight or more saw gangs should have a saw boss. The saw boss would not only increase the amount of the daily cut, he would save timber, by preventing wasteful cutting. In any lot of logs cut and lying in the woods to-day, ready for the skid- ders, where there was no saw boss, you could find 14 to 16-foot shakey butt hemlock logs that should have been long butted or cut 20-foot so that when the shake was cut off in the mill there would still be 16- foot lumber instead of short stuff. You could find hardwood cut 16- foot long where an 18-foot log would have saved 2 feet and cleaned up the tree to the crotch. You could even find 4 feet wasted where two 10-foot logs would have cleaned up the tree. Every camp with eight or more teams of horses.should have a barn boss. A good man in this position, by careful methods of feeding would save his wages in feed and the horses would be kept in better condition and sickness avoided. ' The Steam Log Hauler An interesting address was delivered by Mr. Geo. N. Harder, of Rib Lake, Wis., general manager of the Rib Lake Lumber Company, upon the use of the steam log hauler. log hauler, manufactured by the Phoenix Manufacturing Company, Eau Claire, Wis. They estimate that the engine is good for forty miles per day. Under load it would make four to five miles per hour and when returning light its speed was five to six miles per hour. They had never used the machine to its full capacity. Their maxi- mum load per trip was fifteen loads of logs, approximately 80,000 feet and three loads of bark or about thirty cords, making a train of eighteen loads. Their maximum haul for one day had been 150,000 feet of logs and fifty cords of bark on a seven-mile haul. winter the machine will be making three trips daily between one of the camps and the mill, a distance of seven miles. They estimate that it will be taking the place of nine single teams and teamsters. It is manned by three men, an engineer, a fireman and a pilot. Horses are used in. bringing the loaded sleds from the skidways in the woods to the spotting ground, where they are assembled and made up into a train. During the winter of 1911 and 1912 the company operated a log hauler on a six-mile haul, which cost 16c. a thousand, including wages of the crew, fuel, oil, repairs, etc. At the conclusion of Mr. Harder’s address a number of superin- tendents gave their experiences with steam log haulers. Running a Logging Camp _ An address prepared by Mr. E. S. Hammond of the Hammond- Chandler Lumber Company, Rice Lake, Wis., was read by Mr. R. S. Kellogg, secretary of the association, in the writer’s absence. The address dealt with a number of interesting phases of woods operations and was in part as follows :— An agreement should be made before the cook goes into woods and a copy forwarded to the foreman. This agreement should state explicitly the services he is required to render, about how many men he is supposed to handle, how much help he is to have and what he has represented himself to be. This gives the foreman an idea of the situation so that no misunderstanding will arise. He will represent himself to be excellent, a good cook and capable of handling a certain number of men, but when he gets to the woods he is generally a dif- ferent breed of dog altogether. If the foreman is expected to check the cook this will prove a failure in most cases as this part belongs to the man in authority in conjunction with the foreman.: In the past our cooks have always been in the habit of serving two, three or four kinds of meat, as they deemed best to satisfy the crew. We have started in this fall with strict instructions in writing that only one kind of meat be put on the table at one time. They will _ often try to overcome this with the excuse that they had some left over. For your information, I wish to say, there is always something left over. One of the most wasteful items we have to go up against is too much food being cooked ahead. It gets o!d, mussy and sour, unfit to eat and is thrown away. Sometimes they have hash, stew and roast at the same time. This should be strictly forbidden. Of course some leniency and allowances should be made the cook, but the idea is practically to hold to one kind of meat on the table at same time. Pudding, Cakes, Pie and Sauce , I feed the men all the cake, pie, pudding and fruit for sauce they can eat. I put two kinds of sauce on if necessary for the reason that I believe in filling them up on! anything they will eat outside of meat. Pies, cakes, pudding and fruit sauces are not usually thrown in the slop pail and if too much is cooked ahead, it will generally be cleaned up. Some people advance the idea that men are not able to perform the same amount of labor on sugar products as on meat and potatoes. I don’t know but that one gets just as much labor out of the men under such conditions as he does by confining them to pork, beans, beef and potatoes. Too heavy food is just as bad as too much pie and cake. We give them ginger snaps, sweet, graham and soda crackers. Recently we purchased one hundred pounds of strained honey at 9% cents per pound. I believe this will be used on bread, biscuit and pancakes and be good healthy food. All canned and package goods should be standard. Some people seem to think you can put any old thing on the table for lumber- jacks, but we believe everything you serve in camp shou!d be standard stuff. It should be new stock, as it goes along way toward presery- ing the health of the men and we find they like it. We give them can- ned tomatoes, peaches, apricots, apples, grated pineapple, etc. We do not furnish any extracts but let them use the greated pineapple to season puddings, cakes, rice, etc. They seem to like the prepared His company use a Phoenix During the present ~ : fellows. advancing fares for employment agencies and labor. CANADA breakfast foods and use condensed milk with it reduced 8 to 1 with lukewarm water. Don’t use cold water. “I find that sardines, dried fish, salmon, rice and cheese go very well. Cheese can be used in conjunction with macaroni. If the cook adapts himself to getting up these little side dishes, they are very acceptable and enjoyed by the men. A good book can be furnished to each cook. Cleanliness and Management It is a universal custom to feed men well in the woods and the principal point in feeding is to have a good ¢lean cook. Give him good tools to work with, good stove and camps, then see that he makes good and keeps everything clean. As I[ said before, don’t depend too much on the foreman to line up the cook. The woods superintend- ent should attend to this. Don’t wait for men to utter kicks but do the fault-finding yourself. If one cook can’t make good, give him his time and find someone who can. Cooks sometimes start in well but get lazy, dirty and wasteful and cranky. Don’t put up with a cranky cook. Make it a practice to go into the cook camp every day and stand around a few moments to get acquainted. Your presence on the job is something. Keep him line up today, tomorrow and the next day. That is, by careful management, and always use due cour- _ tesy. They are usually human beings and like human treatment. The idea is to show. you are interested. If the cook gets angry,as he some- times does, try to reason with him, but if there is no reason in him, hire another as soon as possible and let him go. If he is going to quit on the spot, don’t pay him a cent but sue for damages. However, be sure to make damages large enough. It don’t do to let any cook run the bluff on your pocketbook and you. In the logging business you will find that one year you have trouble with cooks, next year cooks will be all right and loaders will go wrong. Next, loaders will give good Satisfaction but you will have trouble with teamsters and next year you will have a lot of trouble with the foreman. In other words, in employment of labor, there is always trouble and it is up to the superintendent or employer to stand behind and with the fore- man. We hire men under two wages and issue slip (copy of agreement) to the employee. A carbon copy of the agreement is kept in the hiring _. book. Whatever understanding we have in regard to wages and the services he is to render is written on this slip. The law is such that you are compelled to pay an employee what you hire him for, provided he works at the job you hire him to do. Any change of jobs makes change of wages, provided the employer so wishes. If a man is hired at $26 per month to swamp and he is put to top loading he can collect wages as a top loader; or if he is hired at $40 per month to top load, and he is unable to perform the work, you can put him at swamping and he can collect only wages that you are paying for such work. Again, if you hire a man by the month under the law you are com- _pelled to give him employment for a month and he is compelled to work a month, provided he does as he agrees. If you fail to give him employment for that length of time, he can sue for the full month and collect. If he fails to work a full month, you can refuse to pay him for services performed and sue him for damages for nonfulfill- ment of agreement. In hiring under two wages, we find there is a good chance to pay a poor man off at low wages. Again, the question must be distinctly kept in mind of paying a man full value for his hire. If you pay a good man good wages, he will always like to come back and work for you. It does not look well or work out well to pay the same wages to all kinds of laborers; that is, to pay the poor employee the same as you pay to a good one. Treat the men on the square when they treat you on the square and be the first to give this good treatment. If they try to give poor service, come back with poor pay and a law suit if necessary. Settlements Right here comes in the question of who is going to settle with these men and who is going to make wages with them when judgment day arrives. The superintendent will have to attend to some of this. _ Unless the foreman has a very strong back, he will break down if he attempts to do it all. You might say it is impossible for the super- intendent to be on the job all the time. I will admit this to be a fact but he can arrange his office and other things in connection, so that he can assist somewhat and if it comes to a showdown, the greater part should be assumed by the woods superintendent when it comes to settling the wage question, in conjunction with timekeeper and office force. We aim to send money to wives and families of married men just as fast as it is earned if they so desire, but try to size up the young ing for $2 to $5 as fast as it is earned, we head them off on the start by asking, “What do you want to do with it?” If they can not give good explanation we refuse to give them money. If they don’t like it and quit, we give them what they have coming. Advancing fares is another very important question. Stop this If men have not If they are in the habit of coming in to the office and ask-— LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 money to pay their own fares, you will find they will take the blind baggage or tie pass and in the end, they will be very careful to save a little money to get them out where the job is. The idea of lumber- men advancing $500 in fares and not receiving over $100 back is a foolish proposition. In the spring you will have a nice big warehouse full of old dirty baggage. Employment agencies hold up before your eyes the fact that the other fellow is advancing fares and if you want any men, you will have to do the same. This is all nonsense. There are only so many men to go around and if one camp gets filled up there will be enough for the other fellow, or if there are not enough to go around by doing business this way, there would not be enough by doing business the other way. It is a matter of seeking its own level. If we expect to do our logging in future by advancing fares through employment agencies, we may as well make up our minds that it will cost $1 per thousand extra to log. This men-getting business is a trade by itself. If the lumbermen would spend $1,000 in advertising it would pay 500 per cent. on the investment. Extend your advertising east, west and south. Size of Camps Build your camp to hold about 30 to 50 per cent. more men than required, for the reason that usually during the months of November, December and January, or about 2 ’%months, there are plenty of men to be had at $26 to $30 for common labor. Hire everyone that comes along, fill camps full, buy extra tools, lay out all your work ahead, cut roads, grade them, cut out skidways and landing. If you hire teams build barn for twice teams necessary. The idea is to log as fast as possible for about three months. After February 1 to 15, men and teams will quit. If you: have taken all these precautions your work will be well ahead. On the other hand, if you construct small camps and small barns, you are always behind with your work, short of men and teams and always hunting after these things, offering higher wages to get them than you would have to otherwise. Logging is like war, especially if you are a logger. The idea is you have to get logs on the landing or “bust.’”” No man wants to “bust,” or make a failure of his business. In logging, you must always go ahead and keep going. Treat everybody right if he will let you. If he will not, you are not to blame. Now comes the question of the superintendent. Is he big enough for the position? I am afraid he is not. If he is not capable of filling this position, it means expensive logging. It is much harder to ob- tain a good looging superintendent than it is to obtain a good man to run your sawmill. I believe that if the superintendent were financially interested in the company, it would be better for the company. He should have the brains and diplomacy of a United States president and the fighting qualities of a John L. Sullivan. During the discussion upon this address Mr. Lamont Rowlands, of Chicago, of the Goodyear Lumber Company, Tomah, Wash., sub- mitted the following statement of the cost of food at one of that com- pany’s camps for one year, based on about one hundred and fifty men: Cost per Man Material Consumed Amount per day iReeteateshies 26 cen hes ete a | "400,670 $ .0872 CRINCGEM,) te ts eisai ees bk. ae ea LOZSZF 0223 BACON ae oc Ne en ke AO? .0249 roe URE 5 oe Saar, SO ee i Aes a RR 8 ARG 0135 aaa Se? ait Ge ate tix eon ste >. Se 0054 Lard «| 245,005 0250 Butterine Jie) Oo .0120 RUG errs Fo ne PR ae, oes AOL GAS .0287 | ELALIC IT ola aM ear eel ea cee aU eat 9 389 .0189 POW. SUSaT sey. 6s 6 ce ete el sae a ea 20,849 .0110 Gramaved Sugsrt: bi) det c2. 2... 96,509 0209 miembros es. . Oe oa ae ee .0124 eee tt: See sos eon. een TOO ae .0046 eet ey etre tee boar tee ss Soret ee oe 4ABOOS .0093 SPeniieee, see Naan tetid So s he ts as Oa .0074 Peaches ... .. . 24,346 0053 Miscellaneous, of small ‘proportions. 240,613 0523 Total . . 1,662,436 3611 An address was dais seat at the afternoon session by W. E. Hal- lenbeck, of Wausaukee, Wis., of the J. W. Wells Lumber Company, dealing with “Steam Ground Skidding.” Mr. Hallenbeck said that he believed the time had come when they should, so far as possible, get away from the old methods of horse logging. After leaving the | pine limits which had been cut out in the earlier days of logging and going after the hardwood, they found themselves confronted by sev- eral obstacles which had not been reckoned with. First, instead of fairly level sandy soil, where railroad building was comparatively easy, they had now to open a rough, hilly, stony country which yield- ed hardly one-third the number of saw logs that the pine lands yield- ed. It was very difficult and far more expensive to get in a rail- 36 . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ; ; road. Here and there they would find deep pot holes and ravines out of which horses could not draw the heavy hardwood logs. ‘Thus, when these difficulties were developing, the old-time lumberjack com- menced to forsake the northern camps, going either south or west. The steam loader had helped greatly, but still the problem remained of getting in the logs. The advent of the skidding machines had then come to their assistance. He was strongly of the opinion that steam skidders were only in their infancy, but had come to stay. What they wanted was more and better machines. There were practically only two types on the market today, the ground skidder and the overhead cable way. It was his opinion that the cable way was the coming -machine. His own experience was based on the use of the ground skidder, of which they use the one known as the Lidgerwood. With railroads laid out 1,200 feet to accommodate _ horse amount of work was entailed in getting in the tracks, as well as the employment of large crews of laborers “which were very hard to get. As near as they could estimate, the grading of such branches cutting and clearing right of way, laying steel and surfacing included, cost about $1,500 per mile. Figuring this mile of track with a skidding width of 1,200 feet per team gang, would give 145 or 150 acres, con- taining approximately 1,500, 000 feet of logs. Thus the railroad cost about $1 per thousand feet. With the skidder they went out twice the distance for logs, there- fore eliminating half the cost of the railroad. They covered 300 acres to the, mile of track, harvesting about 3,000,000 feet of logs. A mach- ine costs a lot of money, but so did horses. The cost of the quantity of cable used would probably balance the hay and oats. Skilled labor was necessary to run the skidder, but better results were obtained and the men probably stuck to their jobs if they were paid good wages. All in all, he was strongly in favor of the steam skidder. In building their railroads, his company now used a railroad ditcher, which with a crew of five men and a team would build one mile of grade in heavy soil, with a great many boulders, average cuts and fills, 14-foot crown to allow the steam skidder to go through cuts, including pulling of stumps and casting them out, at the very small expense of $425 per mile. They had thus reduced their grading cost by two-thirds. Logging With Horses The next address, by Mr. J. W. Gleason, of Goodman, Wis., of the Goodman Lumber Company, was entitled “Logging with Horses,” and was one of the most interesting addresses presented at the meet- ing. Mr. Gleason spoke as follows :— To .the modern logging operation in Wisconsin, Michigan and Eastern Canada “the horse” is an absolute necessity. Good mach- inery is very important but more important still is a good force of able-bodied horses. Efficiency is the greatest requirement—a term which applies to every branch of the logging game. My experience has been that too little attention is given the care and handling of horses in the lumber woods. In the “Old Pine Days,” or before modern methods were known, horses were worked during the winter months and turned out to pasture all summer to recuperate. Everyone had the idea that they could not do any log- ging unless they half killed their horses. A man was not considered a teamster unless he could make a team eat three bushels of oats every day and could pound them on the head for 18 to 20 hours every day. There are more horses ruined by over-feeding than by any other cause. The average teamster of today, in that respect, is like the newly married young lady, who—upon entering the meat market was asked: “How much steak do you want?” She replied: “I don’t know whether I want a pound or a whole cow.” The teamster does not know whether a horse needs a quart of oats for supper or a whole bag full. To get the best results, horses should be kept in good condition. Their teeth should be gone over at least once a year by a competent veterinary. We keep a man at each camp whose sole work is to look after the horses—he feeds them three times a day; keeps the barns in good sanitary condition; looks after the harness— in fact everything in connection with the horses, and he gets to know every horse. He is the only one around the barns who has access to the oat bin and the harness room. We find that by having one man in charge, who has gained his knowledge by actual experi- ence, we get better results. It eliminates, to a certain extent at least, acute diseases—such as spinal trouble, cholic, etc., etc., which is com- mon among horses. We buy the best oats and hay; feed bran once a week (Saturday night) and we do not feed any stock foods of any kind whatever. We work our horses all the year round—or an aver- age of 300 days of ten hours each. I will give some facts and figures to show what horses can accomplish if properly cared for and handled. The figures will relate to the year between November Ist, 1912, and November’ Ist, 1913. What Well Kept Horses Can Accomplish We operate two camps having twenty-four teams in the logging service—or twelve teams in each camp. One team is used for Sank ing water to the horses and lunch to the men. One team is used for railroad work: exclusively. This leaves ten teams in each camp to do skidding, an enormous . the skidding. They do not do any loading as we operate two Me- Giffert loaders. The following includes the two camps or twenty teams skidding 312 days—or 6,240 days for one team: Logs, Dédyle scale, number of pieces 228,349, 13,948,550 feet, which tallied over the trimmer board measure 21,090,562 feet; 12,578 cords of 4-it. chemical wood (birch and maple) ; 1,754 cedar telegraph poles and 8,569 cedar posts. I will give you the different items of horse feed, etc., and what they cost—in other words, what it costs us for horse flesh and the amount of work they do. We value the teams at $600 each or $14,400. One thing we have learned by experience is—that the average life of a horse, in the lumber woods, when they are worked the year round, is from four to six years and one thing they do claim is, that to keep a man driving a team that is broken down is a waste of human energy, which is the most expensive commodity that is used today in every successful operation. Human energy and brains go hand in hand. No lumbering operation is successful without both. Depreciation, interest, etc., 25 per cent. . $3,600.00 Oats consumed, 11,395 bushels ... . 0 4,000nen Hay consumed, 196 tons ... .¥~ its'8). oid, Se Bran consumed, 12! toa8 «; <2 Mier ad 28 218.30 Veterinary services and medicine ... 221.00 “si. ae > $11,767 :37, jae A Practical Camp mcabeuean System - ? These figures are absolutely correct—for | made them myself. Our company has the best accounting system under the sun. They do not'use the old debit and credit system. They just charge every- thing and credit nothing. We have a little accounting system of our own in connection with the woods department. Supplies purchased, supplies on hand, inventory every month, distribution of labor, mater- ial}-ete., etc. We don’t wait ‘until the 15th or 20th of the fo'lowing month to see “where we are at, * for about that time the general man- ager calls a fellow in “on the carpet” and shows him a little slip of paper containing some figures, then he straightens up in his chair and says: “John—(Tom, Dick or Harry, as the case may be) it is cost- ing too much to log; too much to build the railroad; too much to feed the men—and this, that and the other thing is costing” too much—and nine cases out of ten a fellow has to sit there like a bump on a log, not knowing what-to say. So the only way is to keep an accurate tab on everything as you go along and when you find that anything is costing too much—‘‘cut it out,” before the “Boss” gets “next to it.” The average cost of logging per thousand feet from November Ist, 1912, to November Ist, 1913, paid scale, was as follows :— Sawing . $110 Swamping ... San Skidding + :....'. 2 A220 ag eee 1.28 Loading . ee tee tle” stan ms 6) ee eee Tools and repairs — ai ne: «aha Depreciation, horses, equipment, etc. 5 len a nce .90 Roads ‘anid spurs"). (erp ss ae Supervision, overhead")... 220° at¢ees- Gee $5.83 ; The average cost according to the general books was for ten months, everything included for the twelve month, Doyle scale, was $5.94. The difference between Doyle scale and lumber tally was 44 per cent., so that the net cost for the ten months was $4.13, lumber tally over the trimmer. Mr. Geo. H. Holt, of Chicago, president of the Holt Saelibier Company, Oconto, Wis., delivered an address upon “Standardization of Accounting.” It was high time, he said, that lumbermen should systematize this important branch of their operations and it was now an opportune time, because labor was more plentiful, costs of operation were excessive and business prospects were bad. Indi- vidual companies here and there might have systematized their oper- ations properly, but most operations were conducted in a very crude manner, so far as the accounting was concerned. The trouble with most accounting systems was that the important information could — only be secured when it was too late, after the horse had been stolen. Even then it was not in such shape that it could be utilized and ap- plied in subsequent operations. Most of the knowledge was in the heads of individuals who had had the experience, and it could not be utilized by others. Wages meant nothing as a test, or guide to efficiency without a record of the product. The total cost of logging was of little value unless one knew in which department there had been efficiency or in- efficiency. There must be.a just balance between the cost of ascer- taining these facts and their value when ascertained. The logging camp was a most deplorable example of waste ma- terial and labor, coupled with the crippling of the energy which it was designed to produce and maintain. There was greater need for the State to prescribe the quantity and variety of food to be served in order to conserve the health and - ~ : a Se CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER lives of camp employees, than for the State to protect emp!oyees from possible injury from operating machinery. Lumber organizations might profitably unite in employing some skillful person or organization to train camp cooks and to establish standards of rations for every meal and for every day in the week which wou!d give variety and maintain comfort and strength of the men. Standardization of forms for use in organizing and conducting logging operations, the purchase of supplies, equipment and appar- _atus, keeping track of the condition, location and quantities, check- ‘classes of woods workers. _ uniform, running from $26 to $40 per month and board. Most of the ing waste, loss or theft, and fixing the responsibility for these things upon someone who could be called to account for them, were indes- pensible of efficiency. It was foolish to buy supplies and material without a test of quality. The waste resulting from neglect of this fect was a tremendous element in the cost of operation. An important discussion then took place upon welfare work among woods employees and a motion was passed to appoint two committees, one to investigate welfare work and another to investi- gate questions relating to the standardization of accounting methods. . A census was taken to discover the wages paid for the different It was shown that the wages were fairly companies found their chief difficulty to be securing good men and all were disposed to pay good men all they were worth. Swampers were commonly paid $26 to $28; loaders, $36 to $40; teamsters, $30 to $35 and sawyers $26 to $32. A few were paying teamsters $40, but these were extra good men who had been long in the service. Quebec Forest Fire Report The annual report oi the Minister of Lands and Forests of the province of Quebec for the year ending June 30th, 1913, contains an _ interesting report by Mr. W. C. J. Hall, superintendent of the lorest tler’s lot near Ste. Rose. Protection Branch. After the disappearance of the snow in the spring of 1913 at the end of May, and the beginning of June, Mr. Hall reports, conditions became very dangerous as the rainfall was light, and so menacing that I found it necessary to have the whole statft out in the field working over time, warning the people, and in every way possi- ble endeavoring to prevent fire. Our efforts were fairly well rewarded. One of the worst fires we had, was that which started on a set- It ran over about five or six other lots, and eventually communicated with railway property 6n the Q. C. R., there consuming about 8000 cords of pulp wood, several buildings, some lumber, etc. I consider the total loss in this fire reached the sum of $75,000, inclusive of mature and younger forest growth. The St. Maurice River basin experienced a veritable drought this spring, and it was only by supreme exertion on the part of the Protec- tive Association that we were saved from serious conflagrations. I[ cannot speak too highly of the strenuous efforts made by Mr. Sorgius and his sttaff to ward off the danger, and must congratulate them warmly on the results achieved. General rain in this section only ~ came about 15th to 20th June, whereas in other districts it arrived earlier. Thus, taking into consideration the dangers which threatened us generally through the Province, and the comparatively small losses sustained, although the list of fires is large, I consider results to be eminently satisfactory. The staff has demonstrated its ability to cope with serious conditions successfully; we had an easy task, it is true in 1912, but quite the reverse in 1913, and were found equal to the ’ occasion. ° Railways Reducing the Risk iy It is with much satisfaction that I can report great strides made in the way of better conditions this year on railways. In 1912, the Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada assumed control of forest protective work on all railways in the Province, except the I. C. R., and N. T. R., plus the provincially chartered roads, and issued order No. 16570, which detailed the plan of operation for protecting forests ad-. joining these railways. The Quebec Public Utilities Commission -then took up the same line of conduct, as regards railways with Provincial charters and issued order No. 72, almost a duplicate of No. 16570. The Quebec Public Utilities Commission saw fit to appoint me Provincial Fire Inspector early in 1913, with full powers to carry out order No. 72. The Board of Railway Commissioners also appointed me in the same capacity for railways under its control. I had numerous conferences at Montreal and Ottawa with Mr. C. _ Leavitt, Chief Fire Inspector, and together we he!d conferences with all the railways, invariably meeting with hearty co-operation. My in- ‘spectors examined all the railways in the.Province and located the dan- gerous sections, and special patrols were ordered on all these, after conferences held with the various roads interested. The organization was completed in time for the season of danger, viz.: the disappearance of the stiow, and my inspectors were in the field in time to cope with the situation. The Board of Railway Commis- 37 sioners kindly supplies passes to the staff, and assists us in every pos- sible manner. Thus, for the first time in the history of the Province, a regular system of protection has been established along lines of railways. The results from this first effort have been that, owing to the efficiency. of the new organization, | have no serious fires to report as originating from railway lines controlled as above. Part of this successful result must be attributed to the excellent locomotive inspection carried on by the Board of Railway Commissioners, and which by special ar- rangement includes locomotives on all provincially chartered roads, except one or two which are remote and which happen to run through cultivated lands where there is no danger of fire occurring. Difficul- ties were met with e.g. proprietors of timbered lands, adjoining the rights of way, have been cutting, and the inevitable dangerous coliec- tion of debris and slash remains in some places. The Government has no authority to compel these owners to clean up the debris. It is un- fair to the railways, they cannot enter on these lands and perform the necessary work. The Government wrote to a number of these people asking them to clean up; a very few complied with the request (all honor to them), others evaded the point, others completely ignored the correspondence of the Government, a fact which I desire to empha- size. Such being the case, I now beg to request the Honorable Min- ister to cause legislation to be enacted at the coming session which will enable the Government to compel owners of timbered lands adjoin- ing railways to clean up their forest debris for a depth of 300 feet along their frontage. Railways are now compelled to maintain their rights of way free from debris, and are liable in damages for fire starting within 300 feet of the track; it is unfair to subject them to such condi- tions when owners of lands create veritable fire-traps right beside them. I urge this reform strongly. The order in council imposing a $5.00 penalty per square mile for non-patrolment of limits has had a good effect, and we have as a result many more rangers, and a very much increased sateguarding of the forests. Nevertheless, incredible as it may appear, there are still some limit-holders who are so careless of their interest as to de- cide that they will take the fire risk and pay the penaity. It was hard to convince some that the government was serious in this meas- ure, but the majority acknowledge the necessity therefor, and made proper provision. In this connection I] may say that the Province of Quebec Limit-holders Association rendered us signai service by strongly advising its members to comply with the requirements of the order-in-council. The Value of Joint Protective Measures I made mention of the St. Maurice Forest Protective Association, in my last report, eulogizing the system and principles of co-opera- tive protection and complimented the Association on the work they had done. I also expressed the hope that limit-holders in other sec- tions of the Province would follow the excellent example set and form other associations. I regret to say that now nearly a year has passed by and not another such association has been formed. What are our limit-holders thinking about? Wanted 1-in. and 2-in. Spruce and Hemlock for spring or summer delivery; will make an ad- vance on stock. A. N. DUDLEY, : 109 Stair Building, 1-2 Toronto, Ont. ENNIS HERVE TOs DR ORR MME RIAL Saurus tae sens : For Sale One thousand cords dry softwood slabs and edgings. Canada Pine Lumber Company, Limited, Hamilton, Ont. 24-1-2-3 For Sale Peeled cedar post 4%4-in. to T-in. top, § ft. long. Best of quality and made from green cedar. Chas. Pedwell, Lions Head, Ont. 9-t.f. For Sale About 200 M. ft. of Hardwood logs from 9-in, to 13-in. in diameter. F.O.B. cars, Sherbrooke. Apply E. L. DARCHE, 1-4 Ascot Corner, P.O. For Sale 8/4 Soft Elm. 4/4 Soft Maple. 4/4 Soft Elm. In car lots only. The above is well manu- factured and bone dry. Apply Box 925, Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. 1-2 Lumber For Sale 6 cars Square Cedar, 7 x 7 and _up. 100,000 ft. 3 x 7 and 3 x 8 Merch. Spruce. 1,000 Spruce Piles, 20 ft. to 35 ft. 90,000 ft. 3 x 3 Merchantable Spruce. 5 cars 2 x 4 Merchantable Spruce. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, - Montreal, Que. C For Sale F, O. B. Barry’s Bay. 180 M. Ft. 2” Dry Hemlock. 30 M. Ft. 2” Dry Spruce. 2" x 4,2" x 6", 2" 2 107; and 1” beards. For January Delivery. Apply Robert Bury & Co., 79 Spadina Avt., 1 Toronto. Dry Country Stock January Delivery,— 80 M. Ft. 1” Basswood, No. 1 C. & B 50 M. Ft. 1” B. Ash, No. 2 C. & B 50 M. Ft. 1” Soft Elm, No1C. &B 25 M. Ft. 2” Soft Elm, No.1 C. & B 25 M. Ft. 2” Birch, No: 1: & 8 12 M. Ft. 2” Oak, No.1 C. & B Rober Bury & Co., 79 Spadina Ave., 1 Toronto. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write ‘us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over’ lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, 1-t.f. Janesville, Wisconsin. For Sale 100 M. 1 x 4 White Pine Mill Culls. 100 M. 1 x 6 White Pine Mill Culls. 100 M. 1 x 8 White Pine Mill’ Culls. 100 M. 2x 6 & up White Pine Mill Culls. 100 M. 2-in. Hemlock Mill Culls. 100 M. 2 x 10 - 14 ft. to 20 ft. Norway. 100 M. 1 x 10 White Pine Dressing. 50 M. 2-in. Cuts and Better. 60 M. 3-in. Deal Good. F. McGIBBON & SONS, 1 ‘ Sarnia, Ont, For Sale 260 M. ft. 5/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. 40 M. ft. 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. 2,500 ft. 8/4 No.1 C. & B. Basswood. 2,300 ft. 16/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. 10 M. ft. 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. J. AUSTIN & SONS, 23-24-1-2 Kinmount, Ont. 4 re » WANTED—One pair twin circulars, for slabbing logs down to 4 inches-and up. Must be in good condition. Apply 524 Board of Trade Bldg., Montreal. 23-t.£. WANTED—One pair steam engines, cap- able of developing 500 h.p. for sawmill. Must be in good condition. Apply 524 Board of Trade Building, Montreal. 24-t.f, aS | Machi 7 e sis RANE 1 Wickes Gang A first-class machine at a bargain. 23-24-1-2 W. L. MILES, Saginaw, Mich. ENGINE FOR SALE : Second-hand 12 x 30 Wheelock Engine made by Goldie & McCullough, Galt. In good condition, low price, can be seen at our works, Canada Printing Ink Company, Limited, Toronto, Ont. 1 Woodworking Machinery for Sale.—3 26-in. revolving bed, double surface planers; 3 24-in. Champion planers, matchers-and moulders; 1 MacGregor-Gourlay power feed rip saw; 1 42-in. Fay power feed band rip saw; 2 No. 619 Canada Machinery Corporation dimension saws; 1 54-in. Jackson-Cochrane band resaw; 6 30-in. Ideal pedestal band saws; H. W. Petrie, Limited, Toronto, Montreai and Van- couver. Cc For Sale 1—Giddings & Lewis Horizontal Slab Re-saw. 1—Pair twin slabbers for ties. 1—Payette Box Board Edger. 1—Engine, 12 x 20, complete. 28—Wrought iron dry kiln trucks. All in working order. FIRSTBROOK. BROS., 24-1-2-3. Penetang, Ont. For Sale at a- Bargain 1 10 in. x 10 in. Simplex Pump. 5 Steam Engines. 1 Killam Stock Gang (New). 1 Mitts & Merrill Hog, No. 20, 10 in. x 12 in. 1 Ricker with 30-in. Saw. 1 St. John Iron Works Driving Gear for Band Saw Carriage. Edger, Planers, Shingle Machine, Chain Blocks, Trolleys, Saw Arbors, Pulleys, Ro- tary Saws, and a large lot of Steam and Mill Fittings. . Address, T. N. McGRATH, 20-t.f. Tusket, N.S. TH ESS d-Employment Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 25 cents. ante Position wanted as single or double band sawyer. Good references. Apply Box 928, Canada Lumberman, Toronto, 1-2 Advertisements under this heading two cents word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cen Se _Salesman Wanted—Large Southern yellow pine manufacturers want a good Canadian salesman to travel Canada. Must know yel- low pine trade. Good salary. Apply in first instance to E. J. Macintyre, 659 Peoples Gas Building, Chicago. 1-2-3 EN it _ Business ce SASS For Sale—Planing Mill _. Agoing concern. Consisting of lands, build- ings and machinery in good live town, Water- loo County. A. C. Bender, Real Estate, Berlin, Ont. 23-24-1-2 eC Bargain if taken before January 15th. Tug Marie Louise, length 65 feet, beam 15 ft., 50 h.p., steam 200 pounds. Hull rebuilt 1911-12, fully equipped, electric lighted, cook- ery outfit, sleeping accommodation for 7 men. Also two scows. The Baker Lumber Company, Ltd., 23-24-1-2 Lindsay, Ont. se For Sale Lumber Limits in Eastern Canada, 50,000 acres, large Sawmill, fully equipped going concern, on salt water. Correspondence so- licited. Will be sold right to close estate. Address, Timber Limits, care Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 22-t.f. Rr Wanted to Buy one or two lumber yards each doing a yearly a neo $30,000. Would like to Tade some farms in on the deal. Apply to K. T., c/o Canada Lumberman, Tovomeee 24-1-2-3 Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. This is where buyers of timber property look for op- Portunities to invest. If your “ad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. tf — EE eee For Sale | Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent log pond. ‘Ten and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. 8-t.f. Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. . THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. 1-t.£. Saw Mill For Sale or Lease What is known as the ticnic Island Mill at Little Current. Cutting capacity 140 M. inch lumber in 10 hours. In first class con- dition. Possession can be given 1st January next. For further particulars apply to -THOMAS CONLON, 44 Church Street, 21-t.£. St. Catharines, Ont, For Sale Timber on 25 acres; red oak, white oak, other hardwoods and piné. HERBERT ‘DAVIDSON, 1 Mount Nemo, Halton, Ont. For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hardwood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sawmill and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 19-t.f. Sale by Auction of Valuable Timber Limits Public Notice is hereby given that on Thursday, January 15th, 1914, at ten o’clock a.m., the timber limits hereinafter mentioned will be offered for sale by public auction at our offices, = License No. 110 Callieres South 17 square miles. License No. 110 Callieres North 2814 square miles with saw mill equipped with machinery and 132 acres, more or less, freehold land at Port aux Quilles, St. Simeon Charlevoix County. Conditions of sale: Ten per centum cash on adjudication, the balance payable upon trans- ‘fer of the licenses, which transfers will have to be payable to the Crown Lands Depart- ment of the Province of Quebec by the pur- chaser, who will also pay the auction duty and will have to accept the licenses and property with any responsibility on the part of the vendor save that the licenses have been is- sued and are his property and to furnish titles to the freehold property, mills and machinery. For inspection of the licenses and other particulars apply to LARUE & TRUDEL, Accountants, ' Dominion Building, 126 St. Peter Street, Quebec. Saw Mill Property For Sale or Rent The following are some of its leading fea- tures: Situated near Little Current, on the Georgian Bay, on what is known as Picnic Island. Contains 37 acres of freehold pro- perty which includes the mill and more than twenty other buildings. It has been leased by the Wolverine Lumber Company during the past seven years, and their lease expires the first of January next. If they buy more limits they may, likely continue the lease. In the meantime we are offering the property for sale or rent. The mill has been cutting about 20,000,000 a year on small logs and a ten-hour day. The Island is in unorganized territory and our yearly tax on it is only one cent an acre in addition to the Little Current school tax of about twenty-five dol- lars a year. The power consists of two en- gines—a 24 x 30-inch and a 20 x 20-inch cy- linder. Five boilers 60-inch diameter by 16 feet long. _A double cutting band, a wickes gang (36-inch) and a circular saw. Two trimmers, two edgers and good lath mill capacity. The protection against fire is prob- ably the best on the Georgian Bay; with a fine large pump in the machine shop, and a water tank outside ninety feet high with water pipes leading to the mill and all the houses on the Island, four streams at once can be thrown on the mill. We carry $62,000 in- surance on the mill and on all the buildings, the average rate being less than four per cent. Our piling capacity consists of 2,200 feet of stone-filled docks holding about ten- million feet, and ten million more in the rear on the ground, Vessels can load at the docks to sixteen-foot drafts and be well sheltered. First-class booming room for about 15,000,000 feet of logs, 650 booms and chains. We carry boiler insurance, and the inspectors’ report this year testifies that everything is in good condition. The average loss of time during the past six years is probably ‘less than three days in the season for repairs, and the quality of the manufacture is among the very best on the Georgian Bay. To build up this pro- perty at the present time would cost at the least $200,000, but we do not care to go back to the active work of running it, and will sell the property free of encumbrance for $75,000 and on easy terms of payment. There is now a railroad running into Little Current which will materially increase the value of this property. If we do not sell soon, would lease it for a term of years at a reasonable rent, and will be pleased to correspond with interested parties. For further particulars ap- ply to the undersigned. Thos. Conlon, 44 Church Street, 24-1-2-3 St, Catharines, Ont, 2 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER For Sale by Tender Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to twelve o’clock noon on Wednesday the 18th March, 1914 for the purchase of the following assets of the Northern Islands Pulpwood Company, Limited Port Arthur, Ontario Parcel 1. Real estate, being lots 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 of Subdivision of Park Lot 2, North John Street, City of Port Arthur, Ontario, 133 ft. by 131 ft., more or less, on Johnson Avenue, valued at $12,000.00. Parcel 2. Pulpwood lands in Lyon Township, District of Thunder Bay; Acres Lot A-19 locations, having an area of approximately Atala . 2,901.92 Lot B-12 locations, having an area of approximately ease . 1,709.50 Lot C-57 locations, having an area of approximately ... ... ... ..- 9,810.02 13,921.44 Estimated to contain 125,000 cords of wood. Buildings and erections thereon val- ued at eRe Acne ae i>, usiitcicee AG OOOO River and road expenditures ... ... 14,056.00 Sawmill, Lot B. 94 by 20, valued at 5,184.55 Machinery and Equipment, valued at 22,747.81 Camp Equipment, as per Inventory. 11,459.74 IDESER We Wet Seah eink Beis tieiee! ic sleet 6O,800,0D Parcel 3. Equities and Rights of the Company in cer- tain Licenses, permitting, under terms, cut- ting of pulpwood on Lands known as Nipigon Mining Lands in District of Thunder Bay, as per list having an approximate area of 63,863 acres, Parcel 4. (A) Equities and rights of the Company in cer- tain licenses, permitting under terms, cutting of pulpwood on Lands known as the Whalen Lands, in Lyon Township, District of Thun- der Bay, as per list, having an approximate area of 1,182% acres. (B) Equities and rights of the Company in cer- tain licenses, permitting under terms, cutting of pulpwood on Lands known as the Squaw Creek Lands, in Lyon Township, District of Thunder Bay, as per list, having an approxi- mate area of 2,084%4 acres. Parcel 5. Equities and rights of the company in cer- tain licenses, permitting under terms, cutting of pulpwood on Lands known as Magnet Point Landsin Black Bay of Lake Superior to be located under Veteran Scrip, as per list, hav- ing an area approximately of 5,120 acres. Parcel 6. Equity in agreement to purchase Black Sturgeon Lands, having an area of 8,000 acres, against which there is a debt of $52,- 000.00. Parcel 7. Camp Supplies, as per Inventory... 6,058.26 Parcel 8, Pulpwood and Piling, as per Invent- Orsi oa ces 2,400.00 Parcel 9. Launches, Motor Boats, Boom Sticks and Chains, as per Inventory ... 10,972.35 Tenders will be received for the nine parcels en bloc and tenderers are required to state amount apportioned by them to each parcel. Tenders will also be received for the par- cels separately, and in case the whole pro- perty can be sold more satisfactorily in par- cels, such tenders may be accepted. Inventories may be seen on application to the Assignee. TERMS OF SALE One-fourth cash, ten per cent. at time of sale, and balance in two, four and six months thereafter, with interest at six per cent. sat- isfactorily secured. Marked cheque payable to the order of G. T. Clarkson, Assignee, for ten per cent. of amount of tender must ac- company each tender, which cheque will be returned if the tender be not accepted. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. As to Parcel 1, the purchaser shall search the title at his own expense and the ven- dors shall not be required to furnish any abstracts, deeds, or other evidence of title, except those in his possession. The pur- chaser shall have ten days in which to make objections or requisitions, which, if the ven- dor shall from any cause be unable or unwill- ing to answer, the vendor may then rescind the sale, in which case the purchaser shall be entitled only to a return of the deposit money, without interest, costs or compensa- tion, As to Parcel 2, lots are sold without guar- antee as to title, quantity of lands, or esti- mates of timber thereon, and purchaser must accept title of the Assignee as it stands. As to Parcels 3, 4, 5 and 6, the purchaser will be required to accept such equities and rights as are vested in the Assignee, full par- ticulars of which will be furnished on applica- tion. As to Parcels 8 and 9, these parcels are offered subject to prior sale. - For any of the Parcels, 7, 8 or 9, tenders must be for the whole amount of the parcel. Should there be any shortage, the same will be adjusted on the basis of shorts and longs, having regard to inventory prices, as com- pared with the combined value of the items in each parcel, as stated on this advertisement. Tenders will be opened at the office of the Assignee, 33 Scott Street, Toronto, at ten o’clock in the forenoon of Thursday, the 19th day of March, 1914, when all tenderers are re- quested to be present. Further particulars may be obtained on ap- plication to the Assignee. Dated at Toronto this 4th day of Decem- ber, 19138. G. T. CLARKSON, Assignee, 1 15 Wellington Street, Toronto. aneous 2 9 (Ce Taenns taney PEO RE Ae en TT Hi e8.2 eee hae se dj : ewa as «ss 11 Breeze, Denison SENCOD oe GB i ee att aiee ns 14 Mack Axe Works .. 15 Shelidotis LAgGeet ues Px Bromley, William H. . a ae h I Mahoney, "AS 22) .euise, os eee 53 artshore, John J. « tae tg ’ Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. 66 Burstall & Co., J. .. ie B Mi ts Main Belting Comtrade eels: 75 eorgian Bay Shook rh es eee p, Maritinied enghienees Machine Shurly-Dietrich Company .. .. . 21 re) ps ara Lumber Co., Ltd. ms Works oa 7g Siemen Bros. Ltd... .. . 10 Caflisch Bros. oe 19 erlach, Peter... es Mason, Gordon & cae see ce ee § Simonds Canada Sie Coz Lid 24 Cameron & onaar! isp'ini Mer wien Gillespie, James .. 10 McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Co... .. . 73 Smart-Turner Mach Co., Ltd. 1 Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Co. . 58 Gillies Bros. Ltd. .. 6s MeGibhon Ieumber" Go: g smith Foundry & Machine Co... 78 Canadian Locomotive Co. .. 7z Goodhue & Co., J. L. : OS Wicking oe hai io. eat 4 Smith Company, R. H. .. .. Canada Wood Specialty Co. bet 10 peta tS oe & Rapee: ca a 93 McLaren Belting Co., J. C. .. zs g4 snowball, J.B... .. ‘ant Can. Mach. Corporation, Ltd. 80 ise Aue ad a McLennan Lumber Co., Ltd. 12 Snowdon, C.C. 3... 2) gee Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. ..- 1 G iS 2 , C RGR ie aI aS Mereen-Johnston Machine Co. .. 76 pears & Lauder ...... .. .. 13 Can. H. W. Johns-Manville Co... 69 “TVS, Bigwood Co...) .... oe ; Spencer,-C: Al. 23+ soe : Gidionck. Kaiecliiiee Ce 79 Merritt Mfg. Company .. .. .. .. 49 P 8 Can. Linderman Company . a OE G ine Wi ae 3. ak : Mershon & Co., W. B. .. .. .. . 1 Standard Chain Compeeeel 72 Canadian Office & School noes chess Sekhar 1 ee a oe - Miller & (Con 11 Superior Manufacturing ro Re, etc ture Company Grand Rapids Veneer Works 67 Micntreniene Re Can. Western Lumber Co. 51 Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. 20 Cie: Seg 0. te ae eae : x Cane Company, J. G. .. 20 Pree 10 Tegge Lumber Co. 18 H Meaford Lumber Co. 10 Tessier, Alphonse 11 Cant & Kemp .. .. 11 a _ Haeberle Lumber Co... .. 10 Mont. Locomotive Works, Tee 76 Thurston-Flavelle Least. Co 16 Capital Wire Cloth Co. 15 y .e Hall, Adam .. ..... .. .. .. 4. 66) Morgan Machine Co. .2' 5 22 0 75" @timberland laa 16 Carborundum Company .. . ; mae ai 3 Sh a ae Re Hamilton Co., Ltd., Wm... .. ... 74 Morse Lumber Co., Fred S... .. 14 Timms, Phillips & Co... . 16 pea : Ath eae Mee: “ Hardinge Bros. FOMAO! oe Munson-Whitaker Co. . 11 Tudhope-Anderson & Knox .. 78 Christy-Moir Company “pl ot HON Pre otinet Beas Works a Saw Mills Co. f ee Hay,’ Peter 2s ce 73 National Elevator Co. .. te. tee : ‘ Vv Climax g. Company .......-. 77 Heaps & Co, Ltd., E. H. 54 Neverslip Mfg. Company .. .. .. 69 Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. .. 13 abs Surface Company .. Ue Heisler Locomotive Wares # vi, Newman, Joba... -..-..$es' ame Clyde Iron Works .. ‘9 Heyser Lumber Company .. 19 Nicholson File Co... .. .. .. .. 1 Walters & Sons, A - Coghlin Co., B. J. .. 1 rei ea ie et ei Taraber Ca ‘ MBA, VV TMT. ES. 7 ogate, fo ecicioth ois! ole l ost ua Pp Waterous Engine Works Ga. Ltd. 83 pont Hobart & Company 2... 1.42 11 Parry Sound Lumber Co., Ltd. . 15 Watson & Todd... ......... 12 D Hocken Lumber Company .. 12 Partington ‘Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. 9 Webb Lumber Company .. .. .. Dalhousie Lumber Co... .. .. . 9° Hoffman Bros. Co. 1g Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency .. 20 Webster & Bro. Ltd., James... 11 Dawkins Lumber Co., W. H... .. 18 Hoyt Metal Company .. .. .. .. 84 Payette & Company, P. .. -- . 76 West & Peachy . 78 Dixon Crucible Co., Jos. .. .. 73 Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Gos Inc. 73 pes pa Textile Machinery * Wickes Bros. : 81 Diver, JM. im... Pass ar. vc, eal Wisconsin Lumber Co. Re I ‘ : Defiance Machine ages slams! “atone ye ade Company, Jolin a4 oe Company, Wm. R o Wistar, Underhill & Nixon .. 19. Disston & Sons, Henry .. .. .. 71 rr : ; + es aa paris ge > Wuichet, Louis .. .. 14 Dom, Mahogany & Veneer Eo. J needs Sa Q I ' Woodstock Lumber Cal 58 Dominion Timber Regulations .. 64 Jenckes Machine Co., Ltd. 53 od te t. Maurice Industria 5 Yy Donogh & Co., John .. 13; Johnston; Avgi a. p/w coer GS Quincy Adams ee: Co. gs Young Company, W. F. .. 65 SCANDINAVIA has for many years proven its service Write for giving qualities. It is equally reliable Belting for all direct drives whether straight or Book crossed. It has a good surface for grip- THE ping the pulley, runs true and exception- MAIN ally straight. . It will pay you to investi- DRIVE gate this long lived dependable belt. Write for booklet—‘‘ The Main Drive.” Federal Engineering Co., Limited, montREAt CANADA |LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 63 TheThree Goodhue Belts “EXTRA” “STANDARD” “ACME WATERPROOF ” These three brands are made for three different services and each brand is the best quality made from selected hides with the stretch taken out. \ “Goodhue Belts” stretch less than any other belt by 15 to 25 per cent. This \\ quality effects a great saving becaase it is unnecessary to be continually STM, shortening the belt to keep it taut. 1 ay ‘‘Acme Waterproof” brand is made for the wet places in a mill and will give a remarkable service under the most trying conditions. When you buy a belt—buy a Goodhue. Prices and particulars on request. J. L. Goodhue Company Limited DANVILLE - QUEBEC ————— E LUMBER FROM YOUR LOGS by using our Patent Steel Band Mill and Carriage This result was attained by different users of our mills during the season of 1912. We can prove to your satisfaction that this mill will cut more lum- GET 20 PER CENT. MOR Results from logs of given dimensions cut on Breeze, Denison & Co. pat. band mill. Diam. Log Length Feet Lum. ber and superior lumber than any other Band or Circular Mill on the market. Special features of Mill Concrete foundation not necessary. Frame con- structed with brace bolted to same timbers which support base of mill. This prevents any movement of mill foundation throwing mill arbors out of cross line. Supporting timbers attached to track which prevents variation in cutting of boards. J Roller Bearing Carriage designed to do away with lost side motion which is quite necessary for successful work in double cut- ting bands. ( Double Action Friction Set Works working on thin steel disc, which can be successfully used in place of usual foot friction in receding knees. This cuts down weight in pinion shaft, therefore reducing momentum, so that it is beyond speed of setter to over set by rapid work. Carriage can be changed from high to low speed instantly and can be operated without passing saw more than six inches either way. Knee opening to 44 inches. Guide prevents any binding motion to the gip and will automatically raise when coming in contact with knot in timber. Guides adjustable when mill is running. A Canadian Built Mill of superior manufacture. Manufacturers of Patented Steel Roller Bearings, Sawmill Carriages; Steel Band Mills, Portable and Stationary, for 16 to 19 Gauge Saws; Automatic Filing Machines (Swages) BREEZE, DENISON & COMPANY Write us if interested Newburgh, Ontario 64 CANADA ILUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on either side of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of the Dominion Timber Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by a duly qualified Dominion Land Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each of such berths shall then be thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. The Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sold at less oie the price so fixed. Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time = sale. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in cash at the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in — three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in thecity or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, or by a draft issued bya chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If default is made in any payment required by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. . The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square mile except for lands situated to the west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acre. The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :— Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. Railway ties, eight feet long, 1% cents each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each. * Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. And 5 per cent, on the sale of all other products of the berth. Timber Permits Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine operators and others on application to the Downie Timber Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. W. W. Cory, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Deputy Minister. December 20th, 1912. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 65 Are your horses of use to you? | Are Your Horses in This seems an absurd question—and the answer is always “Of course they are” —In which case provide your stables with: Good Condition ») & Horses for all lumber work are subjected to the hardest hauling under the J re) h ni S 0) ni %S Re | i abl e most severe conditions. They should therefore be as fit as all possible care and Veterinary Remedies | In the Lumber Camp, Around the Mill,In the Yard Johnson’s Horse Liniment, No. 1 (Alcoholic) 4 Bal. pee spexial) eae ne , ‘ i Wy) Ein and signe fe ee to be — the E 6 . | \\ : sa ll 1orses W D Ib, bottles 15.00 doz. Liz \ AN scant injuries "otdeh if aot ncveiiea re Z promptly may develop into lameness or con's Horse Liniment, No. 2 (an oil pepnent) rs ‘ disfigurement, thus reducing the working gs (Imperial) 8.00 et : y ( capacity of the horse and impairing its 1 a oot ic ae 6.00 : value from a sale standpoint. 2 1b. bottles 11.00 ae y You should always have handy and Johnson’s Horse Colic Remedy L) z= KS —S ready for use A sure and speedy cure for all kinds of Colic ZS ——— 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) 40 doses 5.00 gal. 1 lb. bottles 4 doses 8.00 doz. 2 1b. bottles 8 doses 15.00 doz, Good Liniment Johnson's Weterinary Healing Ointment (Gall Cure) to reduce bruises, strains, soreness; allay pain and inflammation quickly, be an tins 2.00 per tin antiseptic dressing to a cut or burn, or to heal a wire cut, wound or laceration. | “85 tins 3.50 doz. Johnson’ s Condition Powders (Concentrated) ABSORBINE 1 lb. Packages 3.60 per doz. Johnson’s Camp and Household Remedies, such is an antiseptic healing preparation as well as a resolvent and a discutient. it ee ee, meinen, Headache ie ee Ge ee en tel coer Powders, Big 4 Liniment, Stomach Bitters, Cathar- It will produce eeniai ea and complete results without blistering or remov- tic Pills, etc., etc., have stood the test of twenty- ing the hair, and will leave no blemish. You can work the horse at the same time. five years and are in use all over Canada, from the _ All enquiries on special cases answered without delay—full information and Atlantic to the Pacific. Prices are lower than instruction on request. er Se $2.00 per bottle at dealers or express prepaid. those of all other manufacturers. Letter orders ASE ey, He receive prompt attention. W. F. Young P. D. F. A. H. Johnson, Drugeist, Collingwood, 424 Lymans Bldg. MONTREAL, CANADA Inserted Tooth Cireular Saws All Radcliff insert tooth saws are fitted with the world famed Hoe Bits and Shanks. The body steel is tempered to the highest degree of perfection with sufficient pliability to avoid . breakage. We manufacture a complete line of high grade solid tooth saws, rift saws, shingle and heading Saws, grooving Saws, mitre saws, wide and narrow band saws, mill saws, drag saws, gang Saws, cross cut saws and machine knives. Send for our catalogue and prices. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Co. TORONTO — : Limited 66 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Annithilate The Shimer ‘Limited’ Cutter Heads For The High Speed Matcher : iy Potato Scale will positively remove scale from your These Heads will increase your matching capa- boiler tubes and can do no injury to your Pipes or fittings. city to 170 feet or more per minute, lighten your labors Feed water should be regularly treated with Potato Scale and reduce your expense account. to prevent scale, pitting, grooving and honeycombing; it They work smoother and cut true to pattern. saves fuel and so treats the water that it absorbs more steam. No fitting, no trying—no filing or grinding to Send us a gallon of feed water which we will ana- shape. lyze and then mix a sample of potato scale to suit your Everybody profits by their use. conditions—this is a free trial, write us. Price, net, for Flooring, $72.46 the set complete like illustrations. In Solid Section $67.00 complete. C C Sno d Samuel J. Shimer & Sons ° (ate waon GALT, ONT., CAN. Box 1384 Calgary, Alta.. Our stoves are specially designed All Kinds of Stoves for to meet all requirements of camp work. We know exactly what is neces- Large or Small Camps sary and desirable in this class of stove. We put into all our stoves the best of material and workmanship coupled with the best of expert experience. The ‘Leader Range’ for coal and wood, shown in this cut is specially adapted to ‘Lumberman Camps, Boarding Houses, Hotels and Rail- read Construction Camp Work. We also make this Range with side hinge doors. It is large, heavy and strongly built. Has good oven space and large heating surface. When a ating 7 ue el —a good, solid, reliable stove is wanted the ‘Leader’ will give satisfaction. ee ee re : 2 See Write for our catalogue. ‘ Pigs ‘ NO. 10-36A SIX HOLE LEADER RANGE AND RESERVOIR ADAM HALL, Limited - Peterborough, Ontario Manufacturers of Ranges, Heaters, etc., for Lumber Camps, Hotels, and Railway Construction CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 67 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS LONDON, CANADA Agencies and Warehouses :—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG, MAN. . CALGARY, ALTA. VANCOUVER, B.C. Locomotive Boiler on Skids WE CAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF YOUR DRY KILN GRANO RAPIDS VENEER WORKS Modern Planing Mills Use SHELDONS EXHAUST Dry Kiln Service A Practical Theory MEANS --~ Competent Engineering TO Effective Organization YOU - Years of Experience : Guaranteed Results Grand Rapids Veneer Works Grand Rapids, Michigan See for yourself what our Exhausters will do for you in your particular plant. We guarantee our workmanship and reasonable prices. Send for our latest Booklet Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building Agents Ross & Greig, 412 St. James St. Robert Hamilton & Cy., pene of Ottawa Bldg. Montreal Vancouve Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Grose & WwW alker, 259 Stanley St. Calgary and Edmonton. Winnipeg No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will withstand the severest kind of service. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wis.; a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. *” The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Section of Griplock Riveted Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty Griplock Riveted Chain Belt 68 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER crunching, rattling, power consuming and ever break- ing gears with which you may have had some sad ex- perience—but with large wide-faced gears, cut from the solid, with rolling contacts and perfect mesh, running in tight cases filled with grease. The drive of a “336” is perfectly noiseless—the si- lence that proves mechanical perfection—the perfec- tion that means great driving force with small power consumption and an entire absence of shut-downs and expense on account of broken gears. A silent drive proves the mechanical perfection of the “ticimixe’ 336 Fast Feed Surfacer Fay-Egan Surfacers are gear driven—not by This is but one of several reasons why Fay-Egan “Lightning” Surfacers and Matchers are proving so popular; and by the way we are equipping all late models of our machines with cut gears exclusively. Once you know from actual exper‘ence the real value of cut gear drive you will have no other type on your Matchers and Surfacers. You get cut gear drive now as regular equipment on Fay-Egan “Lightning” Surfacers and Matchers and Moulders. Before you buy another machine of this type, in- vestigate the new silent drives. Book on Fast Feed Matchers and Surfacers Free on Request — Ask for No. 87. J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 465-485 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 69 No Mountain Pass too Steep for the Horse shod with Red Tip Calks Nowhere are surefooted horses more necessary than in the dan- gerous mountain passes and steep slippery hills encountered daily by the lumberman. Red Tip BF cteshoe Calks here prove their value, and their cost is but a slight premium to pay as Horse Insurance. The horse shod with Red Tip Calked Shoes is fearless and cap- able and can do the work required of him without danger to life or limb. Ask your horseshoer or send for Booklet 4 The Neverslip Mfg. Company Canadian Office 559 Pius IX Ave., Montreal : New Brunswick, N. J. Fa ctories { Montreal, Canada You Are Deceiving Yourself If You’re Using Ordinary Pipe Coverings The mere fact that your steam pipes are covered doesn’t necessarily mean that you have eliminated waste of steam by condensation. If you’re using ordinary pipe coveripg you are 22 —_ still losing considerable steam—hun- FASTENING BAND —S> dreds, perhaps thousands of dollais’ AW JS-uce worth annually. Such an expenditure is a constant expense, as the very construction position of ordinary pipe coverings render maximum efficiency impossible. , best they allow from one-quarter to one-half of the fuel consumed to become by radiation and condensation. And in a comparatively short time they become absolutely worthless. ASBESTO-SPONGE FELTED PIPE COVERING positively prevents this waste of steam. Its presence is a guarantee that every pound of fuel consumed is delivering the maximum quantity of steam. It carries steam a mile with practically no loss. J-M Asbesto-Sponge Felted Pipe Covering is the most efficient covering on the market because it confines the greatest number of dead air cells. It is ma os of pure Asbestos Fibres and finely ground sponge. It is practically indestructib rf and retains its insulating value indefinitely. It has been found in perfect condition after more than 15 years’ service on underground pipes. Take the first step toward steam-plant efficiency by writing our nearest Branch today for copy of interesting booklet. 3 THE CANADIAN H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO., Lid. Manufacturers of TRADE ee rere: Asbestos Roofings; Pipe ire Extinguishers ; Saverneey gPackings ASBESTOS: MARK Cold Water Paint ; rake Linin Etc. TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER 1530 HE American steam press is carefully designed and substantial- ly built of steel. It is used for baling shavings, asbestos and many other materials. The cylinder is 30” diam- eter by 45” high and the pressure maintained is from: 60 to 100 lbs. ac- cording to the amount of material wanted in each bale. For literature and prices — write us. American Engine & Boiler Works JOHN MAHAR, Proprietor Tonawanda, N. Y. 7° CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CURRENT LUMBER PRICES—WHOLESALE | TORONTO, ONT. Car Lots White Pine: 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 1% inch No. 1 cuts and better 64 00 2-in. No. 1 cuts and better.. 67 00 14-in. No, 2 C. SUB Sincere 50 00 2-in. No. 2 cuts and better .. 56 00 aie Wo: 1 cuts wcities. ster sect oe 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 cuts ..... BYE NOP IL CUtS, ‘aromsisio Mr sisle Meinl VAN: 2 CUUS. scapes 18 00 1800 2200 2000 OAS Tenge oor 18 00 1850 2200 20 00 Bix Oin ees 1900 1950 2250 2100 Dee's vokere 19 00 2000 24650 22 50 PINE, SPRUCE, TAMARAC & LARCH Mountain Stock Dimensions Dix 2-12 4. cso) ermarceaeaataie ste bea aa5 20 50 D se - 8-14-16 sic cine’ catoimiesseue sietpiciere 20 50 2 x 4-10-18-20 cate ee Meraie te tald eter raters 22 50 2% 6:8. to “Gt, hon dase oh eee 20 00 2X Sy 8%to 18 wakes, wotesuaeoueea 20 5u No. 1 Common Boards i iichupteteste” theatate GO inch" 3), 7 00k “oo Bitch. 7. auihs sean ae LO “isiche cSt odes ED iil, .’.\..5 cvoc anh ives eos oo. a ae 4 or 6 inch No. 4 or 6 inch No. 4 or 6 inch No. ; A ACH, os cine uh iy cere Call +++++0$20 00 GAC Da jcis cle Vices’ o xldglaeccs Oe --- 22 60 8, 10, 12 inch cec550, »sei00in eee 23 50 Siding 6inel- Noses se vaste ane ejareerrial 00 6.20 Nos Zi. cvewin sonaut opie et OD 6:40chs Nos 8.5.¢2.c) eons wonton Lath No. 1 Cedar, Pine, Spmice’ 32. -eee 5 00 No. 2 cedar, pine, spruce)... ..esseeee 3 25 PINE—ROUGH TIMBER Less $2 per M. a ft. 14 and 16 ft. 3x6and3x8........ 1 00 21 00 SeCVIO ce cave ane erte “ 38 00 22 00 A Vee dee OS ric = -. 24 00 23 00 4 x -4,to 6x8 aan 21 50 21 50 4x10to10x10...... 23 50 22 50 8:58. ove ch eee 50 21 50 6 x 14 up to 32 ft. 29 00 BRITISH COLUMBIA FIR Dimensions, S 1 S. and E. 4,2 x 6, 4x 8 8 to 16 ft. ........$21 60 4,2 x 6, 4x 8, 18 to 32 ft. .....0.. 25 60 2 x 10; 2 x12; 8 to 16 ft Sooo 22 50 18, 20, 22) ft) oo csi35 Ly wie eee tne 26 50 24, 26,28; 80; (82) 0 os ose eee .. 28 60 2x 14 up ‘to 32 ff, 65.5 coae eure 29 50 oe 4 toe ee avis kee 24 00 3x4to4 x 12; 18 to'32 if . \ ctor $ XX B:.C.. Cedar - 5.22.0 XXX Dimension). .2.25) celeste LATE No. 1 Mixed W. & R. Pine .......... $4 25 No. 1. B.. C.cRir"® soe ae RE noAn 8 65 BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. White Pine Wholesale Selling Price Uppers 4/40 ....c0n. selene -$94 00 Uppers 5/4 to 8/4: ..:. aseaiveeeeen y2 00 Uppers 10/4 to 12/4 22. ©. = ss\-maeeene 97 00 Selects: 4/4 ™ o:< cae cee . 61 00 No. 2; Cuts "474 socio os deen sorte #2 00 No.2 iGuts: B/2 oases, Gaenee eee 43 00 (No; 2 Cats 6/4. oe.502 Someeel eons 45 00 No. :2 ‘Cutst8/® .ni..tis jotceteten serene 50 00 Wo. 3) Guten O/4. civics ap < stetetre eetraates 33 00 Now 3) Cuts SG /4 sic wae ices tee 34 00 Noi /S)(Cnts 8/4 ocnicisice 0 cei caer 36 00 Dressing LYE Mancrnorreoon ot no aso% 46 60 Dressing 5/4 x 10 ...... -.++++ «see 51 09 Dressing. 56/4. x) 12)......5 scenes . 52 00 No. 1 Moulding 5/4 ...... ...... . 58 00 No. 1 Moulding 6/4 ...... .- - 58 On No. 1 Moulding 8/4 ..---. .... ...., 58 0€ (Continued on page 72) CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER These are the Largest Veneer Knives Ever Made as far as we know. They are 205 inches in length, and when compared to small knife in cen- ter which is a regular 24-inch Planer Knife, it will be seen how exceptionally large they are. They are made of our special lock-weld steel which is absolutely guaranteed not to pull apart. Holes are drilled—not punched. This assures knife fitting machine without adjustment. All Disston Machine Knives are evenly tem- pered, and ground to micrometer gauge. We can fill any machine knife order you give us. Send for the Disston Machine Knife Book. It is full of valuable infor- mation and is mailed free. Henry Disston & Sons Limited Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works TORONTO, CANADA Branch at Vancouver, B.C. Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. 71 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CURRENT LUMBER PRICES — Continued No. 2 Moulding 5/4 No. 2 Moulding 6/4 4 20 - 32 90 - 2% Ne 2 Mouliing 9/4 teen BE. BE 2B oO. arn x i ‘s ‘ > No. 1 Barn 1 x 6 and 8 eb cae ha ae laa No. 1 Barn 1 x 10 SSyV No. 2 Barn 1 x 6 and 8 siasecuhl oa eee ‘ ne No. 2 Barn 1 x 10 4/4 40 - 42 30 - 32 20 - 22 No. 3 Barn 1 x 6 and 8 5/4to 8/4 438 - 45 32 - 35 23 - 25 No. 3 Barn 1 x 10 Box 1 x 6 and up OAK OK Xs LOL pla pele 4/4 58 - 62 36 - 40 22 - 28 Bos sf x 129). acl iba 5/4to 8/4 60 - 64 38 - 42 24 - 30 ext il, se 18 ceend. WD csabraret et «tps sooo a OD The following quotations on hardwoods re- ASH, WHITE AND BROWN present the jobber buying price at Buffalo 4/4 48 - 52 32 - 34 22 - 26 and Tonawanda: 5/4to 8/4 60 - 65 38 - 40 MAPLE 10/4 and up 77 - 80 55 - 60 1s &2s No.1Com. No. 2 Com. 4/4 33 - 37 23 - 27 17 - 20 BOSTON, MASS. 5/4to 8/4 36-40 25-30 17 - 20 White pine uppers, 1 to 2 in... 98 00 100 00 Pau on - 48 aH ; ri 22 - 25 Selects, 1 to 2 inch .....- 88 00 90 00 16/ nee 7 Fine common, 1 in. .........- 70 00 72 00 BIRCH Fine common, 1% to 2 in . 7200 74 00 4/4 38 - 40 28 - 30 18 - 20 Nos: 2) Cutselcan cones ademas. 57 00 5/4to 8/4 39 - 42 29 - 32 19 - 23 No, 2. Guts 104. toy Quin, crue 64 00 68 00 The belt in this photograph is 3-ply ;_ it is transmitting 220 horse power ; is under a tension of over 1445 pounds on the pulling side ; and yet THE TOP SIDE RUNS SLACK. Surface Does It. When this belt was photographed Gn the plant of the Wilkes-Barre Light Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), it was pulling 220 horse power. Looks as though it were pulling nothing, doesn’t it? Increase the load to 268 h.p., the rated capacity of the genérator, or even higher, and it will act equally well—Makes no difference to a Cling-Surface-treated belt—the greater the load the further it lies down on the pulley and pulls, for it is the contact that counts. Treated with Cling-Surface a belt can’t slip, especially if it is pro- vided with a fairly liberal arc of pulley contact as above. The belt isn’t made the least bit sticky, but rendered pliable and slipless by the penetrating and lubricating action of Cling-Surface. SOFT ELM But’ coming back to the Wilkes-Barre plant above, the speed of the fly wheel is 240 r.p.m. and its diameter is 80 inches. The generator is 200 kw., 3-phase, 2300 volt, 60 cycle, and its pulley is 32 inches in diameter. Distance between centres, 24 ft. When the belt was new it was not treated for three months, It became oily and dirty and began slipping. Even the tightener would not prevent slip. Then Cling-Surface treatment began, and they write, “Followed Cling-Surface in- structions on first application and since then gave an occasional application with brush. Result—no trouble whatever on account of belting.” We have thousands of installations doing equally well. Send your trial order now. f.o.b. Toronto, We quote « Cling Surface Co 1021 Niagara St New York Atlanta “AJAX” Loading Chain WELD: Sectional view showing com- parative size of weld and chain. Buffalo N Y Chicago Toronto Denver Ete 64 Boston Memphis Experience has taught us that a good chain cannot be made from In Ajax chains you get the best steel obtainable and every weld guaranteed. Ajax chain is guaranteed to pull cheap material. stiff before breaking. MANUFACTURED ONLY BY Standard Chain Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. MONTREAL —Alexander Gibb, St. Nicholas Bldg. VANCOUVER—John Burns, 329 Railway St. No; *2) Cuts, ‘1 inpiet nae 40 00 1%-in. spruce laths ...... .... 4 35 No. 2 Cuts, 1% to 2 in. 48 00 50 00 1%-in. spruce laths .... ..... 4 3 30 Barn Boards, No. 1, 1 x 12 48 No. 1,1 x 10.. ™ i ps New Brunswick Cedar Shingles No.4, dec wer ss 8700 © Extras. bea fe eee - 855 375 No. 2, 1 x 12:...4000 42:00 “Glegtetis eect eee eee m 330 3 40 No. 2, 1 x 10 85 00 36 00° Second: clears) a: «ate deny 2 75 No. 2,1 x 8 34 00 3500 Clear whites ...... ...... te 2 65 No, 3, 1 x 12 .. 32:00 3300 Extra 1s (Clear whites out) .% 1 50 No. 38, 1 x 10 .. 2900 3000 Extra 1s (Clear whites in) .. 1 00 . F No. 3,1x8.. 29 00 Red Cedar Extras, 16-in. 5 butts Canadian spruce boards ...... 25 00 26 00 to 22h Late eee ee 3 65 Spruce, 10 & 12 in. dimension. 28 00 Red Cedar Eurekas, 18-inch Spruce, 9 in. and under dimen. 26 00 S ‘batts: £0 2m finest adas : 25 Spruce, 8 in. and under dimen. 26 00 Red Cedar Perfection, 5 butts 10 and 12 in. random lengths, to (Se oe 4 80 0 £6, ‘and “ps*....0.0 RAR 26 00 Washington 16-in. 5 butts to 2- ¥ 2x38,2x4,2x5,2x6,2x7 in. extra red clear” 2.45% Cie 3 60° and 8 x 4 random lengths, 10 The Pearl City Veneer Company, James- feet “iid ‘tips Aaa sn eee 2100 2200 town, N.Y., report prices of veneers as fol- All other random lengths, 7-in. lows. 1/30-in. maple, $3.75 per M. feet; 1/24- and under, 10 ft. and up .. 2100 2150 in maple, $4.00 per M. feet; 1/20-in. maple, 5-inch and up merchantable $4.25 per M. feet; 3/16-in. 3-ply maple, sand- boards, 8 ft. and up, p Is .. 23 00 ed one side, 3%c. per ft.; %4-in. 3-ply maple, 1 x 2 and 1 x 8 furring, p 1s sanded one side 4c per ft. All F.O.B. James- clipped and bundled ........ 23 00 town, New York, “Good Horse Sense” Is To Feed Him National Oats Sixty Elevators Located in the best oat-growing sections of Manitoba, Saskat- chewan and Alberta, assure : selected quality. Good oats well sacked produce results at your camp. Send post card or wire for quotations to National Elevator Company, Limited WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Port Arthur, Ont. Calgary, Alta. WINNIPEG— Bissett & Loucks CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “I Ww Automatic Knife Grinder «4d Saw Gummer This combination ma- chine will be a valu- able addition to your plant and will pay for » Di S li Fi B It D itself in a short time. ixon’ S 0 | e ressing This is one of the Belt slippage means loss of power and wear of Belts. many Automatic Knife Slippage is prevented and wear minimized by the use of Dixon’s Grinders and Saw Solid Belt Dressing. It is cleanly— easily applied while the belt Sharpeners manufac- is running—increases the adhesiveness without causing. stickiness tured by us. —contains no injurious elements. Write for our com- White for “ The Proper Care of Belts”, No. 238. plete catalog —it ; is yours for the Made in JERSEY CITY, N.J. by The asking. SAMUEL c. ROCERS & CO. is Lock st. BUFFALO, N.Y. Joseph Dixon Crucible Company Wstablished 1827 Veneer Press IRE and and Dryer IRE PRODUCTS for Hydraulic and other Presses Lumber Shippers, Pulp Mills, Shook Mills, etc. for mill and factory use. Built in all sizes or to suit We stock Extra Strong Annealed Wire for Car Stakes, etc., Bundling Wire for Box Shooks, Laths, Pickets, Boards etc., and Wire Ties for Barrel and Keg Heading and Staves. WRITE FOR PRICES Wire Bale-Ties, Single Loop and Crosshead Patterns, Wire Nails, AND QUOTATIONS Wire Staples, Wire Barrel Hoops. Write for Prices. ° ° e Sole Manufacturers for Canada of the Carnegie Steel Company’s Patent Steel Hoop William R. Perrin for all slack cooperage. and Company, Ltd. The Laidlaw Bale-Tie Co., Limited TORONTO, CANADA Winnipeg HAMILTON, Vancouver Harry F. Moulden & Son ONTARIO ’ George W. Laidlaw ! J i. a = = mn a4 * special conditions UTHER BROS. ad Ground Combination Tooth Mitre Saw Patent Groover or Dado Head The Peter Hay Knife Co., Limited GALT, ONTARIO MANUFACTURING WOODWORKING For either Rip or Cross Cutting Can be used Ae rad Saw Mandrel M achine Knives 9 Circular Cutters Will cut equally as smooth in either Ripping’, Cross- For sega width groove from 1/8” cutting or cutting at an angle of 45 degrees, with to 2” wide. ill cut either with or across s e grain of wood. the grain (Sent on approval). an ortise 18e Allow us to quote Prices on Saws for any special work that you wish to do. HUTHER BROS. SAW MFG. CO. Inc., 1103 University Ave., ROCHESTER, N. Y. Boss Line Lumbering Tools Manufactured by The McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Co., Ltd., St. Mary’s, N. B. Pes Steel Socket Peaveys and Cant Hooks are acknowledged by leading lumber- men to be the lightest and strongest on the market. Try our Steel Loading Blocks, Twitching Grips, Saw Wedges, Skidding Logs, dinabet Carriers, Split Rock Maple Peavey and Cant Hook Handles, etc Catalogues furnished and prices quoted on application 74 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Steam Tension Band Mill gee top guide on this mill, as well as the upper wheel, is operated by a steam cylinder. This means that the guide can be moved up or down instan- taneously, which in one days work means quite a saving of time over the ordinary mill. This goes a long way towards paying for the mill by the end of a year. But this is not all—with this steam operated guide it is just as easy to keep the guide close to the cut as it is to set it for certain size logs and keep it there. This can be done without loss of time, and so by bringing the guide down close to the cut, vibration of the saw is done away with and the quality of the lumber is improved. No form of tension yet devised is as easy on the saws as the steam tension—several of the users of this mill have run through an entire season without cracking a single saw. These are some of the reasons why our steam tension band mill is the most econom1- cal mill to buy, and there are others which you will find in our catalogue. When you are tuning up your mill this winter for next season’s operations, remember that we can serve you promptly whatever your requirements may be. William Hamilton Company, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 75 A Be Sees of Values Population Regulates Demand, Demand Regulates Price, Price Regulates Profit. F acts and When forty acres of forest are converted into a field a source of timber supply is forever eliminated, and qe F igures A forever addition to demand takes its place. | Settlement, therefore, influences values in two F facts, figures and A to Z ways: Lessening the supply and increasing the guarantee are worth learning demand. about it will pay you to write our This country is being settled very rapidly and nearest house. They will explain the result has been and will be steady and sure the Leviathan plan that sells you gains in timber values. “BELTING SERVICE,” 100 per cent efficient. James D. Lacey & Company Timber Land Factors M ain B e It in g C om p an y Chicago, Ill., 1750 McCormack Building of Canada, Limited Portland, Ore., 1107 Spalding Building MONTREAL CANADA . eye 24 Wellington St. West, TORONTO Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N. Y. t | j 3 ae : Manufacturers : =f it NL A M. or ES tof yee ae ae every logging dha. : Spe al Opera tron Machines, Lock Cor- ner Box Machinery, Box Board Matchers, Box Board © bs Printing _ Machines. eS. —_— CLYDE IRON WORKS Duluth. Minnesota.US.A. Every manufacturer of boxes; every manufacturer who has nails to drive in ‘any article, or packages of any kind to manufacture, should write the Mor: gan Machine Company for latest developments in machinery for the Box Industry. Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N.Y. 76 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Horizontal Slab Re-Saw A Horizontal Slab Re-saw will increase the capacity of a saw-mill from 15 to 25 M ft. at a less cost for equipment and a less cost for operation, than can be accomplished in any other way. One customer in Canada has purchased 7 of our Re-saws, another 4 and another 3. Catalogue gladly furnished without obligation to you. It also illustrates many special Box Factory Machines. The Stuart Machinery Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. Agents for Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba Mereen-Johnson Machine Company,” ts.” LOGGING LOCOMOTIVES The locomotive illustrated was built for MacKenzie, Mann & Co., Contractors, Montreal, Canada, and represents the latest development in this type of locomotive. It is suitable for logging contractors, quar- ries, mines and industrial service. It will haul 1,875 tons on level, and 160 tons on 3 per cent. grades, Consult us when in the market for new locomotives. Let us help you select the locomotive best suited to your needs. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA ~ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER - 77 CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES F9RG¥ 900 480 pee 5: 2 : A 62-ton bes ah ee , Climax Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp curves. Any weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog “* H.” CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD., VANCOUVER, B.C. » Mikado Type Locomotive, Polson Logging Co. The Mikado is a good type for heavy hauling, where runs are fairly long and high steaming capacity is needed. The locomotive illustrated traverses 30 degree curves, and can be used on rails weigh- ing 45-50 pounds per yard. It is simple in construction, strongly built, and rides well on uneven tracks. ee em i Especially adapted ; : | ’ for heavy hauling : ks BB ae — ae - . | on steep grades, Eee i. .-." sharp curves and LOGGING CO.LTD. |) | | - oN uneven tracks, For —_ 4 — , logging, switching ; . and pulling on main : om lines, mills, fur- Gur eek maces and indus- Engine being operated by the Trout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. trial purposes. . of Trout Creek, Canada . When in need of a logging locomotive, consult Just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. The Baldwin Locomotive Works Heisler Locomotive Works Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. ERIE, PA., U.S. A. Whitney Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wash., North Western Sales Agent Soetasle Endive in the Woods In logging operations the scene of activity is often many miles from repair facilities so the wise lumberman will appreciate the importance of a reliable loco- motive. Our locomotives are built with this fact in view. They are sturdily and simply constructed and will give continual service all year round. Logging and industrial locomotives are a specialty with us. We are prepared to construct any special types or submit specifications. If you are in the market we will be pleased to hear from yqu. Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, Kingston 73 CANADA “ Superior ” Lath Machine HIS sturdy lath mill Ca- pacity of 72,000 laths per day. It built and moderate hase is well in price. The ‘‘Superior’’ machine is guaranteed to run coolly being equipped with our special design ring-oiling-boxes. Write us for other particulars The Smith Foundry Co., Ltd. Founders, Machinists, Mill-Outfitters, Etc. Fredericton, N. B. Successors to McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Mfg. Co. Engineers, i Saves It’s Cost The Truck That Several Times Over in The Year This truck is designed for lumber yards and planing mills and will be found invaluable for loading and unloading cars. The front gearing is detachable and may be used with eight or twelve hind gearings. It is a double-header, nuts on axles being kept tight with Steel Cotter Keys. Oil cups on the wheels and the fact that there is no resetting of tires saves any amount of trouble. The old wooden-wheeled truck is a back number in com- arison with this. It will pay you to write for our general cata- ogue which describes these trucks in detail, and pick out the style you want now. Tudhope - Anderson Co., Limited ORILLIA, ONT. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “Dunbar” Shingle Mill § Wels mill is acknowledged the most complete and satisfactory shingle mill on the market. It has a capacity of from 15000 to 45000 per day accord- ing to the quality of the lumber. Our literature contains full particulars. Maritime Foundry & Machine Wks. Limited Chatham, : New Brunswick Er ay oo a a Ht kl Te bes s MOE i ie nit aS See Not altogether what we say but what users say ‘‘We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- sider them indispensable to lumbermen on waters of French River or similar streams.” Will move a bag containing 60,000 logs, in calm weather, 30,000 in a head wind. West & Peachey - Simcoe, Ont. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 79 Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage Size) Husk... 1... sor. «.. 3, feet by 6 feet 3 inches Diameter and Length Mandrel . 2 3/16 by 55 inches Sizee rive PUMeY. wiecte.. -. -:- «-. 20 by 10° inches Feed per Revolution of ed Lod Ree 0 to 3% inches Weed Belt. oe js. A arte . 4inch Gandy Largest Diameter Saw Jee se .. .. 56 inches Length of Carriages :.. ... ... “42, 16, 20 or 24 feet With each complete size “S’ mill we furnish one saw, wrench, cant hook, feed belt, pulley with boxes ‘or tightener and foundation bolts for husk. Knight Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- quirements of thresher and saw mill men operating in small tracts of timber, as both husk and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- Width of Carriages ... .. . 33 inches SIGUEKS «srl wine. ae ines pices and 1%-inch axles tween the standards of a wagon Length Track ... . .. ++» 82, 40, 48 or 56 feet when moving from one setting Style and Opening a Blocks Strom pile niente Cl-36 inches to another. Style MillsDogs .¢. ..: ss «oe... Pony Excelsior Style Set Works ... ... ... ... No. 1 Single Ratchet Write for the catalogue of the Knight line of saw mill machinery. THE KNIGHT MFG. CO., Canton, Ohio. Canadian Distributors :—R. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver, B. C.. E. Long Mfg. Co., Orillia, Ont. Fill out this Coupon and mail today. Booklet wil be sent free. The Graton & Knight Mfg. Co., Worcester, Please send me prepaid, Booklet “Spartan Belting.” The Saw Mill—the Planing Mill—in fact every woodworking plant constantly demands a maximum of power. It is in these plants that the highest degree of power efficiency was not attain- able until Spartan ‘‘ The Unconquerable”’ was introduced. The modern machines and those Spartan equipped guarantee you a plant continually operating at maximum efficiency. Spartan Belting embodies great pliability, wonderful tensile strength and extraordinary durability. To this unique combination Spartan Belting owes its present universal popu- larity—a combination which renders Spartan especially adapted to the exact- ing demands of planers, matchers and other woodworking machinery. Sad for further particulars and for.Spartan Book The Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers Unity Bldg., 46 Alexander St., Montreal, Can. Home Office and Factory: Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. BRANCHES :—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Fall River, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis. Selling Agents for Texas, The Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. of Texas, Dallas, Tex. 80 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER TENONER (G.M.G] TENONER 504 TENONER WITH DOUBLE COPES AND CUT-OFF SAW Your attention is directed to our new No. 504 TENONER. This machine has been on the market for a short time, in which OVER TWENTY have been sold and are giving universal - satisfaction. In announcing this machine we offer a Tenoner in which every modern idea has been embodied. Our long experience with woodworking machinery has enabled us to build a Tenoner which will produce perfect work with great speed and ease of operation. Machine can be supplied with single or double copes, or cut off saw, as desired. Bulletin No. 504 detailing all the improvements which invite your investigation sent on — request. Canada Machinery Corporation, Line Galt, Ontario : Largest Builders of High Class Wood-Working Machinery in Canada CANADA LUMBERMAN WICKES GANGS ‘‘As Staple in a Saw Mill as Sugar in a Grocery.’ FLAT GANGS Unexcelled in the manufacture of Flooring Strips Cedar Siding Shiplap Silo Stock Door Stock Box Lumber Boards from cants and flitches, from either hard or soft woods. ROUND LOG GANGS JUST WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES —taking all your small logs just as they come from the pond and cutting them up into boards or dimensions, getting every board there is in the log, never over-slabbing (wish we could say this of all head sawyers.) Built to handle either one or two logs at once, up to 14 in. diameter. KEEP THE SMALL LOGS AWAY FROM THE HEAD SAW and CAR- RIAGE entirely, raise your cutting capacity, and install ecomony by the same stroke. Not an EXPERIMENT, but an . ECONOMIC NECESSITY. : ‘Think it. Over Carefully, then Write us for Details. “The Gang cannot Overslab.” Wickes Brothers 410 White Building = =~ SEATTLE, WASH. ' Head Office, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. A. @ AXYTe PIA VY WZ Abe lr tal rrr x IrtLisitiniw : STAVES ap ay, BARRELS: ee: - COOPERAGE: “HOOPS si: ne SHINGLES “LUMBER: iF COMPLETE PLANTS | FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF sant RELS, KEGS, STAVES Hyp OUR SPECIALTY. ‘° ‘FOR PRICES AND FURTHER PARTICULARS, ‘ADDRESS! TM PETER GERLACH G+" YELAND. WOODWORKER 81 Not a Cent for AND Repairs i LD) Wee NEW Standard 54-inch Band Resaw @ Mri Arba Line Pittsburgh, Pa., Nov. 5th, 1913. Gentlemen :- We are using your resawing machines in both our Pittsburgh factory and our Kress, Virginia, Shook Mill, and every one of them is giving the best of satisfaction. We are running these machines day-in and day- out without any loss of time or material and none of the machines have cost us a cent for repairs in eight years, Truly yours, F. J. Kress Box Company. Wm. B. Mershon & Company SAGINAW, MICH. “Proctor VENEER DRYER “No checks or splits in veneers dried in the “Proctor” Method. Enormous produc- tion at low cost. Perfectly flat and pliable. Write for list of users.” Tre ParLabenpala texte Macninery Co. PAILADELPAIA, A. 82 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Mark No. 2 Iron Saw Frame, for Saws from 46” to 66” in diameter. F few parts; mounted on a unit base—one solid casting— | with bearings fully water cooled; with every part adjustable and every part accessible; this machine is built for heavy produc- tion and long service. Note especially the improved saw guide, the connected bearings and the freedom of interference with the driving belt, no matter from what position the machine is driven. Send a post card for our Bulletin on this machine, it’s worth while. E. Long Manufacturing Co., Limited, Orillia, Canada R ted by: Robt. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver pee ee ! Stuart Machinery Co., Ltd., Winnipeg Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Calgary and Edmonton Williams & Wilson Ltd., Montreal CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 1844 1914 Our 70th Birthday Wish A Successful and Prosperous New Year Rea year we celebrate our 7oth anniversary. It 1s now~ more than half a century since we commenced building machinery for the lumbermen of Canada, and in looking back over the long years we have spent together we are glad to remember the vicissitudes and the successes we have shared in common. The ups and downs—they are what have drawn us together—and we feel that it is to real friends we speak in extending the Season's Greetings to the Sawmill Men of Canada | The Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd. EY BRANTFORD, CANADA Agency—H. B. Gilmour, Vancouver, B. C. Branch—Winnipeg, Man. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER $5,000,000.00 . worth of mixed metals is what we market every year PEERLESS metal is compounded specially for sawmills and is the best on the market for that purpose. FAULTLESS metal is a high grade copper hardened alloy made for heavy duty work, sawmills and engines. Our policy is large tonnage, perfect alloys, and absolutely fair and honest treatment of the trade. We solicit your patronage HOYT METAL CO., Toronto, Canada | New York, N.Y. London, England St. Louis, Mo. | BATTS LIMITED “THE WEST TORONTO LEATHER BELT MANUFACTURERS OF Staved Columns Veneered Doors Newel Posts Sashes - Flooring Trim Pine Doors and Frames _ Turned Newel Posts and Balusters Cypress Greenhouse Material BATTS LIMITED The J. C. McLaren Belting Co. : MANUFACTURERS 7 ra es WEST TORONTO, ONT. General Mill Supplies MOh ae 4 BOILERS | “INGLIS” boilers are the product of over 50 years’ ex- perience and study combined with the most modern | equipment for boiler making. (Eee “INGLIS” boilers are made.in every type and all sizes. | F Let us quote on your requirements. The John Inglis Co., Ltd. Engineers and Boilermakers 14 Strachan Ave. . Toronto, Canada Montreal Representative—A. Angstrom, 509 Canadian Express Building MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER Vol. 34 Toronto, January 15, 1914 No. 2 Time is Money _ The Paid cutting File is the economical File Pane Electric Welded Steel Liban Chain American - Arcade - Eagle - Great Western SIZE LK&, FT. PROOF TEST BREAKING TEST WT. 100 FT Globe - Kearney & Foot - McCiellan - J.B. Smith 16 2200 Ib. 4500 Ib. 60 Ib. . 14 2500 Ib. 5000 Ib. 80 Ib. ae eee ge, made: by 3500 Ib. 7000 Ib. 90 Ib. NICHOLSON FILE COMPANY 5/16 12 4500 Ib. 9000 Ib. « 110 Ib. Guaranteed to pull stiff before breaking J Port Hope, Ont. McKINNON CHAIN CO., ST. CATHARINES, ONT. NO FRAYING AT THE EDGES Dick’s Balata Belting possesses perfect uniformity throughout, whereby true and steady running is ensured, fraying at the edges rendered impossible, and perfect success in fork driving guaranteed. The combination of strength and uniformi'y in Dick’s Belts is due to the process of solutionizing to which the textile portion of the Belting | s subjected, and which thoroughly solidifies and unites the whole material. You can get all the facts in our Catatog No. 17. DICK’S Balata Belting Leather Belting © Wood Split Pulleys | Shafting © Hangers Iron Pulleys Steel Pulleys Saw Mill Supplies Clutches Babbitt Wood-Working Machinery Steam Goods THE CANADIAN FAIRBANKS-MORSE CO., LIMITED Fairbanks Scales Fairbanks-Morse Gas Engines Safes and Vaults Montreal Toronto St. John, N.B. Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver First: BETTER PUMPS Second: BETTER SERVICE You pay us for the FIRST and you consequently get e SECOND F. REDDAWAY & COMPANY Stocks carried by The A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER The = _jgiet = Smart Turner Pies nS \ fey ~ ff ie Vai ‘ef off aes ol roma Machine Co. Limited The Belt that will last longer, stretch less, J and transmit more power than any other belt. Hamilton - Canada THE eee eet CHAIN Abe ee adh Sacre | “Weldless Steel Chain” Photograph of 7/16-inch Weldless Steel Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 lbs.), or fully double the Admiralty breaking load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of qrea at the fracture. CAN YOU BEAT ITP WRITE FOR PARTICULARS B. J. COGHLIN CO., Limited i * MONTREAL Alphabetical Index to Advertisers, page 64 | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products THE LEADING STOCK Pe IN ONTARIO E find that we can cat the labor cost of Sash in two, when we have the right kind of orders. It is the single one of a size that costs a lot to make, and it isn’t fair to the man who orders in quantity of each size to pay the same price as the man who buys in small lots. Many Dealers in Builders’ Supplies have here- ~ tofore refused to stock Sash for this very reason, and also because they did not have a reliable source of supply with good goods, reasonably prompt de- . liveries, and prices in proportion to the size of the order. In addition to the regular trade discounts, we allow certain Discounts for Quantity, which are liberal almost beyond belief. Complete information with prices and dis- counts will be found in our new Sash Book. A copy is yours for the asking. _ Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. Manufacturers from the Tree to the Finished Product Midland - Ontario CANADA I.UMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 3 VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS Your Orders For Red and White Pine We are in position to take care of orders for almost anything in Red and White Pine. . In addition to a large assortment of 1, 2, 3 & 4", we have on hand the following dimension timber in Red and White Pine. 6x 6 — 10/20 60,000’ 8 x 12 — 12/20 6,000’ 6x 8 — 12/18 18,000 10 x 10 — 20/24 5,000’ 6 x 10 — 12/22 18,000 10 x 10 — 12/18 125,000' 6x12—16&18 22,000 10 x 12 — 12/18 35,000 8x 8 — 12/24 30,000 12 x 12 — 12/24 70,000 8 x 10 — 12/18 65,000 12x 12—& 14x 14 5,000’ Prompt shipment can be made of any of the above. We also have a dry Kiln and Planing Mill in connection, and are in position to do milling on short notice. eorge Gordon & Company Limited CACHE BAY : : ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Stock List of Unsold Lumber Now Ready Write for copy The Colonial Lumber Co., Limited. Pembroke, Ont. ryINE Pp’ NE Prars THAT’S INE INE IF YOU APPRECIATE our care in manufacturing reliable and depend- able Pine Lumber — our quick methods of shipping —and our “always right” prices, youll be glad you sent that order for WHITE PINE to us. Wecan fill any size bill you want. JOHN LUMSDEN LUMSDEN’S MILLS, QUE. P: eS . P: NE THAT’S THAT'S INE INE Mason, Gordon & Co. :5."s<: Montreal, Que. Everything in [Timber Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Write, Wire or ’Phone for Prices ° Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. now operating our mill both day and night and are able to supply special bills in Pine « Hemlock Hocken Lumber Co. Limited Otter Lake Station, Ontario 13 FT. STOCK 1x9, 144x9 and 2x9. GOOD GRADE AND SEE STOCK LIST MANUFACTURE BELOW For Quick Shipment from Stock in Yard. Rail or Water Deliveries. 8 1ix6 2x3 2x8 DRY SPRUCE, 10 to 13 feet LENGTHS (mostly 13 feet). . We also solicit Special Sawing Bills of 13 foot Spruce for future delivery. ~ QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, Portland, Maine 6 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER JOHN pene DAVID aa» JS; ee ident eside feu GILLIES BROS. stusive’ Gir Limited WHITE PINE RED PINE SPRUCE aning Mill, Yard and Office New York City MORRISTOWN, N. Y. Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway Ee, Fraser Bryson Georgian Bay || Lumber Co., 1a Wholesale Lumber Dealers L U mM b e r C O % Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Limited - . Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario | White Pine Manufacturers of High Grade Red Pine L um b e r aie and Lath . Laths || 3 Soest Ottawa, Can. Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. T. H. Garrett Lumber Co. Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers in Long and Short Leaf Yellow Pine Lumber “Everything in Lumber”’ Lath, Shingles, Cedar Posts, Piling, Meche Poles, R.R. Ties Timber for ‘. = Co uction and OFFICE :—413 H d Bldg. Commercial Purposes, a a Suatialt y- Phone Cadillac 22758 Daily capac = ach mill a 50.0 ooo ena, La., | 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Spruce ana Hemlock Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave. MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office | Everything in White and Red Pine , Wholesale B A | H. Y Milling Facilities PEMBROKE, ONTARIO, ~~ CANADA CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Mills on G. T. RY—LONGFORD KOSHEE RAVENSWORTH On T. & N.O. Ry EARLTON and M LEAGE 156} FESSERTON TIMBER COMPANY, LIMITED Estimate of Hemlock Timber at Coe Hill on C.N.R. Cut Jan. and Feb. 1913, and in good shipping condition — which we wish to move 17 pes. 6x6 -12 No. 1 Hemlock 6 pcs. 10x10-16 No. 1 Hemlock 38 pcs. 8x8 -12 No. 1 Hemlock 23 pcs. 12x12-12 No. 1 Hemlock 20 pcs. 6x10-12 No. 1 Hemlock 6 pcs. 12x12-14 No. 1 Hemlock 54 pcs. 10x10-10 No. 1 Hemlock 6 pcs. 12x12-16 No. 1 Hemlock 510 pcs. 10x10-12 No. 1 Hemlock 3000 ft. 4x8-12, 14 and 16 No. 1 23 pcs. 10x10-14 No. 1 Hemlock Hemlock. New Phone Number Main 3658 Fesserton Timber Company, Limited 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO ESTABLISHED 1855 THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. OF PENETANGUISHENE Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. Hemiock BitisturF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait’to write. Phone us your requirements. All stock sized or matched if required. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber promptly. merit a still larger increase. Hibernia Building Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined 250,000,000 feet constantly in stock insures filling any reasonable order Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY | Toronto, Canada 801-2 C.P.R. Building, Cor. King & Yonge Send me Your Orders for.... 100 M 1 x 4 Mill Run White Pine, Box Out 190 M 1 x 5 ies oe ce oe [73 oe 15M 1x9 60M1x10 “ Your inquiries solicited Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Basswood, Lath C. A. SPENCER (1° 2 Zaniey iin and Shingles Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec SPRUCE Must Move before February Ist 60,000 feet 2 x 46/10 80,000. feet 2x 4—12 100,000 feet 2x4 14 125,000 feet 2x 4—16 THE LONG LUMBER CO. HAMILTON, ONT. New Orleans, La. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 9 Fraser Limited | * J. B. Snowball Co. Fredericton, N. B. Limited Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada SELLING ASENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited FOR SALE Cabano, P. Q. er 20 M. 3x 41/2 S 10 ft, and _ Fraser Lumber Co., Limited 50 M. 2x5 tals T eghtt, Plaster Rock, N. B. 20 M. 2x3 ‘6 “ ‘“ F & M Lumber Co., Limited 20 M. 212x6 “ . Whitworth, P. Q. 30 M. 21/2 x7 ? s: a M. 3 MANUFACTURERS OF 300 M. 3 Spruce Lumber All in good shipping condition. Rough and Finished Now contracting for delivery during the : f coming Summer for 1 x 4, 5 and 6 Shingles, Lath, Piano Spruce, also 2” Spruce. Sounding Board Stock, etc. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie” Brand | Edward Partington N. B. Cedar Shingles ,..4e; | Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario Points Head Office, St. John, N-B. ‘Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Mills: St. John, N.B. _ Blackville, N.B. Marysville, N.B. Dalhousie, New Brunswick Agents for Ontario R. Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited Toronto Manufacturers of If You Need a Position Bleached a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you. e If You are a Capable Man Sulphite Pul A pe a how small or ee big your Eee position oe t ; : aa Spruce, Pine and: Hemlock Lumber, Laths The rates are most’ reasonable, write us. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto _ Hardwoods JoHN McKERGow, W. K. GRAFFTEY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Ottawa Office: 46 Elgin St. Montreal Office: 759 Notre Dame St., W. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 13 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Milland Novelty Works. All kinds of Hard and Softwood Lumber. Dimension Stock in Beech, Maple and Bitch. Mattress and Cot Frames, Etc. Send me your requirements, I can furnish you stock that will ple ase. PHONE 37 RESIDENCE 15 WIARTON, Ont. HAEBERLE LUMBER CO. MBER AND TIMBER White Homes Norway Yellow Pine, Hemlock Oak Mouldings, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Cates Poles and Ties. Yellow Pine Timber a Specialty. Interior Trim Mill Work. NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. RAILS "%c0°mnd°Stcond Heed” YARD LOCOMOTIVES John J. Gartshore 58 Front St. W., TORONTO Hardwood Flooring The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON . BROS., LTD. For prices write W. T. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 TORONTO Saddle Tank Locomotives Geared Locomotives Steel Rails Flat Cars All Secondhand Correspondence solicited SESSENWEIN BROS. Montreal CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER =| We are in the market for the output of mills manufacturing White and Red Pine Spruce, Jack Pine or Hemlock also the output of mills manu- facturing any or all kinds of Canadian Hardwoods — Write us at once. Will pay the high- est cash prices and ship stocks out promptly. We are buying now our 1914 stocks. Write us giving list of lumber you have or amount you expect to have this season. C. G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited and_ Strictly Wholesale Dealers in Lumber 206 Manning Chambers Toronto Manufacturers THE MEAFORD LUMBER CO. have the following stocks, namely: Maple, Birch, Ash, Basswood Elm, Spruce, Hemlock and Pine We deal in all kinds of Sawn Lumber. We will be pleased to answer all enquiries and to quote close prices. THE MEAFORD LUMBER CO. TORONTO E Buy, Sell and dealin all kinds of Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine, Oak, Red- wood, Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. AUGER & SON QUEBEC The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Limited Manufacturers: Lumber, Hardwood F periny Handles, Poles, Bed Frame Stock, Cheese Box Hoops, Heading, Baskets, Etc. . Write, Telegraph or Telephone your orders Orillia, Ont. R. LAIDLAW LUMBER CO. LIMITED Toronto Sarnia Buffalo © SPECIALTIES Sawed Hemlock Red Cedar Shingles White Pine Lath Bass and Poplar Siding James Gillespie Pine and Hardwood Lumber Lath and Shingles North Tonawanda, N. Y. James W. Sewall For eleven years my business has been growing. Since 1910 I have made detailed timber esti- mates and maps of over 700,000 acres of land. In 1913 on one contract alone I planted 200,000 trees. Experience and system aid correctness and efficiency. Let me serve you. Timber Estimates Boundary Surveys Topographical Maps Planting 16 Centre Street Old Town, Maine OATS, HAY, Bran, Shorts and Flour —Car Loaps— A. W. FAIRWEATHER Traders’ Bank Bldg., TORONTO HOBART & CO. CHOICE Southern Hardwoods Cypress, Kiln Dried North Carolina Pine Send Us Your Inquiries 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Yard at Prison Point Cable Address ‘‘Hobco, Boston.” 3 Timberland Reports ! of any kind— \ in any region— at any tme— at reasonable ine prices. CRUISES— SURVEYS— MAPPING We invite correspondence Munson-Whitaker Co. Consulting Forest Engineers bi pan ee Comm’1 emis rare Bldg. ew to: 470 FOuxth. Ave. 622 Tremont Bldg. Pittsburgh, 900 Arrott Bldg. Saw Mill Help Competent employees for saw mills and woodworking plants are scarce. The best of them read this paper regularly. To get in touch with good men . send a “ Want Ad” to the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker 220 King Street West, TORONTO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “Well Bought is Half Sold’’ Special Hardwood Offer 125,000 ft. 4/4’ No. 1 Common & Better Birch 12,000 ft. 4/4” No. 1 Common Birch 40,000 ft. 4/4” No. 2 Common Birch 40,000 ft. 4/4” No. 1 Common & Better Basswood 18,000 ft. 4/4’ No.2 Common Basswood 16,000 ft. 6/4” Firsts & Seconds Basswood F.0.B. Deer Lake Dry and Well Manufactured Good Grades Prompt Shipments Order early and avoid delay by Car shortage Graves, Big wood —& Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Pine ana Hemlock Lumber 1026-32 Traders Bank Bldg, Toronto,Ont. Mills : Byng Inlet, Ont. We are Buyers of Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce Veneers Handles (3 or more ply) (all descriptions) Staves Hoops Headings JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. Bootle, Liverpool, England London Office Dashwood House 9 Broad St., E.C. Cant& Kemp 52 St. Enoch Square GLASGOW Timber Brokers Cable Address, ‘‘Tectona,” Glasgow Ar and A B C Codes used ARNWORTH & JARDINE Cable Address: Farnworth, Liverpool WOOD BROKERS and MEASURERS 2 Dale Street, liverpool, and Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Liverpool England A. MILLER Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Office and Yard: 893 Eagle St. BUFFALO, N. Y The Penetanguishene Planing Mill Sash and Door Factory Planing of all kinds done by carload. Rail- road Switch in connection with mill. All classes of building material, lime and cement for sale. ALPHONSE TESSIER, Builder & Contractor PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO -—— LOGSTAMPS Write us for particulars and prices Ee ¥ Superior Mfg. Co.,Ltd. ‘ 93 Church St., Toronto FOR SALE For Immediate Shipment Hardwood Lumber Moulding, Sash and Doors SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood in transit on the Intercolonial Railway. The Rimouski Industrial Co., Ltd. Rimouski, P.Q. 12 CANADA LUMBERMAN ( REGISTERED) Watson & Todd, Limited OTTAWA, ONTARIO Dry Norway and White Pine All Sizes and Grades Our Double Band Mill, Huttig, Ark. Why We Can Give “ Value Received” wn one hundred thousand acres of the best virgin We O Southern Hardwood timber. We Operate large band mills at Hluttig, Ark., and Deer; eering, Mo. Forty Million feet of hardwoods annually and We Cut carry 15,000,000 feet in stock. We Sell] only stock cut on our_own mills and so can GUARANTEE the quality of every shipment. We Ship high grades that increase the size and percent- age of your cuttings, reduce factory cosls * and shrink the waste pile. Therefore : We Can save you money on every shipment of oak, ash, gum, elm, cypress, tupelo, hickory, cottonwood, sycamore, soft maple and dimension. Let us prove this on your next order. Wisconsin Lumber Co. J CHICAGO Harvester Bldg., Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. Limited SUDBURY, ONT. Manufacturers of Lumber and Lath, Planing Mill Work General Office, Sudbury, Ont. AND WOODWORKER Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada The M. Brennen & Sons Mfg. Co. Hamilton, Ontario Matching, Dressing and Re-sawing done in Transit at Lowest Prices We are Equipped to Dress and Bore Heavy Georgia Pine Timbers The Rideau Lumber Co., Lime Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. 1913 Sawing 4/4’ and 5/4” Spruce 2 x 8 and 2 x 10 Spruce Dry Factory White Pine—all thicknesses. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 13 WE BUY FOR CASH Mill Cuts of Pine, Spruce and Hemlock Write Us C. A. Larkin Lumber Co’y., Limited 627 Confederation Life Building, TORONTO, ONTARIO F. N. Wa pie, President. R. S. Wa pre, Vice President. W. E. Harper, Secretary. The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Ltd. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. 12-14 Wellington Street East, TORONTO, ONT. | ' R. B. ELGIE, Managing Director The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Co., Ltd. LUMBER MERCHANTS, 18 Toronto Street, | TORONTO, ONT. Telephone Main 5584 J. B. JARVIS, Sec.-Treas. Pine, Hemlock and Spruce (Rough or Machined) Lath and Crating Material i - SS —— ——SS——— = —_————————— — _ JOHN DONOGH & CO. Wholesale Dealers For Sale Dry Stock 1 x 4-5-6, No. 1 Spruce 1 x 8-10, No. 1 Spruce 2 x 8-10, No. 1 Spruce 1 x 4-5-6 Red Pine Flooring Strips 1° White Pine, Nos. 1 and 2 Culls Spruce and Hemlock Lath 1205 TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO YOUR CARD ON THIS PAGE will reach your present and pro- spective customers oftener than your travellers, @ Keep your name before lumber buyers by constant advertising. @ Familiarity heeds business. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Toronto, Ontario We offer the following SPRUCE 10, 12, 14 and 16’ each length piled separately /” 10, 12, 14 and 16’ /” 10, 12, 14 and 16’ ” 10, 12, 14 and 16’ Leak & Company, Limited 18 Aberdeen Chambers, TORONTO 14 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER gees Yee Suse 3 ero: Rees rors BGK Je oe a s ee ; O05 Oe Bee fai oon ) PASS 088 Oo RIO: DOs J. Burstall & Conga Timber and Lumber Merchants Shippers of All Kinds Head Office, Quebec, a2 of Lumber and Timber Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England Winter Sawn, Ready to Ship 400,000 ft. 1 x 4/up—6/16 No. 2 Com. and Better Maple 150, 000 ft. 2 x 6/up—6/16 No. 1 100,000 ft. 1 in. Mill Cull Ash This stock is winter sawn and in good shipping condition. We would be pleased to receive your enquiries Our new mill will be in operation by the first of the year when we will be pleased to take care of your winters sawing. We | will be glad to hear from you now regarding winter sawing. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited Fassett, Que. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of CORRESPONDENCE C | SOLICITED . S pP R U E Mills at: St. Pacome, Que., Canada On I. C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Lumber Lath Pulpwood Guckes cay GE, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER je Js; nape “eat Sy AG) 4) a UM Large stock of 1” 14%”, 1%” and 2” WHITE PINE, Bone dry. SPECIAL LOW PRICES on 1%", 1%’, and 2’ Shipping cull sidings and cut ups. Offices at 97 St. James St., Montreal Mills at Mack Axes ——The World’s Best—— HERE are six styles of axes that are made from special crucible steel bit and cap- able of retaining an edge longer than any other axes made. FELLER, MAXAX CHIPPER BEAVER 66 66 99 OTTOWA CHIEF Our motto of “ Quality and Workman- ship” is the foundation of our success and every axe we make can be depended upon to make good our motto. Get our Prices and Particulars. The Mack Axe Works Beaver Falls, Pa., U.S. A. “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds “*™**e¢ Repaired and Recovered Mont Laurier, P. Q. Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont.; and other Lumber Equipment, including boom chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Shawanaga, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 1 8-block right hand steam feed carriage fitted with steam set works, made by Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. 1-8 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 110 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. 1 left-hand steam nigger. 1 Log-loader. 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. °2 Roger Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber 1 Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2 2-saw trimmers. 1 16-ft. Slash table. 1 20-ft. Slash table. 1 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. 1 Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, made by Diamond Iron Works. 1 70-ft. Transfer Chain for Boxing lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. 1 Lath Mill with bolter. 2 Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM 1 Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. and saws. 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. 1 Hand Machine for cut-off saws. 1 Lap Grinder. 1 Set Band Saw Rollers and _ levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- ber of second-hand band, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT 1 24 x 36 Slide Valve Engine with 40-in. x 12-ft.. extra heavy double arm split fly wheel. 2 Double Duplex, high pressure Water Pumps. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 lbs. steam. 2125 hp. Water Wheels. 1 Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. 110 h.p. Engine. 1 Mitts & Merrell Hog. 1 Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. 1 Wood Machine for 16-in. wood. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, not in- stalled. 1 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. 1 30 light are generator. There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and rails and turn-tables, particulars of which may be had on application. Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and Machinery, with tools necessary for repair work, All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. 26 Ernest Avenue, TORONTO, CANADA Limited 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBERS HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CoO., LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. President and General Manager Assistant General Manager D. C. CAMERON, Winnipeg Wo. RoBERTSON, Vancouver Secretary-Treasurer, WILSON BELL, Winnipeg The Rat Portage Lumber Co. Ltd. Manufacturers of Fir, Cedar and Spruce LUMBER Cedar Shingles, Fir and Cedar Lath Car Sills and Sheathing, Cedar Siding Large and Long Timbers for heavy construction work Vancouver, B.C., and Harrison River, B.C. For low prices and prompt shipment of Yellow Pine Timbers Short Leaf Finish Chestnut --- Oak --- Ash Cypress New Brunswick Shingles Fred S. Morse Lumber Co. Box 1600 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Heavy Fir Dimension Is Our Particular Specialty The Heavier it is the Better we like it We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. Our grade is posttively right, and prices will please Timberland Lumber Co., Limited Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. Shipment by C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C.E.R.R. Selects — ie \ \ Timbers Shops STL Yard Stock Commons pals Clears and VS and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. ; Head Office: JAFFRAY, B.C. a Mills at: CRANBROOK, B.C., RYAN, B.C., JAFFRAY, B.C, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 17 We have the Goods We Want Your Orders White and Norway Pine Laths, Boxes, Box Shooks, Wooden Pails and Tubs “WE AIM TO SERVE YOU WITH THE BEST” We sell only the best that the woods can grow, manufactured by the best machines that man can make. C. Beck Mfg. Co., Limited, Penetanguishene, Ont. Shimer Labor and Time- ____ Saving Tools Popular Matching Heads Figs. 202 and 203 are the leading tools for matching Flooring, Ceiling, etc., for feeds up to 130 lineal feet per minute. They are made with four, six or eight Bits to each Head according to the machine to be used upon, material.to be worked, and the rate of feed 4 LOUIS WUICHET a Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Golifornia White Pine California Sugar Pine and Arizona Soft Pine Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber Fig. 202 Price, per set, with 4 Bits to each Head... ..$40.95 “<é sé “e 6 “ec ss “ Daas 49,27 ee AGy as te. PHOTO Double Ceiling Heads There is un- Are You Interested in British Colum- bia Trade? Theimmensity of the Lumber Industry will within a few years make this Province the most im- doubtedly a big market for Mill Equipment of all kinds. Let us Demons- trate our Ad- vertising ser- vice. We please others, we can pleas you. The Shimer Cutter Heads for matching Ceiling in double thickness to be re-sawed into two marketable strips, will double the capacity of any matcher or moulder. These tools are very complete and are giving satisfaction in a large number of mills. Price, per set, complete only These tools are turned out of Solid Steel Forgings—have the Shimer ‘‘make-ready” which saves you all the fitting and trying—keep your work up to the standard. For further particulars address Lumberman Crowe & Wilson Chambers VANCOUVER, B.C. Branch at Winnipeg Samuel J. Shimer & Sons GALT, ONT., CAN. portant in the _ whole Domin- ion. Russel Wheel & Foundry Company, Detroit, Mich. = ee ————— G aoe CARS Mr. Lumberman It’s the Russel Car you will be a interested in. The Russel So See Car is unsurpassed in quality, rt £ “ p : q y . ee service and capacity. Built for any capacity and to accommodate any length of log desired. -—Canadian Representative— Vancouver Machinery Depot . Limited Vancouver, B. C. 18 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Hoffman Brothers ‘Company Fort Wayne, Indiana The Tegge Lumber Co. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Special OAK, MAPLE and BIRCH Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From 1/30” SLICE CUT VENEER 1/20” SAWED VENEER to 2” BAND SAWED LUMBER Specialty : 700 Park Street, Milwaukee, Wis. QUAR T E RED WHITE OAK SELL HARDWOODS Below is a list of Dry Lumber which we can Ship Promptly oo RITTER LUMBER COMPANY = CHESTNUT RED OA 1s and 2s, 4/4, 5 cars. 1s and 2 4/4, 5 cars. 1s and 2s, 5/4, 2 cars. No. 1 common, 4/4, 4 cars. | N ; A N A D A 1s and 2s, 8/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 5/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 4/4, 2 cars. No. 1 common, 6/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 6/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 8/4, 2 cars. - Quartered Sound Wormy, 4/4, 4 cars. POPLAR 1 car 5/8, ne fo ride in. Poplar Panel and N WHITE OAK s and 2s, quartered, 8 cars. No. 1 com., quartered, 2 cars. Reach the furniture factor- B ~ . 3 ; 1 car 5/8, 24 to a -in. Poplar ies, piano factories, sash and . We oe ea ee Panel and No. 1. . ‘ “ns A 4 cars 4/4, 1 d 2s, 7 t door factories through Cana- Is and 2s, plain white oak, 17 Panel and No. 1 No. 1 common, 4/4, 6 cars. No. O/% 7 to 17 Panel and No. 1 common, 6/4, 3 cars. da’s National lumber medium. All our own manufacture, band sawed, and thoroughly seasoned. Do not place your order before writing for prices. Published semi - monthly. Write today for rates. Canadian Representative : John Hall, Box 32, Toronto, Canada Phone Parkdale 3222 Canada Lumberman & Woodworker Toronto, Canada bd ‘ W.H. Dawkins Lumber Co. We have 10,000,000 feet of Plain and Quartered White Oak and Yellow Poplar. Choice stock, good widths, fine lengths. The Oak has been on sticks 2 years waiting for railroad, now ready for shipment. Write us for prices ASHLAND - . ‘KENTUCKY CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 19 THE W. R. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods IS, 000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. - Write for prices. Phone Main 6386 Mills: Knoxville, Tenn. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS Franklin, Va. e QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK The Atlantic Lumber Co. POPLAR ASH Incorporated é Head Office: BOSTON, MASS. Yards at Nashville, Tenn. We can -— D Che any a above Manufacturers Southern Hardwood Lumber wii Sng pg ee Canadian Branch ° e e 605 Kent Building, 156 Yonge Street, Toronto Wistar Underhill & Nixon Robert Vestal, Manager Real Estate aaaee Bldg., age cee Pa. ANYTHING IN OAK LUMBER G. H. Johnson, 125 mybher Sects Whede Podiae 736, Toronto, Ontario Yy ell ow Pine Timber Reach Furniture Factories and Woodwork- ing Plants Through This Department * And Lumber Rough or Dressed E 3 All the leading Canadian furniture manufacturers Car Material and Long Timbers and woodworking establishments are regular readers a. Specialty of the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker. Many of them have been subscribing to this paper for a quarter ofacentury. They are big buyers of hard- PROMPT SHIPMENTS wood lumber. Reach them through these columns. Write for rates to E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. = 1 ahaa Canada Lumberman and Woodworker aoe and mania Toronto - - = . Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS HARDWOOD LUMBER Wholesale Distributing Yards and Mills at— Sales Offices Union City, Pa. Monticello, Ky. JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Hambleton, W. Va. Ross Point, Ky. 3 Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS. he IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. — ‘ - ——, gure - * reo ay we a ee a, 20 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Real Choice White We have in stock and can give you immediate shipments of: 200,000 1” No. 3 Cuts and Better, 8” and up wide 52,000 1%” No. 3 Cuts and Better, 8” and up wide 54,000 2” No. 3 Cuts and Better, 8” and up wide JAMES G. CANE & CO., - Wholesale Lumber 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO The endezvous The Rendezvous or place of meeting for the buyers and sellers of second- hand equipment, odd lots of lumber Sa Sty and also timberlands is the Wanted and For Sale Department of this WA (4 The Truck That Saves It’s Cost paper. It is our privilege every year to bring together thousands of Several Times Over in The Year - hitvers! and eallers:t LO yeetaealall This truck is designed for lumber yards and planing mills and have for sale anything of interest to will be found invaluable for loading and unloading cars. lumbermen, a small ‘‘want ad” in The front gearing is detachable and may be used with eight or . ‘ : twelve nin genritige: It-ista Houble- header: nuts on axles belie this paper will do the trick of putt- kept tight with Steel Cotter Keys. ing you in touch with your man. Oil cups on the wheels and the fact that there is no resetting of tires saves any amount of trouble. The old wooden-wheeled truck is a back number in com- arison with this. It will pay you to write for our general cata- ogue which describes these trucks in detail, and pick out the Canada Lumberman style you want now. Tudhope - Anderson Co., Limited & Woodworker ORILLIA, ONT. 220 King St. W. ~ - TORONTO The well known HEPBURN SCOTCH DERRICK ‘as used all over the Domin- All kinds of ion. Standard sizes in stock overhead : from % ton upwards. cranes for hand pow- er or elec- tric power. a fl Fad ec ‘ a le These derricks can - —— ——s — Sa be fitted with steam 7 ‘an Horne St: or electric power if JOHN T. HEPBURN, Ltd., TORONTG —secensary. ” Iron founders, crane makers, machinists CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 “ DEFIANCE ” NO. 2 IRON FRAME DRAG SAWING MACHINE A machine worthy of the confidence of every producer of Hubs, Spokes, Handles, Shafts, Poles, Neck-yokes, Single-trees, Rims, For heavy work this type of machine is the most economi- cal that can be employed. It is a. most substantially built machine and will not, there- fore, spring or get out of alignment. Hoops, Staves, Heading and similar products, who purchase their material in the log. ‘* Defiance’? Woodworking Machines are built for a pur- pose, that of peforming your work at the least possible cost. They have never failed in this capacity during the past sixty-three years. Have you ever applied the ‘' Defiance”’ plan for your work ? No. 1 Improved Drag Sawing Machine Write us for further particulars and price THE DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS, DEFIANCE, U.S. A. OHIO, The Narrow ‘‘Saw King” Cross-Cut Saws have won their way to universal popu- larity by the good work they do and their general reliability. They have been put to every test and come through successfully, proving that they are worthy of the confidence placed in them. If you want the best results, use a Narrow ‘‘Saw King.” The Narrow ‘‘Saw King” Cross-Cut is specially adapted to Pulp wood and Small timber being a straight back Saw and ground to a true taper, three gauges from cutting edge to back of saw. » Write for catalogue telling you all about the King of saws R. H. SMITH COMPANY, LIMITED SAW MANUFACTURERS - ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Pink’s Lumbering Tools =o.» The Standard Tools Split Maple Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Torogto Send for Catalogue and Price List ° S ee: Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants Thos 5 Pink C 0. 9 Lim ited 9 Pembroke, Ont. 22 CANADA -LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LTD., OTTAWA, CANADA Fi _e : : Spruce ene Everything in Timber yetew rine Hemlock (EITHER ROUGH OR DRESSED) Oak Eastern Agent. THE NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., LTD., Barnet, B.C. Write, Wire or Phone for Prices. Radcliff Shingle and Band Saws The ability to produce high grade saws is a manufacturing fine art in which we are “The well informed. “The Ca Radcliff saws are without a superior. They are made in all ty pes ard sizes. Saw With Our shingle and heading saws are of an extra fine grade of steel, made expressly for —§ With The the purpose, unexcelled for toughness, temper and cutting qualitics. The Keen Send for our catalogue. 8 Keen And : And Lavine Radcliff Saw Mfg. Co., Limited ':% Ede” adCH aw g.Uo., Limited 540° TORONTO WM. E. HILL CO. KALAMAZOO, MICH. Don’t Buy One of Our Steam Drag Saw Machines ; = | unless you want the best. The machine here shown has ke ‘s ¥ eq Positive Stroke; Friction Hoist; forged steel Connecting am 4 = Rods and cast steel Crosshead. Is made in four sizes— tek _ from 26” to 54” stroke. Write for Drag Saw Catalog fully describing this as well as other types. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 = { elit The Adams Towing Machine when installed in one of our poinfers will do the work of a steam tug. : The machine is a strong and reliable heavy duty gasoline engine of 6—8—10—12 or 16 horse-power, as required. It is equipped with a screw-geared winch or capstan 24 inches high from shaft to top of spool, and a reverse gear. The reverse gear is a convenience to disconnect the propeller so that all the power is used on the winch. The Adams Pointer is planked with cypress with ribs, stems, keel rubbing and clamp streaks of white oak. WRITE US FOR CATALOGUE. Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario 24 CANADA ILUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Steam Tension Band Mill Page top guide on this mill, as well as the upper wheel, is operated by a steam cylinder. This means that the guide can be moved up or down instan- taneously, which in one day's work means quite a saving of time over the ordinary mill. This goes a long way towards paying for the mill by the end of a year. But this is not all—with this steam operated guide it is just as easy to keep the guide close to the cut as it is to set it for certain size logs and keep it | there. This can be done without loss of time, and so by bringing the guide down close to the cut, vibration of the saw is done away with and the quality of the lumber is improved, : No form of tension yet devised is as easy on the saws as the steam tension—several of the users of this mill have run through an entire season without cracking a single saw. These are some of the reasons why our steam tension band mill is the most econemi- cal mill to buy, and there are others which you will find in our catalogue. When you are tuning up your mill this winter for next season’s operations, remember that we can serve you promptly whatever your requirements may be. William Hamilton Company, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 The Spartan Warriors of old were the pioneers of the Greek fighting world and were trained from their youth to resist hunger and exposure to extreme hardships. PINT ANMI I HE Rimabl ING is made to resist those elements which would otherwise shorten its termjof use- fulness. It is absolutely proof against the ordinary curses of beltdom—heat, friction, water, steam, oil and acid fumes—that we guarantee and furthermore that a Spartan belt will last longer, give better service and with greater econ- omy than other belting working under the same conditions. Send for Spartan Book and further particulars. ‘The Graton & Knight Mfg. Company Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal Cais Home Office and Factory : Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. BRANCHES :—Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Cleveland, Detroit, Fall River, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New York, Philadelphia, Pittsburgh, Portland, Ore., San Francisco, Seattle, St. Louis. Selling Agents for Texas: THE GRATON & KNIGHT MFG. CO. OF TEXAS, Dallas, Texas Wire Rope | Special Alligator Ropes with proper attachments. Saw Carriage Ropes Haulage Ropes Smoke Stack Stays, etc., ete. Wire Rope Fittings . Wire Rope Grease The B. Greening Wire Co. Hamilton, Ont. Montreal, Que. Limited 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Yes they are 3 > famous be- | The World-Famous cause they SIMON DS ot \ : have been giv- - ing such universal Crescent-Ground Sis ‘ AN | _ satisfaction to Lum- aN bermen and Loggers for [CROSS-CUT << so many years and in so many different parts of the world. Crescent grinding and Simonds Steel is a combination that makes the - best edge-holding, even tempered, well wear- Be eee ing cross-cut saw that the skill of man has MONTREAL yet been able to produce. Price is not the factor; it is only results that count in making this the most economical saw on the market. SIMONDS CANADA SAW COMPANY, LIMITED St. Remi Street and Acorn Ave., Montreal, Que. Vancouver, a C. or St. John, N. B. B.B.L. DOORS In the manufacture of B. B. L. Doors only thoroughly well seasoned lumber is used. 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TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Canada, United States and Great Britain, $2.00 per year in advance; other foreign countries embraced in the General Postal Union, $3.00. Single copies 15 cents. 3 Regent Street, S.W. “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is published in the interest of, and reaches regularly, persons engaged in the lumber, woodworking and allied industries in every part of Canada. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, and invites free discus- sion by its readers. Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, pulp mills, etc., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- _ rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. Vol. 34 Toronto, January 15, 1914 No. 2 Freight Rates Readjustment Expected Soon The recent conclusion of the taking of evidence in connection with an enquiry into western freight rates in Canada, leads to a hope that the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners will soon an- nounce their decision upon this important matter. It is believed that the judgment of the board will be announced by Chairman H. L. Drayton, K.C., shortly after the opening of Parliament. If this ex- ~~ A s f 4 pectation is realized the Dominion Railway Board will have estab- lished a new record, having regard to the enormous mass of evidence to be reviewed and digested, the very laborious research involved, and the magnitude and complexity of the issue. It is known that the commission is making every effort to expedite the finding with a view to the early realization of such relief as may result to the western pro- vinees, and with the secondary object of freeing the railway com- panies from the existing uncertainty, which is admittedly more or less detrimental to their interests. The commission is believed to be con- ducting its investigation on lines leading to a general readjustment and equalization of rates in western Canada, such readjustment to be, of course, based upon the evidence given at the hearings. This will affect all Canada west of the lakes, but the reductions involved will benefit chiefly the central prairie cities, such as Medicine Hat, Moose Jaw, Regina and Saskatoon, upon which the burden of discrimina- tory rates has fallen most heavily. Winnipeg and Calgary will also benefit, but to a lesser degree, while Vancouver stands to obtain a good deal. ae Lge ' This readjustment is expected to be the main feature of the com- ing judgment, but it is said that there may be more. The commission will, it is stated, order specific reductions on one or two of the heavy commodities most largely consumed by the farmers on the prairie and necessarily imported. Coal and lumber are mentioned. In regard to 27 them a direct reduction is a possibility, and there is also some idea that specific reductions may also be put into effect with respct to grain. These changes are predicted by men who have followed close- ly the freight rates enquiry since its.resumption by Chairman Drayton and the present Railway Commission a little over a year ago, and who are in a position to know what is probably in the mind of the com- mission. A readjustment such as has been indicated would go far to- ward satisfying those who brought the question of alleged discrim- inatory rates before the commission. It would at the same time bear less heavily upon the railways than would a general cut on all com- modities. The problem upon which the commission is called upon to pass has been complicated by the entry of two comparatively new transcontinental systems into the western field. The rates of the Can- adian Pacific must be considered, together with the rates of the newer and less prosperous transcontinental lines, and the ability of these new lines to do business successfully upon an altered basis of earn- ing from freight carriage in western Canada, has entered into the is- sue as an important factor. The expectation of those concerned is that the Railway Commis- sion contemplates such a readjustment as will meet some of the ob- jections raised in the middle western centres from the burden of which they have complained, while at the same time guarding west- ern Canadian communities against any curtailment of present trans- portation facilities through the inability of the weaker systems to withstand a radical reduction. Square Dealing Brings Success “We are not complaining at all, trade is alright for this time of year, so far as we are concerned,” remarked a certain Ontario whole- saler recently, in conversation with the Canada Lumberman. “Of course we are not expecting to do a large business at this time of year, but, just the same, we are getting along nicely and we know of some others who are doing just as well.” The slack business condi- tions which have prevailed during the last six months or more have been the subject of discussion in lumber offices almost every time the Canada Lumberman has visited any of them, and of late it has been very noticeable that the former feeling of uncertainty, as to the future, has given way to a fairly general conviction that the tide has changed and that trade conditions will show an improvement from now on. During this period of dull business, however, there have been a few firms which have reported, without exaggeration, that they have done a much better business than others. There must be a good reason for such a difference, and so far as can be judged from appearances and from the general remarks of the trade, the reasons are very defi- nite and easy to find. In the case of the firm referred to above, the explanation is that they have built up a trade in Eastern Canada and in the United States which puts implicit faith in their business meth- ods and which continues to come to them when the trade with other firms is curtailed or cut off entirely. When times are dull, every consumer, who has to reduce the quantity of his purchases, considers whom he shall drop from his list. Those who have given a square deal invariably will remain on the list to the very end. It may be that, during busy times, a square dealing firm sometimes loses busi- ness which it might have secured by different tactics, but the quantity of business thus lost is a small matter compared with the assurance of a steady and profitable trade when business with others is dragging. Retailers’ Contest- Who Will Win? Every retailer who has a good plan or scheme for saving trouble, time, or money in his business, runs a good chance of winning one of the prizes we are offering for the best letter: describing it. Read the conditions published on page 42, and let us hear from you. The contest closes on February Ist. 28 An instance of the way this works out in detail is afforded by the following facts. A certain customer, who had been using mill run birch for the manufacture of furniture, was approached a few years ago by a representative of the firm referred to above and solicited for an order. They had been using the good end in their factory and having a lot of trouble finding uses for the low ends. ” “T know you handle a high class of birch,” said the buyer, “but you have a reputation for charging high prices and we cannot afford to do business with you.” The salesman had expected this reply and told the buyer that he was wasting a lot of money and time buying mill run stocks, etc. To make a long story short, the conservation resulted in a trial order and the next time the salesman called he was told that the stock was the best the firm had ever received and that they had unquestionably saved money and got far better results out of .the better grades purchased in this way than they had formerly when they were doing their own buying direct and taking “mill run.” Besides, they had no more low end to worry about. They became steady customers from that time on and their business with the firm now mounts into large figures every month, even when times are dull. The same firm of wholesalers has frequently been able to step in where a large consuming firm has been buying the higher grades, but has not been able to get the inspection desired, without having an inspector of its own at the mill to watch the shipments, a thing which is very difficult and expensive to arrange. The wholesalers in ques- tion employ regular inspectors who are on the scene al! the year round, wherever their shipments are being made. In this way they have built up a reputation by making sure that the grading is always what it is represented to be. Customers of a wholesale firm of this class will sometimes be tempted to do their own buying. They are frequently solicited to purchase direct, and they often do so on their own initiative. On the other hand, it quite frequently happens that such a consumer has so much faith in the methods of the wholesaler Canadian and Attention has been called in these columns several times of late to the timber known as Siberian yellow pine, which comes from far eastern Siberia and which is quietly making its way in the markets of Great Britain. Canadians will be unwilling to admit that the equal of Canadian white pine can be found anywhere else in the world. The fact remains, however, that the high cost of Canadian white pine has led to minute search being made in many parts of the world for a substitute, and now, after years of search, a timber bearing all the earmarks of Canadian white pine is coming from Siberia and being accepted in Great Britain by many large consumers, who formerly would not touch anything but Canadian white pine, even though there was a great difference in price in favor of the substitutes. All former substitutes for Canadian white pine have been an inferior class of timber, of a quite different variety. Siberian pine, however, appears to have a splendid chance of becoming recognized as identical with the Canadian timber and therefore likely to be a most impor tant competitor. Under these conditions it is interesting to compare some of the circumstances attaching to the marketing of the two timbers in Great Britain. Canadian pine today, has an immense freight advantage over the rates of transportation for Siberian pine. The precent aver- age freight per standard of Canadian pine to Liverpool is about £2 2s 6d, as against £7 10s per standard for Siberian pine from Vladivostock. History is apparently repeating itself, and we see Siberian pine handicapped by a freight difference, at present, of about £5 7s 6d per standard. In spite of higher ocean freight rates, Can- adian pine was able to come to the front, in face of the established position of Baltic woods. It remains to be seen whether the present movement of Siberian pine to Great Britain will survive the handicap of heavy freight rates which it has to carry and a well versed member of the Liverpool timber trade, writing on this subject in a recent issue of a timber journal remarks that it is in no wise a case of Si- berian versus Canadian pine; it is rather that the former, on account CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER that he prefers to continue doing business through him rather than make what appears to be a direct saving by going to the manufacturer himself. On both sides of the question there is much to be said, but the argument in favor of the reputable wholesaler is strong and is .upheld by the willingness of many consumers to depend upon him for their supplies. Many cases may be cited where the buyer of a large consuming firm, dealing with the wholesalers already referred to above, has refused to deal direct, when finding that the stocks in question are handled by this wholesale firm. They find that, even at a higher price, they can save money by purchasing through whole- salers of this class, on account of the excellent inspection secured. This instance, and many others, prove the value of the conscien- — tious wholesaler to the trade. He is a man who relieves both ends— manufacturing and consuming—of the uncertainties of the selling and _ i buying business. Hé becomes, not an unprofitable middleman, but a valuable protecting force, a man who assures the consumer that he will get the best stock available and the manufacturer that he will find steady customers. During time of anxious business, it is a re- freshing experience to visit a wholesaler of this class and hear his pleasant discussion of trade conditions when some others are talk- ing of nothing but depression. Just after the new year, when trade was naturally quiet, the Canada Lumberman called upon one of them and before he had been able to ask how business was going along, was greeted with the cheery remark, “well things are looking pretty fair for the first of the year, here is an order sent in by Bill (one of the travellers) for a little over a quarter of a million feet. for the first three days of the year were something over ten thousand dollars. Not bad eh?” No indeed, not bad, and the natural reflection is that there is a lot of good steady business to be had by those who go after it in the right way, even when others are comp‘aining of dullness. One is reminded pleasantly of the “Brothers Cherryble,” in whom Dickens has immortalized just the same type of business man. Siberian Pine of its intrinsic merits now being widely recognized, is forcing itself into “a place in the sun.” Many pine users have been found willing to give a trial to the new wood from Siberia, but only on condition that the price should be substantially lower than Canadian pine. The price of the latter has risen considerably of recent years, so much so that other substitutes—with not nearly such fine characteristics as the Siberian pine—have been used in lieu of the Canadian timber. The distance from Vladivostok to Liverpool is about 12,000 miles —or half-way round the world—and the voyage lasts about 60 to 70 days. The freight on a fairly large steamer cargo is about £14,000, and the pine is not easily shipped save in cargo lots, so that the bring- ing of this new wood to this country is no small enterprise. On the other hand, the Canadian pine can be brought over in about 14 days, and in parcel lots. Besides this advantage, the Canadians thoroughly know the requirements of the British market and are careful to sup- y ply it only with what can be satisfactorily sold and used. The lengths — Our sales — q e of Quebec pine lumber run from 10 ft. to 16 ft. and rarely exceed 16 + ft., whereas Siberian pine lumber is manufactured as long as 23 ft, and generally averages 18 ft. to 19 ft. long. Here in length the OM berian product holds an advantage over its Canadian sister, which ad- vantage several large pine buyers have not been slow to realize. The *. latitudes of the Siberian and Canadian pine-growing districts are prac- = 7 ore tically the same, though Vladivostok, the shipping port for most of the Siberian yellow pine, has a latitude of 43 deg. 7 ft. N., as compared — with the latitude of Montreal, viz., 45 deg. 32 ft. N., and of Ottawa, 45 deg. 25 ft. Canadian pine of course will continue to be used too, says the writer referred to above, and there is no reason why these timbers shou!d not go hand in hand among the pine-using community, instead of the product of one country being spoken of as an opponent of the other. Each species has similar characteristics, and consumers wel- come additional supplies, whether they be from Canadian or BO . - Ss - “2 aa rn aoe ee Sot oae sa - ce a 7 = { pe :% sources. What a wood consumer will ask is, whether, after all, the Siberian variety is essentially the equivalent in its intrinsic character- istics, appearance, and usefulness to the Canadian pine, and that this is so many people who have tried the wood are convinced. The im- provement in the manufacture and grading of each succeeding cargo of Siberian pine lumber has caused an increased demand on the part ___ of large buyers, who previously only used Canadian pine, and effect- ively demonstrates that Siberian pine is now being successfully used. Probably the majority of the leading machine makers in England are now also using the Siberian pine, where formerly they were sticklers for Quebec pine, and Quebec pine only. — ee = CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 The above facts, which review the situation as it appears today, are of great importance to the Canadian pine export trade. They in- dicate the arrival of an entirely new factor in the trade of Great Britain. They also go a long way to prove that the demand for Can- adian pine is so certain in Great Britain that even a costly journey half way round the world will not prevent the consumer from buy- ing a timber which is apparently its equal. The course of a few years will show the truth or failure of this claim, but nothing can injure permanently the market for Canadian white pine in Great Britain—short of the discovery of much greater sources of supply than even those of Siberia. Side Lines and Success in Retailing . A breezy and cheerful letter upon the retail lumber business and one or two of its important questions appears elsewhere in this issue, written by one of our subscribers, whose remarks have the double merit of being both brief and to the point. The writer, Mr. D. M. Heise of Stouffville, Ont., is one of those retailers whom the whole- saler or the manufacturer is always glad to call upon whether he gets business from him or not. He takes a rosy view of the trade situation and manages to secure a fair amount of business all the year around, whether others are doing so or not. Most of the time he is doing a large business and making a good profit. One needs only to read his letter to find some of the reasons for this enviable state of affairs. In the first place there is no doubt whatever about the class of business Mr. Heise is conducting. It is a retail lumber business, with several side lines which become necessary to a retail lumberman if he wishes _to make the most of his opportunities. Lumber, lath, and shingles (wood) head the list of articles dealt in, as mentioned on Mr. Heise’s letter paper. Then come steel shingles, asphalt roofing, lime, brick, plasterer’s hair, hard wall p!aster, verandah columns, drain tiles, etc. This is a natural assortment of side lines for a retail lumberman to handle and it is just such an assortment as has brought success to many a retailer. Mr. Heise’s explanation of his reason for handling these side lines cover the whole business of side lines in a few brief sentences. The retail lumberman who finds possible customers coming into his store and going out without buying, will naturally consider whether he should not stock the articles in request. If they happen to be articles which compete with lumber, lath or shingles, or which ° assist in selling them, the retail lumber dealer must stock them in order to protect himself. There is nothing else to it. Unless he does so, he will tose a certain amount of trade which would naturally seek him under other conditions. - Unless the retail lumberman makes side lines of such articles he will some day find a more wide awake mer- chant making a side line of lumber and getting away with a large share of his business. The question is not one of whether a retail lumber- man should assist in selling articles which compete with wood, but whether he should keep custom in his own yard or store, when, by a reasonable amount of extension into side lines, he can do so con- veniently. Mr. Heise makes it very clear on his letter head that his principal articles are lumber, lath and wooden shingles. The other articles fol- low in the list and they all appeal to the man who is an extensive buyer of lumber and impress him with the fact that he can buy a wide assortment of the articles he needs at the one store or yard. Mr. Heise makes a remark which should appeal to other retailers as one which shows his good business sense. Talking of galvanized shingles he says:—“We do not claim that they are better than the wood, we must sell what the customers want, but at their own risk.” This is the right way to look at the matter and if every other, retailer of lum- ber, who handles side lines, would look at it in the same way, matters would be greatly simplified. Handling side lines can be made a profit- able line of business for the retail lumberman in a great many cases, if it is conducted along such lines as these and there is no reason why, whenever the circumstances warrant, side lines should not to be han- dled. Perhaps the optimistic outlook upon trade conditions which characterizes Mr. Heize’s letter may be partly explained by his meth- ods. “Weare thankful to say that our fall trade has been fine” he says, “The last season’s trade in this district was the best around here for years. We have no spurts and stops in our trade. It is steady and solid.” This is a fine story to be able to tell when others have been discussing the tight money and the financial depression. . Editorial Short Lengths for Busy Readers The Dominion Labor Gazette for the month of December con- tains a table showing relative prices of various commodities, com- pared, by an index number, with the prices which prevailed during the decade from 1890 to 1899, the average price during this period be- ~ ing placed at 100. During November, 1913, the index number for lum- ber was 113.6. During October, 1913, the same price prevailed. Dur- ing November, 1912, the index number was 109.8. These figures cover ‘the average prices of fourteen different classes of lumber at various important Canadian markets. From reports secured from correspondents of the Labor Pareite in various parts of Canada the following summary of trade conditions in connection with lumber during November, 1913, is compiled: The : lumber trade was reported very quiet as ‘compared with last year on account of the financial stringency and curtailment of building. Later, however, some improvement was reported. .In Western Canada, es- * “pecially Alberta, farmers were buying lumber as soon as the fall work . “was over. Mild weather in the East also permitted a continuation of $ building. A large business was predicted for next year if the financial tuation improved. At Montreal better freight accommodation in freights to Great Britain was reported and shipments were being rush- before the close of navigation. Spruce deals were lower in New Brunswick as stocks in Great Britain were heavy and there was no buying. The removal of the United States tariff was reported to have increased shipments only slightly as yet, but lumbermen expected a larger trade later. It was stated that there was no large supply of cheap lumber in Canada available for export, It was also reported that the demand for export might raise the prices of mill culls and medium grades. British Columbia shingles showed a tendency to ad- vance 50 as the result of the opening of the American market. Pine strips and shorts declined $2.00, but shipping culls and mill run were reported $1.00 upward, while mill run spruce, hemlock and tamarac have been advancing. Lumber manufacturers of Oregon and Washington have voiced vigorous protest against the announced intention of the Union Pacific Railway to construct all of its box cars of steel henceforth. At a meet- ing of the West Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association a resolution was adopted and sent by telegraph to President Mohler, of the Union Pacific, urging the railroad to reconsider its action and thereby aid the railroad itself which draws 1 heavy traffic from the lumber indus- try of that section. 30 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Hemlock Stocks About Half Normal Manufacturers Report Conditions That Will Bring Good Prices if Trade Picks Up—Logging Conditions Unsatisfactory A meeting of hemlock manufacturers of Ontario was held at the Queens Hotel, Toronto, on January 8th. Although the attendance was small, the meeting was one of the most interesting the hemlock men have ever held. Mr. W. W. Carter, of the Fesserton Timber Company, Toronto; occupied the chair and in opening the meeting said that at the present time all trade was quiet and the lumber business was no exception. Everybody seemed to be buying only what was actually required. The money stringency was having its effect on all lines of business. So far as hemlock was concerned he did not think that there was any large quantity of stocks on hand. There was probably not more than half as much stock on hand as there was a year ago. At present, prices were well maintained. His company had been getting $20 per thousand on an eight cent freight rate. Hemlock had been meeting with severe competition on account of the heavy importation of yellow pine whicli was being sold very cheaply in Canadian markets. Most of this yellow pine was short leaf and about 90 per cent. of it, he believed, in fact nearly all of it, was blue moulded, and a great many of the large operators in the city would not use it at all because they claimed that its life in a building, once the blue mould appeared, would not be more than five or seven years. He thought that the competition of yellow pine would right itself in time, especially when the money stringency was over. Michigan hemlock was coming into Canada at low prices and getting into the markets as far east as London and Toronto. The money stringency was: blamed for this situation also and he did not think that it would last very long. As to the quality of the Michigan hemlock, its grading was not the same as the grading of Ontario hemlock. The Michigan “merchantable” grade was, in fact, similar to the “merchantable” grade in eastern Canada. Present indications in the woods were that the output this winter would not be large. A very low price was being offered for bark at present. At the best, he thought, the output would only be as large as it was last winter. If the present weather conditions continued they would probably only have about half as much as they had last winter. Mr. Carter discussed the relative values of yellow pine and Canadian hemlock, remarking that one very important feature must be borne in mind, namely, that the immediate cost of the yellow pine to the con- sumer was considerab!e. He had to put up money for a long freight haul, probably $150 on a car. The small amount of the purchase price, representing the actual lumber itself, on which he got 2 per cent. off for cash at the due date of the bill, compared very unfavorably with the amount upon which he secured his discount if he bought Canadian hemlock. Moreover, when they purchased American lumber they were sending money out of the country and helping to make the money stringency in Canada. The thickness of the yellow pine and the Michi- gan hemlock should also be kept in mind. Practically all of the Ameri- can hemlock and yellow pine 2 in. plank was only 134 in. thick, where- as the Canadian hemlock was 2 in. In buying Canadian stocks there- fore, the consumer obtained a greater quantity of lumber for his money, and correspondingly greater value. Mr. Carter also drew attention to the importance of maintaining the grading standard in connection with Canadian hemlock. They had established an excellent grading system which had helped their trade considerably and ought to be maintained rigidly. Mr. Chas. McGibbon, Penetanguishene, Ont., stated that the hem- lock situation in his opinion had improved of late. A short time ago it had looked as if United States hemlock and yellow pine were going to depress prices in Ontario. Taking into consideration the cost of production to-day there was not very much profit in the business and if prices tumbled there would be nothing. He believed that users of wood in Ontario had not been educated sufficiently to the advantages of Canadian products: He commended a pamphlet issued by the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association, Wau- sau, Wis., which calls attention to the durability and adaptability of hemlock. He suggested that a pamphlet upon similar lines should be prepared and published by the Ontario Hemlock manufacturers and that copies should be sent out to architects, contractors, retail lumber- men, etc. Ile dwelt also upon the relative values of yellow pine and hemlock, claiming that the blue rot, to which yellow pine was subject, made it vastly inferior to hemlock and declaring that the users of wood in Canada should be awakened to this situation. Mr. McGibbon believed that prices at present were at about their proper level. Operations in the woods would be as expensive this year as they had ever been before and he believed that prices must be main- tained, if they were to secure any profit at all. Several other members who were present took part in the discus- sion, their views being along very similar lines to those of Mr. Carter and Mr. McGibbon. It was decided to follow Mr. McGibbon’s sug- gestion and arrange for the publication of a pamphlet promoting the ~ use of hemlock, Lumbermen Included in Honor List Ottawa, Jan. 6, (Special to the Canada Lumberman). — Among the six Canadians who were in- cluded in the New Year’s honor list it is interesting to note that four of them are either lumber- men or connected with the lum- ber industry. The four are: Henry Kelly Egan, of Ottawa, now Sir H. K. Egan; Mr. Aubrey White, Deputy Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines for Ontario, honored with C.M.G.; Sir Francis Langelier, Lieutenant - Governor of Quebec, who is given a K.C.M. G., and Hon. Lieut.-Col. Sir Doug- las Cameron, Lieutenant-Gover- of Manitoba, who is also honored with a K.C.M.G. Sir Henry K. Egan is one of the best known lumbermen in Otta- wa. He is managing-director of the Hawkesbury Lumber Com- pany and also a director of the Bank of Ottawa, the British Canadian Bank Note Company, and the Ottawa and Montreal Power Transmission Company. He was born in Aylmer, Que., January 15, 1848, so that he will be 65 years old on the 15th of this month. . He is connected with several prominent charitable institutions in Ottawa. Several times he has refused nomin- ation for a seat in the House of Commons. Sir Henry K. Egan, Ottawa National Wholesalers to Meet at Buffalo The next annual convention of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association will be held at Buffalo on Wednesday and Thurs- day, March 4th and 5th. The details of the convention are being arranged by Mr. E. F. Perry, secretary. The holding of the conyen- tion at Buffalo will be a matter of interest to Canadian members who now number some thirty or more. The hosts of the occasion will be the Buffato Lumber Exchange, the officers of which are A. W. Krein- heder, president; John McLeod, vice-president; and John S. Tyler, secretary. The holding of the convention at Buffalo makes it of in- terest to recall the position which that city occupies in the lumber world of the United States. Receipts of lumber at Buffalo during 1912 totalled no less than 128,674,000 feet. Shingte receipts amounted to 614,295,000 pieces. Buffalo’s main claim to importance from the lumberman’s point of view, in addition to its extensive markets, is the fact that the port of Buffalo includes the entrance to the Erie Canal, which has recently been widened and deepened to admit boats with a maximum capacity of two thousand tons. This canal carries traffic through to New York City and provides, in conjunction with the Great Lakes, exceptionally favorable facilities for the carrying of lum- ber to the markets of the great eastern States. The cost of widening and deepening this canal has been approximately $150,000,000. It is expected that the opening will be celebrated in 1915. ~~ Reduces Rates on Import Pulp Wood Ottawa, January. 8th: Commissioner McLean, of the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners, has issued a judgment dealing with the complaint of the Howell Company of Toronto in regard to the in- crease of railway rates on import pulp wood to various points on the C. P. R., C. N. R. and Grand Trunk, and the effect of the judgment is to reduce the rate per hundred pounds on shipments from Montreal to Windsor Mills from nine to eight cents, the same rate as applies to» Shawinigan Falls. Commissioner McLean, in concluding his judg- ment, says: “Comparing the rates as charged with the rate of the local product and taking into consideration the mileage involved and the charges which have been borne at Montreal on the imported pro- duct, I am of the opinion that eight cents is a reasonable rate for the movement from Montreal to Windsor Mills.” Lumbering Operations Delayed W.R. Smyth, M.P. for East Algoma, Ont., states that lumbering operations have been seriously delayed in northern Ontario owing to the lack of snow. The late fall and early winter were ideal for cutting the roads and getting the logs ready to take out, but the absence of snow right into January has held the work back and some of the men have been al!owed to go. Other operators report that they have found labor very plentiful and that in many camps the maximum wage being paid since Christmas is one dollar per day and board. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 Preparing for New York State Shingle Count Change Since the adoption of the new shingle count regulation by the State of New York, several of the manufacturers of shingles in the State have been in touch with the State Sealer of Weights and Mea- sures in connection with the new regulation in order that they may be in a position to observe its provisions. fully when they become effective. As a result of the further consideration of the subject the following is a review of what the trade of the State are planning to do to meet the new regulations when they become effective February Ist next. In the first place the regulation requires that shingles bundled other than 25 courses at each end of bundle be sold on comparative basis, thereto. That is, shingtes bundled 25 courses at each end of bundle are to be computed as 250 shingles to bundle, and shingles bundled 23/24 courses are to be computed as 235 shingles to bundle, and such bundles must be stenciled 235 or a sales slip, ticket or tag shall accompany the bundle representing the count. The 23/24 course shingles used in New York State are the White Cedars which come from Quebec and New Brunswick, where some 300 mills make them, and from these mills probably 90 per cent. of the three lowest grades, No. 1s, Extra No. ls and Clear Whites are ship- ped to nearby consuming districts in Canada. The next better grade, Second Clears, is used in large and increasing proportion in the Can- adian markets, and the greater quantity of the best grades, Clears and Extras, are sent to the New Engtand States. In both New England and Eastern Canada this method of packing shingles, short count is the standard, and with the comparatively small proportion of output being shipped to New York State, none of the mills will change their method and put up 25/25 course bundles. It can readily be seen that to do so on certain grades and not on others would lead to endless confusion and trouble. The argument has been presented by certain interests, that the consumer was being defrauded, by getting shingles 23/24 courses to bundle instead of 25/25, but it can easily be demonstrated that the consumer is getting full value for the price he pays for the 23/24 course shingles and that if the same shingles were packed 25/25 courses the consumer would have to pay a proportionately higher price to offset additional material, labor and freight costs. There is not nor should there be any “deception” in the sale of these short count shingles, for they.are sold on their merits in competition with other shingles. The only question is, the preference of the retail dealer for hav- ing the bundtes marked with the figures 235, or for furnishing a ticket or tag with each lot of the shingles he sends out. . To this end quite a number of the manufacturers are enquiring as to the wishes of their customers in this matter regarding the method which will be preferable to the particular trade of each, it being under- stood that the manufacturers, where it is possible, can have the bund- les stenciled 235, or, if preferred, leave off the figures so that the buyers may furnish ticket, or tag, or mark the bundles themselves. Some manufacturers have a!so advised that after February 1 they will sell short count shingles on the basis of price for four bundles instead of making price per thousand, which will comply with the regulation. Duration of Quebec Timber Leases As a result of criticism of the Quebec Government’s timber leas- ing policy, Mr. J. Hall Ketly, M.L.A., recently defended the govern- ment, saying that the leases were not to be considered perpetual. They were annual. The man coming into the province to invest money in lumber in these days did not become the sole owner of that lumber, but joint owner with the government. The government re- tained the right to change the rate of stumpage and the ground rent. In effect, the government said to the lumber holder: “We will allow you to take hold of a certain tract of land, provided you respect tne regulations, pay the ground and stumpage dues, and observe any regu- lations that may be issued. You can take it for ten years. After that the license is renewable annually.” This, said Mr. Kelly, could not be construed as giving the holder right of perpetual renewal. It could be cut off by the government in twenty-four hours after it had ex- pired for the year. The land was not held in fee simple. In reply to , the statement that surely a limit holder could insist on the renewal of his lease, Mr. Kelly repeated that the government had absolute right to cut it off, but admitted that it shou!d exercise this right with dis- cretion. He himself had had occasion to borrow money on limits ob- tained from the government, and he had always been asked, ‘““Whai guarantee can you give that the government can not revoke your lease at the end of the year?” He always replied that he had no guarantee except the honesty of the government. As an instance of the power of the government, he pointed out that it could increase the ground rent or prohibit the exportation of pulp wood unless there was a mili _ in the province belonging to the company. At the same time he sug- gested that it would be a good idea if the length of time for which a lease was given were twenty years or more—the average life of a bond. It would be much easier to interest capital in developing tne limits, because there would be more security. He added that at pre- sent there are forty-one pulp and paper mills in the province, and that in a short time there will be more pulp and paper taken from ilie province of Quebec than from any other part of the North American continent. A Record Flagstaff The largest one-piece flagstaff in the British Empire was put into position recently in front of the new court house at Vancouver. The flagstaff is a product of the British Columbian forests, and is a flaw- less example of British Columbian timber. The pole is 213 feet high. The tree was cut at Gordon Pash Lake, B.C., and presented to the Government of British Columbia. The tree, of course, was much longer than 213 feet. Its utility for flagpole purposes depended on havy- ing that length free from branches. As it grew in the forest it was as erect as a sergeant-major, in fact, very much more so. It was towed in a loog boom for two hundred miles to Vancouver, and drawn by night from the slip on False Creek along a straight road by a traction engine. In its finished state it weighs eleven tons. Before the car- penters had adzed and planed it into shape it weighed probably three tons more. Since last fall it has been seasoning and drying out to pre- vent its warping out of shape. Great care had to be taken in erecting the pole. A concrete foundation twelve feet deep was prepared to carry the weight. A derrick-pole nearly one hundred feet long had to be erected to lift it. At the first lift the centre came up and bent like a cane, but the ends of the pole refused to leave the ground until tim- ber braces had been put round the pole and a martingale and wire stays adjusted to take the strain from the ends. After the necessary experi- ment had been made and the time came for the final lift, the signal was given to the engineer, and the donkey engine and winch slowly but un- erringly lifted the pole from the ground and allowed the base to be swung into the concrete socket. The flagstaff is held in place by guy cables set in concrete beds at each corner of the court house lawn, and will stand for many decades as an example of what the forests of British Columbia can produce in the way of tall timber. Our New Paper Market There have recently been signed a number of contracts in New Zealand for newspaper to be shipped direct by boat from Canada. This will mean a great deal of additional shipping for Vancouver and will place the paper industry in general in this country on a much im- proved basis. Both the east and west coasts of New Zealand are using rapidly increasing quantities of print paper as well as other grades. There is every indication that British Columbia firms will be able to supply the bulk of the print paper to New Zealand and Australia. During the quarter ending September 30th, 1913, we shipped into New Zealand $170,000 worth of news print together with some wrapping. In that country, we enjoy a preference of 20 per cent., which means that Canadian paper should practically control the market. Not only will this assist British Columbia mills, but it will take some of their production which has been coming east in competition with other Can- adian mills, into other channels, thus relieving the pressure in the middle West. New York Wholesalers Feeling Cheerful Chase, Talbot & Company, New York, in their market letter under date of December 31st, say: The turning point has evidently been reached. Optimistic talk is freely indulged in, which of itself has long since been proven to be a fore-runner of fact. Corpses are strewn along our pathway, as a result of the fool-killer’s activity, while his over-exertion has necessitated slumber in an obscure and unknown spot. Good cheer is the watch-word of the lumber trade to-day. There have been some recent sales of eastern spruce, from which we quote as follows :—Random 3 x 7 and 3 x 8, $25 to $26; random 3 x 9, $26 to $27.50; random, 3 x 10, $27.50 to $29; random 2 in. ordinary schedules, $22 to $24; 2 x 8 and 2 x 10, $25 to $27; dimension specifi- cations 8 in. and under, $26; 9 in. and over, $28; long leaf yellow pine merchantable, an average of about $2 to $3 per M. less than the price of eastern spruce; short leaf yellow pine an average of about $4 to $5 per M. less than long leaf; Eastern hemlock dimension, $22 to $23; Pacific coast Douglas fir timber, $25 to $26; spruce laths, $4.00. Abitibi Plant Making Good Progress It is expected that the new 150-ton ground wood plant of the Abitibi Pulp and Paper Company, at Iroquois Falls, Ont., will be in operation by May next, and the machinery will begin arriving for in- stallation early in the new year. A new hotel is being finished, which is thoroughly modern, and dwelling houses will be built for the mar- ried men. The company will have about three hundred men in the bush cutting pulp wood. 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER minating forces in the land to-day by which we are all gov- erned to a greater or less extent It seems to be one of the incontrovertible laws of nature that the thing which we want most is that which we cannot have in sufficient quantity to satisfy our needs, let them be imaginary or otherwise, except at extraordinary cost to us, and this law, administered under its present faulty inter- pretation, is the governing power which regulates our values to-day. A very forcible illustration of this is to be seen by those who have occasion to study the money market at the present time, and who can say that the conditions which have arisen in the last twelve months have not in a very large measure been brought about by the malad- ministration of the powers of this law? I have before me a daily paper in which is an advertisement for a loan of $5,000. The advertiser wants this money for a term of five years, and he offers to pay $200 per month interest for the use of it, and of course pay back the principal at the expiration of the term. As this interest would under such strained conditions be taken in ad- vance, this man does not receive $5,000, but only $4,800, as the $200 is deducted for the first month’s interest; thus he pays sixty monthly $200 payments which make $12,000, and if we compound these pay- ments of interest monthly at the reasonable rate of 6 per ecnt. per annum we find that we have $2,600 more, or $14,600 in interest which this man is willing to pay for the use of $4,800. This of course, even though it is not an isolated case, does not place a proper commercial value upon money, but only serves to illustrate to what lengths some men will go in a frenzied effort to stave off the evil day which is upon them. This man, let us hope is not a lumberman, but who knows? 1 believe there are lumbermen in this province who are paying just as high a rate of interest to-day as this man is willing to pay, but per- haps they do not realize it. They may not be paying half as much for their money, but they do not stop and figure out in a practical way, by the rule of applied logic, what is the commercial value of lumber. After all is said and done, lumber must have a value, and so it has, but we destroy that value ourselves by throwing away all our profits, and sometimes more than our profits, simply because we have not the ability or stamina to regulate the supply to the demand. QO course we all know that supply and demand are the two do- How To Discover The Selling Price If we will figure out, by calculating minutely, and not by guess or conjecture, just what the various kinds of lumber cost - when ready for shipment, then add to this the cost of shipping and a reasonable profit, we will arrive at the selling price. But how many do this? I know that most of us think we do, but are you sure that you have taken into consideration all the charges such as insurance, taxes, office expenses, supplies, depreciation, interest and discounts, with a proper allowance set aside for losses? If you have done this, then all you have to do is to add what is a fair and reasonable profit and you have the selling price. Have you done all this? If so have you main- tained that price? If not, why not? In this figuring I have been dealing only with local sales. Obviously, where sales are made through agents, or brokers, an extra allowance must be made, but the question of how many commissions should be allowed on an order is a matter that should be considered more seriously than it is, as I think it is pretty generally admitted that there is room for reformation here. If some of our good friends will stop and figure this out care- fully I think that they will find, perhaps to their surprise, that they have sold lumber as much as $6 below actual value, and if they will figure this as interest, for it really amounts to the same thing, they will find that their rate is not much lower than that in he case in- stanced herein. Of course we know that it is a natural propensity of some to look lightly upon discussion of this kind and say “that fellow does not know what he is talking about. Who would ever think of doing busi- ness without figuring these thing out?” To such I will venture the assertion that if any twelve lumbermen in this province representing as many different concerns will undertake to supply the editor with figures as above described there will not be any three out of the twelve who will figure alike, or in the same way. This is no idle assertion, for I have talked with quite a number of mill men, and have com- pared figures with some, and I know whereof I speak. Now this is a state of affairs which should not exist, for there is no more important chapter in the whole book of knowledge. pertaining to the business than this one of getting at the actual costs of what we produce, and the manager who overlooks it is like unto a shipmaster navigating Talks With the Lumbermen of British Columbia No. 5—By Douglas Fir without his chart, and we all know how dangerous that would be. A man who does not know anything about navigation, and who does not understand the chart is not likely to be given charge of a ship. Neither should a man who does not know the lumber business under- take the management of one. Both are dangerous undertakings, and are likely to end disastrously. Caution and Study Always Win Let us take the case of Bill Jones and Tom Brown. ‘They are each navigating a lumber business, and they have each one started out for a certain port called success. The waters are dangerous for navigating, and there are many rocks along the course, but Jones is an experienced navigator who understands his chart, and knows ex- actly where the dangerous places are. He of course sees to it that no leaks are caused in his ship. He watches his chart, and if he is in any doubt as to his latitude and longitude he slackens his speed and keeps an extra watch until the danger is past, and thus he makes a successful landing. Brown is not an experienced navigator, and he knows absolutely nothing about reading the chart. Therefore he does not know where the dangerous rocks are, but he plunges along, and bangs a leak into his ship here, and another one there, until, be- fore he is half way along the voyage, he finds that his ship is taking water so fast that he abandons all hope of continuing the voyage, and is forced to beach her along the way. While he is waiting for the salvage crew to come to salve what they can of the cargo he takes up his glasses and casts a longing look out over the horizon, and away in the distance he spies an object. It is Jones! Yes, there is no mis- taking it, it is Jones! There was always a something about Jones that was unmistakable—some mark of inferiority and in anything that he had to do with it could be seen, and even now it is plainly dis- cernable about his ship. Yes, it is Jones. Confound him! He al- ways seemed mediocre and slow, and never paid heed to any of our warnings, and if it had not been for my ship striking these rocks I could easily have left him so far behind that he never would have caught up. But fate was against me. I have listened attentively to all that the experienced captains had to say about the course I was taking, and I was led to believe that it was a safe one. Could they have been deceiving me? Anyway, here I am, and there goes Jones on safely past, and he is taking mighty good care that he does not hit the rocks which have stranded me. Just like Jones, he always was peculiar, but a fool for luck every time. No Mr. Brown, you are wrong. Jones was not as much of a fool as you took him to be, and what you saw about him that seemed peculiar, and which you were not able to understand was his bump of capability to observe and understand the things about the business which you did not know, Jones examined | and upon which you placed little or no importance. his own little ship, inferior though it may have seemed, very minutely, inspecting every part of it very carefully to see that there were no leaks anywhere, because these little leaks are the cause of many of our disasters, and some of them could have been so easily avoided! Yes, it does seem peculiar to see a man like Jones in the present day, and to the average manager he seems a rather narrow individual, but just the same, while many of us were standing out conspicuously and thought we were reviewing the great panoramic scene in a compre- hensive way as it rolled out before our vision, I fear that some of us became so absorbed, or should I say bewildered with the magnanim- ity of our own comprehension that we forgot our chart eompletely, and we were bumping against rocks here and there, causing leaks and weaknesses which we had not discovered until we found our craft in shoal water and going with full speed ahead. It is now that we realize that something is wrong, but it is too late. Lord, what a calamity! And there’s Jones, who never seemed endowed with startling compre- hensiveness, sailing along in safety while we are on the rocks. Isn’t it hell? Bumping On The Rocks of Failure Jones, Brown, et al. are engaged in the lumber business as manu- facturers, and they, unlike their more fortunate brothers who are operating their own camps, have to go out into the open market for their logs. Brown has always, since his initiation into the mysteries, been a good listener, and a close observer of things pertaining to the industry generally, but the trouble has been that all his observations have been taken in a general way, and so focussed that he only views the scene in a panorama, leaving the details of the interests which he represents too much to fate, and then acuses fate of being against him. It has been the consensus of opinion amongst Brown’s associates that the best logs that can be bought are the most profitable logs to use, "a © CANADA all oi which is quite true, if the business we are getting demanded mostly high grade stock. Brown picks up the cue however, and in- structs his office that in future. nothing shall be purchased but high erade logs. Jones, who is catering to exactly the same trade as Brown, knows that this is a simple apptication of theory which will not work out in practice, so he sees to it that such logs are purchased for his operations as best suit his individual requirements. Thus Brown is buying only Nos. 1 and 2 logs, and paying from $9 to as high as $14, r $15 for them, while Jones is using Nos. 2 and 3 logs, and filling easily: the same class of orders as Brown is handling. It is often said that you can get anything you want out of high grade ‘ogs, which is quite true, but is it right? Jones finds that by ¢ careful w atching and handling he can pick considerable high grade lumber from low grade logs, and so he buys the cheaper log for general purposes, and only buys the more expensive logs when. business demands it. Thus, while his logs are costing him about $7.50 per thousand feet, Brown’s are costing him about $11.00. Brown, and others of his associates, who will use nothing but the best logs, create a demand for them, and as a consequence the price goes up $1, $2, $3, and still they buy. They have bumped a rock. Next thing they discover is that there is a falling off in the demand for uppers, with its consequent weakening in price, and they are heavily stocked. They have bumped again. ‘There seems to be considerable business continuing to come in how- ever for lower grades, or dimension, and so, as inthe past, they con- tinue to fill these orders from their high grade logs, but now that trade for uppers is dead they are not so particular about picking out the clear. . They have bumped again. Rush orders come in for dimension, and we rush them out of such logs. Bump we go again. I‘veryhody LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 about the works is more or less careless about saving grades, because you know we cannot go wrong when cutting such logs as these, and getting more uppers out of them than the company is able to sell, for we have simply got the sales department buried. Bump again. ‘The sales department is floundering under an abnormal load of uppers which has been piled upon it, and irregularities are occurring here which have been described in previous talks, and this is where we get the final bump that puts us out of business. Weakness in this de- partment at the best of times, and when closely watched over by an experienced eye is an alarming symptom of approaching disaster, but when weakness is allowed to run unchecked, soon all kinds of com- plications set in and the end is known to be near. The astute buyer takes advantage of this weakness, and perhaps irregular sales are inade and bad accounts are opened up; the privileges of the credit sys- tem are abused, and collections are either overlooked or forgotten. While Brown and his associates are demanding No. 1 logs and paying enhanced prices for them they are not only glutting the market with uppers, and thereby reducing the prices, but they are also leaving a surplus of lower grade logs upon the market and consequently making easy buying for Jones, who goes right on in the even tenor of his way. He is of course able to underbid on dimension business, be- cause he is buying suitable logs for this business at $3.50 to $4.00 less than Brown has done, for in addition he studies to raise his grade, while Brown is lowering his. Jones is satisfied that it is not so much the volume of business handled that counts, as how it is handled. He may be a slower navigator than Brown, but he pul!s through safely, and after all isn’t that the main thing to be desired? (To be continued.) Slash Burning Becoming More General : Western Experts Believe This Method of Destroying Logging Debris Will Become a Regular Part of the Operations—Observations of an Experienced Fire Warden One of the most interesting addresses at the recent meeting of the Western Forestry and Conservation Association at Vancouver, B.C., was delivered by George C. Joy, Fire Warden of the Washing- ton Forest Fire Association, who spoke upon the slash burning ques- tion. In part, Mr. Joy’s address was as fo!lows That the disposal of loggers’ slashings by means of purposeful burning is the most practical, cheap and effective method, is the con- sensus of opinion of almost all of those loggers, timbermen, fire war- dens and forest rangers who have to deal with this important phase of logging operations. The necessity for the removal of this accumulation of inflammable material, annually, or if possible, semi-annually, is imperative and for two reasons, one of which is that the longer the burning is delayed the greater the hazard consequent upon the more extended area of land cut over where, when a fire does start, it is most difficult and often impossible to control, with the chances that a greater loss will result than if the burning be done more frequently with a less quan- tity of material to be consumed. The other and more important reason is that it is impossible to keep fire out of these slashings long and I base this statement solely upon what observation and experience has taught me during the past twelve years in my work among the logging camps in Southwestern Washington. It has been my privilege to visit all of these camps most every summer and | have found one which has passed two suc- cessive seasons without a fire of considerable extent, and in most of them a fire occurred every year, which always resulted in more or less loss to the owner, besides often burning timber and other property. Hence, my assertion that it is imperative that these slashings be disposed of by purposeful burning as often as possible, for they will burn sooner or later and when left for too long a season are liable to catch fire at a most inopportune moment when conditions are just right for a great conflagration. In the accomplishment of this work we should make sure that it is well done, for by so doing lessens the danger of another fire recurring there for several years to come. This menace of fires on logged- off and burnt-over lands is increas- ing and will continue to do so, for every year more and more of the land is being denuded of its timber and unless the debris left from logging operations is pretty well consumed at the first burning, fire will run over it again and while the second fire may not burn so fiercely as the first, yet it has the chance of spreading over a wide area and will do so in a short space of time, requiring a long line of _ fire trail to control it, which is sometimes impossible. Such condi- tions prevailed in the vicinity of Pe Ell in Lewis County in 1911, where with seven or eight miles of trail we were unable to stop a fire on logged-off land, with the result that in the neighborhood of 75, . ape 000 feet of timber was burned. There is little opposition amongst loggers at present, to the burn- ing of their slashings, what there is comes principally from small operators who have forty, eighty or one hundred and sixty acres to log and who when they are through on these small tracts, move to some other locality and thus get away from the dangerous hazard they have created, leaving the responsibility of its disposal to others who are en- dangered by it. The large operator who is located where he is going to log for a term of years, knows full well from his experience that it is next to impossible for him to keep fire out of his slashings and so has adopted the best means at hand to rid himself of the increasing hazard by burning frequently and at times when there is little danger of his fire getting out from under his control. In this matter of purposeful burning of loggers’ slashings, the experience of the Washington Forest Fire Association during the past season has been such as to encourage us in the assumption that it is only a question of a short time when every logger who is operat- ing on any considerable scale, will make this question a part of each season’s program of operations the same as he lays his plans for any other part of the work. Early in the season a circular letter was sent out to all logging companies urging them to do early burning of slashings wherever con- ditions would warrant: Our reports indicate that between 15,000 and 20,000 acres were burned, which greatly lessened the fire hazard dur- ing the summer. In the latter part of August another letter was sent out on the same mission and offering the assistance of, some of our men to super- vise and aid in the work. The response to this was most gratifying and had the weather been as favorable as was experienced in Sep- tember of last year, the large majority of loggers would have dis- posed of their slashings and I would be able to report a much greater acreage burned over than I am. With scarcely an instance did we meet with any objections to burning, the only difficulty standing in the way of getting this done, being that some operators were not pre- pared at the crucial time and were afraid to burn, for by doing so would have meant to run the risk of losing logs or camp equipment. How to surmount this difficulty is a ‘problem to the solving of - which we must lend our best endeavors in order to bring about the desired unanimity of action on the part of loggers in preparing to do their burning when the right time comes in which a good burn can be secured, ‘and unless a way can be found by w hich the slashing evil can be disposed of and at the same time eliminate the risk of burning logs or camp equipment, we will not attain to that degree of success in ‘this line of work such as will insure the satisfactory safe- guarding of property from this menace. In the successful burning of a slashing more depends upon the time when this is done than upon any other one thing. No matter 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN what preparations are made for the burning it should not be attempt- ed on a hot, windy day, for if this is done trouble is almost certain to ensue. In most instances the fires should not be started until after the wind has died down in the afternoon; then if you are prepared you can burn nearly any slashing with safety. As to where to set the first fire depends considerably on the direction of the wind, the topo- graphy of the ground and the location of property surrounding the slashing and which may be endangered by the fire. Where a slashing lies on a side hill with timber on the slope above, the fires should be set along the upper side and allowed to burn away from the timber first before being started on the lower side, and, right here, I wish to make this suggestion to Joggers who have slashings situated as I have just mentioned, that in case a fire gets started in yr AND WOODWORKER your works accidentally, and you are unable to control it, that you have some of your men fire the slashing along the edge of the timber, as this will prevent the fire from below going against the timber with such headway as to kill it. One such fire as this is responsible for the burning of ninety per cent. of the timber lost this year. One cannot lay down any hard and fast rules governing the burn- ing of slashing, for each slashing is a problem in itself, the successful burning of which largely depends upon the experience and good judg- ment of the one supervising the work. This should not be left to in- experienced men, for the hazard is too great. The necessity for cut- ting stubs can often be obviated by being able to choose the time for burning, but this can be done only where the operator has made pre- parations in advance so that he can burn any time. Lumbermen Discuss B.C. Forest Service Its Aims and Methods, Merits and Demerits Discussed at Vancouver Convention —The Chief Forester’s Defence of the Work tion Association held recently at Vancouver, B.C., one of the most interesting features on the programme was the series of addresses on the British Columbia Forestry Sys- tem delivered by Mr. T. F. Paterson, of the Paterson Timber Com- pany, Vancouver; Mr. Peter Lund, of the Crow’s Nest Pass Lumber Company, Wardner, bB.C., and Mr. H. R. MacMillan, Chief Forester for British Columbia. Mr. Paterson’s address was as follows: A few weeks ago the Forester of your association asked me to speak a few words along the line of the subject just announced by the chairman, and on looking into the matter I found that he had left to me a rather difficult task; and I have said just as little as I possibly could on the matter. I have with me a very short paper which may elicit some discussion by the members of the association as well as by the Forestry Department. The paper is got up with the idea to put the Forestry Department of the Province somewhat on the de- fensive; and Mr. McMillan and his associates who are well able to take care of themselves, will doubtless perhaps criticise the paper somewhat severely it may be. But that was an understood thing that I be given carte blanche to say what I do, and to state what some of the Coast lumbermen’s views are on the Forestry Department and also on. conservation associations in general. It is a somewhat difficult task to attempt a criticism of the policy and work of the Forestry Department, not yet two years old, in the Province of British Columbia. The province presents so many char- acteristics greatly different from many other countries which have long established forest policies, that some time covering a period of years must elapse before a settled policy, which will be satisfactory to a majority of the interests concerned, can be perfected. There is a tendency on the part of the practical logger and lum- ber manufacturer to look askance at many of the methods put for- ward by conservation associations and forestry departments of gov- ernments, in the way of conserving the forests from fire or other kinds of destructive influences. It is argued, and in many cases with good reason, that many of the ideas promulgated along the lines of forest conservation, are those of theorists, and sometimes those of dangerous optimistic faddists. In many cases in associations such as this, theories as to how logging should be done so as to guard against fire and preserve the young forest trees which are left, are so imprac- tical, when the subject is viewed from the stern viewpoint of finance, that it not only arouses righteous indignation in the minds of those who have to deal with the question from a practical standpoint, but makes him feel with the poet Pope that, “Fools rush in where angels fear to tread.” So far as the Province of British Columbia is concerned, the Forestry Department.is sure to make experiments which will be found to work in theory, but not in practice; and conservation associations who imagine that all the methods adopted in other countries for the prevention of forest fires will work out in practice on the Coast of British Columbia will be disappointed. The Coast district of the Pro- vince is dissimilar to most other countries in three important particu- lars, namely: Climate, soil and physical features. Owing to climatic conditions there are only four months of the year, May, June, July and August, in which there is any great need of precautions being taken to guard against forest fires. In the ma- jority of seasons there are only three summer months in which there is any danger, and in a percentage, such as the year 1912, there was little or no danger from conflagrations on the Coast, owing to the rainfall throughout the summer months. It will thus be seen that the Forestry Department is called upon to provide a system which calls for a considerable staff, and which can only be profitably employed during the quarter or less of the year. A T the annual meeting of the Western Forestry and Conserva- Owing to the gravelly nature of the soil on the heavily timbered areas of the Province, there is little fear of fire being kept alive for comparatively long periods. Fire, therefore, does not smolder for months only to spring up anew with the first high wind as is the case in many countries, where the forests grow on soil of a peaty nature. This is one of the principal reasons why there have been so few disas- trous fires, as far as the destruction of green standing timber on the Coast is concerned. Most of the fires on the Coast occur on logged- over lands, and the writer has yet to see a case where a forest fire has done very serious damage to green healthy fir forests. There have been cases where lands covered with cedar timber have suffered, and in fir and hemlock which had been attacked by blight which had rotted the bark and sap. The great forest fires in the torests on the Coast of British Columbia originated in the minds of newspaper corres- pondents, whose grossly exaggerated “statements as to the losses caused by fire in old slashings, have done a great deal towards depre- ciating the value of British Columbia limits in the minds of foreign investors. The writer has known many cases when the information supplied by deckhands on some of the boats plying between the Northern logging camps and the cities on the Coast has been the basis for lurid newspaper accounts of the enormous destruction of forest wealth, when in fact only some old slashing had burned on which the merchantable timber had been previously removed. In such cases sometimes serious loss occurs, to railroads, skid-roads run- ning through logged-over land, or logging plants and down timber, but rarely to standing timber if in a healthy condition. From information received from the Provincial Forestry Depart- ment, it seems a most elaborate system of forest fire prevention has been inaugurated. The Province has been divided into patrol dis- tricts with a district forester appointed to each. This official has, under the chief forester, full charge of his district, authorized to issue burning permits to settlers, hire patrolmen and fire guards, and make reports weekly or more often to the Department at Victoria. For the protection of the timbered area on the Coast, three large launches and eleven smaller ones are in operation during the summer-months to convey men and fire-fighting apparatus from one district to another — whenever the occasion requires. In the Interior and on the Coast a large amount of work has been done during the past years in the way of permanent improvements, such as the erection of telephone lines and the cutting of trails through the timbered areas. In all the sum of $346,000 has been expended on forest fire protection by the For- estry Department, of which the Government pays half, and the other half was contributed at the rate of 114 cents per acre from 8% million acres held under special timber license, 1 million acres under timber - lease, and 1% million acres held under Crown grant. Considering the fact that the lumbermen contribute one-third of the revenue of the Province from rentals and royalty, it will be readily seen that they are shouldering the greater portion of the expense. It is a debatable question as to whether or not the Province is getting adequate re- turns for the money invested, even under the most careful manage- ment by the Forestry Department. From the instructions sent out by the chief forester to the various district foresters, it would seem that the department is making a special study of trying to get value for every dollar expended, and it largely depends on the integrity of the district foresters as to whether or not this is being done. No serious complaints have been made by the lumbermen and public generally as to the extravagance on the part of the Forestry Department, as it is but new to the Province, and as yet but little interest is taken in the matter by the public in general. It is safe to venture the assertion, however, that even with the most careful meas- ures adopted -by the department, considerable money will be handed over in the form of what might be called political charity, to ap- - he = 48s CANADA pointees who have to be rewarded in some way for political services to the members representing the district in which they are employed. When the writer is paying forest fire protection tax, he is reminded of the story of the Scotchman who, in contributing to the foreign missionary fund, enclosed a one-cent piece and a dollar bill with a note bearing the following instructions: “The cent is for the heathen and the dollar is to send it.” Doubtless the waste in the Forestry De- partment will bear a closer re‘ationship to the value received, but when everything possible has been done by those responsible to cut down expense to the minimum, there is bound to be a large expendi- ture for which no adequate returns can be received. Re the permanent improvements such as roads, trails and tele- phone lines completed by the department last year, and on which $150,000 was expended; different opinions are held as to whether or not much of this has not been an unwise expenditure. If there are to be trails cut up every valley along the Coast, and in cases on moun- tain sides and through limits which cannot be logged in the nex twenty years, the cost is going to be enormous. Limits will be open- ed with trails which are in no danger from fire from mere inaccessi- bility to campers or hunters and the public generally. These trails ia many cases will allow access to people who through carelessness may cause fires. Great discretion should be used by the department in cutting trails into limits containing small timber on mountain sides at high elevation. In one instance, according to the report of the de- partment, a trail has been cut over the mountain range lying between Howe Sound and an arm of Sechlet Inlet. It is difficult for a lum- -berman to see why this should be done, or what practical use it*can be in the way of fire protection. It is the opinion of lumbermen and loggers that, until a timber area on the Coast has become a fire risk from being in close proximity to logging or land-clearing operations, the less that is done in the way of cutting trails through it, the better. As to telephone lines, much money may be squandered on such prc- jects if wisdom is not displayed, as to where they can be erected to do the: most good. There is another feature of the forest policy in which the depart- ment and the lumbermen are not as yet in accord. The special tax of 1% cents per acre is taken from the latter, and they have as yet little _ or no say as to how it. should be expended. Were it taken from the government treasury there could be no disagreement as to the depart- ment’s authority to spend it as they saw fit. It seems to be the consensus of opinion among the taxed, that there should be a committee appointed by the. timber, logging and lumber manufacturing interests, to confer with the Forestry Depart: ment as to how and where the money collected for forest protection should be spent. It is thought by many, that more co-operation should exist be- tween the department and those engaged in the logging industry, in the way of employing men who work in the different camps on the Coast for the purpose of fighting fires. It has been suggested that the superintendent or foreman of each camp should be made a member of the forestry staff, with power to take the men employed under him and use them in fighting fire and such work, to be paid out of the forestry fire fund. The entire logging camps of the Province would be well covered, and many fires put out in the early stages which might become serious, before the district fire ranger could reach the spot with sufficient men to cope with it. This is a phase of the question which will bear considerable discussion, and if such an arrangement as the above can be made, it would do away with a large expenditure by dispensing with the majority of the Forest Department staff, who have to be kept whether or not there is work for them to do. If it is imperative that a considerable staff should be kept the writer would suggest they be emp!oyed certain portions of the year burning over -old workings which have been abandoned. By doing this it would put the land in good condition for a volunteer crop of hemlock, spruce or balsam. However, as time elapses, arrangements can be made whereby co-operation between the Forestry Department and lumber interests can be carried to such a point, that the greatest efficiency can be ob- tained from the forest fire staff with the minimum of cost. I just offer these few suggestions, Mr. Chairman, and before say- ing anything further along that line I would just like to say a few words in general about conservation associations—present company is always excepted. We have had at times in this country—some as- sociations—known as conservation associations which at times seem- ed to be dominated to some extent by mere theorists, who I believe go so far as to try to make us believe that we should conserve the whole forest for all time to come, and try to get some material to take the place of wood. Now there has come to my notice during the last two or three days a copy of a paper which we in the Dominion of Canada know well and which is entitled “Conservation.” It is a monthly bul- _ letin published by the Commission on Conservation in Ottawa, and would you believe it, Mr. Chairman, that with the November number. _ the authorities who are getting up the paper or the editor, has gone conservation mad, we might say. In sending out this number of . > Ae ‘.. * i, ont > (0. <. cae ae S 4 a eae? LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 “Conservation” he has enclosed with it a lurid picture of the terrible effects of putting a shingle roof on houses. This is carried all through the Dominion of Canada and would lead us to believe that they are so terribly in earnest in conserving the forests of this Province that they will go so far as to advertise along with their paper an advertise- ment from a firm who has a kind of patent roofing and this firm is showing the general public the terrible danger of using cedar shin- gles. Now, Mr. Chairman, I would say that if that is not conserva- tion run mad I do not know what you would call it. When a lumber- man, who has to come up against the extension of his markets in all parts of the world and is asked from time to time to give financial and moral support to conservation associations, as we have in this case from time to time been asked to support this association, | may say that it almost makes my blood boil to think that we have in this paper used as a medium to circulate an advertisement for an opposition firm in trying to do away with shingles as a roofing proposition. Now | may say as far as the general public is concerned in the Province of British Columbia, we have not thoroughly awakened to conservation, as conserving the forests here to any great extent is left mostly to the Government and the lumbermen and the Forestry Department. We are young in the business but I believe that our Forestry Depart- ment will improve as years go on. One of the points I notice in the report of the Forestry Department is that there has been a large ex- penditure in what is known as the Okanagan District of the Province, in thé way of cutting trails and roads through timber areas there. | do not know whether these are of value or not. It would seem that we are called upon to provide a large expenditure in order to conserve some forests up in the Okanagan so that the water supply for irriga- tion there may be conserved. I hardly think that this is in line with what the department’s policy should be. If these people are going to have their water conserved for irrigation purposes they should be will- ing to pay part of the costs. My time is up, gentlemen, and I have only thrown out these suggestions in order that there may be discus- sion. A great many of the lumbermen are in accord with the senti- ments of my paper, and there are others who are not in accord and it will bear considerable discussion. It was for that purpose it was written, and if you wish to jump on me with spiked shoes I am here to take whatever is handed out to me. Mountain Lumbermen’s View Peter Lund of the Crows Nest Pass Lumber Company of Ward- ner, B.C., in presenting the attitude of the lumbermen in the Moun- tain District on this subject, spoke in part as follows: I feel very keenly personally on the matter—on any matter that borders on the question of conservation, and it is therefore that I fin- ally consented to respond. There has been so much said here and so many other papers read on the forest fire question, the experiences and knowledge gained by a number of very able and intelligent young men, that it is really unnecessary for me to elaborate on these ques- tions. Therefore what few remarks I have to make must be along the lines of generalities, and I want to ask your pardon if I depart for a few brief moments from the usual procedure of hard-headed busi- ‘ness methods and take up what may be termed a sentimental or emo- tional side of the question. I have been delegated by my associates and friends in the moun- tains of British Columbia to say something at this conference, the pro- gramme of which I notice is headed “A Forest Fire Conference.” Further down the headlines, I notice the word “conservation.” To prevent the destruction of our forests by fire, we must admit, is very important indeed, but had this conference been called exclu- sively to discuss forest fire problems, it might be looked upon as more or less of a se!fish measure on the part of those engaged in the manu- facture and sale of lumber and timber products, the owners of stand- ing timber and our different administrative bodies or governments, especially that of the province of British Columbia which does now and intends in the future to derive from its forests tremendous pecuni- ary benefits. The word “conservation” having been inserted in the headlines of the programme, undoubtedly shows that the promoters of this or- ganization were men capable of deeper thought, broader vision and higher ideals than would accrue from any pecuniary motives. In dealing with the forest fire problem the first thing to do is to acquire and establish means of preventing forest fires from being start- ed, which is largely a question of administration, organization, effi- ciency and application, in connection with which the question of costs will enter as an important factor. At this stage, therefore, it be- comes a mathematical problem from a material standpoint in order that the end may justify the means. The organization of a forestry department in this province and its development has been watched by all lumbermen in the interior with considerable interest, and I can say that the results achieved have been most gratifying to us. Of especial value has been.the enor- mous development of the fire fighting force maintained, on whose work Mr. MeMillan will no doubt give us some statistics. Regarding the proposed legislation of increased royalties in 4 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER British Columbia. I cannot quite agree with the views held by the Honorable W. R. Ross as expressed in his speech of February 10th, 1913. Mr. Ross states that “statistics show that the average price for lumber in Canada to 1909 had risen faster than in the case of any other group of commodities except furs, and we all know there has been considerable increase in the three years since then.” It might be in- teresting to review these statistics to which Mr. Ross refers, since our company has been in business for a good many years and | have yet to find any increase in the net prices of lumber that were not prompted by increased cost of logging or milling. I feel strongly that the government of any country should adjust its taxation according to the ability of industries and citizens to meet such payments. I know that the honorable minister has perhaps changed his views somewhat, since his trip through the mountains during last Fall has no doubt proved to him conclusively that opera- tions are not profitable to investors. We in the mountains feel that the average stand obtained does not at all compare with the heavy stand obtained at the Coast, and that the ground rentals charged in the interior are too high when com- pared with the Coast district. I feel that about one-half the amount charged to the Coast would be fair in the interior. This argument has been advanced several times that mountain mills being more close- ly situated to the prairie market hold the advantage over Coast mills. This however, has never benefited any of the mountain operators since vast importations of lumber from the United States and Mani- toba and Saskatchewan mills as well as the Coast, have been the sole factors of determining prices for our product. On the other hand we have never been the sole factors of determining prices for our product. On the other hand we have never been able, and no doubt never will be able, to share in the lucrative export business carried on by Coast Mills for their higher grades of lumber and marketing their common grades in the prairie market in competition with mountain miils, whose sole output, practically, consists of lower grades. I feel that the large revenue derived from the lumber industry in royalties and rentals has been far in excess of any revenue derived by the government from any other industry. Thousands of men are being employed constantly by this industry, and any adverse legislation would be a very serious mat- ter for the province. This point was never more truly illustrated than during the past year, when so many of our mills have been closed down and great numbers of men are unemployed and are leaving the province to seek work elsewhere. The legislation affecting lumber royalties has not as yet been de- cided upon so that it is to be hoped the government will see the justice of our contentions and prepare a bill which will be equitable and fair to all interests and that interior lumbermen will be sufficiently reim- bursed for their many disadvantages. The table of royalties and taxation received from the lumber in- dustry for thirteen years ending 1912, clearly indicates the vast amounts derived by the government from this industry, and more than ten times pays for the expenses incurred for the administration of the forestry branch of the department of lands. During that period royalties alone have increased, I believe, over five hundred per cent.; ° the increase in 1912 over the previous year, if I am correctly informed, being about fifteen per cent. ; ; The Government’s View Mr. H. R. MacMillan, Chief Forester of the British Columbia Government at Victoria, B.C., delivered a masterly defence of the at- titude of the Government in its Forest Policy. Mr. MacMillan spoke as follows: Mr. MacMillan’s Paper After listening to the addresses of Mr. Paterson and Mr. Lund which dealt with the manner in which conservation and fire protection is carried on in British Columbia and especially the great need for this important work, I feel that the only thing that I can do is to state our problem in- order that you, and especially those of you who are lumbermen in British Columbia, may see it as we see it—see it right —and co-operate with us in directing the administration from year to year. Our first problem is that we have 250,000,000 acres here in British Columbia of forest land—practically all forest land. We have a small population of about 200,000 outside of the cities and towns, scattered through this area. This forest land is our greatest Provin- cial asset. We have this to protect with a fund of about $350,000 which is equally provided by the lumbermen and the Government, the theory being that co-operation in the ownership of the timber calls for a division in the expense and responsibility of protecting. We know that the timber is exposed to danger from fire. I cannot agree with Mr. Paterson when he says that the Coast timber will not burn. I would only have to take you up the Coast to his old logging operations to show that it will burn. Every camp of his on the Coast is sur- rounded by fire-killed timber. There are other operations here on the Coast where there are large areas of fire-killed timber. There is not only the timber itself to protect, but scattered through the timber are hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of logging equipment, some of which is burned up every year. This is in itself a reason why pro- tection must be maintained at any cost. I cannot believe that Mr. Paterson’s ideas as to the origin of forest fires being chiefly in the minds of newspaper correspondents could be derived trom his having acted at one time as editor of one of the Vancouver papers. In under- taking this big job of fire protection which I think is one of the most difficult jobs in North America, we have fortunately not had to depend on our own experience. If we had to go on with no further assistance than our own intelligence and initiative we should probably have tried to put in practice theories which would not work out, but we had only to look around and see the example of other governments, and last but not least of the men who comprise this association, the members of which are probably the greatest experts in forest protection in the world—men who experiment with their own money and their own timber; and no man can keep that up unless he is an expert. The ex- perience which they have given us—and they have given it gener- ously—has been that fire protection depends on legislation to success- fully prevent fires. It is better to educate the public to prevent and extinguish small fires and to put your country in such shape that when you meet a bad fire season you can get your organization to the fire before it is too big. As your Forester has well said, one man can put out 100 small fires easier than 100 men can put out one big fire. We have legislation which contro!s the setting of fires by a permit system. This is a great protection—the greatest one we have here in British Columbia. This legislation requires that every man who sets a fire shall get a permit from a member of the Forestry Branch. Our legislation also protects against fires from railroads. ‘here are prob- ably net many people here who know that there are now under con- struction in British Columbia 1800 miles of railroad. If it were not for the legislation which gives us the power to put men on to prevent fires and charge the experise to the railroad there would not be much timber left on the land opened up by the railroads. The second part of our general policy after the legislation is the patrol. We find it necessary to patrol practically the whole settled area of the Province. I will admit that a large number of these patrol men are not on the timber licenses. If you will consider this, as the country lies the tim- ber licenses are practically on the greatest fire hazard. If we control the fire hazard properly the timber is safe. In a good many cases that is successfully done. Thé construction of general improvements has been referred to. We spend between a year and a year and a half in the study of a general situation before we undertake any improve- ments. These improvements are rendered necessary by the character of the country. ‘hey are located chiefly with the idea of increasing the efficiency of the patrol. Secondly, to enable us to mobilize our force readily and cut down the general expense, such as look-out sta- tions, etc. Before this audience I need hardly argue the benefit and wisdom of constructing permanent improvements for fire protection purposes. ' I wish to return to our general policy which is that the fire pro- tection is carried on by the Forestry Branch first by legislation which will so far as possible reduce and control forest fires; and secondly by a patrol which so far as money will go, covers all fire hazards. Third, - that we accumulate from year to year—in a favorable weather year— funds which will be spent as wisely as possible to make our forestry department more useful in after years. Mr. Paterson mentioned the construction of permanent improvements in the irrigation district. That was considered very carefully before action was taken. There are timber licenses in that district and the timber is of great value. The work was taken up and done in connection with the municipali- ties. It was done in this way to protect the fire protection fund in which the lumbermen share. I believe that this policy is acceptable because we have had co-operation—eftective co-operation and assist- ance—not only from individuals but from municipalities and most of all we have had assistance and advice from lumbermen. In a large proportion of the work we have done up to date we Nave had not only. financial assistance from lumbermen but applications for such work and have been strongly advised by the owners of the timber that if we could see our way to carry on these improvements after having ~ considered the whole programme which must be undertaken that they — wou'd be very glad to have us do it. In any case, however, I can as- sure Mr. Paterson that where the timber man is afraid of putting a trail through, if he will take a chance we will take it. A general criticism has been that if we are not careful in the ad- ministration and supervision of our work and not careful in our pay- ments we will waste money. That is true of any organization. One thing to be said is that we do not spend a dol!ar under cover. Every one of our patrol men is visible to the community. Every bit of our work can be readily seen and inspected. The operators in most cases know what we are doing, where we do our work, how we supervise it and what it costs us. I want to say that in any case any man who has an interest in the fire protection and who believes that he can assist us by talking to us, ‘advising us and in this way improve the efficiency of our work, or be-_ lieves it has not been done right, if he will come and tell us so we will appreciate his assistance. SS ee eae, ee mLlLE CC ? CANADA Larger Sales of U.S. National Timber Annual Report of Forester Shows Increase in Quantity Disposed of and Amount Cut—Interesting Details of the Year’s Work of the United States Forester, Henry S. Graves. The re- port calls attention to a substantial increase in the amount and value of timber cut from the national forests, and a still greater increase in the amount and value of timber sold, largely for future cutting. The gain in timber actually cut was 15 per cent. over the preceding fiscal year;.in sale receipts, 27. per cent.; and in amount of timber sold, 167 per cent. In 1913 the total sales amounted to more than two billion board feet with a stumpage value of nearly $4,500,000, as against less than 800,000,000 board feet with a stumpage value of $1,600,000 in 1912. The increased sales were made up partly of relatively small con- tracts for local use, but many large contracts were let for inaccessible areas whose product will be marketed in the principal consuming re- gions of the United States. ‘Twelve large contracts were approved for an aggregate total of 1,552,398,000 beard: feet. The most important of these was a sale of 800, 000, 000 feet on the Sierra national forest, Cali- M «= interesting information is contained in the annual report fornia, consummated after two years spent in estimates and negotia- tions. This sale well illustrates the policy pursued in developing in- accessible forest districts. Approximately 70 miles of railroad must be constructed into the Sierra forest, together with a comp!ete mill and logging plant. Twenty-two years are allowed for the removal of the stumpage, with provision for readjustment of the price at intervals of five years. Sales under similar terms were approved for 345,000,000 feet on two other national forests. The main causes of increase in timber sales were: The partial recovery of the lumber market from the depression of 1909-11; the policy of making large sales which has encouraged substantial com- panies to seek locations in national forests; and the general stimulus to business in the west, due to prospective eon by the Panama Canal. Idaho White Pine First in Demand First in demand is the white pine timber of northern Idaho, now widely used to supplement the white pine forests of the Lake States. Second only to this white pine is the demand for sugar pine in Cali- fornia and for the western yellow pine in California and eastern Ore- gon and Washington. The demand for Doug'as fir on the northern Pacific coast has been less active on account of the enormous amount of private stumpage. There are, however, increased sales in western Oregon and Washington. The demand for western red cedar through- out the northwest generally is very active, both for poles and for shin- gle stock. After discussing the aims oat the forest service in making sales the report says that it has been urged that the government should, through low stumpage rates, force timber upon the market and thus reduce the price of manufactured lumber. The present policy, however, can not be changed without a change in the law. No such change is called for, says Mr. Graves. Sacrifice prices, unwarranted by actual market con- ditions, would reduce the returns to the public and to the states, but they would not reduce the price of manufactured lumber to the con- sumer. In the United States 99% per cent. of the timber cut comes from private lands. Competition in production is exceedingly keen. The mill capacity of the country is considerably greater than its nor- mal consumption of lumber. This creates a constant tendency to pro- duce more lumber than the market will take. During a period of de- pression actual overproduction appears. Stock on hand mounts up; _ price concessions to attract purchasers fail to bring the hoped-for ac- celeration of sales, and as returns fall below the cost of production cur- tailment is forced. From 1909 to 1911 many sawmills operated at an actual loss because carrying charges on their indebtedness would not permit them to close down. One hundred and thirty mills in the two leading lumber-producing states were altogether idle in 1909. So long as competitive conditions obtain among manufacturers the lowering of national forest stumpage rates would neither benefit the consumer nor appreciably affect the supply of lumber on the market. One-half of 1 per cent. of the total cut is too small a fraction to have any influence on prices; and although this fraction might be made several times as great as it is by offering government timber at a merely nominal charge, the effect would be simply to throw money away to procure the cutting of public timber in place of private. Close Utilization Provided For Problems concerning the most effective utilization of national forest timber are being studied. Such are the reduction of waste through closer manufacture and the production of distillates or other by-products, the extracting of naval stores as an accessory to lumber- ing, the use of inferior lumber species for the manufacture of ‘paper, and the promotion of new or more valuable uses for particular species LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER a through preservative treatment. One of the most significant of the re- cent developments in national forest sales is the demand for various western species for the manufacture of pulp and paper. The forest products laboratory has demonstrated, through experimental runs of pulp and paper and tests of news print in actual use, that many west- ern conifers are well adapted for the manufacture of news print and other standard grades of paper. These are particularly the red fir of California, the Engelmann spruce and lodge-pole pine of the Rocky Mountains and northwestern states, and the Sitka spruce and western hemlock of the northern Pacific coast and Alaskan forests. Exceedingly valuable and practical results have also been ob- tained through demonstration of the desirability of telephone poles cut from the lodgepole pine and treated with’preservatives at the butt. The supply of western red cedar, hitherto the standard pole timber of the west, has become greatly diminished. In consequence, market prices are high, particularly in the Rocky Mountain region, where the cost of long freight hauls must be added to the first cost of the timber. It has been shown that lodgepole pine poles are stronger than cedar poles of the same dimensions and, with preserv ative treatment, con- siderably more durable. Needs for Future Work The increasing volume of timber sales carries with it increasing costs to estimate the timber, to transact the sale, and to supervise the cutting operations. During the year timber cruising was extended over 3,867,627 acres of national forests. This work involves an esti- mate of the standing timber, the most practicable methods of exploita- tion, the extent and character of young» growth, and other matters which affect management. A total of 17,512,342 acres of national forest land, or about one-eighth of the timber area, has now been cruised. as Calendars and Souvenirs Hobart & Company, dealers in hardwoods and North Carolina pine, 53 State Street, Boston, Mass., have sent to their friends in the trade an attractive leather bill fold and change purse which is sure to be a welcome souvenir and a useful trade promoter in the company’s interests. Hoffman Bros. Company, Fort Wayne, Ind., have sent out an interesting little calendar for the year 1914. A series of half-tone re- productions, showing the exterior and interiors of their plant, make up the decoration of the calendar and give an excellent idea of the capacity and equipment. An attractive calendar for the year 1914 has been sent out by the J. B. Snowball Company, Limited, Chatham, N.B., to their friends in the trade. A number of logging, manufacturing and shipping scenes are reproduced from photographs upon the calendar. Each of the scenes represents an important stage in the lumbering operations of the.J. B. Snowball Company, Limited. A calendar which will be very welcome to lumber offices, on ac- count of the splendid colored picture of the “Burling Scene” has been sent out by Mickle, Dyment & Son, Barrie, Ont. The calendar is a large one, well suited for office purposes and shows the quarters of the moon. The picture represents two men on a large floating log en- joying themselves to the full at the sport of revolving the log and still keeping their balance. A splendid large calendar for the year 1914 has been sent out by Geo. Gordon & Company, Limited, Cache Bay, Ont. A fine colored picture entitled “Glories of Life’s Eventide” is shown above the calen- dar, and the pad is a large and very useftilone, being especially adapt- ed for office purposes. It shows the quarters of the moon and contains on each sheet, not only aslarge calendar for. the current month, but a small one for the months immediately preceding and following. The Fred S. Morse Lumber Company, Springfield, Mass., have again sent out-a calendar for the new year, along the distinctive and unique lines which they have adopted in previous years. The calen- dar consists of a separate sheet for each month, printed upon hand- some buff.tinted paper and surmounted by a little group of maxims for each month. The printing of the calendar is extremely attractive and the colors, brown, green and buff, are delightful to the eye. This calendar is sure to be given a distinct place in every office which is fortunate enough to receive a copy. The Hocken Lumber Company, Limited, Otter, Lake Station, Ont., manufacturers,of hemlock, have sent out a very attractive cal- endar for the yeary1914. ~The date pad is printed in large type and contains. information regarding the quarters of the moon, and religious and ether holidays. An attractive colored picture repr esenting a scene in the woods is*used to decorate the calendar. The picture shows a group of men seated around a small fire, while behind them is a sleigh-load of logs and in the background a bit of woods with the moonlight showing through the tree tops. 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Great Results from a Modest Beginning Story of the Growth of Wm. Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited, and The Dominion Box and Package Company, Limited, Montreal—Their Systematic Business Methods IKE many lumber firms, the William Rutherford & Sons Company, Limit- ed, Montreal, had a very modest beginning. ‘The business was started in 1856 by the late William Rutherford, father of the present officers of the company, at the corner of Dorchester and Drummond Streets, and was after- wards removed to Point St. Charles, and from there to Chat- ham Street. Finally, it was mov- ed to its present location on At- water Avenue, occupying two blocks bounded by Notre Dame Street, Atwater Avenue and Levis Street, and extending back to the Lachine Canal banks. Each year has seen a little more building done or a little more space used to keep up with the ever increas- ing volume of business. The company are the owners of the largest combined business of wholesale and retail lumber, plan- ing and saw mill, and interior finish in Eastern Canada. It may fairly be claimed that the name of Rutherford is synonymous with “lumber and millwork,” and the work of the firm can be seen in most of the principal office buildings, schools, churches, theatres, and apartment houses in Montreal. The following are a few of the interior finish contracts recently carried out by the firm:—Ritz Carlton Hotel, New Windsor Station, C. P. R.; New Place Viger Station; Linton Apartments; Strathern School; Evans Court Apartments; Sohmer Building; Sauvegarde Building; Royal Trust Building; Reed Building; Imperial Theatre, and St. Andrews Church. Of late years, to keep pace with the rapid growth of Montreal, special attention has been paid to builders’ supplies and stock mill- work for immediate delivery. This service has been a boon to the speculative builder, who can never wait for his goods to be made up, and to whom quick delivery means money. The extent of the trade may be gauged by the fact that the company carry in stock about 20,000 hardwood and softwood doors, in addition to heavy stocks of window frames, sash, cupboards, cabinets, stairwork, posts, columns, mouldings, beaver board, roofing, tar and sheathing papers, etc.—in fact, every requisite for this line of commerce. They are agents and representatives in Eastern Canada for the Paine Lumber Company of Oshkosh, Wis., makers of the well-known Korelock Hardwood and Klimax Softwood Doors. The yards, planing mill and the general interior finish factory cover a very large area.” This main building is 3 storeys high and well lighted in every portion. Two elevators render the handling of Thomas J. Rutherford, President. Stewart F. Rutherford, Director E. Dickson. Andrew Rutherford, Vice-President. Wm. Rutherford, Sec.-Treas. material a mere detail. The plant is laid out for the economical manu- facture of all kinds of wood products. The total force employed is some 500 men, of which 100 are joiners. The factory is equipped with a sprinkler system throughout. The kiln for drying the lumber is located near to the lumber piles and a little distance from the main factory. It is in two sec- tions :—In the first, free steam is circulated through the lumber to extract any acid which otherwise would stay in the lumber, if it were only subjected to dry heat. After remaining in the free steam kiln for some hours, the trucks are run out on rails (which traverse the entire double section) into the section, where ordinary dry heat is circu- lated. . x From the kiln the lumber is distributed to the moulding and planing mill or sash and door department. That which is not re- quired is sent to a storage shed where it is culled, sorted and racked. The mill is equipped with all the most modern woodworking ma- chinery, such as band saws, matchers, surface planers, dimension planers, rip saws, and boring machines. Air lifts facilitate the easy handling of dimension timbers which have to be machined, and also enable the timbers to be loaded on to rigs for delivery or put through to other departments for further operations. Lay Out of Main Building The ground floor of the main building comprises the planing mill and moulding departments, where numerous high speed machines are kept continually running. The first and second floors are laid out for the economical manufacture of goods and in such a way that handling of the raw and finished product is reduced to a minimum. On the second floor, is located the glue room and press room, Wm. Dube, Superintendent. L. W. Halliday. _— a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 39 The Win. Rutherford & Sons Co., Ltd., Montreal, Charlevoix St. store shed. for the manufacture of veneered work. The stair building department is also on this floor, completely equipped with modern machines run by dynamos. Here all parts necessary for the complete manufacture of stairs are made ready to erect on the job. Adjoining the stair department is the paint and finish shop, where such goods as require it are treated. The factory has two very eff- cient blower systems, one for shavings and the other for sawdust. Part of the shavings goes to feed the boilers and part is baled by a baling machine and sold to the stock yards and to farmers for bed- ding for cattle, etc. The sawdust is conveyed to a separate bin, from which it falls down to the ground floor, where it is bagged and sold, there being a good demand for this product. The boiler house contains five boilers, and the engine is 250 h.p., supplied by Laurie Engine Company, Montreal. There is also a small electric plant for illuminating purposes and for running a portion of the machinery. When repairs are necessary to the boilers, temporary dynamos are installed and the plant is operated as usual. An air com- pressor supplies the air for the lifts and also for cleaning the factory. he machinery in this plant has been supplied by the following ‘firms:—H. B. Smith & Company, Smithville, N.J.; The Berlin Ma- chine Works, Hamilton, Ont.; S. A. Woods Company, Boston, U.S.A.; Connell & Dengler, Rochester, N.Y.; McGregor, Gourlay Company, Galt, Ont.; E. B. Hayes, Wisconsin; Greenlee Bros., Rock- ford, Ill.; Robinson & Son, Rochdale, England. —— The raw products and lumber come in by barge and by Grand Trunk and Canadian Pacific Railway, sidings of these two lines run- ning into the yards, so that the loading and unloading facilities are unexcelled. The company always have on hand large quantities of hardwood for manufacturing purposes, in addition to the ordinary grades of lumber, of which millions of feet are continually stocked. ATWATER AVE PLANT or fs THE WM. RUTHERFORD & SONS C2 7? |} MONTREAL QUE lo 2S a ae [ THE WS". RUTHERFORD & SONS CO. im yhoo i> The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Co., Ltd., Montreal, Atwater Ave. store shed. The stock millwork and builders’ supply business is kept separ- ate from the manufacturing end of the business, and is located in a large two-storey warehouse on the opposite side of the road from the main plant. This immense warehouse is about 100 ft. x 300 ft., and the ground floor is used for storing prepared hardwood, dressed lum-* ber and mouldings, while the upper floor is stocked with thousands of doors in a variety of designs and woods, cupboards, stairwork, win- dows, etc., for immediate sale and delivery. Reserve stocks are car- ried in another huge warehouse, located on the Lachine Canal bank and Levis Street. The company’s stables where about 50 horses are housed, are lo- cated about one block away from the plant. In addition to the horses, three “Albion” motor trucks are used. Trucks were first employed about two years ago, the company being the first lumber firm in Montreal to invest in this mode of traction. These trucks have proved both durable and economical and it is probable that they will to a large extent replace horse haulage in the very near future. The company also operate their own blacksmith shop, build and repair their rigs and auto trucks and make all repairs and extensions to the plant. Two branch yards are operated, one at Outremont, and the other at Mile End, in the north end of the city, adjacent to the Canadian Northern Railway’s Model City. . The officers of the company are as follows :—Mr. Thos. J. Ruther- ford, president; Mr. Wm. Rutherford, secretary-treasurer; Mr. An- drew Rutherford, vice-president; and Mr. Stewart F. Rutherford, director. The wholesale and retail lumber department is under the direct supervision of Mr. Thos. J. Rutherford, with Mr. E. Dickson as assistant, while the interior finish, millwork specialties and general factory is under the supervision of Mr. Andrew Rutherford, with Mr. L. W. Halliday as assistant, and Mr. Wm. Rutherford as secretary- | ATWATER AVE PLANT or THE WM. RUTHERFORD & SONS C2 t7? MONTREAL QUE THIRO FLOOR PLAN [eS UO p00 O0UD0E a 40 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Plant of the Dominion Box & Package Company, Monteal. treasurer, looking after the financial department. Mr. Wm. Dube, the superintendent, has been employed by the companv for 23 years, from stairbuilder to his present position. Mr. Oscar Dube, brother of the superintendent, is assistant foreman, and has been with the firm for 16 years. Mr. Thos. J. Rutherford is a native of Montreal, where he was born in 1858. He commenced his business career with his father in 1874, and afterwards became a partner in’ the William Rutherford Company (now known as the William Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited). Mr. Rutherford is a life governor of the Montreal General and Western Haspitals, a member of several friendly societies, and Royal Arcanum. He is generally conceded to be an authority on all matters pertaining to lumber. Mr. Andrew Rutherford also commenced his business career with his father, in 1881, being later taken into partnership and has served in all practical positions in the company from apprentice and succes- sively as foreman and superintendent. He is a member of several friendly societies, and a life governor of the General and Western Hospitals. : ‘Mr. William Rutherford is also a native of Montreal, and was born in.1864. In 1892 he joined his father’s firm, and a short time later was taken into partnership. Mr. Rutherford has taken an active part in local affairs, particularly in commercial societies and the civic life of Westmount. For many years he was alderman and in 191} was Mayor of that city. He is a member of the executive committee of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association, and also represents the lumber and millwork interests on the Builders’ Exchange. He is a governor of the General and Western Hospitals, and Protestant Hos- pital for the Insane, Verdun, besides being a member of the St. An- drew’s and Caledonian Societies. Mr. Stewart F. Rutherford, besides being a director of the Wil- liam Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited, is managing director of the Dominion Box & Packing Company, which was incorporated to take over the box business of the Wm. Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited. Windsor Station, Montreal—Interior Finish supplied by The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Co., Ltd. Dominion Box & Package Company, Limited Allied with The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited, is the Dominion Box & Package Company, Limited, the operations of which are carried on in a mill occupying about one-third of the former company’s premises. It is a separate organization although there is naturally co-operation between the two companies. lormerly, the Wm, Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited, had a box factory at St. Henry, but three years ago they amalgamated with the Montreal Wire Bound Box Company, and formed the Do- minion Box & Package Company, Limitéd, and a year later moved to their present location, where a new mill was bui't and equipped speci- ally for the manufacture of packing cases. ; Box companies are, as a rule, run on small margins of profit, and the management which desires to make money has to study ways and means more carefully than in any other form of woodworking, if packages of the best quality are to be produced which wil! at the same time yield the owners a fair return. In the case of the Dominion Box & Package Company, Limited, this matter of economical production has been carried out minutely, and the company is more than usually well fitted for the manufacture of a first-class article at the least pos- sible cost. ; - The lumber yards are particularly well situated, it being possible to bring in lumber by canal, or by C. P. R. and G, T. R., place it al- most directly into piles, from which it is but a short haul to the mill. Lumber is bought well ahead of the actual requirements, and at the time of’the visit of the representative of the Canada Lumberman there was well over a year’s supply of all the grades used in the business, a fact which is a very important factor in making quick and reliable de- liveries required in this line of trade. The mill itself occupies about one-third of the block bounded by Notre Dame, Atwater Avenue, and Levis Street, and is built three storeys high, every square foot of its floor space being utilized with a view to making the process as continuous as possible so as to prevent congestion and unnecessary handling, as it is the company’s policy to save every cent possible in the cost of manufacture, in order that it may have more money to spend in perfecting the quality of its pro- duct. The lumber, as it comes from the yard, is dumped behind the Ritz Carlton Hotel, Montreal—Interior Finish supplied by The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Co., Ltd. ‘ = =... i..." a oe. Buss. As demand during most of the year for this waste. | Be oe " ae es 4 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 41 surfacers, of which there are two, which deliver the lumber dressed on two sides directly into the mill, where it is piled at once behind the cutting saws, which are ‘of the swing and live table type, placed length- wise of the mill. The rip or fitting saws are placed at right angles to and beside the swing saws, so that the operators do not have to move from their tracks in performing their work, This battery of saws is driven by two 10 h.p. motors suspended from the ceiling, which drive half of the sets through a very unusual and ingenious arrangement of belting and shafting. The drive was split in this way in the first place so that in the event of dull times it would be possible to run but one motor and operate but half the saws, _ but it is significant of the progressive policy of the company that it has never seen a time when it could afford to stop any of its saws, not to mention one-half of them. The groovers are situated close to the saws, and in the centre of the mill, to avoid handling of the pieces and so as to be readily ac- cessible from any of the saws, while each outside bay of the mill is oc- cupied by a dovetailed jointer made by the Canadian Linderman Com- pany, which are used for the finer class of boxes on account of the strength and neatnéss of the resulting joint as compared with the or- dinary tongue and groove. As a matter of fact these machines are kept busy in preference to the regular groovers, on account of the saving possible in lumber and the superiority of the finished box. Lumber matched together on these machines is as strong or stronger than solid wood itself, and it is a fact that where glue is used it is very seldom that a break can be made in the joint. It is self- evident that boxes made on these machines would be stronger than those made on the ordinary groovers as all slack and slip between the pieces making up the package is absolutely eliminated, and the result- ing package is a rigid and safe container which, by actual test, shows itself to be 50 per cent. to 75 per cent. stronger than any other pack- age on the market. Where it is not possible to make the whole box with this process, either the ends, sides, tops or bottoms are so com- bined with those made on the ordinary groovers as to produce a pack- age which is amply safe and strong for the weight to be carried, and here again perhaps we have another secret of the fact that the com- pany was running full time in the face of the present general depres- - sion in business. There are two band re-saws for splitting the shook, one a twin which makes two cuts simu!taneously with the same labor outlay as would be required for one cut, and a large single 7-in. machine whicn is used for the heavy work, such as shoe cases, etc. Cuts up to 33 in. in width are made on this machine every day. The twin is not suited for this heavy work but is an extremely fast machine for light stuff not exceeding 18 in. in width, so that the work is divided between them to the best advantage. All Done by Machinery The stock is next carried by a hoist to the second floor where the first operation is trimming for length and width, a very small allow- ance having been left so that the box when it is finished may be neat in appearance, and exactly true to size, after which it is usually stock- ed in a space extending across the mill, behind the assembling ma- chines, or taken further along to the printing room where the ‘print- ing is done in a most up-to- “date manner by three rotary two-color presses and two small flat presses. The stock is then ready to be as- sembled. and goes directly to the assembling machines, which extend lengthwise of the mi‘l, consisting of the best and most up-to-date ma- chinery for the making of large and small nailed cases, dovetailed and lock corner boxes. All this work is done by machinery, and very little hand work of any kind is done except in special lots too small to be handled to advantage on the machines, or special boxes which require considerable hand work. The latter class of article is taken care oi in the centre bay of the mill, where all the machinery necessary for their most economical aSsembling is located. The finished cases, after leaving the assembling department aie piled on large trucks by the men performing the last operation, and taken directly into the shipping room, where they are sent down slides to the teams in the street below, or sent to the top floor for storage until needed, by an endless chain carrier, which is reversible to bring them down again when required. The company keeps several teams on the move throughout the city all the time, and in addition to these, uses a three-ton truck to very good advantage, affording in this way a very good delivery ser- vice to its customers, and extending its useful field of operation by ’ several miles. Across the whole mill in front of the cutting saws runs a cun- _ veyor for waste blocks, which dumps them on to an inclined conveyor which takes them to the third floor and dumps them into a bin on the second floor, so that the carts are loaded from this bin by gravity. All the wood waste from this mill which can possibly be «tilized for the purpose is sold as kindling wood, and the company has a very Formerly, it ad been handled in trucks and boxes, which always resulted in con- | perstton: ‘of the elevator, and a large amount of bother and inconveni- - | ' =” 4 =e 2 ‘ ey it Te Pei Pie ence to everyone in the mill, but, since the new system has been in- stalled, there has resulted a large saving in labor, and a great increase in the cleanliness of the mill, and general satisfaction to all concerned. The company gets the full time of its sawyers who are expensive men. There is never any waste under foot in any part of the mill, as everything undesirable in the lumber is cut out and disposed of once and for all, and the labor of handling the wood is reduced to a mini- mum. The mill is driven throughout by electric motors, a number of machines being grouped together so as to secure the greatest economy in power consumption, and at the same time make it possible to run one set of machines for a special operation overtime without interfer- ing with the rest of the mill in any way whatsoever. ' Fire protection is provided by Estey Automatic Sprinklers all over the mill, in addition to which there are the usual hose outfits, water barrels and chemical extinguishers. A watchman is on duty every moment when the mill is not actually running, and his move- ments are checked by two separate detective systems, one of which can be operated as an alarm. The mill is whitewashed inside from top to bottom, and is light- ed all through by 40 watt, tungsten lamps, the resulting illumination being even and bright without being too brilliant, and there is light enough in any part of the mill for the men to carry on their work with- out the usual form of drop lamp. Sawdust and Shavings The sawdust and shavings apparatus is also interesting, and has one or two unique features which are well worth attention :—On ac- count of the fairly good market for sawdust it pays to separate it en- tirely from the shavings, and this has been done by installing two en- tirely distinct systems, which are so arranged as to furnish draught where it is most needed without using any more piping than would have been necessary had the shavings and sawdust been mixed to- gether. The planer room, where the majority of the shavings is made, is situated at the exertme end of the mill, and nearly 300 ft. from the boiler house, therefore a double 14 in. fan is installed on the third floor of the mill directly over the planer room, which lifts the shavings through the fan and over the roof to about the middle of the mill, where they are dropped from a separator to a single 18 in. fan also situated on the third floor, which acts as a relay, and drives the shav- ings over the roof to the boiler house. This 18 in. fan also carries shavings from the groovers and Linderman machines on the first floor, and from a small planer, also on the first floor, besides taking care of the various sweep-ups situated on al’ *hree floors, which are used only at certain times of the day. ; In order to secure first-class and prompt attention necessary to repairs which are urgently required on the high speed machinery used by the Dominion Box & Package Company, Limited, and by The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited, the former operate a very com- plete repair shop which handles all repairs for both concerns, includ- ing the upkeep of seven automobiles owned by the company, and also the filing equipment which is used in the same way as the repair equipment, both being in charge of the superintendent of the box fac- tory. The machinery was supplied by the following firms: Canadian Linderman Machine Company, Limited, Woodstock, Ont.; Samuel J. Shimer & Sons, Limited, Galt, Ont.; St. Paul Machinery Company, St. Paul, Minn.; W. B. Mershon and Company, Saginaw, Mich.; Mc- Gregor, Gourlay & Company, Galt, Ont.; Connell and Dengler Ma- chine Company, Rochester, N.Y., and the Morgan Machine Company, Rochester. The saws are by the Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited, Montreal; Henry Disston & Sons, Limited, Toronto, and E. C. Atkins and Company, Hamilton, Ont. Responsibility for the various duties of the business are very clearly divided, and business must be done through the usual rou- tine :—thus, the manager bttys the lumber and looks “after the financial matters, the office and sales, and has under him a head office man and | superintendent, and to these two men only does he give instructions of any kind under any circumstances. This plan is carried out straight through the mill so that there is a direct chain of responsibility, and each important man in the chain has an assistant working with him in some capacity who can step in and take his place for a certain length of time without any appreciable interruption to the operation of the business. All this tends towards a more reliable and certain source of supply for the various users of boxes, because the plan from start to finish is organized for the useful application of effort, which cannot but result in a maximum of service and satisfaction to cus- tomers, and therefore to the owners. Mr. (Si F. Rutherford i is the managing director of this company, and C. B. Fuller, Jr., is the superintendent... The mill was planned and built by them, and they are still working atd planning to make it and its product better and to improve its operation, believing that the box business will be subject to improvements for some time to come, and meaning to stay in the lead, 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Retail Methods Contest—Who Will Win the Prizes? For the Best Letter on Yard or Office Troubles ing prizes for the best letters. Fifteen dollars for the best. Ten dollars for the next best. Five dollars for the third best. If you do not come among the first three, you may be among the next five, to each of whom we will give a year’s subscription to the Canada Lumberman. If already a subscriber, you will be given credit for another year. It won’t be any trouble to write and you may get one of the prizes. Others will benefit from your idea; you will get the benefit from all the ideas of all the others. Any yard or office problem will do. The contest will close on February 1st and the prize winners will be announced as soon as possible after that date. ; If drawings are necessary to illustrate your idea, they may be in- cluded, or a rough sketch may be sent, from which we will prepare Make the sketch plain and our artist will carry out write soon. an illustration. your ideas. Three experienced retail yard men will be the judges. The contributions will be numbered in the order received and the names withheld until the judges have given their decision. Retail Service—Its Effect Upon Cost of Living It is an interesting question as to how far the accommodation given to our customers goes to help us in securing more trade, and also, when this ceases to become such, and is regarded as a right we owe them for their patronage. I think all business men wi'l agree that there are few things in business that have had such a rapid de- velopment as some things of this nature which the public has come to not only ask for, but demand as a right from the business man. We are giving a variety and a class of service now to the public that the most of us never dreamed of twenty-five years ago. Still, as any new service becomes cOmmon, appreciation of it ceases, and the demand for something else is created and the national query rises, what next, and how far is trade service going to go? A leading grocer of this place said to me the other day that the women were agitating for the passage of a city ordinance compelling the grocers and others handling food products in the stores, to handle them with other appliances than the bare hands, and deliver them in the same way. This looks like an absurdity, but other things in the line of service that have now become common, were considered absurd and unreasonable at the time of their first appearance. And so it is. The burdens of doing business are increasing year by year without any corresponding benefit in the way of profit to the busi- ness men. Every dollar he makes now he earns every cent of, and in many cases, he earns it over again in his efforts to collect from those he has accommodated with credit. There is a class of service that is beneficial to both business man and the consumer. It consists in studying the needs of the community in his particular line and supplying them with the best that can be afforded at the prices asked. In the case of the lumbermen, he is rendering a real service in educating his community as to which is best in building construction and the most economical. If he handles coal, he is performing a real service in trying to supply his customers with the best coal to be had for the price. It is the same in the case of the brick, tiling, roofing, fence and all other such articles which he may carry in stock, He is rendering good service in selecting the best he can secure in the market. The public naturally expects this of him, and it is incumbent on him as a duty to fulfill it. This kind of service, however, it not to be classed as a favor or an accommoda- tion. Competition for Retailers The last day for receiving letters in the Retail Methods Contest will be February ist. Every letter reaching us by that date will run a chance of winning. Let us hear from you. Retail Lumbermen have plenty of yard and office troubles. Every- one has his own way of handling difficulties. one of your own problems and the way you handle it. We are offer- Send us a letter about Make your own choice and hese are in a class of services by themselves, but they have be- come so common and expected from the business men, that neither they, nor the public seem to differentiate between what is fundamen- - tal service, and that which is added to it in the extension of favors that have grown into a custom. And the consequence of it all is that this extension of favors has grown to be “too much of a good thing” for the profitable carrying on of a business by the smaller business men. ‘This is more particularly felt in the larger cities than perhaps in the smaller cities and towns where conditions are different. A good deal .of this giving of favors to the trade has resulted from the growth of emulative competition in business. The older and more primitive way to get trade, was by cutting the price, but the higher class of business men nowadays strive with each other as to who can give the best service in both quality and extent of accom- modations and favor. This is emulative competition and includes everything in the way of producing something new to create desire and stimulate action to purchase. When you and I delivered free of extra charge our first load of coal and our first lot of lumber, and if it was thirty-seven years ago, as it was in my case, we did it purely as an accommodation. For my part, I didn’t expect, nor intend to keep it up as a regular practice, but after doing it once, I found it easier to do the same again. There was no telephone then, and it was difficult for people to get the dray- ° man when they wanted him. A good deal of the time he was working for me by the day, and so I got to making small deliveries without charging for it. It was not long, however, before the word went around in the little community that I was delivering free of charge. My competitor of course heard of it, and he jumped to the conclusion that I was doing it as a bait for trade, and he too began doing the same thing without coming to me and learning the circumstances of how I came to do it. us both. When I settled in the next town, I found the dealers were. giving free delivery of building material to carpenters only and to owners who bought a bill with a stipulation in the contract that it should be detivered on the ground within the town limits. Coal was delivered free from the car only. But, as all three of us dealers had teams of our own, it was not long before each of us was surreptiti- ously offering to deliver stuff as a bait for the business. Within two years, free delivery was an established custom with ‘the lumber and alte , SR re," Within a year free delivery was fastened on. order houses. » ies 2) a hd ed CANADA coa! dealers. Other lines of business held off from it for a yeer or two longer and it was some time before it became as universai with them as it is now in.every place of its size among business men gen- erally. And the public have come to look upon it as a right the busi- ness man owes them for their patronage. The idea of its being a iavo1 only never enters people’s minds nowadays, and so common has it become, that merchants consider it as a part of their business, inclide it as a part of their expense account and charge it to the costs of doing business, thus making the public pay for it after all. Would Not Go Back I don’t suppose there is hardly a dealer now who has got in tiie habit of free delivery who would, if he could, go back again to the old system of having every customer doing his own delivery. We never go backwards in anything of this kind after ourselves and the public have become adjusted to it. But while we would not change for the old way, yet there is a growing sentiment in the retail busi- ness world, that free delivery is being abused by the recipients of it. It may be though that the fault is not all with the public. With the compelling force of the high cost of doing business behind them mer- chants are driven to the necessity of doing most anything to hold their trade. One of our druggists to!d me recently that his deliveries aver- ~aged over a hundred a day, and were put on the books at that. He told me further, that his bookkeeper makes out at the end of the month an average of 2,000 statements of account, ranging in amount from 5 cents to $100. Some of his “long winded” customers leave a year’s bill unpaid and go away to foreign countries for a pleasure jaunt. But such as this is a common thing here in the city. I’ve only given you a mild illustration of the “white man’s burden” who is in the retail business in a large place. This question of abuse of delivery came up at a meeting of our Commercial Club and from the accounts of individual evperience that I heard, it would seem that the women folks were mostly to blame for it, because of their failure to consider the interests of the people who are serving them. It is a common thing for housekeepers to ’phone the store seven or eight times a day for as many different items, when by the exercise of a little planning and forethought, they could include them all in one, or at most, two, deliveries. Then again, servants are often allowed to do the buying for the house, and they, like their mis- tresses, don’t care how much trouble they put their grocer to in de- livering the order. I might mention in this connection another phase of this purchas- ing of supplies by employees. I don’t want it to be understood that it is general here in the city, but there are too many cases where the busi- ness man has to pay more or less of a commission—egraft is the real name for it—to the employee who is entrusted with this business for his employer. I know I lost several customers because I refused to “come across” with the percentage of “graft” required. Of course, you have nothing like this in the country towns, but you are “held up” in other ways that are not quite so direct. -Lumbermen have been and in the larger city close by, are ex- empt from much of the excessive abuse of free delivery, but it is chief- ly owing to the nature of their business that they are. They are not wholly free from it, however. I didn’t know the real meaning of free delivery for a lumber yard till I erigaged in business here. I have been asked to deliver one post and a 2 x 4-16 at a place that was two miles from the yard, and have done it too. That is only a sample. I could tell you of other instances that would make you think yourself lucky to be where you are as far as delivery is concerned. You hear tell of the high cost of living. The agitation of it came first from the cities where the general items of such things as clothing are about the same prices as in the average country town. Food stuffs are necessarily higher of course, but it is the enormously high rents and the cost of the excessive service ‘required for distribution that has made it in- creasingly difficult for the small merchant to make anything over and above a living, and so it’has come about that the larger part of the re- tail business in a city like Chicago is being done through the depart- ment stores. "Tis true there are a multitude of small shops scattered throughout the city on the street car lines, but their business is mainly catering to the immediate necessities of the neighborhood. It Will Come in the Smaller Towns I have in the foregoing briefly described the class of service that has rapidly developed within the past few years to make it more diffi- cult for the smaller business man to do business and compete with the -larger aggregations of capital, and there is no question in my mind re- garding the merchandising business in the smaller country towns. There will be a concentration of the bulk of the business into the hands of men who are real merchants who will operate in department stores, thus reducing materially the cost of operating expenses, and at the same time, giving the public a greater variety of stock to choose from and at even lower prices than they can buy from the outside mail The smaller fry of so-called business men will be to LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 some extent eliminated, and the rest will run a few little shops for an uncertain living. The bane of the country business man has-been the !oose business methods which long custom has practically compelled him to follow. The times and conditions have so changed, however, that he is per- force obliged to break away from custom and adjust himself to accom- plished facts in the changed conditions that have affected everyting in the way of living. W hat is now become customary service ‘he ac- cepts. The expense of it he includes in his cost of doing business and, in the !ast analysis, the public pays for it, and therefore it makes an- other item in the cost of living which the public is protesting against and at the same time, putting the blame of it all on the retailer and. other middlemen. Higher ‘Cost of Labor Contributes There is one thing, however, you rarely hear about in this connec- tion and yet it is one of the principal causes of the advance in prices on many commodities, and particularly on the cost of building. That is, the extraordinary increase in the prices for labor. In nearly all the industries the eight-hour day has been established. This means that it takes 20 per cent. more labor to turn out the production for a day, and is practically that much advance in the cost. Then again, the wage scale has almost doubled from what it was twenty years ago, and when you add this to the shortening of the hours of a day’s w ork, the two together would naturally seem a logical reason for the general! complaint that the cost of living has nearly doubled during this period of time. Of course, there are other things entering into the causes for this increase in the price of labor, but it is too large a subject to be discussed here. I merely mentioned this labor business because it is usually ignored by people when complaining to the retailer that he is charging. too much for his goods, and they rarely see anything said about the labor proposition in the newspapers they read. Considering now more particularly the case of the retail lumber- man in reference to service, as I have said, the service he now renders to the public he has come to consider as a part of his business, and his study now is to increase its efficiency without materially adding to its cost. Another Contribution to Cost But there is an element in his busienss that is of the nature of service that he does not get the meed of credit for, that its importance warrants by its value. It is an expense to him, but it is of such a nature that he cannot pass it on to the consumer. I refer to the ac- commodation of credits that he gives to his customers. Every time you make a sale to a customer, and give him an extended time to pay for it, you are giving him the service of just that much of your capital. What profit you make on the sale is the pay you get for your service in assembling the stock and keeping up the yard to sell it in. Now, if you take the 2 per cent. discount on your bills and se!l the stock on 60 days, or longer time, you are giving the customer what you have re- ceived in the way of discount. If he has money drawing interest on deposit at the bank, you are saving him the interest on what he would have had to withdraw to pay you cash for the sale. If he has no money, but wishes to hold his produce for a higher market you are loaning him that much of your capital for the purpose, instead of the bank. You thus give him the service, and pay for it as well. Yet, this class of service is not thought of nor considered as a service by the customer nor the public either. I doubt if the average retailer has a realizing sense of it being in the nature of a service, and this is the reason for my drawing attentioh to one of the commonest facts in the business. There is another factor in the retail lumber trade also, that re- ceives a large amount of service in the way of accommodations which neither they or the public realize the extent and value of it as service. The building contractors sometimes get it into their heads that they are more necessary to the lumberman that he is to them (a question that I won't discuss in this connection because it is not relevant to what I wish to show). But, granting that they are a necessary factor in the business of a retailer, is it not a fact that in the large majority of cases the dealer pays for their services,out of all proportion to the value in profits he receives from the bills he sells them. The bills would have been sold by the dealer anyway outside of the contractor as an intermediary. The owner can hire his men by the day to do the job and employ the would-be contractor to oversee it. So when you come down to “brass tacks” the contractor is not an absolute necessity for the average building in country places. He may be rated as a con- venience though, instead. / Must Be Handled Carefully However this may be, the contractor in the country town is a fac- tor in the business that has got to be reckoned with, and carefully hand!ted as well. I presume there is no one thing in the retail end of the lumber business that causes more thteught and worry to the dealer than the country carpenter who thinks he is qualified to take contracts and make more money out of them than by working at his trade for 5. 2a oe ee a ! oS Po .— oe F a , » Bra es 44 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER daily wages, and this applies as well to the other trades that use the materials, which are now, and generally have been, a part of the stock of acountry lumber yard. Except in rare instances, none of them have any capital in the way of money to put into their business and the main cause of their troub!e to the dealer is not because they are not honest in their intentions but because of their lack of ability to figure and secure jobs at figures that will cover contingencies and give them a profit over and above their daily wages as workmen. It is because of this lack that the necessity for something to do drives them into competing for jobs at any figures they can secure, and the dealer is supposed to bear all the brunt of this because of their lack of ability and their necessity. The worst of it all is they consider it an obligation on his part to do this in return for their patronage and “legging,” as it is called, for his yard. There is no other line of business in the town that has to do with such an element as this. I don’t know as there is in any branch of mer- chandizing anything of this character, and therefore other business men have not the experience to enable them to appreciate what it means to the lumbermen. As with other things, however, the dealer accepts and deals with it as being a!l in the day’s work and uses his tact and diplomacy as best he knows how in coping with the conditions as they develop in the year’s business. The service he gives the contrac- tors is unknown, but it is customary, and he knows, if he doesn’t give it, there. are other dealers who will. So both he and his competitors are used by the contractor to club each other in their efforts to get his trade. But with all this customary liberal service and furnishing of capi- tal to do business with by the dealer to the contractor, it can be said of the latter that he is never wholly satisfied. There probably are some exceptions to this general rule, but I have rarely found them in my experience in a country yard. No matter whether he is a day- working carpenter, mason, bricklayer or plasterer, when he changes to a jobbing contractor and wants to furnish the materials, he wants the dealer to let him have them at prices lower than he wil! sell to any- one else. He seems to lose sight of, and forgets, all the other accom- modations he receives, and demands this as his right. I have never yet come across a carpenter who did not think so, and if this privilege is given him it won’t be long before he ceases to regard it as a privi- lege, but as something that is owing him for his influence, which in most cases is largely imaginary. You understand, of course, that I am speaking of this point in a general way. As we all know, there are some cases where a dealer has an exceptionally prompt paying contractor and besides is a regular customer. In this case it pays the dealer to be more liberal with him in this respect, than with the ordinary litt!e petty jobber, whom he has to nurse along and watch out to get his money from. One has to be chary about giving service of this kind. He has to give enough as it is of other character. It is surprising, when you think of it. how much we have to give besides our time and capital to secure trade and hold it.—C. H. Ketridge in the Mississippi Valley Lumberman. \ System in Checking at Planing Mills As the primary and in fact the only reason for checking work of all kinds is that we may discover any errors contained therein, it stands _to reason that the methods employed in ‘checking should be proper and thorough. We who are engaged in the strenuous work of getting out mill- work at a profit in competition with others who work as hard and figure as closely, know that it is a constant temptation to pass work along without the proper amount of checking. The legitimate result of this condition of things is that about all the checking a man is able to get on his work is that which he is able to give it himself. We also know that while a man can check his own work more quickly than anyone else can, he is really more liable to duplicate his errors, and on this account should systematize his methods of checking so as to cover all the possibilities for error that he is liable to locate. To begin with, let us consider the checking up of an estimate. If the estimate is made from a list it is a mere matter of checking back against the original to get the correct items, and the unit prices and extensions will be subject to the same care in checking as in the list made up from the plans. When taking off quantities from the plans we have found it ex- pedient to use some small pencil check on the blue-prints, usually a yellow pencil making a small check which is easily erased, and check every item of millwork on both floor plans and elevations. One might think that this would insure the taking of all that work on any and all buildings, but such is not the case by two distinct classes of items. Checking Plans and Specifications In cases where the details accompany the floor plans and eleva- tions we often find items which do not show in the main set of plans at all. We often find items shown on sections which are not included in either floor plans or elevations, so we have come to the conclusion that it is the better part of discretion to put our check on all of the details as well as on the plans. The next part to be checked is that of the specifications, for we often find many things included in the specification which are in no way indicated on the plans and details. : So far we have checked only for quantity with each character- istic description, but in order to get at an intelligent pricing we must get at the component parts of the details and check them to be sure that we do not figure a 14-inch paneled jamb the same as 2 by 6 rab- beted one. We must check our plate glass openings separate from our D. S. glass and the art glass still differently. Another important item of checking is that of negative checks. By negative checking I mean the checking of items usually considered millwork but which are excluded from the bid on account of being specified as metal, such as windows, fireproof doors and frames, switch cabinets and the like. Excluding by Negative Checks In certain cases the contract is divided into two or more parts, 3) 66s such as “construction,” “interior finishing,” and perhaps the latter has ~ several subdivisions, so that the only intelligent check we can get on the p‘an is to check all the items, and as fast as we learn through notes or specifications that an item is excluded, to give it a characteristic mark, usually a red check, so that when we give the plans our final visual inspection for items missed, we will not be annoyed by haying to stop and look up items only to find that they are excluded. When we have al! of our available data checked and are satisfied that we are not short on quantities, and that we have all the notations on the estimate necessary to enable us to understand the relation be- tween items and prices after the plans are gone, we are ready to put the prices opposite the items. . As this article intends to deal with checking and not particularly with estimating, it matters little what system of analysis is carried out in listing the items from the plans. However, if openings are used as the unit basis for items and analyzed into doors, frames, tran- soms, trim and perhaps a column or two for special items such as glass or cabinet trim work, it is necessary to check through the additions that make up the unit prices. In some offices this is done by some clerk or assistant on the adding machine, and at the same time multi- plying by the number of units into the proper extensions. One of the dangers of unit pricing in this way is that of improper extensions such as figuring a twin or other multiple opening as a single one. Perhaps we might put down the price of a single window instead - of a twin and there might be a large number of such units) One good way to prevent this is to begin close to the front side of the quantity column and put the word twin or whatever the multiple may be in the column with the figures, or if there is not room for it all it may be started in the figure column so as to insure its being seen when look- ing back for the extension number. While upon the subject of extensions I would say that the tenta- tive check is of the utmost importance in the discovery of error, and by this I mean looking back from the result put down in the extension column to the unit price and then to the number of units. One can tell within an insignificant amount whether the result is what it should be or not, by sensing the principal figures of the numbers involved. If it looks out of line he will proceed to verify it. If it shows up with the right beginning and the correct number of figures he knows that it must be right within a negligible limit. Another good check in estimating is that of putting down on the estimate sheets various obscure items encountered when the estimator is looking for something else. It is not well to break up the routine of an estimate for this purpose, but it is often the means of catching items which might otherwise be missed. These should be handled as notes on a separate sheet and then at the proper time incorporated into the body of the estimate. Listing the Items Accurately After a contract is secured, the next move of the mill is to get out a listing of the items to be made in accordance with the desires of the customer, generally indicated by that part of the work he needs first — in his work of constriction. In the case of blanket bids, it is necessary to check this list against both the plans and the estimate, and the items on the estimate should be checked as fast as listed, so that as the work progresses one may tell by looking at the estimate sheets just what part of the work has been gotten under way. If the prices of the items listed are put on the office copy of the listing or order sheets, and checked against the estimate, it wi!l be easy to keep track of the amount of stuff sent out from time to time and bill it out with the proper charge. The billing of,the work into the mill is more liable to error than any other part of the clerical work in connection, on account of the multiplicity of items, and for this reason it is very desirable to have some efficient method of self-checking. Some foremen who do their own billing insist on laying out full 4 = ey Y CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 sized sections of complicated work before billing it out, while other men handle the work simply by figuring it through, for all kinds of work may be figured, and generaily more quickly than a layout can be made. But if a man knows that a layout is the only efficient check on his billing then he should check in that way, and his workmen can use the same rods or patterns later when doing the work, thus dividing the expense of billing with that of work in the mill. The grouping of quantities for convenience in handling in the mill is bound to complicate the work of billing and also the work of checking, but if we check our horizontal members against our widths, and our vertical members against our heights, and our whole numbers against the totals on our listing sheets, we are not apt to bill the wrong number of pieces. Then if we check our list of prices against the details ofthe work in hand we are not apt to miss any class of pieces which occur in the billing. After the bills go into the mill, the checking of the various work- men through whose hands they pass must be done with painstaking care, and this does not necessarily mean that they must spend a lot of time in this part of the work. There is always the temptation on the part of some machine nien such as sticker and jointer men to Work the pieces brought them, atid then if they are required to check each item to take the bills and check off every item as it comes without counting them or imeasur- ing any of them to see if they are of the size billed. They say they haven’t time to measure up every piece, but we all know that it is not necessary to measure every piece unless every piece is different, but to count them either before or after running is not such a great task as it is to make a subsequent setting to run the shorts. So every separate workman who has to pass on the material should have a distinctive check, and if an error in cutting or mach- ining succeeds in passing them all it goes to show that they must be very careless in keeping tab on their work, and that they are paying - more attention to the bil!s than they are to the material. _ As the amount of time taken to check material in transit through the mill depends so largely upon its order and arrangement by the cutter, it stands him in hand to so arrange the material on the trucks that it may be rehandled and repiled in some sequence which will allow every man who does this to machine and check the material afterwards with a minimum of time. The danger of advance checking is encountered when any man attempts to check his material before it goes through the operation for which he is responsible, on account ‘of the liability of error of previous workmen, his own liability to spoil some of the stock and the ‘possibility of some of it turning out bad for reasons beyond his control. I remember one case of a foreman putting up cabinet trim and when he took a set of jambs and casings to a bench man to put up he would check off the item on the plans and enter it on a list of his own. When he had his list complete and ready for shipment he had several sets of trim for which he had no place. When the shipping clerk came to check the shipment he was short as many sides of trim as the foreman was long. The only explanation of the matter to be Rarihed out was that after the foreman had delivered the material to the bench man and had checked it off, the said bench man had been taken off and put on other work before comp!eting the trim job, and in this manner some of the material had been counted and checked twice. It will readily be seen that if he had waited to make his check until the stuff was . actually started on its way to the wareroom he would not have fallen ‘into this error. nother case involving a good shipping clerk was that of marking and checking a large number of packages as being actually loaded - AMG) certain car before they were loaded onto the trucks for that He could easily mark and check the material and say to his men, “This all goes in the car.” Of another pile of bundles he says, “This goes local and must be loaded on the wagon,” and he may check it the same as the carload stuff. But the fault i in this practice develops when the company learns later that certain bundles enumerated on the shipping list were not to be found in the car upon its arrival at destination a thousand miles away. Of course the roustabout help had loaded some of the carlot stuff out with the local shipment and it was found after several weeks’ delay. When the items enumerated on the order or listing sheets are Cal? es shipped, it becomes the duty of someone to check the office copy with the shipping date, or if but partial shipment is made, then to check that part as shipped. ~ It will depend upon the routine work of the office how the charges eS are made, but it will be necessary to put an accountant check upon the order sheets as they are entered in ledger or journal so that one _ may tell by looking at an order sheet whether it has been billed, ship- _ ped-and charged. Because I am putting so much stress on the subject of efficient Re checking, let it not appear as a mere bunch of red tape to be tangled . and thee thrown away, but make it a matter of efficient training for sth a aa - | F. ~— ‘’ ; sienebaeamlt ta” it oe * we ™ bi ed * > ' - ‘ a S > A} _ <. a ou mor ee & every part of the working force, and the results are bound to be a cut- ting in cost of both overhead and productive labor.—Chas. Cloukey in Wood Craft. Side Lines for the Retailer ® Stouffville, Ont., Editor Canada Lumberman: Jan. 5th. Up to the present time the writer has been very busy with the fall trade which we are thankful to say has been fine. The last season’s trade in this district has been the best around here for years. We did a nice steady business, and of course we do not have to depend on the loan companies for our money, but on the farming community. We have no spurts and stops in our trade but it is steady and solid. Last year’s business was: fully 25 per cent. larger than that of the year before. Regarding the side line question, we have no fault to»find with our trade carrying side lines at all. In fact we are doing some of our best business with an outside business. There are certain lines which are coming into use, that the lumber dealer has to get, or he will lose that trade which is naturally his. One of these is the galvanized shingle. While we do not claim that they are better than the wood, we must sell what the customers want, but at their own risk. We go to a man and if he won’t put on wood we natural!y must get some returns from that which was ours at the start, so we sell him what he wants. The same thing applies to the different ready roofings which are on the market. Some want one thing and some another. We do not all think alike. If your neighbor does not come to your.way of thinking, go to his, and sell him what he wants. One thing we must say is that the more metal we sell the more wood we sell. Another item which we are selling is the wall board. We must look for some- thing to take the place of that which we are being deprived of. The outlook for the coming season is even better than last year at this time, so we are looking forward to a good business year for 1914. We'might a!so add that our dealings with the wholesale firms have been of the pleasantest nature, which helps out. Yours truly, D. M: Heize & Co. Personal Mention P. D. Roe, of Port Moody, B.C., one of the best known of Coast lumbermen, will leave shortly with his family, on a trip to his old home in Scotland. Mr. W. G. Barron, New York sales representative of W. C. Ed- wards & Company, Ottawa, Ont., headquarters 1 Madison Ave., spent the Christmas and New Year holidays at his home in Canada. The Hoo-Hoo of Port Arthur and Fort William, Ont., are arrang- ing for a concatenation on January 23rd, to be held in the Masonic Temple, Fort William. H. W. Robinson, Ontario, will be in charge and reports a fine prospect for a great con- catenation. The marriage of Miss Agness Watson, daughter of Mrs. Wallace Watson, Montrea!, with Mr. Cameron Macpherson Edwards, of the firm of Watson and Todd, Ottawa, was recently celebrated in St. Paul’s Church, Montreal. Following the ceremony a reception was held at the Ritz Carlton Hotel, after which Mr. and Mrs. Edwards left for the south for the honeymoon. Among the recent marriages of interest to lumbermen in Western Canada are: O. A. Murphy, manager of the McLelan Lumber Com- pany, Ladner, B.C., to Miss Kate Plew es; R. B. McKamey, manager of the Imperial Timber & Trading Company, Vancouver, to Miss Helen A. McRae; and A. K. Leitch, manager of the East Kootenay Lumber Company, to Miss Josephine Haville, of Cranbrook. J. B. Beveridge, manager of the Dryden Timber and Power Com- pany, was in Toronto recently on business. The plant of the company is closed down for a few weeks while one of the ev aporators is being rebuilt so as to increase the capacity of the industry. It is expected that the financial affairs of the company will soon be straightened out satisfactorily, and the directors are looking ahead to a good year when operations are resumed at the end of January. Mr. S. Austin Hurlbut, northern representative for F. W. White- man, Philade! phia, hardwood and white pine wholesaler, who spends most of his time in Canada and the northern States, reports, after a recent business trip that he believes improvement will come in the spring. He also looks for a condition more nearly normal rather than a short-lived rush with high prices and subsequent reaction. In this connection it is of interest to note that the trade generally are look- ing for a quiet but steady return to norma! conditions rather than a decided rush after the pyesent quiet. Mr. Hurlbut reports white pine and spruce prices steady in spite of the decreased volume, and looks for higher values with spring business, Vicegerent Snark for New P= WANTED PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other than ‘Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements of “Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. If Canada Lumberman box number is used, en- close ten cents extra for postage in forward- ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of ‘Wanted Employees” will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. 7}: Pe Wanted-Lumber WANTED—Hemlock or Spruce Logs or Lumber. Apply to Box 905, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. 22-23-24-1-2 Basswood Wanted No. 2 Common and Mill Cull. Winter cut preferred. Apply Firstbrook Box Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. 7-tf Cash For Hemlock 1-in. x 2-in., entire cut, delivery March to May. Furnish full particulars to Box 9384 Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 2 Wanted Best quotations on car Cedar Posts, 3%-in. to 4%-in. tops, peeled, sound and dry. A. G. HULL & SON, 2 St. Catharines, Ont. Wanted 1-in. and 2-in. Spruce and Hemlock for spring or summer delivery; will make an ad- vance on stock. A, N. DUDLEY, 109 Stair Building, - 1-2 Toronto, Ont. Wanted to Buy 500,000 ft, log run, sawn Hard Maple, vari- ous thicknesses, M. C. out. Must grade pro- per centage 1S and 2S and No. 1 Common and not to exceed 20 per cent. No. 2. Will pay cash when loaded on cars; or will buy good Maple logs in the round, 12-in. and up’ diameter. Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Montreal, giv- ing best price and rate of freight to Mont- real. 2-t.f. Hardwood Pickets Wanted Beech, Birch and Hard Maple. Require Thickness, 1/16-in. Plump. Quality—Free from all defects. Can take delivery of green or dry stock. Apply to The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Ltd., Orillia, for full particulars, price, etc. 24-1-TF Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit, or some second- hand machinery, the CANADA LUMBER- MAN AND WOODWORKER will bring uick returns. Use our “Wanted and For ale Department.” For Sale One thousand cords dry softwood slabs and edgings. Canada Pine Lumber Company, Limited, Hamilton, Ont. 24-1-2-3 For Sale About 85 M. ft. 8 Dry White Pine. Apply P. O. Box 58, Smith’s Falls, Ont. 2 x 4 to 10 8/13 Mill Run For Sale 50 M. ft. 5/8 Dry Spruce, Clear and No. 1. 100 M. ft. 5/8 Dry Spruce, Merchantable. Apply Box 942, Canada Lumberman, ronto. To- 2 For Sale Spruce and Jack Pine, sawn to order up to 12 x 12. Write for prices. H. C. DUNBAR, Haileybury, Ont. 2-3 For Sale About 200 M. ft. of Hardwood logs from 9-in. to 13-in. in diameter. F.O.B. cars, Sherbrooke. Apply E. L. DARCHE, 1-4 Ascot Corner, P.Q. For Sale 8/4 Soft Elm. 4/4 Soft Maple. 4/4 Soft Elm. In car lots only. factured and bone Canada Lumberman, The above is well manu- dry. Apply Box 925, Toronto, Ont. 1-2 Lumber For Sale 200 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 375 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, c Montreal, Que. For Sale 260 M. ft. 5/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. 40 M. ft. 6/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. 2,500 ft. 8/4 No.l C. & B. Basswood. 2,300 ft. 16/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. 10 M. ft. 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood. J. AUSTIN & SONS, 23-24-1-2 Kinmount, Ont. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, 1-t.f. Janesville, Wisconsin. G Wanted-Machiner Ne : PY) : 4 ise WANTED—One pair twin circulars, for slabbing logs down to 4 inches and up. Must be in good condition. Apply 524 Board of Trade Bldg., Montreal. 23-t.f. WANTED—One pair steam engines, cap- able of developing 500 h.p. for sawmill. Must be in good condition. Apply 524 Board of Trade Building, Montreal. * 24-t.f : Wanted Second-hand steam feed Cylinder. Must be at least 36 ft. long and 7-in. or 8-in. bore. Apply Box 9382, Canada Lumberman, ‘To- ronto. 2-3 Sawyer. Wickes Gang A first-class machine at a bargain. 23-24-1-2 W. L. MILES, Saginaw, Mich. A Bargain 44-inch Wick Gang for sale at a bargain. In first class shape. Apply, Fraser Lumber Company, Ltd., 2-7 Plaster Rock, N.B. STEAM ENGINE One only High Speed Leonard, 75 h.p. Steam Engine, in good condition. Special bargain, : J. P. Abel, Fortin & Company, 2 Maisonneuve, Montreal. For Sale 1—Giddings & Lewis Horizontal] Slab Re-saw. 1—Pair twin slabbers for ties, 1—Payette Box Board Edger. 1—Engine, 12 x 20, complete. 28—Wrought iron dry kiln trucks. All in working order. FIRSTBROOK BROS., 24-1-2-3. Penetang, Ont. Woodworking Machinery For Sale 1 2%-in. Waymoth variety lathe; 1 No. 1 Ballantine power feed dowel machine? 2 6%- ft. iron frame swing saws; 1 8-in. Bentel & Margedant universal woodworker; 2 24-in. Tdeal planers, matchers and moulders; 1 36- in. Egan double drum sander; 1 12-in. Mac- Gregor-Gourlay four side moulder; 1 54-in. Jackson-Cochrafie Resaw; 1 Hespeler upright power mortiser. H. W. Petrie, Limited, To- ronto, Montreal and Vancouver. c For Sale at a Bargain 1 10 in. x 10 in. Simplex Pump. 5 Steam Engines. 1 Killam Stock Gang (New). 1 Mitts & Merrill Hog, No. 20, 10 in. x 12 in. 1 Ricker with 30-in. Saw. 1 St. John Iron Works Driving Gear for Band Saw Carriage. Edger, Planers, Shingle Machine, Chain Blocks, Trolleys, Saw Arbors, Pulleys, Ro- tary Saws, and a large lot of Steam and Mill Fittings. Address, T. N. McGRATH, 20-t.f. Tusket, N.S. SNAE. Waited-Emplanees Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 25 cents. Position wanted by thoroughly experienced Bandsaw Filer. Address H. J. c/o Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 2-3-4 Experienced lumber salesman will be open for engagement February 1st. Address Box 933, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 2 Position wanted as single or double band Good references. Apply Box 928, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 1-2 Position wanted as single or double cut band sawyer for coming season. Good refer- ences. Box 940, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 2-4 Advertiser, desirous of change, wants posi- tion with retail lumber firm as ledger keeper or general office work. Several years’ experi- ence in city. Box 941 Canada Lumberman, ‘Toronto. 2 viously employed with. A first class foreman carpenter desires to change his position. Specialist in transport- able wooden buildings, such as _ hospitals, schools, cottages, bungalows, villas and farm houses. Have worked in the largest factory in Germany. Familiar with export trade to South America and Italy. Aged 39 years and energetic. Address Box 30, Canada Lum- Lerman, Toronto. A progressive, practical, live man; a hustler; forty years, of age, wants a position with a wholesale house located in Eastern Canada or some of the Northern or Middle States. Has had experience in following the lumber in- dustry from stump to market, and has made the manufacturing and grading of hardwood a special study. Well versed in the “National” rules as well as in the requirements of the linglish markets. Is well qualified to pur- chase stock on contract, or otherwise, for both the American and foreign trade, or will act as salesman in any of the English-speaking markets, or as culler if a satisfactory salary is offered. Uses no intoxicants whatever. For further particulars apply to Box 939 Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 2 aN, WE F C3 Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents Salesman Wanted—Large Southern yellow pine manufacturers want a good Canadian salesman to travel Canada. Must know yel- low pine trade. Good salary. Apply in first instance to E. J. Macintyre, 659 Peoples Gas Building, Chicago. 1-2-3 Men for sawmill wanted: Engineer, fire- man, sawyer, jacker, setters, tail sawyer, lath contractor, pilers and others for Band Saw Mill at Kearney, Ont., for summer season. Cut is pine. State age, habits and firms pre- Apply W. J. Arm- Ont. 2-3-4 strong, Biscotasing, WANTED—An experienced accountant in the lumber business to take the Secretary and Treasurership of a new organization in a Western Canada progressive city. Must be prepared to subscribe two or three thousand dollars’ worth of stock. When replying state salary expected and enclose references. Ap- ply Box 931, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 2 Men For Sawmill Wanted: Engineers, firemen, sawyer, jacker, setters, tail.sawyer, lath contractor, pilers, and others for Band Saw Mill at Kearney, Ont., for summer season, Cut is pine. State age, habits and firms’ previously employed with. Apply W. J. Armstrong, Binctaung. Ont. y i For Sale—Planing Mill, A going concern. Consisting of lands, build- ings and machinery in good live town, Water- loo County. A. C. Bender, Real Estate, Berlin, Ont. 23-24-1-2 Bargain if taken before January 15th. Tug Marie Louise, length 65 feet, beam 15 ft., 50 h.p., steam 200 pounds. Hull rebuilt 1911-12, fully equipped, electric lighted, cook- ery outfit, sleeping accommodation for 7 men. Also two scows. The Baker Lumber Company, Ltd., 23-24-1-2 Lindsay, Ont. Saw Mill For Sale or Lease What is known as the :icnic Island Mill at Little Current. Cutting capacity 140 M. inch lumber in 10 hours. In first class con- dition. Possession can be given ist January next. For further particulars apply to THOMAS CONLON, 44 Church Street, 21-t.f. St. ‘Catharines, Ont. . NG OE Island. For Sale Yimber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hardwood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sawmill and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling.’ For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Tornte, -.%. Wanted to Buy business around $30,000. Would like to trade some farms in on the deal. Apply to K. T., c/o Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 24-1-2-3 4 Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. This is where buyers of timber property look for op- portunities to invest. f your “tad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. tf . For Sale ‘Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent log - pond. Ten and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. 8-t.f. For Sale Lumber Limits in Eastern Canada, 50,000 acres, large Sawmill, fully equipped going concern, on salt water. Correspondence so- licited. Will be sold right to close estate. Address, Timber Limits, care Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 22-t.f. For Sale , Fully equipped sawmill, capacity 35,000 ft. per day. Most advantageously situated in one of the large lake port towns. Splendid har- bor, railway sidings, and everything complete for doing business. Large local trade. Bar- gain price for immediate sale. Satisfactory terms can be arranged. Apply Box 938, Can- ada Lumberman, ‘Toronto. 2 Saw Mill Property For Sale or Rent The following are some of its leading fea- tures: Situated near Little Current, on the Georgian Bay, on what is known as Picnic Contains 37 acres of freehold pro- perty which includes the mill-and more than twenty other buildings. It has been leased by the Wolverine Lumber Company during the past seven years, and their lease expires the first of January next. If they buy more limits they may likely continue the lease. In the meantime we are offering the property for sale or rent. The mill has been cutting about 20,000,000 a year on small logs and a ten-hour day. The Island is in unorganized territory and our yearly tax on it is only one cent an acre in addition to the Little Current school tax of about twenty-five dol- lars a year. The power consists of two en- gines—a 24 x 30-inch and a 20 x 20-inch cy- linder. Five boilers 60-inch diameter by 16 feet long. A double cutting band, a wickes gang (36-inch) and a circular saw. Two trimmers, two edgers and good lath mill capacity. The protection against fire is prob- ably the best on the Georgian Bay; with a fine large pump in the machine shop, and a water tank outside ninety feet high with water pipes leading to the mill and all the houses on the Island, four streams at once can be thrown on the mill. We carry $62,000 in- surance on the mill and on all the buildings, the average rate being less than four per cent. Our piling capacity consists of 2,200 feet of stone-filled docks holding about ten million feet, and ten million more in the rear on the ground. Vessels can load at the docks to sixteen-foot drafts and be well sheltered. First-class booming room for about 15,000,000 feet of logs, 650 booms and chains. We carry hoiler insurance, and the inspectors’ report this year testifies that everything is in good condition. The average loss of time during the past six years is probably less than three days in the season for repairs, and the quality of the manufacture is among the very best on the Georgian Bay. To build up this pro- perty at the present time would cost at the least $200,000, but we do not care to go back to the active work of running it, and will sell the property free of encumbrance for $75,000 and on easy terms of payment. There is now a railroad running into Little Current which will materially increase the value of this property. If we do not sell soon, would lease it for a term of years at a reasonable rent, and will be pleased to correspond with interested parties. For further particulars ap- ply to the undersigned. - Thos. Conlon, 44 Church Street, 24-1-2-3 St. Catharines, Ont. One or two lumber yards each doing a yearly .22-t.f. CANADA Fine Timber Tracts We. have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. 1-t.f. soraetite aK Boiler Tubes for Sale—We have on hand a quantity of 83-inch second-hand Boiler Tubes taken from a 14-toot boiler. Will sell cheap, Stevens-Hepner Company, Limited, Port El- gin, Ontario. For Sale Tugboat, 65 ft. over all, 14 ft. 3 in. beam, 8 ft. deep, fully equipped with winches, 10 and 20-in. compound engines, surface con- densers and pumps. All connections and pipes brass and copper. Address T. N. McGrath, Tusket, N.S. 20-t.f. Tenders for Cedar Poles Tenders will be received by the Suburban Construction Company, c/o G. C. Royce, 90 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, for the supplying of approximately: 2,300 45-ft., 8-in. top, Cedar Poles. 350 35-ft., T-in. top, Cedar Poles. 100 60-ft., S-in. top, Cedar Poles. Tenderers will furnish particulars of the quality of the poles and point of inspection. WANTED Correspondence with mill will- ing to manufacture full count White Cedar Shingles. J.B; Harroun & Son, Watertown, N.Y. Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Also, Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. ears Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, Brantford, Canada. Location and Uses of Cypress Cypress grows along the At- lantie Coast and Gulf of Mexico from Maryland to Texas, and in the Mississippi River valley it ex- tends as far north as Cairo, [lin- ois, at the junction of the Missis- sippi and Ohio rivers. It is dis- tinctly a tree of the swamps, and more than 90 per cent. of it is found at.an elevation of less than 100 feet above sea level. Extensive. cypress forests oc- cur in the delta of the Mississippi, covering several thousand square mites, and also in some of the large swamps of Georgia and Flo- rida, such as the Okenfenokee and the great cypress swamps fringing the Everglades. In some places it occurs where the soil is covered with water for weeks or Double . LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER months at a time, and in a few places the base of trunk is sui- merged throughout the year. Usu- ally the lower part of the trunk is heavily buttressed and numer- ous projections, or “knees,” are sent up from the roots, probably as.an aid in securing air. Cypress wood has great dur- ability, which adapts it to many purposes for which some other species are unsuited. Census sta- tistics show that in 1911 over 981,- 000,000 feet of it were used for lumber, lath and shingles, and that in point of annual consumption it stands seventh among the various softwoods, or coniferous trees. It is one of the few conifers which shed their leaves each winter. It is used for a great variety of pur- poses, such as tanks, cisterns, col- umns, exterior and interior finish, railroad ties, poles and whari pil- ing. It is especially valuable for greenhouse construction. While cypress wood has so many good qualities, the tree it- self presents many problems to the forester. Its rate of growth, they say, is extremely slow, so that the cost of producing large- sized timber is great as compared with that of producing wood from other more rapid-growing trees. Furthermore, it does not readily reproduce itself, and there is some doubt as to whether mature stands will replace themselves after be- ing cut. It is an open question, accord- ing to the authorities, whether it will pay to maintain the species in locatities where it now occurs. Much of the land upon which it grows is capable of high agricul- tural development when drained. Even where it might be repro- duced, it is not known how this reproduction may be brought about. It is with a view to throw- ing light on these important prob- lems that Mr. Mattoon is under- taking the present investigation. Band Saw Pulley Rims By N. 0.T. Many users are working their large band saws with saw pulleys having absolutely flat faces, while others advocate and use pulleys having slightly rounded faces. tems: will give most excellent re- sults, it is probable that one is better than the other. For reasons given below, I be- lieve the flat face to be the bet- ter. I am aware, however, that some experienced sawyers favour the slightly rounded style, and they have doubtless very good reasons for their preference, and it would be both interesting and instructive if the readers who may have experience in this mat- ter would give others the benefit of same. The crown is always very small, the rim of the pulley being turned to aeradius of about 20 ft., and it is contended—and with Some justification—that saws will 47 keep their positions better on such a rim than on a flat one. The disadvantages of the crown-face pulley are that it is necessary to use saws more heavi- ly tensioned than when run on a flat face; this heavier tension also necessitates running the saws more tightly strained than would be required when using flat-faced pulleys; also to make the saws run in their proper position on the rounded face pulley it is neces- sary to give ‘more cant to the driven wheel than when the flat face is adopted. It is pretty certain that the above facts exp!ain the greater tendency to develop cracks, which saws run on the rounded faced pulleys have. Many saw sharpeners have no difficulty in getting up their saws so that they will keep their pro- per position on a flat band saw wheel, even when cutting at a high speed, although when worn down to about 3% in. wide there is often a tendency for the narrow Saws to run forward and come off; also any sawdust which may find its way between the saw and pulley will cause the saw to have a greater inclination to shift on a flat than on a rounded pulley. The quality of the sawing is generally found to be rather bet- ter with saws got up and ten- sioned for a flat rim; but this in some cases may only be due to the greater skill of the saw sharp- ener at a particular mill, although [ know of one case where after the crown had been taken off the pul'ey the sawing was better, and they found fewer cracks in their saws.—Timber Trades Jourttal. Overproduction and underbuy- ing must be bed feliows. CHICAGOSCOLISEUM APR.SO-MAY 9 By NEW. YORK GRAN TRAL PALACE MA¥2130 ForesTRY DEPARTMENT Montreal Engineering Co. Ltd. 164 St. James St., Montreal Organized to carry on timber limit cruising, forestry surveys and to advise technically and commercially on timber limit purchases and sales. Staff composed of men with years of training in the Cana- dian woods. _finite idea of the extent and cost of their woods operations. Ontario Stocktaking and holidays have combined to keep the lumber trade on a very quiet basis in Ontario during the past fortnight. No price changes can be noted and no indications ot any alteration in trade conditions are apparent, although there is a more hopetul feeling prev- alent as to the outlook for spring trade. Hemlock is quiet at about $20, and spruce mill run is selling at $20 at the mill. Shingles are quiet and lath are strong and scarce. Southern pine continues to come into Ontario extensively at very low prices. Hardwood prices are steady and it is hard to say anything definite about trade conditions as practically all the factories are taking stock. Some fair business has been reported of late, however, and there is no question that a moderate amount of good business is going on. The hardwood situation is a!l right, but there is nothing that one can judge the outlook by to any great extent as yet, because orders are not numerous enough. Stock taking will probably keep the trade quiet for another fortnight. A heavy fall of snow throughout the Ottawa Valley has im- proved logging operations to some extent, but much more is still re- quired betore ideal conditions will prevail. Trade at Ottawa has improved during the past fortnight and the indications are that there ~ will be a fair business in the spring. Pine s.c. shorts, 1 x 5 in. are about one dollar higher than they were a fortnight ago and mill cull shorts 1 x 4 in., up to 11 ft., also log run basswood have advanced to the same extent. Edward Clark & Sons, Toronto, Ont., who make a specialty in birch, basswood and brown ash, have this year added another to their excellent series of calendars. For 1914 they have selected a remark- ably fine colored painting of a young lady, a study in greens and pur- ples, which is exceptionally striking and effective. “The picture is handsomely mounted on gray board and the whole calendar is de- signed in exceptionally fine taste. The picture, entitled “Elaine,” .is a Teproduction of a celebrated painting by the well-known French ar- tist Dagnan-Bouveret, and has a remarkable history, being the pic- ture of a young lady with whom the artist fell in love, and who subse- quently died before he could paint another portrait of her. Accord- ingly he has flatly refused the most tempting offers for the sale of the picture and only after much persuasion consented to its repro- duction. Eastern Canada The lumber trade at Montreal is rather slow and there is no noticeable change in conditions. Most of the retailers have been en- gaged in taking stock during the past fortnight and have not been in the market for new stocks. Supplies of many grades of lumber in Montreal yards are low. Spruce and pine continue firm. Among wholesalers there is a feeling that higher quotations will be made both for local and United States markets in the spring. From many parts of Quebec province, reports of a shortage in the snow fall have been received and there is a general belief that this will result in a similar cut. The demand for lumber for building purposes gives promise of being good during the present year. Trade conditions will depend very largely upon the financial situation. During 1913 the building permits in Montreal made a new high record showing an increase of over $7,700,000. Very little stock is now being manufactured at St. John, N.B., practically all the mills being closed with the exception of Stetson, Cutler & Company’s, which is sawing 2-in. for the American market and boards for the South American trade. There is very little move- ment of stocks as owners prefer.to hold until spring. Present prices for random are very close to the cost of manufacture. Lath are steady at about $3 on the wharves at St. John. Stocks are light. Portable sawn deals are a little stronger and are selling at about $15.25 for 50 per cent. 9 in. and up, the balance 7 in. and 8 in. x 3 in. No city deals have yet been sold for the coming season. Manufacturers are of the opinion that they will do better by waiting until they can form a de- Men are Logging conditions are excellent that the output will he about general. The demand for spruce at New York continues quite light. stuff is firm at $25 -base, very hard to find for woods work. and the indications are Bill but random cargoes are numerous and ad- vances in prices are rare. Stocks at New York are much lower than a year ago. Buying continues on a cautious basis, but some improve- ment is reported. Spruce frames at Boston remain steady at $25. The demand for random is light and stocks are not too plentiful. More activity is shown in 2 in. x 4 in. than in other dimensions. Sales are being made at $22, although a few cases are reported at a little higher — price, where extra lengths have been wanted. ‘lwo by three is-offering at $21; two by six at $20.50 to $21. Stocks of 2 in. by 5 in. are very scarce. in. x 8 in., $22.50 to $23; 2 in. x 10 in. and 2 in. by 12 in., $24 to $25) Sales of these sizes are very scarce. Random spruce covering boards — at Boston are offered at $22.50: No. 2 matched, 12, 14 and 16 i= 4 stock ranges from $24.50 to $25. The demand for lath and shingle: at Boston has been quiet. Dealers are asking $3.80 and $3.85 for 1 in. lath, but orders are very scarce. The supply of shingles is p! foams ful. Extra white cedars have sometimes sold at less than $3.60 of — late, but $3.75 has been obtained for high grade stocks. been ranging between $3.25 and $3.40 and second clears have been selling at <4 75, 7 he demand for clipped boards is light, but the supply is low anid prices are steady at $52 to $54 for spruce extras and $50 to $52 for spruce clears. Pine extras are steady at $55, clears at $50 and clears at $48. Improvement is reported in the demand for hemlock at New York. Retailers’ stocks are reported to be badly assorted. “The demand for hardwoods at New York is a little more active, but - is sti!l plenty of room for improvement. Maple and birch are str and can easily be sold at good prices. Maple flooring is steady. a Boston the quotations for hardwoods show no change, but orders are less frequent. United States . Reports from Chicago state that little change has taken place i . lumber trade conditions in that market during the past fortnight. A number of enquiries are reported by wholesalers from country yards, but the volume of orders is small and most of them are of the rush variety. Small country yards are still running on as light stocks as possible and are not doing any heavy buying. Apparently they intend to wait until they know more about the probable nature of business next spring. The receipts of lumber at Chicago during the week end- ing December 27th amounted to nearly 40,000,000 feet, whereas during the corresponding week of 1912 the total was over 55,000,000 feet. From January Ist, 1913, to December 27th the receipts amounted to 2,783,628,000 feet, an increase of 112,932,000 feet over the correspond- ing period of 1912. Shipments for the week ending December 27th amounted to 16,238,000 feet, an increase of 1,744,000 feet over the cor- responding week of 1912. The total shipments for the year, up to De- cember 27th, amounted to 942,586,000 feet, 54,370,000 feet less than the shipments of the corresponding period of 1912. The northern pine trade at Chicago is quiet, orders being simply for filling old contracts — or meeting immediate requirements. Stocks of No. 2 and better are large, but the demand is quiet. There is a good demand for Nos. 4 and 5 box boards and stocks are low. The holiday season affected.the trade in northern pine at Buffalo and very little revival was looked for until the middle of January. Dealers appeared uncertain as to the future of the trade. Hardwood stocks at Buffato are in good assortment and a ample for present requirements. There ‘has been a fair demand plain oak and some enquiry for a number of other hard woods sae ing birch and maple. No activity is reported in North Carolina pine at “Buffalo, but this trade usually picks up soon after the new year. Most of the retailers were taking inventories early in the year and only purchasing smal! amounts. Some dealers report that a number of the mills are refusing to take new business at former prices and that a further curtailment of output is likely rather than lower prices. South- ern pine mills report better prices and light trade on account of the holiday season. Red cedar shingles at Buffalo area little stronger and some quotations are being made at an advance of ten cents. mand for shingied has been rather limited of late. Great Britain The demand for lumber at London kept up fairly well throughout the month of December, although, during the holiday season it natur- ally showed some s! tackening off. The deliveries at London docks ended the year with a very considerable surplus over 1912. For the week ending December 20th the total was 5,935 standards, as com- pared with 4,356 standards and 4,680 standards in the corresponding weeks of 1912 and 1911 respectively. One of the chief factors in the continuance of the demand is the extensive rebuilding operations which are continually in progress in the more central portions of London. The packing trade has also been very busy and the wood paving de- mand has continued brisk. A report from London states that shippers They would probably sell at $20. Other prices quoted are: 2 Clears have — The de- GG 2 © ee Oe i ni ee ee i F é _, Ys © i ee CANADA ILUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER View of Mills in Sarnia. Quality,Quantity,Service Look your stock over, and send us an order for what you need or wire for quotations. We always have large stocks of Norway and White == Pine Lumber = Also large timbers cut to order, any length up to 60 feet, from Pine and B.C. Fir. Headquarters For Norway Silo Stock Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Co., Limited SARNIA, ONTARIO B. P. Bote, Pres. F. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. 49 50 CANADA have lately refused to make any contracts for Quebec yellow pine and elm logs alone, compelling purchasers to take a fair quantity of each, thus driving up elm to a price almost unattainable, and unless a re- action takes place, the report says, there wil! come an end to the de- mand for both woods, by other kinds being substituted. At Liverpool there has been very little actual buying and selling during the past fortnight, so far as the retail trade is concerned. There has been some movement, however, in spruce and pine deals from the quay direct to the railways, which is partly in fulfilment of orders to arrive and partly from stocks on hand. It is expected that the reports of stocks on hand at the end of the year when published, will show a pleasanter situation than some have been inclined to think. Montreal Trade Expecting a Good Year Montreal, P.Q., January 10th, (Special to the Canada Lumber- man) :—There is no appreciable change to report in conditions. Trade is rather slow, particularly for retailers, who have been mainly en- gaged in taking stock. Stpplies of many grades of lumber in the Montreal yards are low. The market for spruce and pine is firm, and it is reported that the mills manufacturing spruce deals for export to Great Britain are asking higher prices. Some wholesalers are of opin- ion that with ordinary conditions, quotations for lumber both for local and United States markets will advance in the spring. Owing to the small fall of snow, in the province of Quebec, log- ging operations are restricted, and appearances point to a smaller cut. Prospects for the present year are fairly good. There is certain to be a good demand for lumber for building purposes, and if the monetary situation is favorable, schemes which have been held over will be proceeded with. So far as 1913 was concerned, the building permits were, in value, the largest ever known. They totalled $27,- 408,000, an increase of over $7,700,000, which was almost entirely due to gains in the last six months. The total does not take into account Westmount, Maisonneuve and Verdun, which form part of Montreal, but whose building does not figure in the values owing to the places having separate municipal governments. In three years the amount of building in Montreal proper has increased $12,252,000. Ground wood has been. bought freely for account of the United States, and more pulp has been exported during the last three months than in any similar period in the preceding three years. All fresh ground pulp is being steadily marketed, while some of the stocks on hand are also being considerably reduced. There are still three mills with large stocks, but in the severe climate of the Province of Quebec, storage of this wood outside will prevent its being loaded very fast. Therefore any fresh ground wood is at a premium, and this condition will probably create a shortage before spring. The Donnacona Com- pany will start their mills about January 15th with a production of 50 tons of news print and 30 tons of ground wood per day. The news print market is satisfactory. A Canadian view of the situation in the United States is that a decided improvement has taken place recently, and that in a short time a more pronounced revival in business will be apparent in all grades of paper. This will undoubtedly help the sale of Canadian pulps. The chemical market is fairly good. Some good orders for the United States have just been received by Canadian mills. Ottawa Trade Showing Improvement , Ottawa, January 6, (Special to the Canada Lumberman).—The recent fairly heavy fall of snow throughout the Ottawa Valley has helped along operations in the lumber camps to some extent, but not as much as desired. If a good output is to be secured there will have to be much more snow and frost to facilitate logging in the woods. Within the past week there has been a noticeab!e improvement in the trade. A canvass made of several of the leading lumbermen here elicits the information that prospects are shaping for a fairly good run of business in the spring. There have been a few alterations in prices lately. Pine s.c. shorts 1 x 5 in. have advanced $1, and mill -cull shorts 1 x 4 in. up to 11 ft. and two grades of basswood log run have also gone up a similar amount. According to the custom followed in other years, the Estate of James Davidson closed down at Christmas time for two weeks, so that the machinery in the woodworking plant could be overhauled and repaired. The Royal Commission recently appointed to investigate the cost of living in response to a widespread agitation, will, it is learned, in- LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Market Correspondence Imports of spruce deals from St. John and Halifax has been confined to small parce!s by the winter liners. These are being disposed of at steady prices as they arrive, varying according to specification and quality only. Shippers’ quotations have been fully maintained at Liverpool and spot prices have suffered but little by the slackening off of the consumptive request, aS importers are refraining from push- ing goods, the majority being of the opinion that better results wil! be attained by carrying their holdings forward. The spruce c.i.f. market continues dull, dealings being confined to minor sales of liner con- signments at unchanged prices. Offerings for future delivery are ab- sent and the spot market is flooded, orders being of a retail character. At present there are no indications of widening in the demand. SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD quire into the causes which have sent the price of lumber up to a high plane. lumber are due principally to conditions over which lumbermen have no control, it is not likely that the commission will need to probe very deeply into the matter. Mr. E. P. McGrath, managing director of the Greater Ottawa Lumber Company, was a candidate for the board of control in the civic election here which closed yesterday. He was defeated by a small majority. Mr. J. R. Booth, who was injured rather seriously some time ago, is making good progress towards recovery. Every fine day he spends a few hours on the verandah of his house. It is expected that he will be able to be around again in a few weeks’ time. New Brunswick Loggers Having Good Winter St. John, N.B., January 6th (Special to the Canada Lumber- man): The manufacturing end of the lumber business, in so far as this city is concerned is about at a standstill, with the exception of Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company, who are running their two mills, sawing largely two-inch for the American market, with a large quan- tity of boards for the South American trade. Insofar as shipments are concerned, very little stock is moving forward to the American market from this port. The manufacturers who have anything, prefer to wait until later in the season and ship on the early spring market, when the demand as a rule increases. At the present time, prices for random stock leave very little margin for shippers of American stocks. The supply of sizes for the American market, is practically all in the hands of Stetson Cutler & Company at this port, and is probably in the vicin- ity of ten millions. Laths are steady at about $3 per M. on the wharves here, but stocks are light, as any shipments taking place, from this point of late have been laths instead of long lumber, for American ports. It is hard to set a price for long random for the United States trade, as buyers are hard to find who wi!l take any cargoes of an ex- tensive size. What stock is moving here is largely car stock, shipping through here from interior points, being sawn by rotary or portable mills in the woods and hauled to cars. Very little if anything can be said of the English market, some stocks are going forward by liners but shipments are not necessary. Prices are steady. If anything they show an improvement from early fa!l, especially with regard to port- able sawn deals, which have probably advanced from a low level, to the same prices as paid for them in the fall of 1912-13, viz., about $15.25 for specifications running 50 per cent. 9 in. and up, balance 7 in. and 8 in.x 3in. No sales of city cut deals have yet been made for the coming season and it may be said that the manufacturers will undoubtedly — wait until they see how their woods operations are coming along. Men are extremely hard to find for woods work, all over the province, and the cut of logs will only be normal, should the ideal conditions for lumbering remain as they are. Any less snow will reduce the cut of logs to below normal. Prices of labor, supplies, etc., are higher than in 1912-13, and it is felt that prices for logs will be higher than last year. The building trade is about at a standstill, no new buildings, if any, will be started until early spring. The work of finishing up the old contracts is about through. The Woodstock Lumber Company of Boston, Mass., have opened an office in the Canada Life Building, Prince William Street. We wish them every success as they enter into competition for the Ameri- can product from this port and interior. . Conditions for lumbering are ideal all over the province, snow being to a depth of from 6 inches near the coast to 18 inches farther inland, and the work of hauling logs to rivers is now being carried on in good earnest. However, as it is generally understood that higher prices in CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER DRY SPRUCE BOARDS W E have them and can ship promptly now, but cannot | promise to do so later because the annual car shortage will be with us. @ We have the largest stock of dry Spruce boards in Canada. Our assortment is now complete, but with the volume of orders we are receiving we will be short of certain items before long. If you are going to need Spruce boards this Fall, order early and make sure of having them when you need them. @ When ordering get the best,—the Silk Finish kind,— from the most reliable source, from the people with the most up-to-date dressing mills, the most efficient service. John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office inn Sayabec, Que. Cedar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA R CANADA Wm. E. Hill Company’s Products ‘The products manufactured by Wm. E. Hill Company, Kalama- zoo, Mich., include complete outfits for sawmil!s and wood cutting plants. The company is so well known as manufactures of the ° “Hill Steam Niggers” that they wish to draw particular attention to their other lines of machinery as well. Their specia! line of wood cutting machinery is of much interest and includes several types of steam drag saw machines for cross-cutting logs, steam dogs for holding the logs while being cut, and an extensive line of steam splitters both ; for 4- foot wood and block w ood, any diameter, together with fibre stock for pup mills. One of their products which is in specially strong demand is their spike concave rolls for bringing logs to the saw. They also fur- nish steam and hand ratchet rigs for those who prefer them. In addition to the above lines, Wm. E. Hill Company manufacture vertical automatic centre crank engines from three to twenty horse- power inclusive, suitable for driving filing room machinery, fans, blow- ers, dynamos, etc. Their advertisements will appear in subsequent issues of the Canada Lumberman and will be interesting and instructive to any of our readers who wish to install machinery of the above nature. Lhe company have been in business continuously at Kalamazoo, Mich., since 1881. From that date until 1912, it operated under the name of Wm. I. Hill & Company. The business was then incorporated under the name of Wm. E. Hill Company, by which it is still known. Motor Headworks for Boom Towing, etc. Russel Bros., Fort Frances, Ont., have designed and placed on the market a small, strong, high-power gasoline boat, built of the chiocest timber, to take the place of ‘“head-works” or “floating platforms” for “horse-capstans,” in connection with logging operations carried on by lumber and pulp companies. The old method is an expensive and difficult one‘to handle and Russel Bros., claim for their “‘motor-head- works” that it eliminates much of the cost and trouble in connection with this work. It is the outcome of many experiments with a view to obtaining the greatest amount of power per floating weight. The construction is light, simple and so durable that the cabie will part before the boat or machinery will give way. This displacement is about 8,000 pounds, and with a 30 h.p. engine, the machinery will ex- ert over 2,500 h.p. pull on the cable. When running under propeller, the boat makes from six to seven miles an hour, and is a very powerful tower. The hull is constructed of white pine, oak and tamarac, barge style, the sides being 4-in. thick, bottom and ends 2 in. and sheeted forward with steel. The length is 30 ft. over all by 7 ft. beam, 24-in. draft and from 14-in. to 24-in. freeboard, with an 8 ft. deck fore and aft. Two 4-in. x 6-in. tamarac metal sheeted skids run from bow to stern and are used as runners when portaging. They also extend aft beyond the propeller and rudder, protecting them when running among logs or jumping booms. The cabin contains a folding bunk for the engineer. Near the front of the cockpit is a drum holding 2000 feet of half inch steel cable, which is connected by a powerful chain of steel gears with the forward end of the engine shaft, through a friction clutch. The gears provide 4 changes of speed and the release oi a positive clutch in the drum head permits the cable to be run out free from all gears. Keyed securely to one end of the drum shaft is a “niggerhead”’ which turns with the drum or independent of it and from which a line may be used fore and aft. An automatic interlocking device prevents the gears from being changed when power is on. Power cannot be applied when the gears are not fully in mesh. Thus there is no danger of stripping. The arrangement of steering wheel and levers is such Mills at Vancouver and Ruskin, B Cc. LUMBERMAN E.H.Heaps &Co., Ltd. Lumber, Shingles, Doors, Mouldings, Finish, etc. Specialties: AAl BRAND HIGH GRADE SHINGLES LONG FIR TIMBER AND WOODWORKER that only one man is required to handle the boat when running under propeller or cable power. When a “shore hold” is not available, a 250-pound patent anchor is used. The engineer will run approximately 2,000 feet from his tow, drop anchor, return and couple tow to tow post, then wind in on cable at whatever speed he considers advisable. It will be seen that this “motor-headworks” is of great value around a mill boom. Its chief advantage is the relatively low cost of operation, as compared with “horse-headworks and anchor boat.” A “motor-headworks” only requires four men; an engineer, two logmen and a cook. When a rapid has to be passed it can run any that are passable or it can portage itself if necessary. It is of light weight and can be loaded on a tote sleigh and taken into the head waters or small lakes at very light expense. Its crew consists of one engineer, one fireman, one wheel man, four logmen and one cook. Its advantages briefly stated are that it requires less stores ; needs no wood barge; involves no time lost in “wooding up;” is lighter to portage; can be carried on a tote sleigh and involves no lost time in getting up steam. “cc Small Lumber Cut on the Nashwaak The lumber cut on the Nashwaak River in New Brunswick this winter will be the smallest in half a century, according to reports from the camps. In years gone by the cut on the Nashwaak has ranged all the way from eighteen up to thirty odd million feet of logs, but this year it will not exceed four million feet. Alex. Fraser, who has oper- ated on the Nashwaak for years, will take out upwards of half of the total cut this winter, while Justus Manzer and Angus Urquhart will cut the balance. The curtailment of the Partington Company’s opera- tions on the Nashwaak this winter is due to the fact that practically their entire cut of last year was hung up last spring in the streams and did not reach the mills. Mr. Fraser reports said that conditions for carrying on operations had been favorable so far this season. Inspecting Stanley Park Timber Mr. G. H. Edgecombe, a British Columbia provincial forestry ex- pert, has commenced an inspection of the trees in Stanley Park, as a resu!t of the representations made by the Park Board to the provincial department, seeking a report on the diseases affecting the trees, as ex- posed by Dominion tree pest inspectors recently. The Dominion for- estry department also intends to send out an expert on tree diseases in a short time, who will make a report to his department. The Park Board expects to be able to take decisive steps in dealing with tree pests, upon receipt of these two reports. One of the largest lumber cargoes ever shipped from Victoria, B.C., has been placed under charter for the American ship Aryan for Iebruary, loading at the Inner Harbor mills of the Canadian-Puget Sound Lumber Company. The Aryan will load 1,750,000 feet of British Columbia lumber for Delagoa Bay, South Africa. There has been an extensive movement in lumber in recent months from Victoria to South Africa. The announcement of the charter of the Aryan comes almost simultaneously with the departure of the American schooner Inca, which completed loading 1,250,000 feet of lumber at the Inner Harbor mills for South Africa. : The B. Grenning Wire Company, Hamilton, Ont., have sent out an attractive calendar containing a colored illustration of their large ptant and offices. The calendar pad i is large and the type is eee suited for office purposes. Head Office: 445 Hastings Street West VANCOUVER, B.C. 7 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 53 q With the Compliments of the Season The Manager and Staff The Shaw Motor-Headworks or of The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Montreal : Canada Gasoline Warping Tug ORIGINATED BY LOGMEN TO TOW LOGS Arte tn gee Light Powerful PEA y I E S Speed under propeller 7 miles per hour. : ; ; Towing power 2 million feet. Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs Be ewes rasllion der It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season. Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timber Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log Manufactured by Stamping, Hammers, etc. Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the R U S S E L BR O ‘i H E R S lowest price. On a Tote Sleigh Enough to Portage Itself OPERATED BY ONE MAN. Write us for particulars and prices ARGALL BROTHERS Three Rivers, Quebec Fort F rances, Ont. Jenckes Boilers WE make a specialty of large Tubular Boilers for regular or Dutch oven setting for saw mill service. Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. 3 The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. i 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKEK ‘ Foreign Veneer and Panel Manufacture By J. B. B. Stryker’ l have been asked to make a comparison of American and Euro- pean methods, as applied to the veneer and panel manufacturing in- dustry. While not a manufacturer of these products myself, | nave come more or less closely in personal touch with factory conditions, etc., in America and certain European countries, namely, England, France, Austria-Hungary and Germany. So I will give.the conclu- sions on this subject which I have reached as the result of observation on the ground. I fear that, in one respect at least, this paper will not afford the . nelp which I desire it to. This refers in particular to the fact that in my visits to veneer, panel, furniture and kindred plants in Europe | observed but little having to do with mechanical methods or prepara- tion of veneer, stock, etc., or of construction which I can present as being an improvement on the methods of American manufacturers. When it comes to the question of the finished product we must admit that much of it shows up exceedingly well, in fact, better than ours. The cutting of veneer and the manufacture of panels, tops, etc., in Europe, dates back much farther than it does in the United States, and this is only natural, the age of our country and theirs being considered. However, to-day, the United States leads Europe in the number of plants in operation, the amount of output and the general magnitude of the business. In France, for instance, veneering has been done for hundreds of years, but instead of being carried on as they are now learning to do it, it was done in a very small way indeed. Where ve- neered lumber was desired, the small cabinet maker would cut his own veneer; the product he then obtained should be more properly called by the name of thin lumber. Two men were employed in the opera- tion, the log being placed with each end on a high saw-horse or plat- form, and the veneer sawed off by hand, one man under the log and one above, pulling the saw up and down much after the fashion in which two-man cross-cut saws are operated in our timber camps to-day. This method may even yet be seen in use:in remote localities over there. To-day there are some veneer and panel plants in almost all the countries of Europe, Russia undoubtedly leading the list in the num- ber of plants being operated and the amount of production, followed by France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and England in the order named. Italy, Belgium and some of the other smaller countries do something in this line also, but little is being done in Spain, I believe. Russia ships her product to the other countries of Europe, large quan- tities going to France, and to England particularly. Although | did not see the plant myself, I was told on very good authority that one Russian concern had nine American veneer lathes in operation in its plant. Speaking of shipments being made from one European country to another, as freight rates are considerably higher over there than they are in the United States, it occurred to me that England should offer a good market for American manufactures. That country being a free trade country, except on a very few commodities, and with no duty on the commodities under consideration, it seemed to'me that a plant on the United States seaboard might be able to do a considerable amount of business in England. Bear in mind in this connection that all timber products consumed in England must necessarily be imported from abroad, there being no native timber supply in that country. I was greatly impressed in Liverpool when I saw the immense stocks of mahogany logs which were carried by the dealers in that city. For six or eight blocks along the river front mahogany logs were piled to a height of twenty or thirty feet. These were in the yards of different dealers and the logs were auctioned off piecemeal to the highest bidder, the idea being that in disposing of them in this manner the best prices would be obtained, as each log would bring the most it was worth. I judge the American manufacturer is most interested in methods for obtaining better veneer and panels, or cheaper methods of manu- facturing them, or both, when they can be both obtained in combina- tion. While much that is produced in these lines in Europe shows up very well, it is not produced as cheaply as it can be produced here, this in spite of the fact that labor over there is much cheaper than here. The average European workman, while steady and conscientious in the carrying out of his work, does not seem to admit of the speeding-up “that the American does. As evidence that the American manufacturer is in advance of the * Address delivered before The National Veneer and Panel Makers’ Association. Fancy Woods and Veneers THEIR ORIGIN, VALUE AND USE—COMMENT AND VIEWS ON AN IMPORTANT BRANCH OF THE TRADE. manufacturers of Europe, I would cite the fact that in the largest and most progressive plants over there machinery of American design and manutacture is in evidence almost everywhere—veneer lathes and ap- pliances, trimmers, dryers, taping machines, glueing appliances, sand- ers, scrapers and much machinery of a kindred nature. | have been in a plant in England, for instance, which is engaged in the manufacture of phonograph and talking machine cabinets, and in furniture factories in Vienna where | have seen so much American machinery on all sides that it made me homesick. The hydraulic press has heretofore been used to a large extent .over there than here, but they are now adopting it as time goes on, and those of American make seem to again have the preference. Furthermore, in many instances where ma- chines are not American made, they are such a good imitation that it seemed to me they were modeled as closely after our own as it was possible to make them. . Naturally with so much American made machinery and appli- ances in use in their plants their methods must rather closely conform to our own. During the past few years I have known of numerous in- stances where Europeans have come to us for ideas and methods, but I believe it is a rare thing for us to go to them with the same object in view. Although American made or modeled machinery is so largely employed by them, the production of the average plant, comparable with ours as to size, equipment and number of men employed, falls considerably short of the production turned out here. In addition to veneer and panel plants, I visited several factories engaged in quite different lines of manufacture, and my impression gained thereby was that the American manufacturer, given an equal investment of capital, will generally turn out a considerably larger production. The Euro- pean. manufacturer, regardless of the particular line of work in which he is engaged, is very apt to give more attention to details, and there is more time spent on details than usually prevails in the average American plant. They prepare their logs much as we do, usually boiling or steam- ing them. The cutting of the veneer is the same, as is the subsequent drying also. In Austria-Hungary and Germany the alder is largely used for core stock. Five-ply work is usually laid up in the same man- ner as here, but in Vienna, which in Austria is considered as the home of fine furniture (and some beautiful work they certainly turn out), I saw Circassian and mahogany tops laid up three-ply, the veneers being laid on three-fourths-inch or seven-eighths-inch alder cores, sometimes with the grain and sometimes across the grain. I believe that the American manufacturer usually considers that high-class work of this nature can be done only by the use of cross-banding. I should say that the preparation of the veneer and the building up of same into | panels, tops, etc., in the white, was no better than here, but the finish they put on their work in many cases excels ours. Labor being cheap- er, they can afford to spend more time on this part of their operation. As one Austrian long in the business expressed it to me, “It takes the human touch to get the right finish.” While | am unfamiliar with the materials generally used for finishing purposes, both here and abroad, I understand that at some points in the finishing process they use ma- terials little, if ever, used in this country. The deep appearing finish which they obtain, I consider, is very pleasing to the eye. Beech is used largely in France in the making of panels, as it is a compara- tively cheap wood in that country. To-day three-eighths-inch veneer- ed panels are in demand there for use in places where they before have been in the habit of using thin, solid lumber, as much trouble was en- countered with the latter on account of splitting. In Germany quite a business is maintained in the manufacture and sale of “wood plates,” as they call them. These are made up three, five and seven-ply, being about three-fourths, one and one-fourth and one and three-fourths inches thick, respectively. These are made up to as large as six by twelve feet and sold for various uses, such as beds of printing presses, billiard tables, etc. The large sized plates are oftentimes bought by the users without regard to the particular pur- pose for which they are to be used, and they are then cut up into dif- ferent sizes as required. In London there is a panel factory which struck me as being unique. In this plant there is not a single power driven machine, the reason being that there is a law prohibiting the use of any power driven machinery in the district in which the factory is located. In making panels they place the centre stock on the floor and the glue is applied by hand with a large brush. This plant presented an in- stance of modern and obsolete equipment in that it had several hy- draulic presses which were worked by a hand pump, while, on the - other hand, the glue was kept in condition by placing the bucket in ae es cael CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Mr. Lumber-Dealer Mr. Car-builder Mr. Ship-builder r = ey a2 =f ie 4 s et oe oe ceed a jane CR se bee 21 ee WOODS:V : P| & : ‘ Te a : thee ee _ ‘ - mm ame Ss an oe Zs ee a a oe Pea > wrt tik a5 sea ao - ize +4 OMINION MA : an i) — P| Seimei THE PIONEER MAHOGANY MILL OF CANADA Teak, Black Bean, and all kinds of Mahogany in Lumber and Veneers. Door Stock in Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Birch cut to size or Log Run, Several Hundred Thousand Feet of Good Dry Mahog- any in all Grades and Thicknesses Ready to Ship. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR 1914 CONTRACTS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Company Montreal West, P.Q. | > i 56 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER which it was contained over a gas flame. The method of handling re- sulted in a great deal of blistered work, which was repaired by placing a wet cloth over the blistered portion and then running a hot flat-iron over the wet cloth until the veneer was stuck down. In Germany I saw a veneer clipper, a description of which may be of interest to some of you. It is built along the lines of an ordinary veneer clipper, but it is very much more powerful than those ordin- arily used in the United States; the knife comes down very slowly on an angle of somewhat less than forty-five degrees. This machine clips the ends off from a whole flitch of sliced veneers at one time and leaves so clean a cut that the ends can be spliced into a perfect joint. It is used for cutting the veneers to proper length and width, and also for jointing veneers ready to splice. The splicing is done by young girls who tack the edges of the veneer to a board and then stick a strip of gauze tape over the joint. On the tops turned out by this concern cross-banding and back veneers used are nearly all one-twenty-fourth- inch poplar, with a very small proportion of such sliced oak veneers as are not good enough for face stock. The face veneers used are sliced one-twenty-eighth-inch black walnut and plain sliced one-twenty- eighth-inch oak. All five-ply work is glued in two operations, that is, the core is first veneered with the cross-banding and when this comes out of the bales in which it sets over night it is put on sticks and left to dry out for six days. It is then taken to the sander where one-half of the cross-banding is sanded off, thus leaving the cross-banding about one-forty-eighth-inch thick when the face and back veneer are put on. When this is finished it is left on sticks another six days before ’ the face and back veneers are sanded. Upon inquiry it turned out that. the main reason for glueing-up this five-ply stock in two operations, and giving it the twelve days’ drying out, was that, inasmuch as the operators wished to lay up the veneer slightly damp on the theory that it would lay flat, and cause less trouble in splicing, there would be less likelihood of the finished work drying out and checking after- wards. In Austria I saw a machine which to me was something new. This was a miniature lathe, specially constructed for the purpose of turning down the cores from the large lathes. These cores, of an ori- ginal diameter of from five to six inches, were placed in this small lathe, or “coffee grinder” as the owner of the plant called it, and turned off until a core of only about one and one-half or one and three-fourths inches diameter remained. The veneer produced by this small lathe was naturally not of a quality suitable for anything outside of core stock, to be used on the cheaper grades of panels, etc., but for this purpose the veneer thus recovered, and which ordinarily would have gone to waste’ as cores, answered the purpose just as well as veneers cut from the original log. In making any sort of comparison whatsoever between American manufacturing plants and methods and those of Europe it should be remembered that, generally speaking, manufacturing operations are carried on in this country on a much larger scale than they are in Europe. Of course manufactured products of all kinds are consumed in Europe, as a whole, in great quantities, but these commodities are usually turned out from factories having a smaller output than ours, the result being many factories with a small output rather than a rela- tively smaller number of factories with larger outputs. This has a tendency to allow of much closer supervision, wherein the personality of the workman or operator can be made to enter. The wages paid in Europe vary more or less for the same class of work in the different countries. England undoubtedly heads the list in this respect, fol- lowed by France, Germany, Austria-Hungary and Russia in the order named. It is no uncommon sight over there to see the father and mother and all the children working together in the same plant, but it struck me as entirely new. and novel to see women working as hod carriers and railroad track laborers. We are very apt to complain of high taxes, but as compared to taxes in the most of Europe ours are exceedingly reasonable. For instance, I was told by an Austrian manufacturer that the government expected ten per cent. in the way of taxes, based on the net profits yearly realized from his business, and that they were supposed to pay 25 per cent. yearly of the gross income realized from any property own- ed and rented by them to other parties. In answer to my inquiry as to whether or not this excessive rate of taxation was actually collected, and if not, what was done about it, he smilingly replied that in Aus- tria the citizens paid their taxes the same as they did in America. As this gentleman had visited America on several occasions, I had noth- ing more to say on the subject. I cite this instance in regard to the rate of taxation simply in order that, when things seem to go wrong, you may have the satisfaction of remembering that there are other people who are not so well off as we are. The sum total of the impressions which I received by reason of coming in contact with the European conditions and manufacturers was that they would follow the lead of American manufacturers so far as the veneer and panel business was concerned, and they are quite willing, I believe, to acknowledge this fact. Furthermore, it behooves us to remember that they are very apt pupils. Beech Becoming Important As A Veneer Wood ?’ The use of beech as a veneer wood has been very largely con- fined to the production of material for various kinds of baskets and for plain veneer work. It has not entered into veneer proper as ex- tensively as it might and has not been regarded as a face wood to any appreciable extent, although at times it should prove quite attrac- tive if properly finished. A bulletin, recently issued by the Depart- ment of Agriculture at Washington, states that beech ranges from the Gulf of Mexico into Eastern Canada and that the estimated quan- tity available for use is between 10 and 20 billion feet. Beech is one of the hardwoods that the pioneers did not find much use for because it would not split readily into rails, more plenti- iul than the supply of other woods, and practically everywhere it has been held in low enough esteem that beech logs are purchasable at cheap prices as compared with other timber. Since the extensive de- ve‘opment of creosoting wood to preserve it, there has been more de- mand for beech for railway ties and this has taken out some of the stumpage. There is, however, quite a supply of beech available for basket and veneer work and it is used in fairly good quantities in basket making but not to the extent it might be for veneer making. Neither do the manufacturers of veneer from beech seem to realize that there should be a chance to use it for face work now and then. Here and there one can find some solid beech lumber used for house trim and it finishes off beautifully. It shows up well enough and it seems remarkable that we have not had more of it used in table tops and flooring. Also for paneling and in millwork because curly beech is pretty closely related in appearance to curly sycamore, and the sycamore is sometimes sought after for the beauty of its figure in face work. In the matter of plain veneer and panels, beech is said to be particularly good for drawer bottoms. The best drawer bottoms these days are from three-ply veneer built up, and in this work experi- enced veneer and panel men say that beech gives splendid results— indeed some have expressed the opinion that it is the best wood for drawer bottoms available. \ Good for Drawer Bottoms There are some specific reasons for the good quality of beech for drawer bottoms and other panels, and one of these is that it is hard, firm and stiff. .It is one of the stiffest woods going, therefore a com- paratively thin panel of it will strongly resist bending. This makes it a. splendid wood for chair bottoms and it is one of the things that makes it valuable for drawer bottoms. Also it should make it a very desirable wood for the large three-ply thin panels used in the packing cases in the east. Another important quality in beech is that after it has once been thoroughly dried out it will not absorb much moisture. Stating it another way, this means that it will do but very little shrink- ing, swelling or warping after it has once been thoroughly dried. This is a very desirable quality in all cabinet wood, and it is especially de- sirable for certain kinds of work. That is why beech is extensively used for table slides and wherever slides are called for in furniture or cabinet work. It is hard and smooth and is not inclined to absorb moisture and*swell. / That is one of the reasons it is a valuable wood for drawer bot- toms. It will keep its shape and retain its dimensions and just fit snugly into its groove and give satisfaction in service as well as in appearance when first put up. It will be seen from the above that basket manufacturers have attractive opportunities for developing markets for beech veneer -pro-— ducts and,.thus getting more profit out of their lumber. The basket manufacturer who has a greater cutting capacity than is required for , the factory itself, should be able to develop a market for beech ve- 4 neer to be used for panels or for building up into panels and also for drawer bottoms.. Some beech veneer is quite attractive enough to be used as a face wood in cabinet work and it seems likely that a recog- - nition of this fact could be secured, if those interested would submit some good stock and have it finished in such a manner as to show its attractions. . The wide market for beech veneer for boxes, baskets and cratings is remarkable. In the city of Maine for instance, a thin veneer of beech is made especially for the Sicily, orange and lemon box trade. Beech, while a little heavier than some woods is so stiff that it can 3 be used in comparatively thin woods and give good results in light baskets. Beech is used for drum hoops, embroidery hoops and rims of various kinds, many of which can be made by a veneer process. It is an exce!lent wood for picnic plates and for various uses in wooden ware. The public is commencing to realize this fact and the time is opportune for basket manufacturers who are u8ing beech to realize that there is probably more profit to be secured from beech to-day than in the past. Makers of filing cabinets and sectional book-cases appre- ciate beech perhaps more than the average furniture manufacturer. The principal fact brought out by the bulletin referred to above, is that, as a veneer wood, beech should have a much more important place in the future than it has in the past. — ~~ ~ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 57 AMPHIBIA WATERPROOF eather Beltin Read that phrase fm the circle again, and remember it because it makes a big difference in regard to your-belting expenses. Cdbler tami Tanners and Manufacturers For Over 36 Years Makers of the Best Leather Belts MONTREAL TORONTO ST. JOHN, N.B. WINNIPEG VANCOUVER 511 William Street 38 Wellington St. E. 89 Prince William Street 244 Princess Street 217 Columbia Avenue &= To insure satisfaction—State where belt is torun “S23 58 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER - Estimating and Making Prices for Millwork By John P. Larson* Perhaps one of the greatest evils and one least understood by the different estimators is the pernicious habit of basing their bids on a low grade lumber, with a corresponding price, without taking into consideration the great amount of waste which must be cut out of such lumber on the one hand, and the greatly increased labor charge on the other. No. 1 shop lumber is bought to cut 60 per cent. clear for shop purposes. If the price of shop is $30 per thousand, and you require one thousand feet clear cuttings for sash and door purposes, it would be necessary for you to bring in 1,670 feet of this lumber, which would cost you $50. You can get the same amount of cuttings out of one thousand feet clear lumber, which will cost you less than the 1,670 feet shop lumber costs you. Of course you may be able to get some- thing out of the 670 feet waste in the shop lumber, but to offset this it will cost almost twice as much for labor to work the 1,670 feet shop as it will the 1,000 feet clear. For two-sided work, such as sash, doors, panels, etc., the price of clear lumber should always be used in estimating, because even if it is cut out from lower grades, it will cost as much in the end. For cas- ings, base, mouldings and other lineal stuff, nothing below a grade ‘of lumber which is clear on one side the full length of the piece can be safely used. Then, too, it must be remembered that even where clear lumber is used, there is a large percentage lost in cutting. Here is one of the pitfalls of estimating. It is doubtful if under the most favorable cir- cumstances it is safe to figure less than 15 per cent. waste in soft woods of good quality. Of course, this waste is greatly increased in the case of hardwoods, where both lengths and widths are less desir- able, and here the waste will probab!y average from 25 to 35 per cent., based on a clear grade of lumber. This, of course, does not take into account, when lumber is selected with a special purpose in view, where waste in cutting may be eliminated altogether. But in such cases either the selection will cost more money, or it will depreciate the re- mainder to such an extent, that it will not affect the general result. Waste As An Element of Danger To show just how dangerous this question of waste really is, I ~ will cite you a case in our own experience not very long ago. We had an order for a lot of casings, in plain red oak. It was a special order, and looked very innocent and very desirable. It was all to be run of one pattern, one width, and nearly all of it of one length. There were five or six hundred pieces altogether. The dimensions were % x 8-6. The net amount of lumber in the order, as I remember it, was about 3,500 feet. We had to bring in between 7,000 and 8,000 feet of lumber’ to complete that order. Of course, there were some cutting left over, but you can draw your own conclusions as to their value. You will therefore readily see that the initial cost of the lumber while important, is not more so than the question of waste. If an article after being manufactured contains a certain number of feet of lumber, it is surely a dangerous thing to base the price of such an article on the net feet of lumber it contains. Rather it should be as- certained how much lumber was required’ to do the job, before the waste was taken out of it. The average mill man (either estimator or owner) is the original optimist. Were this not so, they could not expect to get through with the prices that are being put out—and live. Someone has said that his idea of an optimist is the man who thinks he can make a living out of four hens and a back yard 10 feet square. But I want to te!l you in all seriousness that this man has a better show to make good than we have at the prevailing prices of millwork. Estimators Have Much to Answer For As estimators you have much to answer for. Did it ever strike you that your particular mission here is to make money for the boss? You are not doing it. Are you preserving what he has? I doubt it. If the millwork industry was ever entered upon for the purpose of making money, it has been forgotten long ago. Everybody connected with it seems to have gotten out of the habit. That gain should have any place or be reckoned with in any way in our business seems to have been overlooked altogether. Your efforts at the present time are not directed to making money for your house, but to prevent the other fellow from getting the business. If your concern would turn over to you its cash-box and bank account amounting to a few thousand dol- lars, very likely it would be taken care of, conserved, and a strict ac- count of it given. When that same concern turns over to you its lum- ber yard, its factory and pay roll amounting to say $50,000 to $100,000, or even upwards, a year, are you ready at the end of the year to render an account of your stewardship? And will your master be in position to say, as did the master of old, when his servant brought back to him the pound originally entrusted to him with two pounds added there- * Address delivered before the Estimator’s Club of St. Louis, unto,—“Well done thou good and faithful servant; you have been faithful in small things, I will make you ruler over many things.” But you are not to be blamed for all of our ills. The emplover is equally guilty. The man who allows his business to be carried on at a loss is a poor manager. However, it is a part of your duties 1s es- timators to prevent the taking on of unprofitable business. You should know whether or not a certain job is profitable. If it is not, then you should oppose with all your might the submitting of a bid which, in your opinion, is too low, and I doubt very much if your employer will persist in putting out a bid over your protest. You can often make more money for your concern by refusing business than by accepting it, and yet how many of you have the courage to do this? In fact, there is no courage anywhere. It is craven fear at every turn, and you fear each other, most of all. You suffer the agony of fear every time a bid is submitted, either because you fear you are not low enough to be lower than every body else, or that you are so low as to make yourself ridicu- lous. Profit has no place in the calculation. Alas! how often after a long hard struggle and much scheming, you have been enabled to find out the lowest bid on a certain job, and your standing was such with the contractor that he allowed you to put in a revised bid below the lowest and you “brought home the bacon,” and swelled up with pride and self-satisfaction because you have put one over on the other fel- low. But did you really put it over? Could it be positively known, the chances are that you were the fellow that was taken in, and that instead of bringing to your institution a live thing, you have brought a corpse—a deadhead, whose gruesome visage grins in derision at the efforts of foolish men. I have seen within the past few weeks the two highest officers of one of our mil!s go together to plead for the securement of a contract which they themselves admitted would yield no profit, and which in the opinion of many was below cost. Conditions like these are de- plorable. It lessens the dignity of our business and robs us of our self-respect. These conditions have not only been created by our- selves, but are being perpetuated and intensified. It is up to you to change and better these conditions. The em- ployers must co-operate with you. It is nothing less than a crime, with millions of dollars invested, men employed and families dependent for their daily bread on the success of the enterprise, that we allow con- ditions to remain as they are. To say there is no remedy is idle talk. There always was and is now a chance to make money in the mill busi- ness. It is fear and greed that stand in the way. Fear of your compe- | titor and greediness in yourself. You must change your methods. Instead of destructionists, you should become constructionists. Your own future depends upon it. Are your salaries increased from time to time? I will answer that question myself by saying that they are not. The reason is plain. The mill owners cannot afford to raise salaries. The blame for this must to a large extent be laid at your door. A salesman (and you are the salesman for your output) fixes his own salary. If he can show that he is making money for his house, he can dictate his own terms. More Than Salesmen Then, too, you are more than salesmen. In some cases you are the sole representative of your house. This should be borne in mind. You should fit yourselves to take the places, some day, of the men you now serve. This you can only do if they succeed. Their success means your success. Many of you have endured long years of service, have made many sacrifices in the line of duty, have given liberally of your own time and effort, and yet you have not materially bettered yourself financially from year to year, nor have you advanced the fortunes of your employ- ers to any marked degree. The reason you have not bettered yourself is that you have not put your employer in position to do so. Both have failed to reap the fruit of their labors. You have, indeed, sown, but from the seed put forth you could not expect to reap benefits either for yourselves or others. } I have indicated some of the evils in our business and have hinted — at their remedies. If some things have been said which seem harsh and which should be laid at the door of the owners and managers, rather than at yours, they have at least been said in the spirit of kind-— ness. I am convinced that our troubles are due largely to a lack of education, true insight and grasp of the situation. At a meeting of the Council of the Montreal Board of Trade, held on January 7, a communication was read from the Montreal Lumber Association, calling attention to the fact that, although the Transcon- tinental Railway is almost completed, Montreal has as yet no direct connection with that railroad, and asking the Council once again to take up the matter with the Government. It was pointed out that Montreal interests have suffered and will continue to suffer serious disability until a connection has been secured by the most direct route possible. The Council, which las previously pressed this matter upon the Government, will again take up this question, “Apgaeals — CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER One Key to Success is Action A concern may have all the attributes and yet fail in obtaining their full measure of success. The Dominion Box & Package Company, Limited owned and controlled by William Rutherford & Sons Co., Limited, Montreal, Que. listened to the story of the Linderman Dovetail Jointer, recognized its possibilities, investigat- ed its daily performances and then acted. After five months’ trial they acted again. 1 1 aaa PO a ae ee e fe 2 ee So that each day in the week they are saving over ten dollars for each machine. Read what they say— DomINION Box AND PackaGE COMPANY LIMITED MONTREAL, CANADA June 25th, 1913 Messrs Canadian Linderman Co., Ltd. Woodstock, Ontario Gentlemen :— Answering yours of June 23rd. regarding the matter of Economy in the use ot your machines would say that it is pretty early yet to make any definite statement as to the ultimate saving by this process. The gross saving in our case amounts to about $4.co per day in labor and about $4.00 or $5.00 per day in lumber per machine, not to mention of course the very superior job which we secure and the fact that we can have solid stock of any size at any time. What our net saving would be considering the repairs necessary as against the groovers and squeezers heretofore used, we are of course not in a position to say at this time. If the 8’ machine operates as continuously and satisfactorily as the 4’ machine has done we are inclined to think that the repairs and replacements on the Linderman Machine would be about the same as upon the groovers and squeezers replaced by them. We are sorry that we cannot give you more definite information, but you will realize that it is a little early to quote exact figures. In any case, however, we are well pleased with the process and the results and intend to make these figures safe or better them by eternal vigilance in the matter of maximum output and minimum repairs. Very truly yours, C..B. FuLier, jr. Superintendent. Skepticism is a good thing when used in moderation but when kept up too long prevents real success. You can increase your profits ten, twenty or even thirty dollars a day. May we show you how ? Canadian Linderman Company, Limited Muskegon, Mich. Si es Woodstock, Ont. U.S.A. Canada 59 60 CANADA -LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER license to carry on business, as furniture manufacturers, in the province of British Columbia. The provincial office of the company is at 837 Hastings E own and offer for sale on Street, Vaasadvee ane attractive terms a few especl- The Sims Lumber Company, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., who lost their mill ally well selected tracts of by fire early last fall report that they do not intend to rebuild this season. anny tok BC qnillonct They find that they can buy their stocks all manufactured much cheaper than imber running trom million to one they could manufacture them themselves. billion feet that are ready for immed- The Goderich Milling & Lumber Company, Goderich, Ont., will soon late operation, having a good local de- commence work upon the erection of a planing mill. They are at present d ter negotiating with the town council for tax exemption. The building will be mand at high prices. one storey, 200 x 60 ft., of concrete and brick construction. M. D. Seaman & Son, Sauble Falls, Ont., report that the timber on their limits is almost finished and they will soon be closing their mill. They intend Ontario The National Furniture Company, Limited, of Berlin, Ont., has secured a : : ' ; The timber on the Pacific Coas to go into the manufacturing of sand lime brick. They report that if they have is the last stand of the great for- good sleighing this winter they may take out a very small stock of logs. ests. Well selected timber in British i ae ioe ree SE DOy, ae ae gage! lod that id see : nave been delayed in their plans for rebuilding the plants which they recently . Columbia is the best investment She lost at Louisville and New Albany by fire. It will therefore be February or | this Continent and offers especially at- March before they will commence operations upon their proposed plant at Stratford, Ont. The Lakes Timber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capi- tal of $50,000, with head office at Fort Frances, Ont., to carry on business as | lumbermen. The provisional directors are: W. J. Law, auditor, and A. A. D. a Rahn, lumberman, of Minneapolis, U.S.A.; O. Herman Diercks, lumberman, Rainy River, Ont.; A. B. Colburn, lumberman, of International Falls, Minn., | U.S.A.; and W. F. Zauke, accountant, of Spooner, Minn., U.S.A. : Tenders are being received by W. H. Hearst, Minister of Lands, Forests i For further particulars, address & Mines, Parliament Buildings, Toronto, for the right to cut blown down | and standing timber on McGregor Island, Georgian Bay. Parties making ten- C F C ders are required to state the amount they are picueee to pay < beige A feet board measure in addition to the Crown dues of $2 per thousand feet \e © rost ompany B.M. Also the rate they are prepared to pay per tie for any timber made re Exch Bld into railway ties, in addition to the Crown dues of 5c each. The blown down orn Exchange &- timber is to be cut and removed by the ist of July next. The green standing timber to be removed by the 30th day of April, 1916. CHICAGO A despatch from Port Arthur, Ont., states that Mr. J. P. Bertrand of that place is organizing a new company under the name of the Bertrand-Lockhart Lumber Company and has applied for a charter. The provisional directors are A. G. Seaman, lumberman; W. Marrigan, director; J. H. McLennan, lumber- ‘ man; H. A. McKibbon, financial agent, and J. P. Bertrand, lumberman. The company intend to erect buildings and make improvements to the yard at the C E D A R corner of Hesther and Ontario Streets. Arrangements are also being made for establishing a yard in West Fort William. The company will do a retail and wholesale lumber business and will operate a small planing mill. A lot of valuable timber and pulp wood land operated by the MacLaren Lumber Company, of Buckingham, and others, was involved in the transfer | : recently announced of the Thirty-One Mile Lake watershed in Quebec and an . area of 150 square miles surrounding it from the Quebec Government to the | city of Ottawa. Ottawa is purchasing it in connection with its scheme for ob- | taining pure water from Thirty-One Mile Lake and the others in its chain. It has obtained the land at a nominal price from the Quebec Legislature, but the | latter body has retained the timber rights. Lumbermen and paper mill owners | tractive inducements for manufacturers. will be able. to carry on their operations throughout the watershed as usual, though not in such a way as to cause pollution of the waters therein. 1 . The Canon Lake Lumber Company, Limited, which was recently incorpor- f ated, has its head office at 734 Somerset Block, Winnipeg, Man. The company . has a license to carry on business in the province of Ontario. Its capitaliza- tion is $100,000. The president and manager is Mr. Porter P. Elliott, Winnipeg, | Campbell - MacLaurin Lumber Co. Limited and the secretary-treasurer is Mr. W.-L. McIntosh, Winnipeg. The company’s F mill is situated on the main line of the Grand Trunk Pacific, 160 miles east of Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL Winnipeg in the province of Ontario at McIntosh Station. They propose to 1 carry on the manufacture of lumber, ties, piling, etc., and have contracts with the Grand Trunk Pacific, for ties, piling, bridge timber, etc. The company is shipping lumber at present into the Minneapolis market. Mr. Porter P. Elliott is still carrying on his timber and tie business as formerly under the name of P. P. Elliott. Eastern Canada Edgar Caron & Cie, sash and door manufacturers, Montreal, P.Q., have been registered. The MacArthur Hee Company, Limited, have sold out their woodworking factory at Stellarton, N.S. S. E. Desmarais & Company, Richmond, P.Q., recently lost his saw and grist mill by fire. No insurance was carried. Dawson & Brothers, lumber manufacturers, Newport, P.Q., have been re- gistered. The members are A. Dawson and M. L. Dawson. MERRITT MFG. CO., Lockport, N.Y. Veneer Machinery HE “MERIT” LINE of Veneer Cutting, Dimen- 7 sioning and Drying Mach- Merit Veneer Lathe The St. George Pulp and Paper Company, South Street, St. George, N.B., inery 1s designed first, for ven- In addition to Lathes, Clippers, are considering plans for enlarging their pulp mill and may also erect a paper eer mills cutting high grade and Driers, the line, includes mill. , : 5 f furniture and commercial veneer Knife Grinders, Log Hoists The Papineauville Lumber Company, Papineauville, P.Q., have decided to from expensive timber, and sec- and Trolleys, a set ofCrateHead ome a mill for the manufacture of hardwood veneers for cooperage and cheese ond, for basket, crate, box and Machinery, a set of Barrel and ‘eae — . % Sie ae : ; Under the winding-up of the Wotton Chair and Toy Manufacture, Limited, barrel factories using cheaper Basket Hoop Machinery, Basket Wotton, P.Q., the liquidators are selling the property, including a saw mill veneer cut from the less expen- and Hamper Bottom Round- and machinery, by tender. sive woods. ers, Nailing Forms, etc. Larue & Trudel, 126 St. Peter Street, Quebec, P.Q., have been receiving tenders until January 15th for the purchase of license 110, Callieres South, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 SPRUCE —that is—— SPRUCE We have in stock and can ship quick 1 x Mill Run 17 square miles, and license 111, Callieres North, 28% square miles, together with a sawmill equipped with machinery and 132 acres of freehold land at Port aux Quilles, P.Q Mr. John H. Crandall, of Moncton, N.B., has sold his mill and lumber lands at Notre Dame, Kent County, to Mr. W. D. Gunter of Fredericton. Mr. Cran- dall will continue operations at Stilesville. The Davison Lumber Company, of Bridgewater, N.S., is building a tram- way by which lumber from its upper mill will be carried across the river and placed on cars for shipment. The company is making extensive improvements to facilitate the shipment of lumber. Mr. Chipman McFarlane, of Salisbury, N.B., has resumed lumbering opera- tions at the head of the Cocagne river, parish of Moncton. Sawn lumber is being hauled from his mill to Catamount Siding, on the I. C. R. Mr. McFar- lane is lumbering this winter on an extensive scale. The Partington Pulp and Paper Company have considerably enlarged their plant during the past year, and are now completing a new warehouse and a conveyor to carry the pulp from the mill to the warehouse, beside the rail- way siding which they have also had constructed for their use. A syndicate of English, French and Canadian capitalists, with Capt. B. A. Scott at its head, is reported to be working on a proposition for establishing a large pulp and paper plant on the Saguenay River, in Quebec, and developing water power on the Grand Discharge Rapids. It is said that the development will yield 350,000 h.p. and that over $4,000,000 will be spent on power plant, dam and pulp and paper mills. In a despatch from Antigonish, N.B., it is stated that the Colonial Lumber Company of that place has completed the equipment of a plant for the manu- facture of hardwood flooring, veneering, wainscotting, etc. They have timber areas in Antigonish and Guysboro counties that will assure a supply of 4,000,- 000 feet annually. The company will commence operations in the early spring. The plant represents an investment of over $200,000. , the Grand Falls Company, Limited, will begin work very soon upon the erection of large pulp and paper mills at Grand Falls,.N.B., on the St. John River, where immense power can be developed, and where it is proposed by this company to build up a very extensive industry. It will be possible to de- velop electric power at Grand Falls and transmit it long distances to towns and villages along the river. Sir William Van Horne is associated with this enterprise. The proposal also includes a power development of about 80,000 h.p. The cost of the pulp and paper mills will be about $2.500,000 and the whole undertaking is estimated to involve about $8,000,000. onl cell cee oe Ol ol ol OWN A UI > x x x x x 4/up Culls 1 x 4/5 Sound Waney The quality and manufacture will pay you try the stock. Read Bros., Ltd. Lumber and Lath Pine, Hemlock, 43 Victoria Street Spruce and Hardwoods Western Canada Fire recently destroyed the plant of the Lee Lumber Company, at Wig- wam, near Revelstoke, B.C. The loss was $30,000. Ten thousand dollars’ damage was done recently when the dry kilns of the Lulu Island Shingle Mills, containing a full load, were destroyed by fire. Jacob Kaufman, Berlin, Ont., states that his cut this winter will be about the same as last winter, viz., 125,000 feet of logs, principally hemlock, with only a few thousand feet of hard wood. Harry C. Moore, Blairmore, Sask., is looking into the feasibility of estab- lishing a wood distillation plant at Vernon, B.C. He has also been considering a similar plant to be established at Cranbrook, B.C. M. M. Boyd, Bobcaygeon, Ont., who has large timber holdings on Vancou- ver Island, B.C., will build a mill to operate upon them. He is as yet undecid- ed whether to build on the Island or Burrard Inlet, since he owns water front- age there. The Rat Portage Lumber Company has established a logging camp at Ford Harbor, B.C., and will put about 1,000,000 feet of timber a month into the water. The Dempsey Logging Company, Limited has also opened a new camp at Can- nish Bay, Valdez Island. P. Welch, 325 Howe Street, Vancouver, B.C., has completed plans for the erection of a sawmill with a daily capacity of 50,000 feet to be erected at Chemainus, B.C. The machinery has been purchased. The engineers are @ J. B. Wier & Company, 737 Pacific Street, Vancouver. Timber berths No. 554 and No. 557, located near Pitt Lake, B.C., were ] auctioned off at the government timber office, New Westminster, recently. The former was bought by A. Barnett, Renfrew, Ont., for $7,570, the area being 2,428 acres; the latter brought $1,700, it being 753 acres in extent. The Empire Lumber Company, which owns extensive timber lands in the Toronto, - Ont. neighborhood of Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, is about to erect a tide- Should be on the desk of every water mill at Crofton, B.C. This concern is a constituent company of the American Finance & Security Company of New York City. W. C. Marsh is Lumber Dealer. president, C. C. Young is vice-president and will be the resident manager. The capital stock of the company is $7,000,000, and the timber purchased a few years ago from the Canadian Pacific railroad comprises part of the E. & N. railway grant. It is about 100,000 acres in extent. The British Canadian Lumber Corporation has organized a bond issue of $3,500,000, secured by an 8 per cent. note issue for three years to the amount of e e $3,600,000. The directors asked for a minimum subscription of $1,000,000, and R d d Wh t P - this was over-subscribed by the shareholders. The company paid $700,000 on e an J e ne timber limit purchases November 15, and will pay another $500,000 January 1. With the money available, all liabilities may be paid off, and a working balance . of $700,000 left. This concern has a large mill at Coal Harbor in Vancouver, a Spruce new plant at New Westminster, and a mill on the Little Slocan River, Kootenay. We carry a large stock of e The Kootenay Mills, Limited, head office Moose Jaw, Sask., has been form- L b d T b ed to take over the property of the W. E. Cooke Lumber Company, including um er an im er a mill and a sash and door factory at Kaslo and 5,400 acres of limits in the Duncan River and Lardo River district. J. Wright Sifton, Moose Jaw, presi- dent of the Executors and Administrators’ Trust Company, is president of the new company and the secretary is Mr. R. H. Fulton, of Moose Jaw, general ; manager of the Bank of Saskatchewan. The new company will rebuild the Os, aC are 0 ra Cooke mill at Kaslo and install modern machinery. The old mill will be used e Fe cut the lumber for the new one. Rads cl apache a it is reported, about M t l O the end of January. When the Cooke mill was formerly operating there were on two other mills on Kootenay Lake, the Watts mill at Proctor, and the Yale- sh ttawa Columbia mill at Nelson. These two were destroyed by fire. 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Kent’s Cordwood Splitter Conveyor of logs to saw. Steam hold down. Cut-off saw. Conveyor from saw to splitter. 5.) Steam piston. Steam head block. Can be used as friction drive to carry wood out. . Vertical splitter. . Adjustable horizontal splitter. . Delivery table. PP EN = — =S9 @N . HE expensive operation of splitting cordwood has been reduced 50% in cost. Every kind of timber no matter how crooked or knotty can be easily split by the Kent Cordwood Splitter. Cut-over limits may be turned into good profit. The splitter can be set up in the woods and while your Winter operations are in full swing—roads made and equip- ment running—you can send all logs unfit for lumber to the Splitter where they will | be quickly made into cordwood ready for shipping. . If the splitter is used in the woods a boiler of the 35 h.p., 90 lbs. or more working pressure will supply ample power. If in the yard a 2” pipe line from boiler plant will run the Kent Cordwood Splitter. ad Ah wer, ™ Send us your inquiries Kent Cordwood Splitter Company MEAFORD, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKEK ee WW. AS AE U Pp 99 Rip Van Winkle slept for twenty years vetsinglis world moved on. Of course, Rip never did anything of the kind literally. Irving used him to typify a class of New Yorkers who were direct descendants of the found- ers of New Amsterdan, who never progressed and of whom he was very fond of making fun. | To us Rip Van Winkle typifies a-Behind- the-Ti imer. You will find him . in every business and in every walk of life. You'll find him in the lumber _ usiness—but he never uses a 7/7 Model 5 unless he ‘‘wakes up” f — \ The new book on Model 5 will prove to you that no other Planer and Maegan is SO quite up-to-date as the American. ‘ Ge us send you a copy of the book. Q an Write the Sales Office Nearest You. 1 ie “3 —— a . / us / —_ , t A i ‘ Sales Offices : . : ‘ Sales Offices :- NEW YORK American Wood Working Machinery Co, PORTLAND, ORE. 90 West Street 3 e 19th and Wilson St. CHICAGO Executive and General Sates Offices: SPOKANE, WASH. Sharples Bldg NEW ORLE j ; por geo te on Sts. ANS Canal-La. Bank Bldg. Rochester, N. Y. 46 Fremont St. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS A Adams Launch & Engine Co. ... American Engine &. Boiler Wks. American Woodworking Machin- ery Co. aia. Coane a Anderson & iGo, (GGe -- Argall Bros. : Atkins Company, E, G: Atlantic Lumber Co. .. Sse WUE hie SOlletah sei cue re eee B Baldwin Locomotive Works .. .. Bartram Brothers, Limited .. Batts, Dimutediate ie. ape Berlin. Machine “4 Actes =a ALR, a Beck Mfg. Co., Benson & nels a Bradley Lumber Co., E. C. Brennen & Sons, M. .. Breeze, Denison & Co Bromley, William H. .. Burstally& "Cony. =. Cc Caflisch Bros. Sore Cameron & Connie. x ser ets Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Co. . Canadian Locomotive Co. : Canada Wood Specialty Co. Ltd. Can. Mach. Corporation, Ltd. .. Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. .. Can. H. W. Johns-Manville Co. . Can. Linderman Company .. . Canadian Office & School rarde ture Company .. Can. Western Lumber oo Cane Company, J. G. .. Cant Saisemp’.. <. Capital Wire Cloth iow Carborundum Company Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. Christy-Moir Company é Cleveland-Sarnia Saw Mills Cay. GlimaxeMic,; Company... =. =. 4: Cling Surface Company .. Clyde Iron Works .-. Coghlin Co., B. J. .. Colonial Lumber Co. .. D Dalhousie Lumber Co. .. .. ..°. Dawkins Lumber Co., W. H... .. Dixon Crucible Co., Jos. .. Diver, J. M. see eee 22 00 B. C. Fir,/ 8%, 10" and ee shiplap Be ft.) 5's ale Fine common 6/4 ...... ...... .. 65 00 Fine common 8/4 ...... .. some .. 67 00 No. 1 .Cutsf4/4 §....0.5 venice PUREED 51 00 No.*1 Cuts "G/4 051.205 Ge eee 57 00 No. 1 sCuts 16/4 oe oe aseiee Bo se . 59 00 No. 2A@uts "8/4 “tists dacnee tae eee 61 00 No: 2) Cutae4/e. 3 e.0.i vbae om cine 52 00 No. 2° 'Cuits (G/N es ode Serene? oom ees 43 00 INO! 2. (Gnts 6/45 nos dat cislamtne cette 45 00 No. 2 Cuts 50 00 No. 3 Cuts . 33 00 No. 3 Cuts . 34 00 No. 3 Cuts . 36 00 Dressing B/4 case . 46 60 Dressing 5/4 x 10 - 51 00. Dressing 5/4 x 12 . 52 00 No. 1 Moulding 5/4 ..... . 58 00 No. 1 Moulding 6/4 . 58 On No. 1 Moulding 8/4 58 OC CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 7 Tested in the | oe on Laboratory of Time __ DIssTON” For scores of years Disston Saws have been tried out under all sorts of conditions. They have successfully stood up to all natural requirements, and passed through many an ordeal for which they were never intended This has inevitably led to increasing demand. Today they are used in a majority of the lumber mills and camps of the ~ DISSTON SAWS are distinguished for the highest grade of material and work- manship—which includes hardening and tempering, tensioning, etc.—that is the natural result of generations of saw-makers working with similar ideals, under the guidance of men who have the accumulated experience of nearly three-quarters of a century to draw upon. The facilities and experience of this plant make possible the production of these unequalled saws—the ex- cellence of the saws have made this plant the greatest saw works in the world. Have you a copy of our Handbook? Free for the asking. HENRY DISSTON & SONS LIMITED Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works TORONTO, CANADA | Branch at Vancouver, B. C. ——— Bei wer meen Siptcreerwseast ere vase ZINVMNS Reg. U. S. Pat. Off. 72 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CURRENT LUMBER PRICES — Continued Wo, 2 Moulding 5/4 .....5 we. cecueees 47 OU SAP BIRCH Not 2G } a | 5 = spruce laths No. 2 Moulding 6/4 ...... ..0... +... 44 GO 4/4 38-40 26-28 20 - 22 Barn B aap ce Rs i as, £5 re A ee he SF ie 3°90 Mo: 2 Moulding 8/4) ws. sic< vet oe eee 47 UD 5/4andup 40 - 42 28 - 30 20 - 22 PATE DICArOU; N01 Ui ae ae eee ae tin Ney Le asm NK BS aia rarenccteravarcie waren) es Ob Xo. 1, 1 x lu .. 38 UU seed aiersi ct aecGh ae ae ee ee 31 00 SOFT ELM No; 1, 1 x7 8) .. 37 UU New Brunswick Cedar Shingles Watt SSeHET: sc SOued ee ihe ee eee 36 OU _ 4/4 38 - 40 O17 e129 18 - 20 No. 2, 1x 12... 40/00) 42°00" “Sextraswe ue 3 Gar een - 835 35 Nes 2 hac sme candisnsene os, can DNOU 5,6 & 8/4. 40 - 42 29-3 20 - 22 rose 25 4 x lu .. 35 WW 46 jr Cleara: 5205's cates Se - 325 .3°40 Nai/0 iron. ts See OCE eee eee = | SV GEr ae No. 2, x S,.. 3400 35 00 Second clears ...... ..ceeeeee 275 8 No-3.Barn Is 6iand!'8yi2.....aceneey 26 00 4/4 36 ah pint’ 99 19 - 21 No. 3, 1 x 12 .. 83200 3300 Clear whites ...... ...... a a No.3 ann: 1x) 10sec smears -pamen neo Thicker 88. 40° 690.81 BL 9B No. 3, 1 x 1 .. 29 WU 30 00 kextra Is (Clear whites out) 1 50 Box 1 x66 and wup. cose esse Cee eOD % BALIN One pe ’ } No. 3,1x8.. 29 00 [extra 1s (Clear whites in) 1 00 Raed se 10! oe woke cto Yee ee LUD 4/4 Ae 56 : 35 - 37 23 --25 Canadian spruce boards ...... 25 00 2600 Red Cedar Extras, 16-in. 5 butts (RS Rees 1 ie a eet aN CRIES 2600 5/40 8/4 BE. BS. 87.39 25. 97 SPruce, 10 in. dimension. 28°00 to Bin. yo cust 5 3 65 Rox tix 13 and up) cameey set ece 30 00 ; ies Spruce, 12 in. dimension ... ... 2900 Red Cedar Eurekas, 18-inch Bigs iolowing “anotatiots. on: Sardwandecse ASH, WHITE AND BROWN Spruce, 9 in. and under dimen. 26 00 5 Butta to.2i0. sae eee 4 25 present the jobber buying price at Buffalo 4/4 oe - 50 30 - 32 21 - 23 Spruce, 8 in. and under dimen. 25 00 Red Cedar Perfection, 5 butts meat chonawanda: 5/4 to 8/4 - 57 39 - 34 92 - 24 10 and 12 in. random lengths, ta ZIG nc care oh) wise pee 4 80 10/4 and up A - 66 44 - 46 24 - 26 10 fb. and. sspeicats sce reetoe 26 00 Washington 16-in. 5 butts to 2- MAPLE BOSTON, MASS 2x3, 2.x 4, 2.55; 2x 62 7 in, extra red clear ...... . £0 8.60 1s &2s No.1Com. No.2 Com. et aaa an and 3 x 4 random lengths, 10 The Pearl City Veneer Company, James- 4/4 33 - 35 28 - 25 17 - 19 White pine uppers, 1 to 2 in... 96 00 98 00 feet _and Ae iaeiw c/n tee 21 00 2200 ~ town, N.Y., report prices of veneers as fol- 5/4to 8/4 36 - 38 a5. 27 17 - 19 Selects 1 to. 2uimcua arian nee 80 00 8800 All other random lengths, 7-in. lows.. 1/30-in. maple, $3.75 per M. feet; 1/24- 10/410 16/4 40 - 42 30 . 32 32 - 24 Fine common, 1 in. ...... .... 68 00 70 00 and under, 10 ft. and up .. 2100 2150 in maple, $4.00 per M. feet; 1/20-in. maple, / Fine common, 1% to 2 in. ..... 70 00 7200 65-inch and up’ merchantable $4.25 per M. feet; 3/16-in. 3-ply maple, sand- RED BIRCH No. 1 (Cite Lame seein See aire 55 00 boards, 8 ft. and up, p 1s .. 23 00 ed one side, 3%c. per ft.; %-in. —_ maple, 4/4 44 - 46 320 - 32 18 - 20 No. 1 Cuts: 134 to/2iin, ~. 02... 60 00 6400 1 x 2 and 1 x 8 furring, p 1s sanded one side 4c per ft. All F.O.B. James- 5/4to 8/4 46 - 48 32 - 34 ., 20 - 22 Nio;., (2). Cute: clr arma a ee 40 00 clipped and bundled ........ 23.00 town, New York. COTTON BELTS LEATHER BELTS GANDY BELTS ; All Need CAMEL HAIR BELTS | |. BALATA BELTS | Cling-Surface Pay for Bags, Sacking, Freight, Handling, Cadging on light dirty oats, when the above items of cost are the same on Heavy, Clean, “National” Oats RUBBER BELTS ROPE DRIVES Here is one more proof—an_ un- biased recommendation through the January Woodworker: \ .“Have had in use for fifteen months on a 5 kw. dynamo, a 5 in. three-ply cotton belt which has proved very sat- isfactory. “Before putting belt to work I stuif it full of Cling-Surface and find I have a belt which handles the load in even better shape than a first-class leather belt and at just about one-third the cost. “T also use the same kind of belt and method of treating in light feed belts on various machines with per- fect satisfaction.” The man who ‘wrote the above, (name unknown to us) certainly thinks well of Cling-Surface, but so does every ody who uses it. actual installations, always do better Notice, he said, “I stuff it fuil of with this treatment properly used. Cling-Surface.” That’s the proper way Investigate __ Cling-Surface person- to treat a belt. The outside is of sec- ally and you will find it a real essen- ondary importance. Reach the inside tml to efficient belt management. of the belt. Let us have a trial order and if the 7 S - ’ ak All belts are improved by. Cling-Sur- Cling-Surface doesn’t make good the aa . . trial won’t cost a cent. Ask for our face treatment. Even good rubber literature and let us quote f.o.b. To- belts, as we have repeatedly proved in ae ae Cling Surface Co 1021 Niagara St Buffalo N Y New York Boston Chicago Denver Atlanta Memphis Toronto Etc 64 “AJAX” The World’s Strongest Chain Do your log loading with the “Ajax” loading chain, every link of which is guaranteed. The illustration tells a convincing story. purchased direct from producers. and shipped from our elevators in the heart of the best oat sections of the Western Provinces. Write or wire for quotations National Elevator Company, Limited WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Port Arthur, Ont. _ Calgary, Alta. ’ Above Cut shows a piece of 932 inch Chain proof tested to 3,000 Ibs. - Manakectaxed sone Be Standard Chain Company Pittsburgh, Pa. The World’s Largest Chain Producers. Showing, the same pulled to destruction, breaking at 7,800 Ibs. Mee ey inatecar naan ee ces Bldg. (See how this Chain stretched before breaking,) Vancouver: John Burns, 329 Railway St. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “I Se Automatic Knife Grinder and Saw Gummer This combination ma- chine will be a valu- able addition to your ; e 9 e e plant and will pay for D S | d B It D itself in a short time. lxon S 0 l e ressing This is one of the Belt slippage means loss of power and wear of Belts. many Automatic Knife Slippage is prevented and wear min-mized by the use of Dixon's Grinders and Saw Solid Belt Dressing. It is cleanly—easily applied while the belt Sharpeners manufac- is running—increases the adhesiveness without causing stickiness tured by us. —contains no injurious elements. Write for our com- Write for ‘“‘ The Proper Care of Belts”, No. 238. plete catal og — it is yours for the Made in JERSEY CITY, N.J. by The asking. SAMUEL C. ROCERS & GO. is Lock st. BUFFALO, N.Y. Joseph Dixon, Crucible Company Established 1827 Veneer Press IRE and | and Dryer | IRE PRODUCTS for . , s e e Hydraulic and other, Presses Lumber Shippers, Pulp Mills, Shook Mills, etc. lt i , : We stock Extra Strong Annealed Wire for Car Stakes, etc., Built in. all aie -ieaeueci Bundling Wire for Box Shooks, Laths, Pickets, Boards etc., special conditions and Wire Ties for Barrel and Keg Heading and Staves. WRITE FOR PRICES Wire Bale~Ties, Single Loop and Crosshead Patterns, Wire Nails, AND QUOTATIONS Wire Staples, Wire Barrel Hoops. Write for Prices. ‘ Z Sole Manufacturers for papede of ee nage Steel Company’s Patent Steel Hoop bd or all slack cooperage. William R. Perrin : : ¥ and Company, Ltd. The Laidlaw Bale-Tie Co., Limited TORONTO, CANADA Winnipeg HAMILTON, Vancouver Harry F. Moulden & Son ONTARIO George W. Laidlaw HUTHER BROS. PATENT GROOVER OR DADO HEAD For cutting any width groove from one quarter inch to 2 inches or over Watch Your Watchman Not to keep track of him, but for the safety of your building. With The Hardinge Watchman’s Clock you can see at a glance if your building is being properly patrolled at night. The Hardinge System is guaranteed accurate—reliable— fool proof. Write for catalog C L and price list. ° Can be used on any Circular Saw Material. Will cut a perfect groove with or across the grain, H d B ( ] ) This is the only Dado Head on the market that gives entire aan x fra rhs all ae . oe NP a r 1 n gs e r oO Ss ® n Cc ® Screw adjustment. For difterent width grooves, simply reniove or add inside cutters, old by builders and denied of wood working Saiineci tn all pe ° the pated States. Will send on approval, in : 1 770 Berteau Avenue competition with any oth ke on the market; if not the best return at our expense. ° 4 HUTHER BROS. SAW MEG. CO. Inc., 1103 University Ave., Rocuester, N.Y., manufacturer Chicago, Ill. STATION Circular Saws, Morgan Pattern Lock-Corner Box Cutters, Concave Saws, etc. No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will withstand the severest kind oe eee of service. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. si The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Section of Griplock Riveted _ Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty 74 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER TENONER (GMG} TENONER 504 Tenoner with Double Copes Your attention is directed to our new No. 5094 TENONER. This machine‘has been on the market for a short time, in which OVER TWENTY have been sold and are giving universal satisfaction. In announcing this machine we offer a Tenoner in which every modern idea has been embodied. Our long experience with woodworking machinery has enabled us to build a Tenoner which will produce perfect work with great speed and ease of operation. Machine can be supplied with single or double copes, or cut off saw, as desired. Bulletin No. 504 detailing all the improvements which invite your investigation sent on request. Canada Machinery Corporation, Limits | Galt, Ontario ‘Largest Builders of High Class Wood-Working Machinery in Canada P . ; }- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Getting Acquainted HE best method we have for ‘‘ getting acquainted’ with a man is through a Leviathan Belt. When he has put that belt into use, and watched it day after day— then we know each other better ; he has faith in us and our goods—especially if he com- pares his “Leviathan” with some other belt. Main Belting Company of Canada, Limited . MONTREAL _ 24 Wellington St. West, TORONTO CANADA Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N. Y. Manufacturers of— Nailing Machines, Lock Cor- ner Box Machinery, | Box Board Matchers, Box Board Printing Machines. _ Every manufacturer of boxes; every manufacturer who has nails to drive in any article, or packages of any kind to manufacture, should write the Mor: gan Machine Company for latest developments in machinery for the Box Industry. Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N.Y. : ~I wn WICKES GANGS ‘As Staple in a Saw Mill as Sugar in a Grocery.’ FLAT GANGS Unexcelled in the manufacture of Flooring Strips Silo Stock Cedar Siding Door Stock Boards from cants and flitches, from either hard or soft woods. ROUND LOG GANGS JUST WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES —taking all your small logs just as they come from the pond and cutting them up into boards or dimensions, getting every board there is in the log, never over-slabbing (wish we could say this of all head sawyers.) Built to handle either one or two logs at once, up to 14 in. diameter. KEEP THE SMALL LOGS AWAY FROM THE HEAD SAW and CAR- RIAGE entirely, raise your cutting capacity, and install ecomony by the same stroke. Not an EXPERIMENT, but an ECONOMIC NECESSITY. Think it Over Carefully, then Write _ us for Details. eee “The Gang cannot ws Sissel Overslab.” Wickes Brothers 410 White Building -~ » SEATTLE, W ASA. Head Office, Saginaw, Michigan, U. S. A. Shiplap Box Lumber A Machine ‘for every 1ogain opera G86 8 CLYDE IRON WORKS Duluth, Minnesota.USA. 76 Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill Sizes Pissle i fe ae ct shai wis Diameter and Length Mandrel . 2 3/16 by 55 inches . 3 feet by 6 feet 3 inches Size Drive Pulley ... ... ... ... ««.- 20 by 10 inches with 16-foot Carriage Width “or Carriages .... c<% ave ssl usek in OO mre es Trucks ... ... ... ... T-inch wheels and 14-inch axles Length Tracks. .... sas» que vveltda, 40) 4anoriponreet Pony Lath Mill CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- quirements of thresher and saw mill men operating in small tracts of timber, as both husk and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- tween the standards of a wagon when moving from one setting Feed per Revolution of Saw ... ... ... 0 to 3% inches Style and Opening of Blocks ... ... ... C1-36 inches to another. Peed: Belt): .6:6) ~.. ou: pathic boo re cals 4-inch Gandy Style Mill Dogs ... ... bo ame ee . Pony Excelsior largest’ Diameter Saw van f, : 78 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Horizontal Slab Re-Saw A Horizontal Slab Re-saw will increase the capacity of a saw-mill from 15 to 25 M ft. at a less cost for equipment and a less cost for operation, than can be accomplished in any other way. One customer in Canada has purchased 7 of our Re-saws, another 4 and another 3. Catalogue gladly furnished without obligation to you. It also illustrates many special Box Factory Machines. The Stuart Machinery Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. Agents for Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Mereen-Johnson Machine Company, tsa. The locomotive illustrated was built for MacKenzie, Mann & Co., Contractors, Montreal, Canada, and represents the latest development in this type of locomotive. It is suitable for logging contractors, quar-- ries, mines and industrial service. It will haul 1,875 tons on level, and 160 tons on 3 per cent. grades. Consult us when in the market for new locomotives. Let us help you select the locomotive best suited to your needs. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS,. LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 79 CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES F08,W902 AN0 A 62-ton Climax Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp Curves. Any weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog “* H.” CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD., VANCOUVER, B.C. Mikado Type Locomotive, Polson Logging Co. The Mikado is a good type for heavy hauling, where runs are fairly long and high steaming capacity is needed. The locomotive illustrated traverses 30 degree curves, and can be used on rails weigh- ing 45-50 pounds per yard. It is simple in construction, strongly built, and rides well on uneven tracks. Especially adapted for heavy hauling on steep grades, sharp curves and uneven tracks. For logging, switching and pulling on main lines, mills, fur- maces and indus- trial purposes. When in need of a logging locomotive, consult The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. a Rs So 7 2 me ~ _ Sa —— Sa rad EO 2 me Engine being operated by the I rout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. of Trout Creek, Canada Just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. Heisler Locomotive Works ERIE, PA., U.S. A. Whitney Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wash., North Western Sales Agent ECONOMY IN LOGGING OPERATIONS ae years experience has taught us how to build logging and industrial locomotives that will give the greatest amount of power for the lowest fuel consumption. The simple and sturdy construction of our locomotives is also a notable feature. They are easy to control and economical in repair. Our Logging and Industrial locomotives are specially designed to meet the conditions under which they are expected to operate. Send for Specifications. Canadian Locomotive Co., Limited, Kingston, Ont. —- 80 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER TUNEL YT 97 ee lyf No Mountain Pass too Steep for the Horse shod with Red Tip Calks Nowhere are surefooted horses more necessary than in the dan- gerous mountain passes and steep slippery hills encountered daily by _ the Jumberman. Red Tip Horseshoe Calks here prove their value, and their cost 1s but a slight premium to pay as Horse Insurance. The -horse shod with Red Tip Calked Shoes is fearless and cap- able and can do the work required of him without danger to life or limb. Ask your horseshoer or send for Booklet 4 The Neverslip Mfg. Company f Canadian Office 559 Pius IX Ave., | | oi Montreal a New Brunswick, N. J. Montreal, Canada Factories { WHY you should install the Mahony Blower System in your Planing Mill Fifty per cent. higher efficiency than any other on the market to-day, uses % less power, costs less to install, no cyclone re quired, eliminates back pressure on the fan I will undertake to increase the Hi ana 8 of any system now installed 50 to 100¢ by the application of the Mahony Back Pressure valve on your fan, without using a scrap more of horse-power. YOU NEED this apparatusin your plant Write to-day for prices A. Mahony, 512 Wellington West, Toronto Modern Planing Mills Use SHELDONS EXHAUST — BN | Gidiag. Be? a =F See for yourself what our Exhausters will do for you in your particular plant. We guarantee our workmanship and reasonable prices. Send for our latest Booklet Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building Agents Ross & Greig, 412 St. James St. Robert Hamilton & Cy., Bank of Ottawa Bldg. ontreal ancouver ntrea’ 2 indley, Grose & Walker, 259 Stanley St. Gorman, Clancey & Grindley Wks Calgary and Edmonton. The Only A National Journal Electrical £ Paper in se Canada Managers Byes Superintendents ee 7 DNS Useful to Electricians Bae age Subscribers and Engineers of Electric Light Plants Profitable to Advertisers For free sample copy address Hugh C. MacLean, Ltd. ve 220 King Street West, Electricity TORONTO and Everybody Interested in - CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 81 72,000 Lath Per Day With Our “ Superior ” Lath Machine the only Lath Machine with Self-oiling Boxes. Write us for full particulars of this well-built and moderate-priced Lath Mill. Enquiries and correspondence invited. The Smith Foundry Co., Ltd. Successors to McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Mfg. Co. Fredericton, N. B. avast ed an € shi“ih= on el | £n 1 ce LOTHES.. PINS” “LUMBER: pARRELS: KEGS, SE OUR SPECIALTY. FOR, zPRICES AND ee ee PARTICULARS, sé PETER GERLACH: GEeueyeyanr. Hoisting Engines A strongly constructed and powerful machine with every attachment and convenience necessary for a complete hoisting or con- tractor’s outfit. Built in all sizes Particulars and prices on request. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Ltd. Chatham, N. B. “No checks or splits in veneers dried in the “Proctor” Method. Enormous produc- tion at low cost. Perfectly flat and pliable. Write for list of users.” Send for Bulletin No, 4 i —— » Tre PAILADELPAIA LEXTILE Macaivery Co. PAILADELPAIA, PA. Bo CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Mark No. 2 Iron Saw Frame, for Saws from 46” to 66” in diameter. F few parts; mounted on a unit base—one solid casting— with bearings fully water cooled; with every part adjustable and every part accessible; this machine is built for heavy produc- tion and long service. | Note especially the improved saw guide, the connected bearings and the freedom of interference with the driving belt, no matter from what position the machine is driven. Send a post card for our Bulletin on this machine, -it’s worth while. E. Long Manufacturing Co., Limited, Orillia, Canada R ted by: ‘ ; Robt. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver ae ee Stuart Machinery Co., Ltd., Winnipeg Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Calgary and Edmonton Williams & Wilson Ltd., Montreal CANADA LSMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER THAT FUNNY STORY! F anybody tells you that funny story—that the Waterous Com- pany are selling Sawmill Ma- * _chinery solely on the strength of a reputation—that we are building machinery that is behind the times; in other words that we are trying to hand the Canadian Sawmill trade a fossilized product—don’t you believe it. — ' We have been in business 60 years, it is true,—we are proud of it and say so wherever we can— but that doesn't mean that we are building Sawmill Machinery that is sixty years out of date. On the contrary, just because of that experience, we are in closest touch with Canadian sawmill conditions, and in the best possible position to build the right machinery’ to keep abreast—or a little ahead—of those conditions. Every new idea that is likely to improve Canadian sawmilling is given consideration in the designs we place on the market. No matter what success we may have with any machine we get out, we are willing to change it if it will do _ the work better or cheaper when altered. As anillustration. In 1909 we placed a new Band Mill on the mar- ket that was a success from the start. It is being used in place of > other makes in many of Canada’s largest sawmills to-day. We issued a catalogue in the same year to describe the working and construction of this machine. Just now we are reprinting this catalogue—and we are spending more than $300.00 to buy new cuts to illustrate the improvements we have made in this new Mill since it was put on the> market less than five years ago. TJs that letting a reputation sell machinery for us ? | And remember this—our motto is ‘ Up-to-date machinery tor up- to-date mills’ —and our machinery is built to conform to this motto. ‘When you specify Waterous you specify machinery that is modern in every way—and that is backed up by a reputation that is sixty years old. as eS ¥ if | The Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd. BRANTFORD, CANADA wt. | ' gg | A - fi * H i i s Agency—H. B. Gilmour, Vancouver, B. C. Branch—Winnipeg, Man. ee ee /. r ea *, . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “FROST KING” METAL Our thirty five years experience in metal mixing enables us to place on the market a babbit that we believe to be absolutely perfect. For high speed mach nery and engine work it is with- out an equal. It is specially designed for saw-mills, planing mils, threshing engines, traction $5,000,000.00 engines, pumps, rolling mills, pulp machinery, and all classes of stationary engines. It is a high grade metal made of the very best selected stock, and carefully compounded. worth of mixed metal If your dealer does not stock this, write us and we will take pleasure in making you a ship sold annually. ment of a 25 Ib. box. HOYT METAL CO., Toronto, Canada Have factory and office at Eastern Avenue and Lewis Street, Toronto, Canada Factories also at :— New York, N. Y. London, Eng. St. Louis, Mo. BATTS LIMITED THE WEST TORONTO LEATHER MANUFACTURERS OF B E L T Staved Columns Veneered Doors Newel Posts Sashes - Flooring Trim Pine Doors and Frames Turned Newel Posts and Balusters Bir Pampa MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER BATTS LIMITED The J. C. McLaren Belting Co. MANUFACTURERS Limited WEST TORONTO, ONT. | General Mill Supplies MONTREAL H. Walt ers & Sons Fueiteee VANCOUVER, 02 Limited L a i aa eh bi, a ‘The rapid cutting File is the economical File Files Branded Regn ge ae eet ceed Mieke « Eten: Eagle ites Wiggs. 25% More Weld = 25% More Strength = 25% More Wear are rapid cutters made by noe made a NICHOLSON FILE COMPANY | |si. catherines, Ont Port Hope, Ont. by McKinnon Chain Co. #” chain broken at 11,770 lbs. ‘Tested at McGill University in 1909 Taye Our Transmission, Steam Goods, Woodworking : Machinery and Machine Shop Supply Dept. will be par- ticularly interesting to you. Anything from Dick Balata Belt to Yale & Towne Hoists can be secured at our nearest warehouse. The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co., Limited Concentrate your buying ¢iy4. and secure better service (Pej) Canada’s Departmental House of Mechanical Goods provides an. exceptional opportunity for economical Suvitiae ; _ Canada’s Departmental House of Mechanical Goods More than twelve different departments, each a separate business in itself in charge of competent men New’Montreal Warchouse Montreal Toronto St. John, N.B. are ready to give you the advantage of their experience. 84-98 St. Antoine Street. Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver es Ge ' ___-—*See Our Dick’s Balata Belt Advertisement on Page 51 © UNLINED LINEN FIRE HOSE (Circular Woven and Seamless) : 7) “Underwriters Best” Red and Blue Stripe M42E to conform to the requirements of the Associated Factory Fire Insurance Companies and is approved and accepted under every high-grade flax-hose specification. - GUARANTEED WATER-PRESSURE 500 LBS. PER SQUARE INCH : Stocks carried by The A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER F. REDDAWAY & COMPANY “ssiPuts Sole Makers of Have You Tried Them ? They are pumps that live. Let us know your requirements. The Smart Turner Machine Co. Limited Hamilton - Canada THE STRONGEST CHAIN | “*Weldless i —aio "i Steel Chain’ ae, a . ~ Pal a | cf in ) wy a i. re | . : Photograph of 7/16-inch Weldless Steel Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 lbs.), or fully double the Admira]ty breaking load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of area at the fracture. ‘’ CAN YOU BEAT ITP WRITE FOR PARTICULARS 'B. J. COGHLIN CO., Limited “" a MONTREAL isch Alphabetical Index to Advertisers, page 66 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products THE ee STOCK LINES HARDWOOD Ss 34 on . — oo FLOORINE Pointer No. 1.—Government Tests show that in wearing qualities it will out-last Birch or Oak. Pointer No. 2.—Its appearance is rich and even in color, similar to Extra Selected Red Oak Stock. Pointer No. 3.—On account of its close texture, it machines nicely and does not sliver. Pointer No. 4.—-Our stock is from around Midland, where the finest Beech and Maple in North America grows. Pointer No. 5.—This stock runs strong to Long Lengths. Cyne Pointer No. 6.—\t makes the Best hardwood flooring. MIDLAND a Pointers a G3 BEECH | 4 Dwellings. KILN DRIED BORED FOR NAILING SIDE & END MATCH SIDE & END MATCHED HOLLOW BACK 7 8 Grading, Ete. eae a ~ Selected Red :—Has one face clear of all defects and is selected for color. Lengths 3 ft. to 16 ft. Mill Run:—Contains product of the board with No. 2 strictly out. 13/16” stock runs strongly to clear shot . edie! ; : y 3 Sly ; 75% being clear. 9/16 stock is practically all clear. : 4 Flooring is measured 34 in. over face. | 13/1 6” Flooring Standard Widths are 134, 2%, and 234 in. face. i 9/16” Flooring Standard Widths are 1343 2, and 2% in. face. ( 13/16’ Selected Red, Standard Widths .................. $54.00 per M. 9/16’ Selected Red, Standard Widths .............. $44.00 per M. PRICES 13/16’ Mill Run, Standard Widths ...............00000 44.00 per M. _— 9/16" Mill Run, Standard Widths...............0:000 36.00 per M. Prices above are. F.0.B. Cars, Midland Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. Manufacturers from the Tree to the Finished Product Midland ~~ - Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS Your Orders ed and White Pine We are in position to take care of orders for almost anything in Red and White Pine. In addition to a large assortment of 1, 2, 3 & 4", we have on hand the following dimension timber in Red and White Pine. 6x 6 — 10/20 60,000’ 10 x 12 — 12/18 15,000 6x12— 16 & 18 2,000° 12 x 12 — 12/24 60,000 8 x 12 — 12/20 6,000’ Prompt shipment can be made of any of the above. We also have a dry Kiln and Planing Mill in connection, and are in position to do milling on short notice. George Gordon & Company Limited CACHE BAY : - ONTARIO Stock List of Unsold Lumber Now Ready Write for copy The Colonial Lumber ve Limited. Pembroke, Ont. “Golden Rod” The Soft Cork Short Leaf | Yellow Pine Finish The Finest Finish Produced Specialists in Quartered Oak The stock with the flashy figure A COMPLETE STOCK OF AMERICAN HARDWOODS Wistar, Underhill & Nixon, Philadelphia, Pa. Canadian Representative —G. H. Johnson, 125 Ty as Mason, Gordon & Co. 2%.'* Montreal, Que. Everything in Timber Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Write, Wire or ’Phone for Prices = Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Too Large Hocken can deliver the goods. Hemlock, Pine, H ardwoods With our mill running day and night we are able to supply special bills in Pine and Hemlock. HOCKEN LUMBER CO, LIMITED OTTER LAKE, STATION, ONT. 13 FT. STOCK 1x9, 114x9 and 2x9. GOOD GRADE AND SEE STOCK LIST MANUFACTURE BELOW For Quick Shipment from Stock in Yard. Rail or Water Deliveries. 8 13x6 2x3 2x8 DRY SPRUCE, 10 to 13 feet LENGTHS (mostly 13 a et). We also solicit Special Sawing Bills of 13 foot Spruce for future delivery. QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, _ Portland, Maine 6 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER JOHN GILLIES DAVID pap J. S. GILLIES “se GILLIES BROS. atessie*@ir Limited Manufacturer WHITE PINE RED PINE SPRUCE Planing Mill, Yard and Office New York City MORRISTOWN, N. Y. Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway Georgian Bay Lumber Co. Limited Fraser Bryson Lumber Co., Ltd. Wholesale Lumber Dealers Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario White Pine Red Pine Spruce Lumber and Lath | Manufacturers of High Grade Lumber Laths Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. “Everything in Lumber’”’ Office, “Sheers. Ottawa, Can. ee H. Garrett Lumber Co. Long Leaf Timbers, Fong eae Short Leaf Finish Large Stocks of Sized or Rough Hemlock and Yellow Wotbetan ‘Tes and ae a ‘ é ‘ J Pine, in the Rough Rican waa! Avie: Railroad Material Cedar Telegraph and Electric Railway Poles 20 to 80 ft. Write for prices Timber for R. R. Construction and OFFICE :—413 Hammond Bldg. Commercial Purposes, a Specialty. Phone Cadillac 2275 Send your inquiries and orders to :— General Sales Office Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 7 Quebec Spruce ana Hemlock Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave, MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office BROMLEY Look where you will, “Bromley’s” is the best stock in sight Red and White Wholesale P l N F. Lumber Lath Wm. H. Bromley Shingles < Pembroke, Ont. Md - Bie 4 . r CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF Mills on G. T. Ry. LONGFORD EE S ca abe er On T. &N.O EARLTON and M'LEAGE 156} The Rideau Lumber Co., Limited Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. 1913 Sawing SPRUCE Dry Factory White Pine—All thicknesses. Nice Line 1 x 4 and up—6/11 Moulding White Pine: Winter mill now sawing. Can cut bills in Hemlock, Pine or Spruce. Spiles and ties for quick shipment. Planing mill in connection with saw mill at Fesserton. Fesserton Timber Company, Limited 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock Toronto, Canada 801-2 C.P.R. Building, Cor. King & Yonge l WANT YOUR ORDERS and solicit your inquiries for Pine, Spruce, Hemlock, Hardwoods, Lath Deal with me and you will be satisfied every time. Wholesale Dealer in Rough and C SP ENCER Dressed Lumber, Lath J P F and Shingles Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec In Transit 4 Cars 1 x 6to 12B & B Steam Dried Yellow Pine Finish 3 Cars 3 X B. C. Shingles, A Cotton Brand THE LONG LUMBER CO. HAMILTON, ONT. Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined promptly. merit a still larger increase. 250,000,000 feet constantly in stock insures filling any reasonable order Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY Hibernia Building New Orleans, La. ee rll ——l—e—eeeeEe——e CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Limited Fraser Fredericton, N. B. SELLING AGENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited Cabano, P. Q. Fraser Lumber Co., Limited Plaster Rock, N. B. F & M Lumber Co., Limited Whitworth, P. Q. MANUFACTURERS OF Spruce Lumber Rough and Finished Shingles, Lath, Piano Sounding Board Stock, etc. We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie”? Brand N. B. Cedar Shingles 21.4". Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario Points || Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Dalhousie, New Brunswick Agents for Ontario R, Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited Toronto If You Need a Position a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you. If You are a Capable Man no matter how small or how big your present position may be, an advertisement in this paper will put you in touch with every existing possibility. The rates are most reasonable, write us. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto The | ae J. B. Snowball Co. Limited Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada FOR SALE 20 M. 3 x 41/2 Spruce 10 ft., and up 50 M. 2x5 2 i 20 M. 2x3 i oa - 20 M. 21/2 x 6 at 5 4 30 M. 21/2 x 7 4 i = 140 M. 3 x 4 and 5 “ Z le 300 M. 3x6 e 7 . All in good shipping condition. Now contracting for delivery during the coming Summer for 1 x 4, 5 and 6 Spruce, also 2’ Spruce. CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED Edward Partington Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Head Office, St. John, N.B. Mills: St. John, N.B. Blackville, N.B. Marysville, N.B. Manufacturers of Bleached Sulphite Pulp Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber, Laths Hardwoods JoHN MoKrercow, W.K.GRAFFTEY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Montreal Office: 759 Notre Dame St., W. Ottawa Office : 46 Elgin St. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 18 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Milland Novelty Works. All kinds of Hard and Softwood Lumber. Send me your requirements, I can furnish you stock that will please. HONE 37 RESIDENCE 15 WIARTON, Ont. NR SE HAEBERLE LUMBER CO. LUMBER AND TIMBER White Pine, Norway Yellow Pine, Hemlock Oak Mouldings, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Cedar Poles and Ties, Yellow Pine Timber a Specialty. Interior Trim Mill Work. NIACARA FALLS, N.Y. e Hardwood Flooring The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON BROS., LTD. For prices write W. F. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 TORONTO Portable — CLOCKS We are the only MANUFACTURERS in America WRITE US FOR DETAILS Hardinge Bros., Inc. 1775 Berteau Ave., CHICAGO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lumber We are in the market for the output of mills manufacturing White and Red Pine Spruce, Jack Pine or Hemlock also the output of mills manu- facturing any or all kinds of Canadian Hardwoods — Write us at once. Will pay the high- est cash prices and ship stocks out promptly. We are buying now our 1914 stocks. Write us giving list of lumber you have or amount you expect to have this season. C. G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited Manufacturers and _ Strictly Wholesale Dealers in Lumber 206 Manning Chambers Toronto THE MEAFORD LUMBER CO. have the following stocks, namely: _ Maple, Birch, Ash, Basswood Elm, Spruce, Hemlock and Pine We deal in all kinds of Sawn umber. We will be pleased to answer all enquiries and to quote close prices. THE MEAFORD LUMBER CO. TORONTO E Buy, Sell and dealin all kinds of Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine. Oak. Red- wood, Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. AUGER & SON QUEBEC The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Limited Manufacturers: Lumber, Hardwood Flooring, Handles, Poles, Bed Frame Stock, Cheese Box Hoops, Heading, Baskets, Etc. Write, Telegraph or Telephone ~ your orders Orillia, Ont. R, LAIDLAW LUMBER CO. LIMITED Toronto . Sarnia Buffalo SPECIALTIES Sawed Hemlock Red Cedar Shingles White Pine Lath Bass and Poplar Siding James Gillespie Pine and Hardwood Lumber Lath and Shingles North Tonawanda, N. Y. James W. Se W. Sewall For eleven years my business has been growing. Since 1910 I have made detailed timber esti- mates and maps of over 700,000 acres of land. In 1913 on one contract alone I planted 200,000 trees. Experience and system aid correctness and efficiency. Let me serve you. Timber Estimates Boundary Surveys Topographical Maps Planting 16 Centre Street Old Town, Maine OATS, HAY, Bran, Shorts and Flour —Car Loaps— A. W. FAIRWEATHER Traders’ Bank Bldg., TORONTO HOBART & CO. CHOICE Southern Hardwoods ‘Copia, Kiln Dried North Carolina Pine Send Us Your Inquiries 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Yard at Prison Point Cable Address ‘“‘Hobco, Boston.” Success or Failure in modern lumbering depends in an increasing degree on thorough knowledge of operating condi- This knowledge when obtained by our cruises and timber-land reports is de- pendable. Munson- Whitaker Co. Consulting Forest Engineers Chicago, 512 Comm’! National Bank-Bldg. New York oston 622 res Bldg. Pittsburgh, 900 Arrott Bldg. Saw Mill Help Competent employees for saw mills and woodworking plants - are scarce. The best of them read this paper regularly. To get in touch with good men send a ‘“ Want Ad” to the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker 220 King Street West, TORONTO CANADA LUMBERMAN “Well Bought is Half Sold” Special Hardwood Offer 125,000 ft. 4/4” No. 1 Common & Better Birch 12,000 ft. 4/4” 40,000 ft. 4/4” 40,000 ft. 4/4” 18,000 ft. 4/4” 16,000 ft. 6/4” No. 1 Common Birch No. 2 Common Birch No. 1 Common & Better Basswood No. 2 Common Basswood Firsts & Seconds Basswood F.0.B. Deer Lake Dry and Well Manufactured Good Grades Prompt Shipments Order early and avoid delay by Car shortage Graves, Big wood & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Pine ana Hemlock Lumber 1026-32 Traders Bank Bldg, Toronto,Ont. Mills: Byng Inlet, Ont. AND WOODWORKER (ant & Kemp We are Buyers of Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce Veneers Handles (3 or more ply) (all descriptions) Staves Hoops Headings JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. Bootle, Liverpool, England London Office Dashwood House 9 Bened St., E.C. 52 St. Enoch Square GLASGOW Timber Brokers Cable Address, ‘‘Tectona,” Glasgow A1 and A BC Codes used ARNWORTH & JARDINE Cable Address; Farnworth, Liverpool WOOD BROKERS and MEASURERS 2 Dale Street, liverpool, and Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Liverpool England A. MILLER Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Office and Yard: 893 Eagle St. BUFFALO, N. Y. The Penetanguishene Planing Mill Sash and Door Factory Planing of all kinds done by carload. Rail- road Switch in connection with mill. All classes pe eee material, lime and cement fors ALPHONSE TESSIER, Builder & Contractor PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO rr STAQNAL USS texa gonal Lumber Crayon No} STAONAL LUMBER CRAYONS Waterproof Permanent ill not wash or rub off. SUPERIOR MFG. CO., LIMITED 93 Church Street, Toronto FOR SALE For Immediate Shipment Hardwood Lumber Moulding, Sash and Doors SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood in transit on the Intercolonial Railway. The Rimouski Industrial Co., Ltd. Rimouski, P.Q. 12 CANADA LUMBERMAN Watson & Todd, Limited OTTAWA, ONTARIO Dry Norway and White Pine All Sizes and Grades California White Pine California Sugar Pine and Arizona Soft Pine Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber 4* LOUIS WUICHET Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS For low prices and prompt shipment of Yellow Pine Timbers Short Leaf Finish Chestnut --- Oak --- Ash Cypress New Brunswick Shingles Fred S. Morse Lumber Co. Box 1600 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. Limited SUDBURY, ONT. Manufacturers of Lumber and Lath, Planing Mill Work General Office, Sudbury, Ont. AND WOODWORKER Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada Notice To Lumber Manufacturers In order to meet the keen compet- ition in the lumber market, you insist on machinery of the highest efficiency to reduce your mill expenses. Why not pay a little attention to the expenses of your drive. A Shaw Motor-Headworks will save you Time, Timber, Men and Money For further particulars write RUSSEL BROTHERS Fort Frances, Ont. ESTABLISHED 1855 THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. OF PENETANGUISHENE Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. HEMLock BILLsTuFF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait to write. Phone us your requirements. All stock sized or matched if required. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 13 WE BUY FOR CASH|| JOHN DONOGH & CO. Mill Cuts of Wholesale Dealers ° 5.6.8 Dre: R Pine, Spruce and Hemlock Spruce.<, { 1,~-4568 Dressad'or Rough Write Us Red Pine 1 x 4-5-6, Dressed or Rough C. A. Larkin Lumber Co’y., Limited White Pine | ! x 4,2pd wider Mill Cull 627 Confederation Life Building, ALL DRY STOCK. TORONTO, ONTARIO 1205 TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO F. N. Wa pig, President. R. S. Wa.piE, Vice President. y OUR ( ARD W. E. Harper, Secretary. he || ON THIS PAGE Victor la Har bor will reach your present and pro- Lumber Co., Ltd. spective customers oftener than your travellers, Manufacturers of @ Keep your name before lumber Lumber, Lath buyers by constant advertising. and Shingles | @ Familiarity breeds business. Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. cine pS Tr Age g HEAD OFFICE. ast, TORONTO, ONT. hela? bisepaahe tht rial 12-14 Wellington Street East, Toronto, Ontario R. B. ELGIE, Managing Director J. B. JARVIS, Sec.-Treas. The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Co., Ltd. LUMBER MERCHANTS, 18 Toronto Street, TORONTO, ONT. Telephone Main 5584 Pine, Hemlock and Spruce (Rough or Machined) Lath and Crating Material For Immediate Shipment— 4000 HEMLOCK TIES 3000 CEDAR TIES 100 M 10x10 HEMLOCK TIMBER Spears & Lauder Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers 501 Kent Building - Toronto 14 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 0 > BIO ROES0'G BLE O TI EACLE | | BL @xe IO; SLID QO? Oss MeO OLD Io C e, OF) F Ke OL orks ‘ BF ae OU se caser nar ate tay sor eer" “Es p C420. Je o) J. Burstall & Company > Timber and Lumber Merchants Shippers of All Kinds Head Office, Quebec, Que. of Lumber and Timber Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England WINTER SAWING We have started “ Double Tower ” © ie New Mill commenced operating on January 5th, and is now running steadily. We_ started double tower, that is run- ning night and day, on January 15th. We are open to contract for our Hardwoods and Softwoods, and would be pleased to receive any enquiries for special bills. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited - Fassett, Que. River Quelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED | q & St. Pacome, Que., Canada On I. C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Lumber Lath Pulpwood Gukcstearin CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Large stock of 1” 11 4", 1%” and 2” WHITE PINE, Bone dry. SPECIAL LOW PRICES on 1%", 1%’, and 2’ Shipping cull sidings and cut ups. Offices at Mills at 97 St. James St., Montreal Mack Axes — The World’s Best HERE are six styles of axes that are made from special crucible steel bit and cap- able of retaining an edge longer than any other axes made. FELLER, MAXAX CHIPPER BEAVER 66 66 99 OTTOWA CHIEF Our motto of “Quality and Workman- ship” is the foundation of our success and every axe we make can be depended upon to make good our motto. Get our Prices and Particulars. The Mack Axe Works Beaver Falls, Pa., U.S. A. “CANADIAN MADE” F ourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulas ‘imited Repaired and .Recovered Mont Laurier, P. Q. Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont. ; and other Lumber Equipment, including boom chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Shawanaga, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 1 3-block right hand steam feed carriage fitted with steam set works, made by m. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 110 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. 1 left-hand steam nigger. 1 Log-loader. 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. 2 peer Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and um 1 Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2 2-saw trimmers. 1 16-ft. Slash table. 1 20-ft. Slash table. 1 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. 1 Horizontal Slab Resaw with 6-ft. wheels, made by Diamond Iron orks. 1 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. 1 Lath Mill with bolter. 2 Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM 1 Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. . band saws. 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. 1 Hand Machine for cut-off saws. 1 Lap Grinder. 1 Set Band Saw Rollers and _ levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- ber of second-hand Tadd, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT 1 24 x 36 Slide Valve Engine with 40-in. x 12-ft. extra heavy double arm split fly wheel. 2 Double Duplex, high pressure Water umps. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 lbs. steam. 2 125 h.p. Water Wheels. 1 Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. 1.10 h.p. Engine. 1 Mitts & Merrell Hog. 1 Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. 1 Wood Machine for 16-in. wood. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, net in- stalled. 1 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. 1 30 light are generator. There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and rails and turn- tables, particulars of which may be had on application. Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and Machinery, with tools necessary for repair work. All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. 26 Ernest Avenue, mited TORONTO, CANADA 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBERS HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CO., LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Timbers Yard Stock Clears & and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. ice: JAFFRAY, B.C. a Heavy Fir Dimension Are You Interested ‘ Pence ote Is Our Particular Specialty e o,°e ark t fe Mill In British Colum- eae a The Heavier it is the Better we like it SS all kinds. Let bia Trade? Q* * as Sate lates | We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to trate our Ad- ‘ 2 rin ape aa Qe SB reraniag 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. Tae NEP) ahs SN CP y q . of the Lumber cy SIN%, SS hr, please others, Industry will Oo Tate SSN we can please within a few nC gig GENER you. : years make . SN : Ny e ° e hia Province NNR OS7Wostern Timberland Lumber Co., Limite the most im- ak Mo 5 ” : ia the S: Bes Lumberman Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. portant 2 g whole Domin- Crowe & Wilson Chambers Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. ; VANCOUVER, B.C. h at Winnipeg Our grade is positively right, and prices will please ion. fe Branc Thoratanch laveite Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS OF British Columbia Red Cedar Exclusively 4, 5 and 6 inch “CLEAR A” Gedar Bevel Siding. 8, 10 and 12 inch CLEAR CEDAR FINISH. EXTRA XXX RED CEDAR SHINGLES. Eastern Agents, Gull Ri - : Lanier Ca Lad, Lindsey WA Head Office and Mills, Port Moody, B.C. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 17 CAMERON & CO., LTD., OTTAWA, CANADA Spruce Fir e e * ene Everything in Timber yoy rin Hemlock (EITHER ROUGH OR DRESSED) Oak Eastern Agents THE NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., LTD., Barnet, B.C. Write, Wire or Phone for Prices WM. E. HILL CO. KALAMAZOO, MICH., U.S.A. Yat wt MANUFACTURERS OF SAW MILL MACHINERY Catalog Free Upon Request Seat Portace Lumber Co., Ltd. With Mills at Winnipeg, Man. Vancouver, B. C. Harrison River, B.C. Kenora, Ont. Rainy River, Ont. and Banning, Ont. Manufacturers of Ecanhess Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors And all kinds of Woodwork and Interior Finish. Also Box Shooks and Packing Cases. White and Red Pine Lumber, Maple Flooring, Hardwood Lumber, Turned and Band Saw Work, Cedar Posts and Poles, Tamarac, Piling ete. D. C. CAMERON, President and General Manager. | toes. The Rat Portage Lumber Co., Limited - Winnipeg, Man. 18 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OOD LUMBER . nd Wholesalers seeking Canadian Business | The Tegge Lumber Co. NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN HARDWOODS Special—OAK, MAPLE and BIRCH 700 Park Street, Milwaukee, Wis. Hoffman Brothers Company Fort Wayne, Indiana Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From 1/30” SLICE CUT VENEER 1/20” SAWED VENEER t oO 2” BAND SAWED LUMBER Specialty : QUARTERED WHITE OAK SPECIAL NOTICE a W.M.RITTER LUMBER COMPANY: Below is a list of Dry Lumber which we can Ship Promptly Thi h b ae ae Ds, 4/4 5 oe 4/4, 5 een s and 2s , 5 cars. s and 2s, cars. 1S Space as 1s and 2s, 5/4, 2 cars. No. 1 common, 4/4, 4 cars. 1s and 2s, 8/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 5/4, 1 car. sold to No. 1 common, 4/4, 2 cars. No. 1 common, 6/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 6/4, 1 car. No. 1 common, 8/4, 2 cars. Quartered Sound Wormy, 4/4, cars. WHITE OAK POPLAR 1s and 2s, quartered, 3 cars. 1 car 5/8, 18 to as Poplar - Panel and No. No. 1 com., quartered, 2 cars. 1s and 2s, plain white oak, 2 one OS oe zi. in. Poplar /4, 2 cars. = STEARNS SALT & LUMBER CO. LUDINGTON MICHIGAN 1s and 2s, plain white oak, * gee ae and oi T to 6/4, 3 cars 1 ey 5/4, 7 to iT Panel and No. 1 common, 4/4, 6 cars. No. 1 common, 6/4, 3 cars. All our own manufacture, band sawed, and thoroughly seasoned. Do not place _your order before writing for prices. Canadian Representative : i Hall, Box 32, Toronto, Canada Phone Parkdale 3222 2 The Hardwood Specialists W.H. Dawkins Lumber Co. We have 10,000,000 feet of Plain and Quartered White Oak and Yellow Poplar. Choice stock, good widths, fine lengths. The Oak has been on sticks 2 years waiting for railroad, now ready for shipment. Write us for prices ASHLAND - - KENTUCKY = CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 19 HARDWOOD LUMBER United States Manuf : , ‘ture and Wholesalers seeking Cane dian Business THE W, EF. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods 15,000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. Write for prices. Phone Main 6386 Mills: Knoxville, Tenn. Walland, Tenn. Franklin, Va. The Atlantic Lumber Co. Incorporated Head Office: BOSTON, MASS. Manufacturers Southern Hardwood Lumber Canadian Branch 606 Kent Building, 156 Yonge Street, Toronto Robert Vestal, Manager ANYTHING IN OAK LUMBER Yellow Pine Timber And Lumber Rough or Dressed Car Material and Long Timbers a Specialty PROMPT SHIPMENTS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. Ellisville Cincinnati Miss. and Ohio LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK POPLAR ASH Yards at Nashville, Tenn. We can ship you promptly any of the above Stock, Carefully Inspected WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Wistar Underhill & Nixon Real Estate Trust Bidg., Philadelphia, Pa. Canadian Representative: G. H. Johnson, 125 Tyndall Avenue, Phone Parkdale 736, Toronto, Ontario Reach Furniture Factories and Woodwork- ing Plants Through This Department All the leading Canadian furniture manufacturers and woodworking establishments are regular readers of the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker. Many of them have been subscribing to this paper for a quarter of acentury. They are big buyers of hard- wood lumber. Reach them through these columns. Write for rates to Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Toronto : - - - Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS HARDWOOD Wholesale Distributing Yards and ales ices JAMESTOWN, N.Y. LUMBER Mills at— Monticello, Ky. Union City, Pa. Ross Point, Ky. Hambleton, W. Va. Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. gf RAIGHT OR MIXED CARS. a ; 4 a . i , eo 4 IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. ms ET eR SO eS Ser. wens 2 6 oe « OF Be ae Se eS 20 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER If in the market for SPRUCE OR NORWAY why not get our prices ? We Have Something Attractive To Offer JAMES G. CANE & CO., | Wholesale Lumber 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO, Ont. RUBBER GOODS FOR LUMBERMEN Belting Our long experience in the making of Rubber Belts enables us to specialize ——————-_—sOwonnn' this line. ‘‘ Monarch,” ‘‘ Red Strip” and ‘‘ Lion” are our leading brands for power transmission. (Write for Booklet B-1.) Packings ‘‘ Redstone” High Pressure Sheet Packing has proved by test that it will outlast any other similar packing on the market. We make Spiral and Ring Packings, etc., that are equally reliable. (Booklet P-1.) Hose {or Steam, Water, etc., etc., in various grades, made especially to give satis- factory and economical service under different conditions. (Booklet H-t1.) Fire Hose One or more of our twenty brands of Fire Hose will be found, not only a in the best equipped Factories, Mills, etc., but in almost every Fire Department in the Dominion. (Booklet H-t1.) Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited Successors to The Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto, Limited TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG CALGARY VANCOUVER James R. Cameron, M. E., Manager. axa tcliEiNdS © ‘ Phone North 5831 Patent 5 Ue wih e Reg a ie “& Mechanical — Attorneys (San ie [seit cit ema | Af ge, v Fs Engineers PATENTS OBTAINED AND SOLD IN EVERY COUNTRY. Send sketch for true report on your invention. WRITE FOR PRICES AND TERMS. Address: SUITE 301-302, 22 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT, | CANADA ILUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 “Noted for their Thoroughness of Construction and Quality of Work.” That is what our hundreds of satisfied customers say of “Defiance” Woodworking Machines Especially do we wish to call your attention to our new No. 6 AUTOMATIC BELT POLISHING MACHINE as illustrated herewith. It is eipecially designed for rapidly and accurately polishing carriage and wagon Spokes to a high finish. By this method the exact shape of the turning is maintained, smoother and better work secured with the em- ployment of unskilled labor. The polishing belt is 18’ wide, 16’ 8’ long, made endless. It is strained outward by two convenient hand screws with sufficient adjustment to accommodate a variation of two feet in the length ofthe belt. The work is rotated automatically, leaving both hands of the operator free to place in and remove the finished stock. Upon request we will be pleased to furnish you with further information and price. The Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. No. 6 Automatic Belt Polishing Machine. fy JJ SS J Nah had MAPLE LEAF SAWS APLE LEAF SAWS, “THE PROVEN BEST,” absolutely guaranteed. Be M sure and specify Improved Racer Cross Cut Saw when ordering your camp sup- plies. They are made of Razor steel and tempered by our secret process, which gives the best results under actual working conditions in the bush. Shurly-Dietrich Co., Limited, $7; Branch: VANCOUVER, B.C. Pink’s Lumbering Tools «:.i Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co>Ltd. Toronto Send for Catalogue and Price List ; M4 : ~ Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants Thos e Pink C oO 89 Limited 9 Pembroke, Ont. 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER GASOLINE POINTER The illustration shows one of our lumbermen’s pointers or alligator punts with engine installed. They may be used for many purposes and have proved a good investment to every lumberman who has used them. Adams Pointers reduce your river costs. es ‘¢ do the work of from six to ten men. One man operates all machinery. carry your men to work and leave them fresh for the day’s work. draw themselves over rapids and portages. can be used for warping and sweeping logs out of corners that an alligator could not reach. Our literature gives full particulars. Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario ry elifile, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 We have the Goods We Want Your Orders White and Norway Pine Laths, Boxes, Box Shooks, Wooden Pails and Tubs “WE AIM TO SERVE YOU WITH THE BEST” We sell only the best that the woods can grow, manufactured by the best machines that man can make. i. Beck Mfg. Co., Limited, Penetanguishene, Ont. Beath Hoisting * Conveying Machines Derricks, Travelling Cranes, Runways, ‘Trolleys, Chain Blocks, Electric Hoists, Air Hoists. We are the largest Canadian Beath Scotch Derricks hand or power _ makers of these lines. operated are the cheapest and best handling equipment produced for piling logs, timbers, etc. We shall be pleased to have your inquiries which will have prompt and careful attention. We make the largest range of Derricks and Winches in Canada and can offer Ask for Catalogue A. you excellent service on any Derrick- _ It will interest you to know ing Gear required. what we’ve done for others. Chain Block and | Tro for m ‘ lifting and moving timbers or : logs from or to mill or skidways. W. D. Beath & Son, Limited Piiacodiiar sancaes aud caill products this is an exceptionally Toronto - Canada good equipment. The well known HEPBURN SCOTCH DERRICK cs as used all over the Domin- ~ Feet Feet Barry’s Bay . 300,000 260,000 a 1,000,000 1,000,000 Berlin, 7... ... 2,000,000 1,500,000 Berriedale ... 2a ae 4,000,000 4,000,000 PeBiccotacmig 25... v5 ... «.. 1,000,000 8,500,000 Bigwood ... ... 6,000,000 16,000,000 lind River . 24,000,006 18,451,593 - Boakeview ... 3,500,000 4,000,000 Bracebridge ... 6,250,000 7,800,000 \ een i 500,000 500,000 Burk’s Falls ged 4,800,000 4,350,000 B 3,300,000 3,000,000 5,000,000 5,000,000 26,400,000 26,400,000 8,000,000 8,000,000 5,600,000 1,200,000 5,000,000 3,800,000 2,500,000 2,110,000 CS SR 6,500,000 6,000,000 1,000,000 - 1,500,000 1,500,000 1,500,000 800,000 450,000 750,000 750,000 5,500,000 6,000,000 54,000,000 54,000,000 25,000,000 25,000,000 250,000 100,000 1,250,000 1,750,000 2,700,000 950,000 Ade catia: 450,000 11,000,000 13,750,000 90,000 140,000 16,000,000 15,000,000 7,500,000 7,500,000 27,725,000 20,900,000 21,487,000 6,000,000 2,500,000 2,500,000 7,000,000 - 9,000,000 1 OB6°910: | "Pi wees. 80,000 100,000 4,000,000 2,000,000 5,500,000 5,000,000 46,000,000 35,735,000 5,900,000 5,500,000 ANOIOOD!s =) Wtadisstaas 1,500,000 1,500, 000 3,300,000 3,400,000 a 8, ®... 44,538,624 52,138,643 2)500,000) st Mestre och 1,050,000 250,000 2,500,000 2,000,000 ~ 9,000,000 8,500,000 19,349,242 24,000,000 21,776,300 22,376,700 10,000,000 6,000,000 F 17,000,000. 19,700,000 Georgian Bay and Northern Ontario Lath Production 1913 1912 Pieces Pieces Berriedale ... ... 400,000 400,000 Biscotasing, ii. . 5. 500,000 3,750,000 lohfenkita (0112 Ay Ee eae oer rene a 1,000,000 »)\ » «. bs ane one Blind River ... 8,000,000 6,761,450 Bracebridge ... 2,290,000 1,700,000 Burk’s ‘Falls’ 2... 500,000 600,000 Cache Bay ... 9,900,000 9,900,000 Callander 4,500,000 5,500,000 Collingwood 2,000,000 850,000 Canonto 100,000 200,000 Fesserton 1,000,000 1,000,000 Fort Frances ... 12,000,000 12,853,059 Gravenhurst ... 7,000,000 7,000,000 Huntsville ... ... 2,100,000 1,900,000 LEAMOIO CIS da ivi teme AES. circ aE nore. 5,000 10,000 fonns island... 6,000,000 6,000,000: Keewatin 6,707,000 7,660,000 I. 2ein eee Massey ... 95000" ~~ Date ee North Bay 8,626,650 8,000,000 Nesterville ... 6,115,100 6,620,400 (Chive SatiGleal belay Gat ae ree co i Se ee ee Seat 2,000,000 Parry Sound 7,000,000 8,000,000 Penetanguishene ... 23,604,000 28,748,600 Peterboro 5,843,525 4,649,250 Port Arthur 7,266,000 7,266,000 Sarma) ... e 16,832,000 14,781,000 Sault Ste. Marie 8,500,000 8,500,000 Spragge .. : 5;000,000': |, Leta Spanish Mills’ 13,000,000 12,821,000 Thessalon .. 840,200 3,974,650 Tomiko ... 5,417,000 6,643,200 Utterson ko 150,000 oY ae Walkerton ... ... 25,000 25,000 Waubaushene ... 8,250,000 7,500,000 Other Places ... 17,789,880 16,884,750 247,503,555 246,330,359 Georgian Bay and Northern Ontario Shingle Production 1913 1912 Pieces Pieces Boakeview . 900,000 1,000,000 Bracebridge 600,000 1,325,000 Burk’s Falls 1,300,000" °°) = Seen Colpoy’s Bayete. 300,000 300,000 Canonto “«.: ‘ SOO/O00i=” ~~. pees Caldwell’s Mills ... 100,000 500,000 Earlton 200,000 100,000 (ravenmarst .¢ 4.0)... -s.. sce ak 8,000,000 8,000,000 roudenmmawerts. 97 seek. 2 uk S! 50,000 60,000 Hepworth ... 100,000 300,000 » Haliburton 1,775,000 . 218,000 Havelock oe 50,000 120,000 KeirerOune tenet... ess 2,000,000 2,000,000 eubunne mtr eee. | Re. OEE Sen 110,000 100,000 Lion’s Head 1,000,000 200,000 -Lindsay Se eeck 7,000,000 7,000,000 Lavant Station ... 160,000. 2) iat eee Marmofra ... 700,000. v + .eee eee \ Meaford 150,000 200,000 © Massey ... Shas * 860,000 200,000 neve Liskeard . Bye 1,800,000 2,000,000 ae a i he “J a: | RE ss it n 4 va ; ‘ 30 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Worth Bay... a): sa. se- 2,856,500 3,000,000 ply none too good there is a probability of an increase in prices before Owen Sound ... eee 9,000,000 jong. With conditions as they now are in the lumber trade the specu- Penetanguishene 990,000 147,000 iste 4s % : Peterboro ee eee ee, 7,094,750 lator finds little attraction to busy himself. | Pret Arthar . ...:acheo) so. chic oe Ok kab ee oe 1,771,750 _ Labor was plentiful all through the year, yet the wages paid re- Sauble Falls. . sa... cues soe eee ee 2000000. aie tere mained up to the high standard. oe mg sig en Rey ere AA ie hy BES Sg 4,500,000 Sipe Ottawa Valley Lumber Production ucker hd eee ae a een eee ee ye oy Ip a, > 1913 1912 Snow Road ........ 1,900,000 2,100,000 Feet Feet eg ae Eg tc aad hee dae 300,000 JR, Booth, Ottawa ... . Les vee eee 75,000,000 80,000,000 Utterson ... Seen 100,000 W. C. Edwards, Ottawa and Rockland ... 75,000,000 75,000,000 Wilberforce eae 230,000 McLachlin Bros., Arnprior ... ..: .. 60,000,000 60,000,000 Walkerton ... ... epee an ae Hawkesbury Lumber (Btope Oiiawa ect). oe 42,000,000 61,000,000 Other Places ... 1,110,750 1,524,500 Golden Lake Lumber Coy bial age airs nc Aye pay eee 11,350,000 an & Topamanan nepard & Morse Ottawa... . = 26,564,000 18,118,000 55,078,000 53,841,000 Gilmour & Hughson, Hull, P.Q. 23,000,000 25,000,000 ail Fraser & Co., ‘Ottawa ... 12,800,000 14,000,000 . J. Lumsden, Lumsden’s Mills, P. enw en cee ... 15,000,000 15,000,000 Ottawa V alley Lumber Production Riordon Pulp & Paper Co., Hawkesbury sae, crm pane ) ee OGe 5,277,000 Petawawa Lumber Co., Pembroke 1 ore 11,000,000 10,000,000 Output for 1913 Decreased by 37,000,000 feet—Details ot Nes pense Gh Sees P.Q. oe vee wale tee ete eye i — ideau Lumber Co., PATNA shots snmie te aepeltle | ahaa é ' ,000, of the Operations Better Outlook for 1914 : Pembroke Lumber Co., Pembroke ... ... ... ... .. 20,000,000 20,000,000 Ottawa, January 22nd (Special to the Canada Lumberman): Like Colonial Lumber Co., Pembroke 17,000,000 25,000,000 every other branch of business the lumber trade in the Ottawa Valley Gillies Bros., Braeside ... ves ses ++. 28,661,020 24,955,580 was disadvantageously affected by the financial stringency which pre- Ferguson & Molesey amt Remapietaa 4S ee hages pt te aaeaae vailed all over the country almost throughout 1913. Opinions gather- Piya. Tes. Davee Hort. Couloamee ic’... 04 9,000,000 ed from some of the leading lumbermen concur that last year, though a Jas. MacLaren Co., Buckingham, P.Q. 20,500,000 20,650,000 fairly good one for business, was not so good as 1912. The appended Dennis Canadian Lumber Co., Whitney, Ont ... .. 6,000,000" *oareweas figures, show that the cut for 1913 was not so large as it was in the a poet recede ea Co. cre Lancaster, Ont. apices amen 2 to a 7 3 : “f ummings, estboro, Ont. .. bebe n ,100, . previous year by 37,668,201 ft. Last year Opened ie ele of good Papincasiiie aa eee Papineawwille, p i} 5,000,000 5,000,000 things ahead, but the year had not advanced very far before the money Bertrand, Masham Mills ... .. 1,200,000 1,500,000 market began to show signs of weakness and, by spring, the signs be- Smith Bros. Campbell’s Bay ... 1,595,000 2,000,000 came ominous. Business in general was affected. There are brighter McMaster Lumber Co., Deschenes, PQ. - #252 be cee 2,500,000 days ahead though for 1914. Every lumberman interviewed admits Other Places ... ... _ 35,000,000 35,000,000 this, and the statements recently published by the leading bank offi- Tomine: 531,924,833 569,593,034 cials in their annual reports bear out the lumbermen’s predictions. oe = le = aaa ; Bank officials agree that the worst is past in regard to tight money. ane Ne pees wre The recent amendment to the United States tariff is expected to Preben Pletes bring more business from the south of the line than has come to the J. R: Booth’). {eA Pee eae 5,000,000 9,000,000 Ottawa Valley before. So far, no beneficial effects of that tariff have W. C. Edwards ....£12).....20):ata4 eee 12,000,000 25,000,000 been felt here, but it is generally agreed that it is sti!l rather early to Sea ee Davidson hn 40/27) pace tA el pp oss look for results. While the changes in the tariff were being considered eo N. ‘Canes SS og 350,000 by Congress, United States buyers. were not placing any ‘more orders M. Bertrand ... ... ... ... 400,000 450,000 for lumber here than they were absolutely obliged to fill. The vatue of Colonial Lumber Co. ot ol Lee See 8,000,000 the lumber exported in 1913, according to the figures given out by the Dennis Canadian Co. ... ... ... ... ... ... #. 1,100,000 United States Consul in Ottawa, was $185,425.88 less than in 1912. Seg) ee ipa ac ee ph Hot The total value of the export in 1912 was $2,494,120.97, against $2,008, Gimone & Hughson: pa Sy Oe i 5,000,000 2'500,000 695.19 in 1913. Had the tariff question been settled earlier in the year, Papineauville Lumber Co. ... 2,000,000 3,500,000 there wou'd probably have been a substantial increase in the value of Pembroke Lumber Co. ... 4,000,000 10,000,000 the exports for 1913 over the previous year. iy acy east 3 name ny 3,000,000 - <, ‘ at mINe ~4 = ~, A ee 2 xideau umber Oc; jVUU Eas ais aes Another factor which militated against business locally last yeat, Rug, Ritchierl4des. 5,000,000 6,000,000 was the long period of dry weather, which caused a scarcity of water Shepard & Morse Lumber Co. 10,387,000 7,686,000 in the rivers and streams throughout the district, consequently ham- Smith Bros. ... Pe se, 300,000. eye eae pering operations at some of the sawmills. The Hawkesbury Lumber Golden Lake Lumber «Co. \.#,79:+3~ «es ee pe 5,900,000 Company had to shut down for several weeks during the summer ow- Other Places ... ... ak 2,500,000 2,500,000 ing to low water with the result that their cut last year was 42,000,000 Toul. . 70,597,075 97,781,475 feet against 61,000,000 in 1912. Given good conditions the cut last His - 0 “Shit “ pcan year would have been as large if not larger than in 1912 says Sir Henry athe i Sora at ea 1912 Egan, the managing director of the company. The Estate James Pieces Pieces Davidson had their mills handicapped by low water and, consequently, J. R. Booth ... ... 1,000,000 . 9,000,000 their cut was 1,500,000 less last year than the year before. The de- W. C. Edwards vee 7,000,000 - 20,000,000 struction of the big saw-mill at the plant of J. R. Booth was the reason norm nas: pipe Naa why their cut was not so large in 1913 as it was in 1912. The mill was yy. Cummings ... ... 900,000 ~ "500,000 destroyed by fire in the spring. Shepard and Morse cut 26,564,000 in M. Bertrand ... 450,000 500,000 1913, against 18,118,000 in 1912 and report that general business was Dennis Canadian Co. 980;000). ,, Auteemremer. 2 good. W.C. Edwards Company cut 75,000,000 feet which was equal Soar: Lames a, +e 1,445,000 : Teepe to the cut of. the year before. ee T. Boe, aper Co. ps peta r Ee ill ‘ noe a LECT Ce ck apni ’ ’ 9 A _ The Golden Lake Lumber Company, Eganville, was not operat- Smith Bros. ... ... 400,000 | = enemas ing its mill last year, which accounts for a decrease of 11,350,000 feet Other Places ... 15,000,000 15,000,000 in “the output of 1914. Other decreases included the following : Gil- ; ee a mour & Hughson, Hull, 2,000,000 feet; Fraser & Company, Ottawa, Total... 1. ee cee vee cee vee ree sees 41,170,000 65,885 080 1,200,000 feet; Fassett Lumber Company, Fassett, 7,437,641 feet; 7 : Rideau Lumber Company, Ottawa, 500,000 feet; Colonial Lumber Ontario Stocks Depleted ‘Company, Pembroke, 8,000,000 feet; R. & T. Ritchie, Aylmer, 1,000,- 000 feet. The increases included the following: Shepard & Morse, Ot- _ tawa, 8,446,000 feet; Riordon Pulp & Paper Company, Hawkesbury, 3,973,000 feet ; Petaw awa Lumber Company, Pembroke, 1,000,000 feet ; Gillies Brothers, Braeside, 3,705,440 feet; Dennis Canadian L amber Company, 6,000,000 feet. The export business to England was poor throughout the year, a result again, of the general depression of business due to the scarcity of money. Though the export firms shipped more lumber to England in 1913 than in 1912 the figures do not mean that business was better. There was comparatively little demand for high grades and a big demand for medium and low grade stock. Prices were firm and in several cases somewhat in advance of those which prevailed in 1912. With the pemand for medium and low grades increasing and the sup- Stocks of lumber are now very low. As soon as money matters loosen up and the demand improves, we think that the light stocks — now held will disappear quickly. Lumber from the Southern United States is likely to affect trade in Ontario. On account of their un- satisfactory banking system, large United States manufacturers are forced to sell in times of panic at slaughter prices. Their free trade policy is bound to stagnate business there, as is shown by the history ~ of the low tariff in the United States, we are likely to be affected ad- versely by conditions that are in prospect there. Nevertheless, we should have a good trade next year. We would have better trade and would keep more Canadian money at home, employing Canadian labor, if the government would give Canadian lumbermen the. same tariff protection as is afforded to other Canadian industries employing less labor.—Chandler, Jones Lumber Company, Snow Raa Ont. CANADA Reports From Readers LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 Upon Trade Conditions A Note of Optimism Prevails Mr. J. A. Currie, president of Wilson Bros., Limited, Colling- wood, Ont., visited ‘Voronto recently on business. In conversation with the Canada Lumberman Mr. Currie said that the company’s business during 1913, up to the month of July had been better than during 1912. In fact, the first six months were the best the company ever had. After that, of course, trade slackened off, but taking the year as a whole, its business was just about as large and profitable as that of 1912. The tightness of money brought about a decrease in the volume of orders during the last half of the year. Collections were very good throughout the year, but not quite as good as they had been during the previous year. Vhe outlook at present according to Mr. Currie’s view, is quite encouraging. Orders are increasing and the indications are that the improvement will continue. In regard to logging operations, Mr. Currie reports that they did not look very promising up to the end of December. A great deal of fallen tim- ber, which was blown down in the storm of Good Friday was cut and skidded and ready for hauling in December, the lack of snow at that time looked rather discouraging. However, p!enty of snow is now on the ground and no further difficulty is expected in connection with logging operations. In our opinion hemlock will hold its price during 1914. We do not expect pine to be so strong. Hardwoods should be “O.K.” if the log cut during the present winter is not so large. Labor conditions are improving. Men were none too plentiful during the early fall, but since December 31st there have been plenty offering. Wages are the same as last year and the cost of supplies is a!so about the same. . This year we will increase the quantity of our cut somewhat, owing to de- pletion of our’stocks and fairly good prospects for the coming spring and summer trade. Prices will doubtless depend to a considerable ex- tent upon the total production. If not overdone, prices should at least hold steadily, if based upon the cost of logging, etc.—The Pearce Company, Marmora, Ont. United States buyers played a waiting game throughout most of the year 1913, particularly in the white pine trade and we do not ex- pect much speculative buying from that quarter in the immediate future. We believe, however, that the outlook for the general trade during 1914 promises good fair business. Good conditions prevailed in the export trade to Great Britain last year. The markets for shin- gles and lath were strong. The volume of trade was greater than in 1912 and profits were also larger. Stocks are now considerably small- er than they were a year ago. Lumber prices were higher last year than in 1912. In some classes of low grades the prices advanced from $2 to $6 per thousand.—Shepard & Morse Lumber Company, Ottawa, Ont. The vo'ume of trade during 1913 was greater than during 1912 and profits also showed an improvement. Prices were better all around. We now have large stocks than we had a year ago. Shingles and lath have been slow. In our opinion the trade during 1914 will not be as active as during 1913.—J. Austin & Sons, Kinmount, Ont. The volume of trade during 1913 was about ten per cent. less than during 1912 and profits were also about ten per cent. lower. Prices were not quite so high as in the previous year. Our stocks are about the same as they were a year ago. The demand for shingtes during 1913 was fair and the demand for lath was good. We expect thai the trade during 1914 will be about similar to that during 1913.—The Knight Bros. Company, Limited, Burks Falls, Ont. A large manufacturing company in the Ottawa Valley report that they expect as good conditions and prices during 1914 as during 1913. During 1913 prices were considerably better, they state, in all grades, particularly in spruce and the higher grades of clapboards. Shingles, however, declined towards the end of the season. At the first of the season shingles sold at a better price than in 1912, but, on the removal of the duty by the United States, prices declined. The volume of trade last year was about 8 per cent. better than in the year previous. Ex- ports of spruce were about double those of 1912 and prices were con- siderably better. Exports of birch were smaller, but the prices were higher. Our trade during 1913 was greater than during 1912. Profits and ices were about the same. Stocks are now a little heavier. There na good market for shingles and lath. The outlook for trade 14 is fair—The John Carew Lumber Company, Lindsay, Ont. volume of trade during 1913 was less than during 1912. Pro- about the same as in the previous year. Prices on mill culls, wy dead culls, etc., were better. Stocks are about the same as they were a year ago. ‘lhe markets for shingles and lath were good. [Export trade to the United States and Great Britain was fair. The outlook for 1914 is for better trade than during the past six months—Colonial Lumber Company, Pembroke, Ont. The volume of trade was greater than in 1912 and profits were better. Stocks are now about forty per cent. less than they were a year ago. The demand for shingles and lath was active all through the year and prices were good. ‘Chere has been an active demand all season for No. 1 and 2 cull pine, spruce and hemlock, also lath and shingles. White pine strips have been active at an advance over last season of $2 per thousand. Cutting-up lumber is slow selling, with prices about $3 lower than last season. Stocks at mill points and in retail yards are, we think, about thirty per cent. less than a year ago. We expect good trade during 1914, unless adverse financiai conditions prevail—Wm. Milne & Son, North Bay, Ont. During 1912 the best price of hemlock was $16. During 1913 it was $20, but owing to the slight increase in wages and the much ad- vanced cost of provisions, the increase in profits is only about fifteen per cent. There is practically no hemlock lumber in the manufactur- ers’ yards today and retail yards have light stocks. The slackening off of the trade is really a benefit to our industry, for, were it other- wise, the trade would have to seek substitutes for hemlock and a drifting of trade from its natural channels is more or less detrimental. —Hocken Lumber Company, Limited, Otter Lake Station, Ont. The outlook for the Canadian lumber trade looks good. see no reason for a poorer trade than during 1913. the United States trade will hold about the same. Possibly it may improve by spring. The volume of trade was greater during 1913 than 1912. Medium and low@grade stocks have been higher in price. The quantity of lumber on hand today is about the same as a year ago. Lath were higher throughout 1913.—The Cleveland-Sarnia Saw Mills Company, Limited, Sarnia, Ont. Our sales were about double those of 1912, but our cut was smaller. Profits have been about the same as during 1912. Prices have been from twenty-five to forty per cent. higher than in the pre- vious year. The demand for lath has been below the average and the demand for shingles above the average. We expect that trade during 1914 will be less active, owing to the general tightness of money.— G. T. Knight, Meaford, Ont. As stocks are low, we think that the market will not be flooded during 1914. We also believe that there will be a good general de- mand for all classes of lumber, especially for hemlock and hardwood. We found profits on hemlock during 1913 about twenty per cent. bet- ter and on hardwoods ten per cent. better than during 1912. Hem- lock prices have been about $5 per thousand higher. The market for shingles and lath has been good.—Utterson Lumber Company, Ut- terson, Ont. We did a slightly larger trade in 1913 than in 1912. Our profits and our prices were also better. Our stocks are now about the same as they were a year ago. Although we have had better prices than in 1912, expenses have also increased considerably. The movement of stocks has been fairly rapid and payments have been good, consider- ing the tightness of money. We expect that during the early part of 1914 trade wil! be quiet, but that conditions will improve when spring opens.—Shortreed Lumber Company, Kearney, Ont. The volume of trade during 1913 was about the same as during 1912. Prices were lower, with the exception of the box and cull trade, which were higher. Stocks are now about the same as they were a year ago. Lath are strong and well shipped up. The trade with the United States has been fair since the removal of the duty. We feel that the outlook for 1914 trade is merely fair.—Fraser & Com- pany, Ottawa, Ont. ‘ There was a greater volume of trade for the year 1913 than for the year 1912 and profits were better. Prices were about ten per cent. higher than during the previous year. Our stocks are about the same as they were a year ago. There was a good demand for lath during 1912. The export trade to the United States was good during the past year. We believe that the outlook for 1914 trade is fair—Muskoka Wood. Manufacturing Company, Limited, Huntsville, Ont. The volume of trade during 1913 was greater than during 1912. Profits were better than in the previous year and the average price of lumber was about one dollar higher. Stocks are about the same as We can We think that a, : +7 Ae. a 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER a year ago. There has been a good market for lath during 1913. The export trade to Great Britain was fair. The outlook for 1914 trade is fair—Pembroke Lumber Company, Pembroke, Ont. Ottawa Valley camps in a number of cases are short of supplies and are suffering for want of snow to make roads. Unless more snow comes soon, the cost of hauling logs already cut will be greatly increased. Manufacturers’ stocks today are about one-third less than they were a year ago. The outlook for 1914 seems to be bright.—M. N. Cummings, Westboro, Ont. Shingles were in great demand during 1913 as a result of a large number of buildings being wrecked and unroofed during the storm last spring. This year we will put in a heavy stock of maple and beech. We expect that there will be a good demand for quartered maple and that beech will be a little lower, but in fair demand.- We look for a heavy run of custom sawing, owing to the large quantity of timber blown down last spring.—Orrie Taylor, Massey P. O., Ont. We did a larger trade during 1913 than during 1912. Our pro- fits were about the same as in the previous year. Prices were about nine per cent. better. Our stocks are about the same as they were a year ago. The demand for shingles and lath during 1913 was good. We do not feel that the outlook for 1914 is very bright.—Laurence Bros., Canonto, Ont. _ The price of good lumber during 1913 was low as compared with 1912. Mill culls, however, were high. Stocks are now about the same as they were a year ago. There has been a good demand for shingles and lath. The export trade to the United States was quiet and to Great Britain fair. The outlook for 1914 trade is fair—Gillies Bros., Limited, Braeside, Ont. The volume of trade during 1913 was less than 1912. Profits and prices were about the same as in the previous year. We have less stock on hand this year than a year ago. There has been a good mar- ket for lath. The export trade to the United States was about the same as in 1912. The outlook for 1914 trade is not very promising. —Spanish Mills Company, Limited, Spanish Mills, Ont. We believe that the outlook for 1914 trade is fair. We do not anticipate any further decrease in prices. Stocks of logs will be much lighter this winter. Several mill men in this section are not taking out any stock. We do not think manufacturers of lumber need worry. —Reid Bros., Lavant Station, Ont. The outlook is that our trade during 1914 will be better and brighter than it was during 1913. Our profits last year were better than in the previous year and our volume of trade greater. Our stocks are now lower than they were a year ago—Herman Weismiller, Bala, Ont. The volume of trade during 1913 was greater than during 1912 and profits were better. Prices also were a little in advance. Stocks are now heavier than they were a year ago. The outlook for 1914 trade is favorable-—The Clyde Forks Lumber Company, Ca'dwells Mills, Ont. P We believe that hardwoods will be lower in 1914 than in 1913. Hardwood logs are now selling on the Bruce Peninsula at $3 per thou- sand lower than last year. Stocks of hardwood lumber are heavier to-day than they were a year ago.—Chas. Pedwell, Lions Head, Ont. In our opinion the prospects for 1914 are not encouraging. Most of the mills are now carrying over large stocks and the amount of timber which must be taken out this winter or spoil, wi!l be a serious handicap from the millman’s point of view.—J. E. Murphy & Com- pany, Tobermory, Ont. Hemlock. prices were $2 higher during 1913 than during 1912. Basswood and elm were also higher. Other hardwoods and pine were selling at about the same price as in the previous year.—W. B. Davidson, Brighton, Ont. We think that the lumber trade during 1914 will be good. Dur- ‘ing 1913 the trade with Great Britain was good. Stocks today are about 20 per cent. less than they were a year ago.—Georgian Bay Lum- ber Company, Waubaushene, Ont. The outlook for 1914 trade is only fair. So far this year, we have had only about one inch of snow. Unless we get snow soon the log crop will be short—Keewatin Lumber Company, Limited, Keewatin, Ont. The better grades of hardwoods must advance in price during 1914. There is a good outlook for 1914 and the markets in the United CANADA’S EXPORTS OF WOOD AND MANUFACTURES OF WOOD TO THE UNITED KINGDOM DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS ARTICLES. Quantity.| Value. Wood and manufactures of :— g Wood, unmanufactured ;— Deals, pine « spruce and other.. Dealends . . Scantling. . Shooks............ Staves and headings. . Other lumber .. ...... Total lumber 211, 884 45,579 683,995 54,134 1,250,268 Pine, red white Other timber Total timber, square 48,389 339) Other wood, unmanufactured Total wood, unmanufactured........... [--se+--++ 10,024,123 Wood, manufactured ;— Doors, sashes and blinds Household furniture Matches and natch splints Spool wood and spools ... . Wood pulp,— Chemically prepared . Mechanically ground Other wood, manufactured 190,09! 139,540 342,446 Total wood, manufactured Total wood and mfrs. of. .. Quantity . 1,011 19.164 3,135 42,793 742,274| 1, 632 143 1911. | 1912. Value. | Quantity. —_——| ——- —__ —— Quantity. Quantity.| ‘Value. Value. Value. $ 1 1 41,060 1,187 26,689 1,772 4,912 331 1 556, 229 5,825, 732 "334,481 130 7,516 29,735 : - 298 132,702 8,931 079] 115,390, 7,430 219,732 6.475 107,640! 8,272! ~—-205,047 9,579 136,952)... 1,631) 554,235 496|° "597,121 16,134 917 117204, "1459 \743|44,774| 1,149,534) 53,928! 1,068,742 44,774) 1,149,534 187,756 39,578) 366 811, ,800! 26,307 939,916 16,806] 1,125: 12,017 1,438,844 65, 167) LGae 409 4,144 ~ 42,252 4,113 8,219 756, 1,920 322 ak 898; 958, ci 488,709} 1,295,427 672,441] 1,434,649 244,530)...... -.. 220,57: 1, 154,093 —$—$ 11,646,110 79 2 = g Tete? rei ow 7 previous year and profits were better. States are quite promising. Stocks are lower than they were last year.—The Stone Lumber Company, Marksville, Ont. There was a greater volume of trade during 1913 than in the Prices also were slightly high- er. We have not so much stock on hand as a year ago. The out!ook for 1914 trade is good.—Alfred Mitchell, Powasson, Ont. We look for a fair season in 1914 with prices unchanged. Our trade during 1913 was better than the trade in the southern part of Ontario:—McCamus and McKelvie, New Liskeard, Ont. We do not expect the lumber trade to be quite so brisk during 1914 as it was during 1913. There are indications of a scarcity in hemlock stocks.—Jacob Kaufman, Berlin, Ont. Local trade conditions are fair, but we are unable to say anything about the outlook for 1914—Estate A. McDonald, Peterboro, Ont. Sales of Ottawa Pine Cuts The Timber Trades Journal, London, England, in its issue of January 10th, says:—We understand that the usual annual contracts for the purchase of the Ottawa Valtey cuts of pine have been con- cluded for next season’s shipment at slight concessions in price for the first and second qualities, and on the same basis as last year for the thirds and fourths. As usual, J. R. Booth’s cut has been pur- chased by J. Burstall & Company and Robt. Cox & Company, and the Edwards production has again gone to Watson & Todd. We learn that the over-wintering pine deal stocks are the lightest on record, especially in first and second qualities, and holders of these latter goods on this side should therefore stand out for a fair profit. Que- bec spruce is held by shippers for higher values, but the reduction in freights will counterbalance the increase, and City St. John spruce is quoted at £9 for 7 and 8 in. The square timber selling season is close at hand, and within a few weeks we may expect the usual an- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 nual visits of Canadian shippers, though unfortunately there are very few of.the old brigade now left. Ottawa Exports to the United States The declared value of lumber exports, from Ottawa, to the United States during the calendar year 1913, as furnished by the United States Consul General’s office was as follows :— Lumber and Log products :— ies oe eee Ls $2,904.97 Basswood ... 3,375 .66 Birch 23): 947 .90 Cedar 692.28 (0s ea 246.00 Hemlock 10,841 .06 Were FeSO $ | GLkh 106,602 .04 Match Blocks .. 1,540.93 Mill Buttings ... 14,060.84 Pickets 36,492.87 Pulpwood ; 77,378.27 Railway Ties ... 15,603.44 Red Pine-... 9,394.32 Spruce 394,164.24 Spruce plank “iy 23,884.32 Telephone and telegraph poles Se bs 937 .95 White pine res 1,511,422 .86 White pine deals ... 41,482.04 White pine plank ... 1,667 .46 White pine timber 4,278.16 Shingles : Cedar 46,400 .63 Pine 4,620.49 CANADA’S EXPORTS OF WOOD AND MANUFACTURES OF WOOD TO THE UNITED STATES DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS ARTICLES Quantity.| Value. Quanity | ee , eae —— ’ $ Wood and mfrs. of -—- Wood, unmanufactured ;—. Bark for PEM elects. ced se: Cords } 19,659 | 29,409 | 19, 799 ’913| 122,118 77,458 15,618) 3,465 Firewood bes Knees and futtocks ae wood "Ey Im. . Hemlock. . ‘ ae 690 3,360 8,136 31,797 20,981 109,784 738,387 Deals, pine. Se Ape herata arpa oP Sinn, 6% Wises St.Hd Deals, spruce and other . Deal ends : 101 1,586,943 425 157,117 14, 814, 106 9198 691,619 17 29,950 Staves and beac Other.lumber. . Masts and spars Match blocks .............0. sees eee Piling. - Hoon, ‘hop, telegraph and other poles. ... ‘osts, ce: ar, tamarack and other Shingle bolts, of pine or cedar _ Sleepers and railroad ties IMIDE, AQUATC!. 00.2. cea see sees Wood, blocks and other, for pulp Other wood, unmanufactured 12,324 866,404 21,610 794,986 289,473 129,672 4,356,391 7,094 25,377,715 42,972! 29,404 ; 1,223, 702 965,271 Total wood, unmanufactured.. Wood, manufactur d s— Barrels, empty Household furniture Wood pulp,— Ghemically prepared Mechanically ground............. , Other wood manufuctured 370,404 2,408,629 80,076 3,217,331 Total wood, manufactured , fee 15,087 18,413 13,274 1,924 353 2,024: 1,392! 12,042 4,136 480 751,729 24 42,166) 970,413 44,05) 918,788) 908,097 1.908 $31,331] ° 1,841,177) 3,181,507 Total wood and mfrs. Shin Veoh eM EL GnEteeerate 29,595,046 1911. Value. |Quantity.| Value. |Quantity.| Value. | Quantity., Value. 78,138 46,055 3,068) 1,600! §3,264 46,604 7,556 10,310 12,949 19,330 4,772 400 46,768 57,936 61631! 1.134! 3,983 15,273 20,102 123,363 796,596 1,201| 778 4,726 13,760 102,397 13,106 6,946 26,610 152,327 962,834 6,999 17,339 69,287, 72,708 571,823, 115,529 247,703 6, 667,603; 1,627,818 2) 680,372 12,016|....... 154,680, 31,482 13,634,108, 926,620 644156) 76,875 1,451,878, 542,311 12,388 35,747 ~ 1,743,248 "171,782 16,248,542 1,079,107 1,374,569 27,176 $17,948 41,532 711,624 148,290 15,918,791 571,723 1,648,448 8,323 47,053 197,792 456 6,095 170,734 4G, 930 72,764 328,277 22211 6,076,628 10,894 1, 049,2 272 G84 936,791 37,002 356,701 12,146 6, wn 715 4,57 9,799 : 801,832) 232.167 13,682 B07 6, 806, 945 4,069 29,923,176 95,44, rr 31,7 778, 622 28,728,060 34, hp 39,105 37,949 31,555 45,618 49,672 41,785 35,435 * 1,995,817 2,580, 462 126,505 $34,483) 3,728,141 1,597,319 716,427) 2.577,990| 4,673,922 88°793 1,298, 162 3,796,427 113,096 1,585,615] 1,055,380 2,834,329) 3, 313, 950 130,772 4,342,206 36,120,828 5,287,351 34,015,911 4,779,954 34,703,130 Ais. bu ak rd —_) 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Trade of Quebec Province During 1913 Business Favored the Manufacturer Rather Than the Wholesaler— Montreal Shipments Show Decrease— Encouraging Outlook for 1914—The Pulp and Paper Trade Montreal, January 26th; (Special to the Canada Lumberman).— Last year might be well called the lumber manufacturers’ year, 1912 having been the wholesale dealers’ year, as far as profits were con- cerned. Strong advances in prices occurred during the fall and win- ter of 1912-13, and as a result manufacturers took advantage of this when selling their 1913 cut in the early part of that period. On account of light stocks and the good.demand, business was profitable during the first five or six months, especialty in spruce, hemlock and the lower grades of white pine, although good pine and square tim- ber declined in value. About midsummer there was a falling off in sales, tight money being an important factor in this connection. Dull- ness characterized the remainder of the year. Hemlock and spruce dealers also began to fee! the keen competition of yellow pine, which was dumped in large quantities and at very low prices into Ontario, Quebec and New Brunswick. Prices were so low, in fact, that they tepresented a heavy loss to the manufacturers. In spite, however, of this decline in trade, quotations of spruce, hemlock and the lower grades of white pine held up very well, which was accounted for by the heavy shrinkage in the output of the lum- ber referred to, in Ontario, Quebec and the lower provinces. In these provinces alone, it is estimated there was a shrinkage of 200 million feet of spruce compared with the output of 1912. There was also less hemlock manufactured than in the preceding year. ‘The cause * of this reduced output was the late and rainy fall of 1912 and the early break up of the winter in 1913, which prevented the usual num- ber of logs being made. The snow, too, disappeared very rapidly, with the result that the streams and rivers were very low, causing poor driving and the holding up of many logs. The strike at St. John, N.B., was also another cause of the smaller output. Then the loss of mills by fire was the worst for many seasons. These mills could not be rebuilt in time to turn out lumber during 1913, although many will be ready for operation during the present year. The manufacturers who were fortunate to get a normal cut dur- ing 1913 had a profitable period. Although some wholesalers com- plain that the past year was not as satisfactory as 1912 (which was a boom period), it will compare favorably, for the wholesalers, with 1911. The tariff legis!ation in the United States had some effect on business in Montreal. While legislation was pending, many ship- ments were held up, with a view to getting the benefit of the new schedule, and after its enactment there was a decided revival in this section of the trade. The following expresses the views of one of the oldest whole- salers in Montrea!: “Taking the provinces of Quebec and Ontario and the Maritime Provinces, last year was a satisfactory and profit- able period. During midsummer there was a time of dullness in the United States, which affected our market and shipments to the United States. It also caused, for a short time, weakness in prices in some lines;-but this loss was recovered towards the end of the shipping season. Stocks of both spruce and pine at the mills are lower than for many years past, and should the spring and early summer demand for dry lumber be good, there will be a further ad- vance in prices.” : Local Trade Good The activity in building operations was reflected in the retail lumber trade, and there were few firms that did not increase their turnover as compared with 1912. The building permits, a pretty sure index of the condition of the trade, showed a gain of $7,623,406, this being for Montreal only, not counting the outlying districts which have separate municipal government. Many of the more ambitious ‘schemes were postponed, owing to the financial situation, and some of these will be proceeded with this year. The chief demand in Montreal is for flats and residences, a demand which is not fully met, and it is in this direction that the great consumption of lumber , must be looked for during 1914. At times, it was difficult to secure certain lines of lumber, particularly of dry stock, although prices ruled high, especially for spruce, hemlock and shingles. White pine perhaps was not in quite so strong demand, in consequence of the high figure it commanded, which led to other lumber being substi- tuted. Yellow pine and B. C. fir took its place, while hardwoods have also come more into use for interior finish. At times, collections were rather poor, this being the one serious drawback. But easier money is looked for, and should the financial condition improve to any marked extent, there is almost certain to be a very heavy demand for lumber during the present year. ~ The hardwood trade was brisk throughout the year, the great feature being the demand for plain oak. Door and sash factories were steadily employed almost through- out the year, while box factories were well supplied with orders. The Outlook for Future Business ‘ With regard to the present year, prospects are undoubtedly bright. There are hopes of a let-up in the money stringency, and if the cut shou!d be as small as indications point to, the market should have a decided upward tendency. Last year, at times, the orders for dry stock were far greater than could be supplied, and if this be repeated, quotations are certain to harden. Then, too, there is likely to be a good demand from the United States as the result of the removal of the duty, so that events tend towards a satisfactory year’s trade at profitable prices. Exports Showed a Decrease Following an increase of 5,897,544 feet in 1912, exports from the port of Montreal fell away by 3,551,595 last year. It will be seen from the following detailed statement that the decline was more than accounted for by the smaller shipments of Mr. E. H. Lemay, who is understood to have very largely decreased his exports of birch. In other respects the amounts did not vary very largely. 191 1912 Ft., B.M. Ft., B.M. Watson & Todd, Limited .. 34,596,642 33,217,881 R, Cox & Companry. ....% 18,326,191 17,316,113 We & 7.-Sharples” the United States, provided ‘they run on paper in other lines which .« can be made on news machines. This is being gradually accom- % _ plished, and it is understood that one of the large syndicates will manufacture 400 tons of paper other than news print. are The tariff changed the whole aspect of news print manufacture in Canada. ‘Under the reciprocity measure unless paper were made from farmers’ lands’ wood it was dutiable. In the fall the Under- wood tariff admitted news print free of duty from the world without restriction. It is a question yet to be determined whether this is an unmixed blessing for the Canadian mills, because, unless good judgment is exercised mills may be constructed which would place so much paper on the market that it could not be absorbed, and it ald then become a question of the survival of the fittest. It is y recognized that this will be the situation’ in a comparatively but ts is hoped that the mills i in existence who have pee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 business for many years to come. The investment of capital in fool- ish enterprises which would tend to wreck such an important in- dustry should be avoided. As compared with 1912, the ground wood market last year was not satisfactory. Three mills were unable to dispose of their usual output, which was not surprising in view of the fact that about 450 tons per day of new production came upon the market. In consider- ing the erection of pulp and paper plants in this country, the ques- tion of lumber and power have to be weighed, but the first considera- tion is as to whether the product can be sold this year or in the future. Undoubtedly some of the concerns floated have been over- capitalized, to the detriment of the legitimate pulp and paper enter- prises of the country. In the chemical pulp section there was a good deal of dev elop- ment. The explosion at one of the large mills resulted in rigid in- spection of other mills by insurance companies and government offici- als, and the adoption of measures, at a great cost, on the safety first principle. Digesters were put out of commission in some mills and in other instances important repairs were made. A feature of the year was the installation or coming into use of new plants, such as the Wayagamack, at Three Rivers, P.Q., the Dryden, at Dryden, Ont., and the increased production of the La Tuque mill, for kraft; the enlargement of four other mills manufacturing sulphite fibre; with two new sulphite mills under construction—one in Gaspe and the other at Shawinigan Falls, P.Q. It is estimated that some 350 tons per day will be added to the production, and the completion of these plants will furnish amply sufficient capacity to cover all the demands of the Canadian market and to export a large quantity to the United States. In fine papers, new mills at Beauharnois, St. Adele and Thorold have added very largely to this class of goods. In coarser papers business has been dull owing to over-production by one of the large milts. Some splendid news print plants were erected during the year. These include one at Thorold by the Ontario Paper Company, one at Donnaconna, by the Donnaconna Paper Company, and one at Fort Frances by the Minnesota and Ontario Company. Looking at the situation from a general viewpoint, there is a feeling that Canada, with her valuable lumber resources, and the largest water powers on the continent, has advantages which can be turned to very profitable account, and that, in the pulp and paper trades, some substantial advances will be made during the present year. Timber Measured at Quebec Quebec, December 3lst, 1913. The following comparative statement of timber measured and culled during 1913, 1912 and 1911 is furnished by the Supervisor of Cullers, Quebec, P.Q. 1911 1912 1913 1913 Cubic feet Cubic feet Cubic feet No. of pieces Waney white pine ... 836,840 1,172,720 244,280 4,517 Wiite. pine 4.5553! 10,680 1,760 7,960 261 Red) pine... 27,720 12,200 960 25 Oats +7. 133,280 113,840 177,240 3,133 Elm 221,680 313,640 284,880 6,457 Ash . 120 520 1,000 39 MINTS #t UiAiS0 Std bacers 71,560 42,920 47 680 2,393 Total 1,301,880 1,657,600 763,600 16,825 In addition to the above, the 1913 returns show 83 pieces of wal- nut, measuring 1,320 cubic feet, and 10 pieces of hickory measuring 360 cubic feet, making the 1913 total 765,280 cubic feet. Stocks are now much lighter than they were a year ago. We now have nothing on hand. Prices showed little variation during 1913 as compared with 1912, although the local market was rather better. The trade with the United States has been rather disappoint- ing and the benefits expected after the removal of the tariff were large- ly discounted in advance. Trade with Great Britain was good until near the end of the season. We expect only a fair export trade, but a very good local trade—J. D. & P. A. McGregor, Limited, New Glas- gow, N.S. The annual statement of the traffic of the Lachine Canal at Mont- real, which connects the upper and lower St. Lawrence, shows that pulpwood and pulp for Great Lake ports was the largest tonnage up. There were 126,938 cords of the former, equal to 380,814 tons, and 13,- 100 tons of pulp. Two cargoes of pulp from Norway passed through the canal, totalling 2,731 tons. ’ —— EEO eee ee _ Mr. T. J. Rutherford, president of William Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited, Montreal, has been elected a member of the com- mittee of management of the Western Hospital, Montreal. .there can be but little doubt. eae eee ee ————————————— LL * 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OQuebec’s Exports to United States Pulpwood, Pulp and Paper All Show Extensive Increases— Exports Decreased—Analysis of the Trade The following analysis of the export trade of the province of Quebec with the United States was secured by the Canada Lumber- man from the American Consular Office at Quebec, P.Q.:— The Quebec Consular District, by virtue of the annexation of the vast territory heretofore known as Ungava, and now designated as New Quebec, has become probably the largest Consular District in Canada. Roughly speaking, it is bounded on the west by the 73rd degree of longitude from the state line of Maine north to Hudson Strait, on the east by Labrador and on the south by the Gulf and River St. Lawrence and the northern boundaries of the States of Maine and New Hampshire. This great territory, it is freely predicted, will in time become the greatest pulp and paper producing district on this continent, if not in the world. These industries are as yet in their infancy, but the vast spruce and balsam forests still available, despite the many and disas- trous fires that have swept over them, are botind to develop rapidly, and to an extent hardly realized at present. Though many of the best limits have already been secured for pulp and paper mills now in existence, there are equally good and ex- tensive ones left, awaiting development. Numerous waterpowerts, some of great magnitude, are capable of furnishing power for the largest of mills, that can be economically built, and with ready means of transportation by water and rail also at hand, besides climatic con- ditions which insure plenty of snow in the winter, hence a good water supply in spring, and favorable labor conditions, there is no reason why the prediction mentioned should not be realized. That these great natural advantages of this section are being more and more appreciated by intelligent people at home and abroad, The Government of the Province has awakened to the fact, that it is the part of an enlightened policy to make every effort to protect its public domain from devastation by fire, which has already consumed infinitely more of its forests than ever has the axe of man. Fewer fires have been the gratifying result. A more rational method of timber cutting has been enforced, and some beginning at reforestation has been made. Pulpwood Exports Still Increasing It has also been considered desirable to stop exportation of the raw wood from all lands over which the Crown has retained control, in order to insure its use in manufactures of pulp or paper at home, and to force, if possible. pulp and paper manufacturers elsewhere to locate in this province. This measure, however, does not seem to have had the desired effect so far, for as will be seen from a subsequent table, as much pulpwood is exported from this Province as ever, owing no doubt to the fact, that the privately owned timber lands, though a relatively small portion of the total forest area of the Pro- vince, are nevertheless capable of supplying the demand, and unaues- tionably will do so for a considerable number of years to come. These wood exports. nevertheless, have not retarded the development of the paper and pulp industry in the least. In fact it is perhaps far better. that these industries should have a gradual and normal growth, rather than receive a sudden impulse from adventitious conditions. The pulpwood paper industry of Quebec is bound to expand gradually, naturally yet enormously, because all conditions favor such growth. This is best illustrated by the statement of a few figures, which in this instance do not lie, because they represent values of shipments actually made and exported. Thus it appears that the exports of newsprint paper from this district represented the following values: 1905. $640; 1906. $8.018: 1907, $29,228; 1908. $44.643 ; 1909, —————_; 1910, $173.561; 1911. $211,618: 1912, $270,081; 1913, $1,059,597. To come up from practically nothing to over a million dollars in eight years, is certainly doing something, and this is but the beginning. Pulp also shows a remarkable growth in exnvorts, and during the same period presents the following values: 1905. $29,704: 1906. $22.- 951: 1907. $209.538: 1908. $230.362: 1909. $264.558: 1910, $765,131; ~ 1911. $1.273.868; 1912. $1.807,958; 1913, $2,256,336. divided in almost equal proportions between mechanically ground. and chemically bleached, or sulphite pulp. These figures certainly bear eloquent tes- timony to the growth of the pulp industry, which also is bound to con- tinue. though perhaps not as rapidly as that of paper. which from now on will make record leaps, stimulated, as it undoubtedly will be to some extent, by the removal of the American duty, though the ex- ports by months during 1913 since the date of the removal of the duty do not indicate an appreciated increase in the exports of either pulp or paper. on account of the removal of the duty. It might now be gratifying to some to read, that in the face of the foregoing figures, there has been a corresponding falling off in the ex- ports of pulpwood. This, however, has not been the case, for these exports during the same years were valued as follows: 1905, $281,819; 1906, $239,726; 1907, $385,941; 1908, $636,186; 1909, $1,160,029; 1910, $1,702,644; 1911, $1,290,500; 1912, $1,480,862; 1913, $1,691,775; from which it appears, that the exports in 1913 almost equalled those of 1910, when the fear of an impending shortage of this wood was largely responsible for an increased exportation. The fact, that the New National Transcontinental Railroad has tapped the lower tier of counties of this province to the south of the St. Lawrence River, with great timber resources, hitherto cut off from a good market, is more — likely to keep up the supply for years to come, though the wood ex- ports generaily are not on that account likely to increase in the same proporttion as those.of paper and pulp. Decrease in Lumber Exports The lumber exports on the other hand in 1913 from this district show an actual decline, small though it is. The following table will show best the relative values for the last two years of forest products including timber: Articles 1912 1913 Balsamfit 2 4 eee $4,567 $5,03 Cedar poles 7.5020) See eee 2,035 751 Deals ... 100,089 17,632 Lath 22s Shieoe ae promos 44,920 38,314 Lumber. 250 Sea oe ee 1,063,125 Railroad ties ... Fee. Ppetety |, 10,324 10,461 Shitieles * S .. 2. caesar ahaee ee ene 348. ae MOtal s..1 Ree 24 es, $1,135,221 From this it will be seen, that the lumber exports declined by about $25,000 and the miscellaneous exports of forest products, aside from pulpwood, pulp and paper to the extent of nearly $115,000. The total value of all products of the forests from this district in 1912 was $4,817,574, out of a total of all exports of $6,219,423 and in 1913 $6,143,- 032 out of a total of exports valued at $7,471,113. This represents an increase for the year 1913 over 1912 of $1,325,457 in exports of forest products and of $1,261,690 in the total values of all exports from this district. . Unique Year for the Lumber Trade Editor Canada Lumberman: Montreal, January 12th, 1914. The year 1913, with regard to the lumber trade, has been unique in many instances. Although money was tight and building opera~ tions decreased, the price of spruce advanced steadily; a rather strange situation, since all other commodities decreased in value. However, this is easily explained, when one considers that the lum- ber operations last winter were very unfavorable and the output was far below the usual production. The supply never overran the de- mand and manufacturers had at all times the upper hand. This is further emphasized since spruce did not come down in price when the duty was taken off. At first, prices fluctuated but they soon settled to where they were before the tariff reductions. Shingles suffered a reduction because the market was over sup- plied. This seems to be always. the case with shingles. When prices are good manufacturers try to increase their usual production and soon again crowd the market. Then the mills will curtail their out- put or cut it out altogether and one fine day the trade finds no shingles to buy. If manufacturers always tried to be on the short side of supply, they would be able to keep prices high and steady at all times. The demand for lumber in Canada has not been nearly as good as across the line. The last three months of 1913 were particularly poor. Tight money was the main reason for this. Retailers were forced to turn their stock into money. Necessary items only were bought, andthe result today is that nearly all retailers have the low- est stock on hand they ever had, some of them have reduced it sixty per cent. This will have its good effect this year. Dry spruce lumber this winter is very scarce. Few mills are wintering stock, but the conditions are very advantageous for the new cut and the outlook seems to indicate an over-production com- pared with previous years. On the other hand, money promises to be easier soon. .Some expect it to be normal within a few months. With the monetary market normal, building operations will resume their activities and the demand for lumber will be stimulated. Any surplus which may be produced will be devoured by the hungry re- tailers, who have only pile bottoms to look at this winter. Shingles, we expect, will be the only commodity, with perhaps lath, which will come down in price and this because mills have not curtailed this year’s cut. Several new mills are starting throughout. the country for the sole manufacturing of shingles. It is deplorable, but it cannot be helped. ‘ In conclusion, with the tariff question settled for shipments across the border and with the present prospects of easier money soon, general business will brace up, lumber business will respond quickly, and 1914 will show a marked progress—U. E. Germain, | Manager, Saw-mill Owners Sales Company. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 New Brunswick Output Shows Decrease Stocks on Hand Also Below the Average—Prices Steady During 1913—Tariff Removal by U.S. Causing Important Industrial Change St. John, N.B., January 22nd (Special to the Canada Lumber- man) : Outside of the city of St. John and throughout the province of New Brunswick the year just passed has been to the manufacturers and shippers of English deals one of the most successful which could be wished for. Practically from beginning to end there has been a steady market in Great Britain, with only a slight easing of prices in the early fall, which did not in any way influence the market on this side as about all the deals had been placed ahead. All the mills through the province had only a fair supply of logs. Last winter being exceedingly mild, the lumbermen were unable to get out an average cut. Hence it is felt that, when all statistics are completed, the ship- ment of deals to Great Britain will not be much greater than in 1912. - ‘The prices of deals remained good all the year through. City cut deals, or deals manufactured from the large stationary mills with the most modern machinery were sold in the early spring at about $16 to $16.50 per M. for specifications running 50 per cent. Y in. and up, bal- ance 7 in. and 8 in. x 3 in., with 3 in. x 4 in.—5Sin. at $14, 3 in. x 6 in, $14.50, 7 in. x 2% in., $15 to $15.50, ends, $12 and 4th quality, $14. ‘hese prices were the ruling ones until about July, when a turther advance took place and deals were sold at $17 for above specifications, with a like advance in scantlings, ends and fourths. The year 1913 was a record breaker, in as far as the prices for English deals were con- cerned. In no year has the prices been as high or the demand any better. All the benefit of the high prices did not, by any means, go in- to the pockets of the manufacturers, which is usually the rule. The middleman, or broker, has in about every case gathered the cream, having had the deals practically all bought in the early season. ‘lhe markets in Great Britain kept climbing and it is said that 1913 was one of the most successful years in the history of the lumber broker. We must say here, that he is many times entitled to all he gets, as he takes very heavy risks in both buying and selling. ‘The years which are profitable, are not so unpleasant as the years which are not profitable, of which the lumber brokers in this province have had a number. Practically all the deals throughout the province of New Brunswick are handled from the brokerage houses of Mackay, McKean and Moore, with offices at St. John and branches in Great Britain. These are all reliable houses and we hope that prosperity shall continue with them during the coming season of 1914. The Course of Freight Rates Freights, at the beginning of 1913, were very high. Nearly all the summer charters, which were made during the winter and early spring were made around 55 shillings, but during the summer they began to be easier, until to-day, charters for 1914 business are being made around 38 shillings and Y pence, which the shipping brokers claim to be as low as they can be had for future business. The shippers of English deals, of course, had the benefit in some cases of the fall in freights, especially during the autumn, when a slight drop came in the prices in Great Britain and he did not feel this drop in many cases, as he had the advantage of the drop in freights. One of the causes of the increase in shipments from St. John to Great Britain was the state of trade in the United States, which was practically at a standstill, and therefore much lumber which woula have gone into the United States had to be sawn into English sizes and shipped over to Great Britain. Another factor was, that, at the time of the strike, a good quantity of deals were purchased at outside points and diverted through St. John. As to the outlook for trade with the United Kingdom during the coming year, it is as yet impossible to see very far ahead. The stocks for shipment from the province of New Brunswick are, in some cases, lighter than at this time last year. In other sections they are about the same. On the Restigouche, about 10 millions are being wintered ; on Miramichi about 10 millions; at St. John about 20 millions, which is a little more than held here last year, but northern New Brunswick is below the stock he'd last year by a large quantity. Only a fair cut of rotary deals is being put out along the railways and at interior water points. Many of the portable mill men did not start cutting as the buyers were hesitating during the early fall when the portable mill man has to form his plans and get into the woods. So, there will not be any over-production, so far as they are concerned. Only an _ average cut of logs will be taken out for the mills over the province, and if forecasts are worth anything, much of this will be turned to the United States, where it is expected that prices will increase for 1914. So, as far as New Brunswick stock is concerned, the effect it snould have upon the English deal trade’should not be above normal. Of course, stocks of Baltic goods are fairly heavy and may have some ’ : effect upon the spruce trade, as they are, and have been, one of the greatest factors in keeping the prices of spruce down. Logging Costs Advancing So far as the cost of logging is concerned, it will be higher in 1914 than in 1913. Men have been exceedingly scarce, in fact have never been so hard to find in this section for logging purposes. Operators are paying from $5 to $10 per month more for men than in 1913, and it is felt that the cost of putting up the logs this year will be from 5 to 10 per cent. higher than in 1913. Although the winter has been very favourable, with the exception of the early fall, the quantity of logs put up, to date, is not as great as in 1913, caused largely by the poorer class of labor and its scarcity. No great quantity of deals will be ship- ped by liners, and although stocks are now very heavy in London, Glasgow and Manchester, should the consumption keep up, a large quantity will be worked off. Money, of course, is loosening up to some extent, and if trade in general should improve and no labor troubles arise in Great Britain, there is no reason to doubt that the year, or early part of the year at any rate, will bring forth good busi- ness and good prices. As to the trade at St. John during the past year, the manufac- turers have had a very discouraging season, all on account of labor asking too much and the closing of the mills for three months, when practically no work was carried on, and overhead charges were going on just the same. The operator, on closing his books for the season, finds in many cases that, if he broke even, he was very fortunate in- deed. The trade started the year with a grand outlook. The plans made here for a great quantity of building wou!d use up all the low grade material as fast as it was manufactured and at good advances in price. Also, the prices for English deals were good. A fair stock of logs had come forward or would come forward through the summer and all would be well, but a stop was put to all this when labor stepped in and said no, and all plans were turned aside, and mills closed. Lum- ber was brought in to the city from interior points, at good prices to the selters. All the mills here could do was look on and see someone else benefit by what should have rightfully belonged both to employer and employee. This state of affairs went on for fully three months, and when the mills started again, the bottom had fallen flat out of the building trades, and the mills therefore received no benefits, no ad- vance in wages was given to the operators as it was felt that the mill men were paying all the wages they could afford for some time to come, as, for the past few years, the mil!s have not been making any money, the result largely of the increased cost of labor. The stock of deals here totals about 20 millions for the English market, and from 5 to 8 millions of American; laths about 5 millions. A‘l spruce boards and low grade lumber have about been cleared up. Stocks of dry pine are very scarce, having a!l been shipped at the time of the strike. While quite a stock of green pine is on hand it will not be ready for shipment until about July. The market for pine is dull, with the outlook for 1914 uncertain, but the stock of pine !ogs will be very light. Light Stock of Logs at St. John The stock of logs on hand at St. John is not by any means heavy. [t would total about 20 millions and these are in the hands of a very few mills. The woods operations are doing fairly we'!l but have been handicapped very much by the wet weather of early fall and the scarcity of labor. Up to the present time only a fair quantity of logs have been put up. Good quantities of snow have fa!len and hauling is now well under way. About 60 to 65 million logs are being cut for the St. John mills this winter. This is a smaller cut than usual, owing to a late start being made on account of the strike. So it is to be seen that the year 1914 will be a short season for largely all the mills in the city of St. John. About 54 millions of logs were rafted through booms in 1913, with a cut of about 15 million of bank logs below Fredericton. The sawing season was short. Quite a stock was held from 1912 to 1913, about 40 to 45 millions, which meant a cut of about 100 million in 1913, but, the mills being shut down only about 80 millions were manufactured, leaving about 20 millions held over to 1914 or less than half the stock held from 1912 to 1913. The trade with the United States was about as unprofitable as it could be, from beginning to end of the year. The New York market was dead. It was not a question of prices, but it was almost impossi- ble to find buyers for long lumber. Occasionally some sales were made but it was simply a hand to mouth business. Sales of random were made at about $21 per M. for good fair specifications of lengths and widths. In New England, the market also was very uncertain, 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER During the early part of the season the base price was about $25, but it only he!d for a short time, when it dropped to $24 with buyers scarce. A great deal of the trouble in the American market was traced to the scarcity of money for building purposes, the banks having about with- drawn their support from the builders and refusing to advance money to buy land or build houses. This, along with the uncertainty of the tariff and its effects, with all the railroads practically out of the buying, reduced the United States market for eastern lumber to a very bad state. Laths were about the only stock that kept at good prices. They netted the manufacturers about $3 at the mill for the whole season. Shingles were hard to sell, especially the high grades. Qf course, the low grades are being used largely by the people at home, as they are much cheaper, and at present the consumer is frequently looking for something which may serve the purpose at a lower price. Large quan- tities of shingles are being held at the present time over New Bruns- wick, and throughout Maine. One of the greatest competitors which the eastern shingle is brought face to face with is the British Columbia shingle which is now coming on the market very freely since the tariff has been removed, and here let me say that one of the greatest competi- tors which the eastern manufacturers, both Canadian and American, will have to face in the near future will be stock from British Columbia. This applies especially to the woodworking factories, which are now buying all kinds of doors, trim and interior finish from British Colum- bia, bringing it right across the continent and selling it in the provinces of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia. What will happen when the Panama Canal is opened? As to the outlook for the United States market during 1914, it 1s felt that it will be much better, now that the tariff questions are set- tled. The money’ question is being put on a better basis than before, and the railroads will undoubtedly be allowed to increase their rates, and if they do so, the much needed repair work will be taken up. Se there is no reason why we should not at least come back to a normal market in New York and New England, with at least an advance of from $1.50 to $2 per M. In fact, some offers are now being made by American purchasers here, but they are not finding the sellers ready to do business as yet. Very few changes are being made in the milling plants in this sec- tion, and no new plants are in the process of erection. No sales oi deals have taken place as yet, and sellers feel that it is much better to await developments. The stock of logs will not be any more than will take care of a poor market. So if there is any business at all prices must stiffen. North Shore Operations During 1913 The lumber shipping season during 1913 on the North Shore of New Brunswick was an active one, many of the ports showing a good increase. Among these the following totals show the results of the year’s operations :— Dalhousie ‘Y ear Vessels Tonnage Sup. Feet MED eg tn ake sist Gaeta oe ode aa 43,324 15,909,671 SOUS 5 sc aie, so eRe, 2 hake 41 52,258 16,000,000 Bathurst ON 2rg. 554 ikea hee eee 10 11,319 7,615,378 1913 He. valtis tT dS Ge ape Newcastle DOT iat te tithe his APO OES 20 24,898 33,494,529 SI call don 3" cee 16 15,056 22,103,758 Chatham Sr glee ar 31 32,243 45,623,040 12 al aI GI RR IE tl. 22 36,580 52,384,955 Richibucto (1 1s a ie A a! OS atic. CP rahe (EO AGE Abe tS oe \e Mere Rie 8 ag 3 2,672 1,594,990 Buctouche GOT | es 246 287,556 1913 Sei en erty, MR se AS Campbellton (British Ports only) EU tn oo hes eee ane 19 30,047 35,152,226 ond y? ty. sal see erat 26 39,556 54,351,943 Sixteen professional trained foresters, nearly all of whom secured their training at the forest school at Laval University, Quebec, are now employed in the Forest Service of Quebec province. During the summer of 1913, the Forest Service had fourteen parties in the field, each in charge of a technically trained forester. Ten of these parties were engaged in valuing unlicensed Crown timber lands, of which there are approximately 125,000 square miles in the province. The Crown lands under license totalled approximately 70,000 square miles. During recent years, the revenue from these lands has been about $1,750,000 annually. Four parties were also engaged last year in an examination of licensed lands, to determine the boundaries of perm- anent forest reserves. The Quebec government is working out a policy of segregating non-agricultural forest lands into permanent for- — est reserves. St. John Shipments Showed Increase The annual review of the lumber shipping trade of St. John, N.B. with trans-Atlantic ports, published by the Daily Telegraph, states that these ship- ments were fairly heavy and showed an increase over 1912. During 1913, 155 vessels loaded lumber at St. John and the cargoes totalled 86,538,622 superficial feet; while in 1912, 161 vessels loaded 82,040,963 superficial feet—an increase of 4,497,659 feet for last year, although there was a decrease of six in the number of vessels. Timber shipments for the year 1913 show a slight reduction. The decrease in sailings is principally due to the fact that there were ten more Liverpool boats and five Australian boats during the previous year. The following table shows the comparative shipments during 1913 and — 1912 to the various trans-Atlantic ports: No. of Vessels Tons Deals, S. Ft. Liverpool? 2on2) co". .4,. cat ere eee 279,103 19,178,393 Liverpool, 29089... 220k GAP? abs 217,214 16,885,275 Manchester,(1012. 20. 2. ie2 fee eee 57,966 25,832,652 Manchester, 1913<.2 Sean sed ere ee . 71,606 21,218,201 endo 1612 oy te ee ee wa 47 159,341 14,725,768 TONdOt, AAOde, orc: enetea eee aces 50 174,472 15,273,694 Glasgow M1012 toe ee ase eee 19 62,395 3,899,740 Glaszow;, 191905 See ae en 18 85,393 10,161,757 Sharpness, 1912 ... .:, wt Py gs Pesce lll se aa . Sharpness, 1003 - annual meeting of the Mountain Lumber Manufacturers’ Annual producing capacity mountain mills ... Annual producing capacity coast mills Annual producing capacity pine and spruce mills Total annual producing Capactty.... toes. 3,200,000,00 ft. During the year 1912 the consumption of lumber in the four western provinces of Canada, which constitute the present market for 95 per cent. of the production of the mills just mentioned was as follows: 1912 sales mountain mills (less than 50 per cent. of actual capacity... -. : 488,000,000 1912 sales coast mills (less than 60 per ‘cent of actual capacity . Mesa res 935,000,000 1912 sales pine aad ‘spruce “mills Sho. c 3ba Ea ee ~ 404,000,000 1,827,000,000 1912 sales American mills in four western provinces of Canada eer er een ime MS 2,127 000,000 Total consumption of four western provinces ... Trade Conditions Analyzed It should be recalled here that the year 1912 provided the largest consumption of lumber ever experienced in western Canada, and the per capita consumption established what I believe to be the world’s record. I mention this fact because signs are not wanting that our per capita consumption of lumber, which has been abnormally large, will decrease from this time on, and we shall sink to about the level of the western and middle-western States.. The majority of our prairie cities and towns have been over-built, and for a few years at any rate will be forced to go very slowly in the matter of future extensions. , We shall witness a change from past conditions where we have been accus-_ tomed to seeing the largest proportion of our shipments going into city and town buildings, and will have to depend more on the country trade. The removal of the American tariff will bring us at once a small addi- — tional outlet for upper grades of lumber, but on the great bulk of our product we cannot hope for any market in the United States for some years to come. Looking into the immediate future it is difficult to see where we can hope for any marked improvement, or any prospect of placing our business upon a permanent plane of prosperity; but I do feel strongly, that upon the degree of judgment displayed by the manu- facturers of this country in regulating production, will depend largely the amount of success that will attend their labors. It would be idle, of course, to lay all the blame for our unsatisfactory conditions at the door of over-production, but I emphasized this phase of the situation because I believe it admits of certain improvement if we exercise in- telligence and co-operation in dealing with the problem. We are suf- fering from a combination of unfavorab!e circumstances in this busi- ness, which I should enumerate in the following order: Ist. Over-production of our plants. 2nd. Lack of tariff protection upon our product, while forced to pay for all machinery and supplies entering into the cost of our pro- duction, upon a high-tariff basis. 3rd. The excessive carrying charges and taxation our provincial government demands for the low-grade and thinly timbered licenses of the mountains. The president referred briefly to the financial condition of the asso- ciation affairs, and—while no large balance remains in the treasury— commended the conduct of this fund. He recommended that some action be taken regarding a grading inspection bureau, stating that it is most desirable to have such a department in connection with the association work. Trade Returns For Three Years Mr. A. E. Frank, acting secretary, presented his report, which contained the following interesting reference to operations during the last three years: Manufactured 1911 1912 1913 Mountain mills .. 462,778,494 420,176,434 385,828,521 Coast mills ..:. ... ¢. 739,000,000 910,000,000 820,000,000 Ping mills.cc. 0 eee 180,000,000 150,000,000 140,000,000 Spruce mills 192,000,000 198,000,000 170,000,000 Total manufactured . 1,573,778,494 1,678,176,434 1,515,828,521 Shipments Mountain mills .. 430,719,292 488,659,304 335,794,326 Coast mills ..... .... -708,000,000 935,000,000 800,000,000 Pige ailitie),: diagee 120,000.000 200,000,000 200,000,000 Spruce mills ... 97,000,000 204,000,000 195,000,000 Total shipments . 1,355,719,292 . 1,827,659,304 1,530,794,326 American importation into four western pro- rie Vintesy) 2.052 264,413,000 300.000,000 133,146,000 Consumption ... ... 1,620,132,292 2,127,659,304 1,633 ‘040, 326 Stocks at end of year ; Mountain mills .. 255.000.0000 _188.000.000 216.941 531 Goast miles. <= 225.000.000 200,000.000 225 ,000.000 Pine infil cy waste 150,000,000 100,000,000 75.000,000 Spruce mills... ... 127.000.000 121.000.000 100.000,000 Total stocks end of year 757,000,000 609,000,000 616,941,531 In reviewing the result of operations for the year, the most strik- ing fact is the enormous decline in the consumption of lumber in the four western provinces. During 1912 we find that the market con- sumed over two billion feet, whereas during 1913 the total consump- tion was one billion six hundred million feet, making a reduction of 463,000,000 feet. The production of lumber in the four western pro- vinces has not at all declined in proportion to this decreased consump- tion. During 1912, mills manufactured 1,678.000,000 feet, and during 1913, 1,515,000,000 feet, making a net reduction of 162,347,000 feet. In other words, the curtailment in production has only been 35 per cent. of the lessened consumption. It is therefore clear that the only hope of better conditions in the lumber business is a substantial re- duction in the output, which policy it is hoped will be generally fol-~ lowed by all manufacturers. On referring to the figures showing the consumption of lumber in our market, we find that western Canadian mills have shipped about $23,000,000 worth of dees, of which mountain mills supplied <) a \ . : = 7 k= 7 ia 7 CANADA $5,000,000—or 23 per cent. Adding to this amount the importations of lumber from the United States, we find that our market has consum- ed $25,000,000 worth of lumber, or $17 per capita population. The Outlook For 1914 Trade The outlook for this year has many encouraging features, but it is admitted that the bulk of trade will be confined to country points, rather than the larger centres of population; this by reason of the ex- tensive programme now in preparttion to attract bona-fide settlers, _ which is being carried on by three transcontinental railways of Can- ada. During 1913 there entered into western Canada 402,432 immi- grants, as compared with 354,237 during 1912. I may say that during this year the Canadian Northern and the Grand Trunk Pacific will enter actively into this matter of settling along their respective lines, this campaign having been confined heretofore entirely to the Cana- dian Pacific. It is estimated that the figures of immigration this year should increase by about thirty per cent. It is admitted that Canada—and particularly the western pro- vinces—have developed abnormally during the past five years, and the time has come when retrenchment is the word of the hour. Curtail- ment of production is in vogue in all lines of business, and a similar policy will have to be followed by the lumber manufacturers, when, it is to be expected, business in general will settle down to a more normal advance—and should bring with it greater confidence and prosperity. The financial stringency has about come to a close, and the return to normal conditions in this respect is already noticeable. Loans are being made for building purposes, but it is not to be ex- pected that large sums will be available for the development of specu- lative building in the larger cities. The inflated values established during the boom are a thing of the past, and bankers generally pre- dict that an abundance of money will be available for industrial and other developments of the country. The association has endeavored to be of the highest efficiency to all members, and in reviewing the year’s work, I wish to call your at- tention to the order which was issued by the Board of Railway Com- missioners for Canada early last year, allowing the application of your secretary for a 33 cent rate to northern points, where the mile- ages involved do not exceed those to Winnipeg. This order was strenuously contested by the Carmadian Pacific Railway, and it was deemed advisable to compromise on a fair basis—which was done. I may say that this compromise effected a saving to the association of a large amount of expenditure in legal fees, etc., as well as bringing about the immediate publication of reduced rates, as contained in tariff W-2866. Reductions, thus obtained, while they do not repre- sent any saving in money to ourselves (owing to reductions in de- livered prices of lumber made) have opened up a much wider market for our product. The western freight rates case is being watched with interest, and the Golden rate case instituted by your secretary, has been made part of this rate inquiry. From the information which LT have, I feel that a decision in this matter will be reached within the next two or three months and it is predicted that further substantial reductions will be made on all commodities. The election of officers then took place with the following re- sults :—President, Mr. Charles O. Rodgers, secretary-treasurer of the Canyon City Lumber Company, Creston, B.C.; vice-president, Mr. A. K. Leitch, managing director of the East Kootenay Lumber Company, _ Jaffray, B.C.; executive committee, W. F. Lammers, secretary-treas- __urer of the Adams River Lumber Company, Chase, B.C.; C. D. Mc- _ Nab, managing director Baker Lumber Company, Waldo, B.C.; W. M. DeCew, managing director, Western Pine Lumber Company, Grand Forks, B.C.; W. A. Anstie, managing director, Forest Mills of British Columbia, Revelstoke, B.C.; secretary-treasurer, A. E. Frank, former acting secretary. A sales circular department was formed, with the view of distri- buting to all manufacturers promptly records of sales made. This is a department similar to that now being conducted by the Western Pine Manufacturers’ Association of Spokane. A motion was carried to move the head offices of the association to Nelson, B.C., at as early a date as possible. A motion was also carried that the association establish a grading _ bureau at the head offices. One of the features of the 12th annual convention of the Hard- _ wood Manufacturers’ Association which is to be held in Memphis, —_ -Tenn., on January 21-22 will be a discussion of logging and logging _ problems, considered from the standpoint of operations both in the hill country and in the lowlands. Results of practical experience as _ to methods and costs will be given, and an open discussion will fol- low. Excellent arrangements are being made for the success of the convention and a very large attendance is assured. e The seventeenth annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lum- ociation will be held at Buffalo, N.Y., on June 18th and 19th, * | LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 Business Swinging Back to Normal Editor Canada Lumberman :— Vancouver, B.C., Jan. 9th. The year 1913 opened up fairly well, and while we were at no time able to map out our way very far ahead, yet in the early months of the year a good volume of business was handled, though at no time did the prices obtained justify the transactions. The !og stp- ply in the early part of the year was light, and prices were very firm, ranging from one to two dollars higher than the prices prevailing in 1912. This worked a very great hardship on those mills which were solely dependent upon buying on the open market for their supply, and made it possible for mills operating their own logging camps to do business when the others could not. The year was ushered in amidst a blinding storm of optimism which prevailed pretty generally throughout the province, but in no place was it more noticeable than amongst the men who had logs to sell, or who expected to have. Plans were laid by them for the carrying out of a year’s business quite unparalleled by anything in the history of the province, and some went so far as to predict a $14 level for logs before ihe end of the season, and in consequence of these predictions many new opera- tions were opened up, only to find the conditions altogether changed before their first boom was made up. With the mills it was different. We tried hard to appear optimistic, but it was of no use, there was a condition which must be met. We had gloomy forebodings of some- thing that seemed to be in the air. We knew not what it was, but it was there, like Caesar’s ghost, and we could not get away from it, and even at this date it is impossible to properly describe it. On the whole, my observations are that the lumber business in this pro- vince for the year 1913 has been very disappointing. The year 1914 is stepping in very cautiously, and so far as log- ging and lumbering operations are concerned, indications are that it will tread lightly until a feeling of greater security prevails through- out the land. There seems to be nearly as much uncertainty exist- ing at the beginning of this year as there was at the same time last year, but it is of a different kind. Last year it seemed as though some impending calamity was coming upon us, and we worked the whole year through under the disagreeable feeling which one experi- ences when it is believed that the worst is yet to come. With the opening of this year no one seems to have the temerity to predict anything worse than what we have already experienced, but rather the feeling seems to be that we have passed the worst, and are even now ascending the grade back to better times. My own opinion is that while a certain amount of curtailment may be necessary, yet a reasonably good volume of business will be transacted in the last nine months of 1914, and I believe that, on the whole, the results of the year’s business will prove quite satisfactory. I base this opinion upon several things, some of which I will men- tion. My information, so far as I have been able to gain anything of an authentic nature, is that stocks generally are light, or at any rate much below normal. Consumption has been light for the past year, owing to the prevailing feeling of uncertainty, and this does not apply alone to those consumers who were depending upon obtaining loans with which to carry out their projects, but also to the man with money. He wanted to see what was going to happen before going ahead with the contemplated building. The latter will now go on with his undertaking just as soon as the building season opens up, and this will give a stimulus to others, and pretty soon things will swing back to normal, or better, and we will be left to reflect upon the past year, and wonder how it all happened. Then, too, it is not un- likely that, during this temporary lull, many readjustments will be made in the methods employed which will prove beneficial, and help the wheels of progress to move more smoothly. Again, immigra- tion has not ceased, but is still flowing in, and many of these new- comers have money, as was instanced at this port of entrance a few days ago, when a man and his wife with seven children were seeking to enter. The officer questioned him to see if he had the $50 required by law, and the man pulled out his bank book written up for $60,000. The officer could only remark “go on old man, you are the kind we want.” These things considered, together with the fact, as shown by statistics, that the savings accounts throughout the Dominion were never in such a healthy state, can bring us to none other than the logical conclusion that this money is not going to lie still, but is going to join with the flow that is sure to come by the gradual loosening of the purse strings of outside capital for both public and private enter- prises, many of which have already been entered upon. These re- marks, while made directly upon the lumber situation, apply equally to the shingle industry, excepting perhaps, that the shingle business will be more especially benefitted by the readjustment of the tariff. Having been actively engaged in the lumber and shingle business in British Columbia for the past twelve years, and associated in a responsible way in the manufacture and handling of twenty-five mil- lion feet of the former, and one hundred million pieces of the latter per year, I have had occasion to study conditions to some extent, and I offer the foregoing as my own private opinion of the situation as arrived at from general observations—E. H. Newton, WANTE PUBLISHER’S NOTICE other than “Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted’ will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements Advertisements of “Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. If Canada Lumberman box number is used, en- close ten cents extra for postage in forward- ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of ‘Wanted Employees” will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. Wanted 500,000 feet 1-in., 1%4-in. Soft Elm. ‘ 700,000 feet 1-in. Basswood, Ash and Birch. For delivery as soon as dry this year. State what you can supply and lowest prices on cars. Box 945, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 3-8 Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit, or some second- hand machinery, the CANADA LUMBER- MAN AND WOODWORKER will bring quick returns. Use our “Wanted and For Sale Deoarsrtment ” Wanted to Buy 500,000 ft. log run, sawn Hard Maple, vari- ous thicknesses, M. C. out. Must grade pro- per percentage 1S and 2S and No. 1 Common and not to exceed 20 per cent. No. 2. Will pay cash when loaded on cars; or will buy good Maple logs in the round, 12-in. and up diameter. ‘ Write P. O. Box No, 1595, Montreal, giv- ing best price and rate of freight to Mont- real. 2-t.f. Hardwood Pickets Wanted Beech, Birch and Hard Maple. Require Thickness, 1/16-in. Plump. Quality—Free from all defects. Can take delivery of green or dry stock. Apply to The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Ltd., Orillia, for- full particulars, price, etc. 24-1-TF Cargo Spruce. Wanted For New England delivery. We. will pay cash for the following :— 4/4x5-in. and up rough-D-I-S, both merchant- able and cull. 2x8-in. and up rough-D-I-S, both merchant- able and cull. 2x4-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull. 2x6-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull, 2x8-in. and up rough chantable and cull. 2x10-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull. 8x4-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull. 4x4-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull. 6xG-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull. 6x8-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull. &x8-in. and up rough random, both mer- chantable and cull. State fully what you have to offer, and when you could commence and complete shipment. Box 947, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 3 random, both mer- Basswood Wanted No. 2 Common and Mill Cull. Winter cut preferred. Apply Firstbrook Box Co.. Ltd., Toronto, Ont. 7-tf Red Pine For Sale Four carloads 2 x 4 and up; 18 ft. to 24 ft. P. O. Box 392, Ottawa, Ont. 3-t.f. For Sale One thousand cords dry softwood slabs and edgings. Canada Pine Lumber Company, Limited, Hamilton, Ont. 24-1-2-3 For Sale 6,000 round cedar fence posts, 7-in. top. 8 ft. long. Good and sound. Apply M. C. Neate. Rockliffe Park, Ottawa, Ont. R For Sale Spruce and Jack Pine, sawn to order, up to 12 x 12. Write for prices. H. C. DUNBAR, 2-3 Haileybury, Ont. For Sale About 200 M. ft. of Hardwood logs from 9-in. to 18-in. in diameter. F.O.B. cars, Sherbrooke. Apply E. L. DARCHE, 1-4 Ascot Corner, P.Q. Lumber For Sale 200 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 8375 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, c Montreal, Que. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, : Timber Department, 1-t.£. Janesville, Wisconsin. RJ anted-Ma saya arunans Wanted Double Seamless Edger. State make and price. G. A. Watson, Flesherton, Ont. 8 Wanted Second-hand steam feed Cylinder. Must be at least 36 ft. long and 7-in. or 8-in. bore. Apply Box 98382, Canada Lumberman, ‘To- ronto. 2-3 y- G4 bo A Bargain 44-inch Wick Gang for sale at a bargain. In first class shape. Apply, Fraser Lumber Company, Ltd., 2-7 Plaster Rock, N.B. Sawmill Machinery For Sale 1 3-block sawmill, cable feed; 1 ‘Canada Favorite” shingle machine; 2 shingle jointers; 3 shingle packers; 2 wood frame draw saws; 1 36-in. 3-saw edger; 2 combined lath mach- ines and bolters; 2 power feed lath machines; 2 lath bolters. c H. W. PETRIE, LTD., Toronto. For Sale 1—Giddings & Lewis Horizontal Slab Re-saw. 1—Pair twin slabbers for ties. 1—Payette Box Board Edger. 1—Engine, 12 x 20, complete. 28—Wrought iron dry kiln trucks. All in working order. FIRSTBROOK RBROS., 24-1-2-3. Penetang, Ont. CORLISS ENGINES 150 to 175 h.p. cylinder, 16 x 36 in. stroke. This engine was new two years ago and was in actual operation less than one year. It is a Leonard’s latest heavy design pattern, and is just as good as new. Would make an excel- lent Planing Mill engine. Can be bought at a bargain. 500 to 1000 h.p.. Twin Vertical Steeple Com- pound Corliss Engine in first class running shape. Would make an excellent Saw Mill engine. A bargain for anyone who could use this engine. 500 h.p. Cross Compound Corliss Engine, di- rect connected to a 400 kw. 250 volt gener- ator, complete, in excellent condition, with pumps and condenser. Can be bought at a bargain. Apply Thos. Hobbs, Mail Building. Toronto, $ For Sale at a Bargain 1 10 in. x 10 in. Simplex Pump. 5 Steam Engines. 1 Killam Stock Gang (New). 1 Mitts & Merrill Hog, No. 20, 10 in. x 12 in. 1 Ricker with 30-in. Saw. 1 St. John [Iron Works Driving Gear for Band. Saw Carriage. Edger, Planers, Shingle Machine, Chain Blocks, Trolleys, Saw Arbors, Pulleys, Ro- tary Saws, and a large lot of Steam and Mill Fittings. Address, T. N. McGRATH, 20-t.f. Tusket, N.S. TX: -Employment Wanted Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 25 cents. Position wanted by thoroughly experienced Bandsaw Filer. Address H. J. c/o Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 2-3-4 Position wanted as single or double cut band sawyer for coming season. Good refer- ences. Box 940, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, 2-4 BAND SAW FILER, first class, wants po- sition. Wide experience and thoroughly quali- fied for all kinds, of filing or hammering in sawmill or woodworking factory. Satisfaction guaranteed. Sober. Best references. Address John Ackland, 258 Durand St., Sarnia, Ont. 3 A first- class foreman carpenter desires to change his position, Specialist in transport- able wooden buildings, such as_ hospitals, schools, cottages, bungalows, villas and farm houses. Have worked in the largest factory in Germany. Familiar with export trade to South America and Italy. Aged 39 years and energetic. Address Box 930, Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 3 Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents Men for sawmill wanted: Engineer, fire- man, sawyer, jacker, setters tail sawyer, lath contractor, pilers and others for Band Saw Mill at Kearney, Ont., for summer season. Cut is pine. State age, habits and firms pre- viously employed with. Apply W. J. Arm- strong, Biscotasing, Ont. 2-3-4 _Salesman Wanted—Large Southern yellow pine manufacturers want a good Canadian salesman to travel Canada. Must know yel- low pine trade. Good salary. Apply in first instance to E. J. Macintyre, 659 Peoples Gas Building, Chicago. 1-2-2 WANTED—An aggressive young man with some experience in the lumber business as City Salesman for a newly organized lumber company. Must be well recommended and desirous of getting results. Will have the option of becoming a stockholder in the com- pany. When writing state age, experience and salary expected. Address J. P. Bertrand, Port Arthur, Ont. 4 WANTED—Retail Yard Foreman in a new- ly organized company at Port Arthur, Ont. One who is prepared to subscribe a certain amount of stock preferred. Must be ‘sober and capable of showing results. In writing enclose. references, state about what amount stock you could subscribe, and salary ex- pected. Address Box 951, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. 8 _ WE WANT TRAVELLING SALESMEN to carry our lists on commission for the fol- lowing sections: Western, Central and East- ern Ontario, New York and_ New England States. We carry large assortments of Spruce. Hemlock, Pine, Lath, Shingles, Yellow Pine timbers and planking, Fir, American Hard- woods, etc. State experience and connections and give reference. Apply Box 950, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 3 PEAT aS PERE For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce; Hemlock and Hardwood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sawmill and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 19-t.f. Wanted to Buy One or two lumber yards each doing a yearly business around $30,000 Would like to trade some farms in on the deal. Apply to K. T., c/o Canada Lumberman, Toronto, 24-1-2-3 — Saw Mill For Sale Practically new. Fully equipped. 18 to 20 M. ft. daily. Engine 60 h.p., boiler 6S h.p. Everything modern. In perfect run- ning order. Suitable for heavy timber. Will sell on ground or F.O.B. cars. Further infor- mation from Box 949, Canada Iumberman. Toronto. 3-4 Capacity For Sale _ Fir and Spruce Timber Limits in the vicin- ity of Fort George. Price right and terms liberal. Will be sold in quantities as agreed upon up to 45 square miles. ‘Timber not ex- celled in British Columbia. If interested apply for further information to ; D. J. McCEACHERN. ' 3-6 Alvinston, Ont. EE Retail Lumber and Planing Mill For Sale Situated in best thriving town in Ontario, served by three railways, average of two hun- dred houses built yearly. Business averages over $35,000 yearly. Would consider selling machinery and rent buildings and real estate for a term of years. For further particulars apply to HAROLD L, KEARNS. 3-4 Orillia, Ont. Saw Mill For Sale or Lease What is_ known as the ‘icnic Island Mill at Little Current. Cutting capacity 140 M. inch lumber in 10 hours. In first class con- dition. Possession can be given 1st January next. For further particulars apply to THOMAS CONLON, 44 Church Street, 21-t.f. St. Catharines, Ont. Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. This is where buyers of timber property look for op- portunities to invest. If your “ad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. tf For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent log pond. Ten and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. 8-t.f. For Sale Lumber Limits in Eastern Canada, 50,000 acres, large Sawmill, fully equipped going concern, on salt water. Correspondence so- licited. Will be sold right to close estate. Address, Timber Limits, care Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 22-t.f. Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. 1-t.f. Saw Mill Property For Sale or Rent The following are some of its leading fea- tures: Situated near Little Current, on the Georgian Bay, on what is known as Picnic Island. Contains 37 acres of freehold pro- perty which includes the mill and more than twenty other buildings. It has been leased by the Wolverine Lumber Company during the past seven years, and their lease expires the first of January next. If they buy more limits they may likely continue the lease. In the meantime we are offering the property for sale or rent. The mill has been cutting about 20,000,000 a year on small logs and a ten-hour day. The Island is in unorganized territory and our yearly tax on it is only one cent an acre in addition to the Little Current school tax of about twenty-five dol- lars a year. The power consists of two en- gines—a 24 x 30-inch and a 20 x 20-inch cy- linder. Five boilers 60-inch diameter by 16 feet long. A double cutting band, a wickes gang (36-inch) and a circular saw. Two trimmers, two edgers and good lath mill capacity. The protection against fire is prob- ably the best on the Georgian Bay; with a fine large pump in the machine shop, and a water tank outside ninety feet high with water pipes leading to the mill and all the houses on the Island, four streams at once can be thrown on the mill. We carry $62,000 in- surance on the mill and on all the buildings, the average rate being less than four per cent.. Our piling capacity consists of 2,200 - feet of stone-filled docks holding about ten million feet, and ten million more in the rear on the ground. Vessels can load at the docks to sixteen-foot drafts and be well sheltered. First-class booming room for about 15,000,000 feet of logs, 650 booms and chains, We carry boiler insurance, and the inspectors’ report this year testifies that everything is in good condition. The average loss of time during the past six years is probably less than three days in the season for repairs, and the quality ‘of the manufacture is among the very best on the Georgian Bay. To build up this pro- perty at the present time would cost at the least $200,000, but we do not care to go back to the active work of running it, and will sell the property free of encumbrance for $75,000 and on easy terms of payment. There is now a railroad running into Little Current which will materially increase the value of this property. If we do not sejl soon, would lease it for a term of years at a reasonable rent, and will be pleased to correspond with interested parties. For further particulars ap- ply to the undersigned. Thos. Conlon, 44 Church Street, St. Catharines, Ont. laneous For Sale Tugboat, 65 ft. over all, 14 ft. 3 in. beam, 8 ft. deep, fully equipped with winches, 10. and 20-in. compound engines, surface con- _ densers and pumps. All connections and pipes brass and copper. Address T. N. McGrath, isket, N.S. . 20-t.f. DY ST CANADA Tenders for Cedar Poles Tenders will be received by the Suburban Construction Company, c/o G. C. Royce, 90 Sherbourne Street, Toronto, for the supplying of approximately: 2,300 45-ft., 8-in. top, Cedar Poles. 350 35-ft., T-in. top, Cedar Poles, 100 60-ft., 8-in. top, Cedar Poles. Tenderers will furnish particulars of the quality of the poles and point of inspection. 2-3 Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Also, Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete.. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, 22-t.f. Brantford, Canada. MAIL CONTRACT Sealed tenders, addressed to the Postmaster General, will be received at Ottawa until noon. on Friday, the 6th of March, 1914, for the conveyance of His Majesty’s Mails, on a pro- posed contract for four years, six times ver week each way, over Streetsville (via Meadow- vale and Churchville) Rural Mail Route, from the Postmaster General’s pleasure. Printed notices containing further informa- tion as to conditions of proposed Contract may be seen and blank forms of Tender may be ob- tained at the Post Offices of Streetsville, Mea- dowvale, Churchville, and at the office of the Post Office Inspector, Toronto. A. SUTHERLAND. Post Office Inspector. Post Office Inspector’s Office. Toronto, January 19th, 1914. Brooms or Fans. All woodworking. machine: make refuse of some sort or an- other. Some more, some less: some shavings, some chips, some dust. So far, we all agree. Per- haps I am also safe in saying it is never wanted just where it is made. It has perforce to be re- moved somewhere — some time —somehow. Now what is the best and cheap- est way, eh? Oh, put in a fan and some piping, and there you are. Many, very many, have de- cided as above, and fondly fan- cied their troubles were over, only to find out they had bit off much more than they could chew. Some of you have been bit with the fan dog, and know why. Others, again, are wondering just what is the matter with their fan and pipes. Firstly, it must be remembered that the dust-collecting business is skilled work. Any fool can buy a fan and run a few pipes; but it requires expert knowledge to know just what size, make and speed of fan that is wanted, also where to put it; how to lay out pipes to save awkward bends and corners, so as to obtain desired results. It is not a plumber’s job, by a long way. Then perhaps by far the greatest stumbling block to the unwary is what power is LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER required. Yes, that’s the word— power. It is the all-important item. Yet how many have instal- led blowers and never gave it a thought. It is the old story; put a pulley on the main shaft; it will not want much power to run a fan. Quite right; perhaps it does not require a lot of power to drive a fan, but it takes an enormous amount of power to drive a fan fast enough to do any good. It is a well-known fact that most sawmills are badly under-power- ed, yet they put in fans here and there, as though they were mere tops instead of power-hogs. It has been found and proved by bit- ter experiences, both here and abroad, that a dust-collecting sys- tem in a wood-working factory will consume from 25 per cent. to 33 per cent. of the total power required to run the plant. Say you have an average saw and planing mill that requires 100 h.p. to run it. Before you could in- stall a proper, efficient dust-col- lecting p!ant you would require to find about 30 h.p. to work it. How many have so much power to spare—very, very few. That, to my mind, is the great draw- back to fans—the want of powe-. So we have still to rely largely on brooms and shovels until some genius invents a good low-speed fan that does not require much power to drive, yet creates a suc- tion strong enough to pull the limewash off the walls. The Uses of Beech Woods which are free from ob- jectionable taste find place in the manufacture of commodities which come in contact with food- stuffs, and beech has long been one of the chief woods so em- ployed. Lard tubs, butter boxes and pails, and the beaters for ice cream freezers are other commod- ities for which beech serves ad- mirably. For ice cream beaters the persistent hardness of the wood when subjected to attri- tion and abrasion while wet gives it peculiar fitness. Sugar hogs- heads are made of beech, partly because it is a tasteless wood and partly because it has great strength. It is an excellent ma- 45 terial for churns. A large class of woodenware, including veneer plates, dishes, boxes, paddles, scoops, spoons, and beaters, be- longs to the kitchen and pantry, and beech is one of the common woods of which they are made. Beech picnic plates are made by millions, a single machine turning out 75,000 a day. The wood has a long list of mis- cellaneous uses and enters into a great variety of commodities. In every region where it grows in commercial quantities it is made into boxes, baskets and crating. Beech baskets are chiefly employ- ed in shipping fruit, berries and vegetables, and are of thin lum- ber, generally veneer, and intend- ed to be used only once. In Maine thin veneer of beech is made specially for the Sicily or- ange and lemon trade. This is shipped in bulk and the boxes are made abroad. Beech is an important handle wood, though not in the same class with hickory. It is not se- lected because of toughness and resiliency, as hickory is, and gen- erally goes into plane, handsaw, pail, chisel, bundle and flatiron handles. Recent statistics show that in the production of slack cooperage staves, only two woods, red gum and pine, stood above beech in quantity, while for head- ing, pine alone exceeded it. CHICAGO: COLISEUM APR.S0-MAY 9 NEW YORK GRAND CENTRAL PALACE MAY21 30 > - Montreal Engineering Co., Limited, 164 St. James Street, Montreal. Timber limits examined, cruised and surveyed. Waterpowers developed. Pulp and Paper Mills de- signed and constructed. Projects financed. Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season. Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timbe Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log Stamping, Hammers, etc. Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the lowest price. Write us for particulars and prices ARGALL BROTHERS Three Rivers, Quebec 46 Ontario Trade conditions in Ontario have been very slow since the New Year. This does not mean that they are more than ordinarily quiet, but that various factors which come into play at this time of year have been having their customary effect. There has been little or no movement out of retail yards during January, and as a result, retailers are not buying stocks. Stocktaking, holidays and unseasonable wea- ther have been the chief causes of this situation. Wholesalers, realiz- ing that trade is practically at a standstill, have taken their men off the road in many cases, and are devoting their attention to looking over available stocks for purchases. A prominent Toronto whole- saler recently visited one of his good customers, with a view to sell- ing him some stock, and found himself seventh in a line of whole- salers seeking to sell. He went back to his office, and meeting the representative of the Canada Lumberman, suggested that, if whole- salers would take their salesmen off the road at present and let the retailers have a litt!e rest cure, the result would be a fair improvement in trade conditions. Hemlock shows no change and prices are still maintained at form- er levels. Yellow pine seems to be a little firmer and manufacturers in the south report a slight improvement in the market. Lath are practical'y out of the market today. British Columbia shingles have not changed. New Brunswick shingles are very strong. A prominent New Brunswick manufacturer recently reported that a number of mills which will have an output of about 70,000,000 pieces during the year 1914 have already contracted for the sale of 50,000,000 pieces. Eastern Canada There has been little or no change in trade conditions at St. John during the past fortnight. Excellent conditions are reported from the woods a!l over the province. St. John mills are all closed. A St. John firm has sold 2,000,000 deals to English buyers at $17 per thousand, on a specification of 50 per cent. 7-in. and 8-in. x 3-in., bal- ance 9-in. and 11x 3 in. This is the first sale of 1914 stock reported. St. John stocks of merchantable spruce boards, also refuse boards, scantlings, planks and deals are almost exhausted. Manufacturers are expecting about one dollar more per thousand for merchantable and refuse lumber this year. The market for eastern spruce at Boston showed some improve- ment. Retailers have finished their stocktaking and, as a result, there are some fairly large contracts in sight. Frames are selling at a base price of $24.50. Random is quiet, 2 x 4 in. selling at $22; exe Gin, at $21°2 x 5 in’? 2 x 6 im. and 2 x:7- im, atpa205 2 Sie, eal $22.50; 2 x 10 in. at $24 and 2 x 12 in. at $24.50. Spruce covering boards, 5 in. and up are offering at $22 and matched spruce, 12, 14 and 16 ft. at $24.50. Prices for eastern spruce at New York are un- changed, but there is a slight upward tendency. Yard stocks of hem- lock in retailers’ hands at New York are reported low. The trade is of a hand-to-mouth character. A little better buying of hard- woods is reported from New York, but no extensive movement is noticeable. Plain and quartered oak are in good demand. The greatest activity is in the market for birch and maple. At Boston, retailers are holding back with their orders for hardwoods, and busi- -ness is dull. United States - A cheerful business spirit has commenced to make itself evident in the United States, in spite of the fact that reports, as yet, do not show that actual trade conditions have materially improved. There is a general feeling that the trade pendulum has commenced to swing in the right direction and the belief is prevalent that conditions will be considerably better in the near future. No one is looking for a boom, but nearly everyone is expecting improvement. Taking the yellow pine trade as an indication, it is interesting to note that mill representatives and wholesalers report a greater volume of actual -orders during. the past fortnight than in any single period in the year 1913. Yellow pine prices, however, have not advanced. An import- ant feature of the trade has been the fact that a steady growth in building construction took place during the month of December. Stocks in the hands of retail and large consumers, in practically all parts of the country, are very low and they wi!l find it necessary to come into the market for material quite extensively in the near future. The chief adverse feature of the trade is the fact that prices continue low, but this is likely to be improved as soon as the demand continues to be really active. In the northern States, logging conditions had not been good up to the middle of January, but cold weather and more plentiful snow, which were then in prospect, promised to relieve the logging CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER situation greatly. At latest reports, zero weather was quite general and logging conditions had improved. White and Norway pine, hem- lock and cedar have all been quiet, as is usual at this time of year. Manufacturers, after completing their inventories, report that the average of trade throughout the year was fairly satisfactory and that there was no important surplus of stock in any part of the country. Retail supplies are so light that a good spring trade would clean them up entirely. A better price is reported for hemlock, which is scarce and is expected to advance. The trade in general at Buffalo is quiet, with prices steady. ; I1ardwood consumers have only light stocks and a tendency is noticeable to resume buying, wherever prices are suitable. Most ot the mills in the important manufacturing districts have sufficient o1- ders ahead to keep them busy for some time. There is a better demand for eastern spruce; but the price has not improved. Many of the eastern retailers are now replenishing their stocks. Great Britain Reports from London indicates that business is commencing to move again in the Metropolitan area. A certain amount of forward business is being arranged. Nothing of importance is reported in connection with prices. It is expected that freights will rule through the coming season at easier rates than last year, but there is no likeli- hood that the cost of goods will be lower than the average of 1913. Prices in general show little variation and the demand appears quite hopeful. Deliveries at London docks for the week ending January 3rd amounted to 5,848 standards as compared with 4,834 standards during the corresponding week of 1913. At Foy, Morgan & Com- pany’s recent auction sale prices showed little variation. Quebec spruce, 3 x 9 in. 3rd sold at £11 14s, and 3 x 7 in. 2nd Quebee spruce brought £10 10s. A lot of dry 3rd Quebec pine, 3 x 7 in., 10 to 16 ft., was sold at £15 15s per standard hundred. At Liverpool, trade is commencing to take on a more active appearance. Travellers are on the road again and business is resum- ing its normal course. No change is reported in spruce deals, on c.i.f. business, which is confined to liner parcels. Very little business is being done ahead. Consignment parcels have been realizing fair prices. There is no immediate sign of a further decline in values. Arrivals by liner parcels have not been large. A report from Liver- pool states that if there were no spruce arrivals from now until the commencement of the season, probably it would require a much better demand than is in prospect to bring about an advance in prices. There is practically four months’ supply on hand at present. The spot market is rather at a standstill, the demand being only for active requirements. Very little business is being done on birch c.if. terms. A small amount of business is reported in Quebec pine deals and boards, but not enough to make any effects on stocks, which are held firmly by chief importers. At Manchester, it is reported that prices for spruce are “wobbly.” Will Operate Nepisiguit Mill , The Bathurst Lumber Company, Limited, Bathurst Village, N.B., are fitting out the Nepisiguit Lumber Company’s mill which has been idle during the past two years, and which they purchased some time ago. They will operate the mill during 1914 as a saw and shingle mill. They are putting in shingle machines on one side and a band saw and a band re-saw on the other side and expect to have it in operation by the first of May. This, of course, will be an entirely separate operation from their present sawmill at Bathurst Village and will increase the company’s output considerably from that point. Fassett Company’s New Plant in Operation The new mill of the Fassett Lumber Company, at Fassett, P.Q., commenced operations on January 5th. Full night and day shifts were put on on January 19th. The company will run night and day throughout 1914. The main building of the plant is 186 ft. x 55 ft. and there are two wings 40 ft. x 60 fit. and 42 ft. x 138 ft. The plant is much larger than the one which the company formerly operated and which was recently destroyed by fire. The equipment includes two 8 ft. single cutting bands, two edgers, 5 slashers, automatic trimmers, etc., all installed by Clarke Bros. & Company, Olean, N.Y. The power plant consists of a 600 h.p. Corliss, 6 valve engine. A fire pump and dynamo are also installed in connection with the engine house. The mill has a solid concrete floor and foundations. 000 feet of soft-wood in ten hours. ha ‘ Vea >) a8 é * 2 Lf , , ce hy r ne d '; 4 Ger \e It will cut 100,- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 47 View of Mills in Sarnia. Quality, Quantity, Service Look your stock over, and send us an order for what you need or wire for quotations. We always have large stocks of Norway and White = Pine Lumber = Also large timbers cut to order, any length up to 60 feet, from Pine and B.C. Fir Headquarters For Norway Silo Stock Cleveland- Sarnia Sawmills Co., Limited SARNIA, ONTARIO B. P. Bote, Pres. F. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. - tion. 48 Market Correspondence CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD First Sale of St. John English Deals for the Year St. John, N.B., January 23rd; (Special to the Canada Lumber- man).—The last two weeks have seen very little, if any, change in conditions in this section. The winter is all that can be desired for lumbering, clear cold weather, thermometer standing around zero about all the time, with from six inches of snow in St. John County, to two feet or better in the interior of the province. The cutting and hauling of logs is progressing as well as can be expected, and if we have a good winter for balance of season, all logs should be hauled off yards without any trouble. Men for woods work still remain very scarce. All the mil!s in St. John are now idle and will remain so until the latter part of March. Locally, the lumber market remains about the same as at last writing, very little selling for 1914 has yet been done. It is said that one local concern has sold its first two million of deals to English buyers here for $17 per M., 50 per cent. 7 and 8 in. by 3 in., balance 9 and 11 in. by 3 in., with the 3 x 4 - 5 - 6 in. at about $1.50 per M. reduction with fourth quality about $15 and ends around $12, the average length being about 13 ft. 6 in. No other sales of English deals have yet been made. No laths have been sold ahead for 1914, in fact this is the only sale that has yet been made at St. John. Local stocks of merchantable spruce boards, also refuse boards, scantlings, planks and deals are about exhausted. It is felt that prices of both merchantable and refuse lumber will be around $1 per M. higher in 1914 than in 1913. This will no more than take up the increased cost of logging this winter. All fixed charges are increasing fast. Of course this advance in price wi'l be regulated, not by the operator, but by the supply and demand. The supply will not be over plenty, and the price of logs will be higher. No sales of American stock have yet been made, but it is felt that there will be an improvement of at least $1.50 per M. in American prices. Laths are being held for $3.25 per M. on the wharves here. Box shooks and fish boxes of all kinds are in good demand, with prices hardening. Shingles still remain in the same position as they have been of late and do not seem to improve any. Montreal Trade Continues Quiet Montreal, January 27th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): As usual at this time of the year, business in lumber is dull. Some firms report an improvement over the corresponding period of 1913, while others state that the market is dead. The trade, however, is anticipat- ing an excellent year. In 1913, the houses built were far short of re- quirements, and to meet the growing population, hundreds of flats and houses are needed. The demand is urgent, and will have to be filled. This indicates good orders for the lumber trade. Some extensive building schemes are also projected, and will be carried out, always provided that money becomes easier. Prices still keep firm, the ten- dency being towards a higher range. Several inquiries for birch for export to Great Britain have come to hand. Last year there was a de- crease of birch shipments from the port. In the pulp and paper sections there is a more buoyant feeling, in view of the fact that the banks are more inclined to give accommoda- Ground wood is better, as stocks are decreasing but there is a large tonnage yet to be disposed of, and until this is done there will not be a strong recovery. Chemical pulp is firmer. One of the large mills has sold 90 per cent of its production, and has declined further contracts. Hemlock prices during 1913 were $1.50 higher and spruce $2 higher than during 1912. The export trade to Great Britain was slow during the summer of 1913. The outlook for spruce and hemlock is good, as there seems to be a continual demand for stock sizes and stocks at the mills are small. We think that the market for pine and hardwood will be somewhat slower than last year.—Fassett Lumber Company, Fassett, P.Q. The farmers here, as well as on the prairies, have realized good prices and have had fair crops during 1913. They are practically out of debt. Their credit is good for another year and this, together with the building of the C. N. R. as announced by Sir Dona!d Mann, ought to make the lumber business good during 1914. We found the volume of trade less by about half during 1913, as compared with 1912 and the - profits were about the same, in comparison with the amount of busi- ness done.—Johnston and Carswell, Vernon, B.C. The Uncertain Period Has Been Passed Editor Canada Lumberman: Boston, Jan. 9th. The lumber trade seems to be more or less affected by the generai rather depressed condition of business throughout the country, and in fact, I might say throughout the world. : The lumber business is apt to be rather slow to respond to either an improvement or a decline in trade, but it always seems to conform finally to the general existing conditions. Generally, in the past, when the lumber trade has been poor in one section of the country, or in one line.of the business, it has been fairly good in some others. For instance, when the South American business was poor, the European, or English trade would be brisk, or when the New York business was very good the general business throughout New Eng- land was not as good. It is se'dom that all portions of the lumber business are active at one time, and it is seldom that all are de- pressed at one time. We think, however, today, these conditions are rather different. The South American market for lumber is very much depressed. There have been a number of failures in the Argentine Repubiic. Last year’s crops there were not very satisfactory and prices have been declining, until, of late, shipments there have come pretty nearly to a standstill, and although there are a number of vessels on the market offering for South America they do not find takers. Also, for the past few months the English market for American deals and other general sizes of lumber has been very quiet, and it has not yet improved much, although there seems to be a feeling in the trade that the English market will probably respond a little later and show improved conditions. § In the past month or two the general New England market, as well as the New York market, has been very quiet, and for the past three or four weeks many of the men in the yard trade have had hard work to keep their teams moving and many have discharged men and horses. However, we might say, this is not peculiar to the present | year, as this is about the quietest season of the year in the lumber business, but altogether conditions are rather markedly dull at the present time. Labor is now ptentiful and we think there are a good many un- employed laborers,—a good many more than there were at this time last year. We find in our logging operations that men are plentiful in the woods and do not leave their jobs as they have for the past 1ew years, feeling they might get something better or some more pay. Now they all stay and when we do happen to have a vacancy we can fill it at a reduced price. Conditions seem to be fairly good for logging this year so far, and we judge that, if we get snow later, which is likely, there will be a pretty good average cut. However, the cost of logging is quite high still and it is exceedingly difficult to make sales showing a rea- sonable profit over the present cost of production. ; Now, while we feel these conditions cannot prevail very long, w do not think the concessions are coming all from either side of the market. We believe that lumber will be produced a‘little cheaper this coming year than it was last year, the present stagnation will noz last many months, and that prices will improve. Money conditions now show signs of easing up, as they generally do at this time of the year. We cannot help feeling, that the money tightness may ease up materially and reflect the present conditions. So we hope we have reached the lowest point for the present in the lumber market, and that improvements will begin to show themselves within four to six weeks. There is, however, no encouragement for buying at present, and we believe the sales, both for English consumption and the home market, have been very small, and would advise holding off at the present time. However, a large portion of the lumber manufactured is held by pretty strong operators. Of course, it is early yet to say what the effect of the new legis- lation will be on the market, but as far as we can see, the feeling is one of relief, that the uncertain period is now passed and that we ~ can very likely do fairly well with the laws as they now are, govern- ing the currency and the tariff. We believe that during the next year things will largely adjust themselves to the present conditions. Whereas, in the past two or three months, business has been retarded considerably by the feeling of uncertainty in trade under the new conditions, we believe, now that the surgical operation has been per- formed, the patient will commence to recover. All things considered, we think perhaps the boiling down process will be found to have been very salutary.—H. B. Shepard. CANADA tLtUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 49 SATISFACTION FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to _ be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. ; When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office Bb dita ty ages dar Hall, ayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA 50 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER United Kingdom Increased its Imports Took Greater Quantities of Wood Goods from all Exporting Countries—Russian Goods Continue to Displace Others—Trade of Chief Import Ports The Board of Trade returns give the following statistics of the import of wood into the United Kingdom during the last six years:— 1913. 1912. 1911. SAWN & PLANED:— Loads. Loads. Loads. Russia . 3,362,344 £9,767,726 2,814,770 <£7,761,109 2,646,560 #£7,074,251 Sweden ... 1,370,998 3,834,147 1,220,958 3,272,270 1,101,359 2,873,334 Norway ....\ «1 Bes 294,617 1,069,586 309,716 1,026,216 308,668 1,030,050 United States .. .. 510,593 2,442,347 436,843 2,026,176 412,404 1,639,290 Canada\ >.» . he 961,539 3,379,273 895,496 2,907,640 998,167 2,949,066 Other C ountries ais 136,046 541,483 89,806 340,956 105,102 397,346 6,636,137 £21,034,562 5,767,589 £17,334,367 5,572,260 £15,963, 977 HEWN & PITPROPS 4.380,321 £8,843,984 3,836,532 £7,941,950 3,730,018 £7,077,291 STAVES, MAHOG- PUNE ete ccs diss 573,353 £3,910,810 454,263 £3,074,998 438,158 £2,805,809 Grand Total ... .. 11,589,811 £33,789,356 10,058,384 £28,351,315 9,740,436 £25,847,077 1910. 1909. 1908. SAWN & PLANED:— Loads Loads, Loads. Russia . 2,798,922 £7,347,760 2,612,258 £6,469,858 2,311,189 £5,434,187 Sweden ... e 1,217,339 3,234,663 1,043,037 2,533,667 1,235,895 2,949,028 Norway ... «.- Jive 329,498 1,103,179 897,260 1,220,688 381,441 1,117,867 United States .. 412,814 1,627,438 499,512 1,832,135 411,079 1,661,934 Ganadar\... ... 1,105,545 3,237,588 1,050,106 3,051,227 1,000,356 2,897,769 Other Countries ... 129,511 458,561 119,908 362,280 148,537 454,648 5,993,629 £17,009,189 5,722,081 £15,469,855 5,488,447 £14,515,433 HEWN & PITPROPS 3,646,934 £6,628,497 3,428,161 <£5,783,838 3,883,325 £6,884,084 STAVES, MAHOG- ANY, etc. 437,525 £2,561,168 399,248 £2,338,117 456,171 £2,906,542 Grand Total ie ... 10,078,088 £26,198,854 9,549,485 £23,591,810 9,827,943 £24,306,059 Foy, Morgan & Company, London, Eng., in their annual wood report say :— The importation of sawn and planed wood goods into the United Kingdom during 1913 has been very large, the largest in quantity since 1906, while in total value it has broken the record by several millions sterling. Compared with the average of the previous five years, the increase in the supply repre- sents about 280,000 standards, or an excess of 16 per cent. in quantity and nearly 30 per cent. in value. This result has been brought about by the most familiar of all causes—the anxiety of everybody to participate to the utmost in the advancing trade boom. The import has been thus augmented, partly because the depleted condition of, stocks at the outset furnished every induce- ment, if not the necessity, for a certain freedom in buying, a policy which was afterwards sustained by the optimism prevailing throughout the summer, while the keen desire to take full advantage of shipping opportunities during the time they lasted was no less natural, if only by way of reaction from the bane- ful experience of the previous year in respect of chartering. The possibility of this unwelcome surplus was, however, not suspected until the autumn was well advanced, and the fact that the production of Russian and Baltic goods had so greatly increased, occasioned considerable surprise. During the previous six years a policy of caution had held the supplies in severe restraint, but under the influence of a general trade boom the import has gone forward again with a bound, rivalling in quantity the more ample supplies customary in the decade ending with 1906, but far outstripping them as regards cost. The pendulum has in fact swung back again, and full stocks are held where formerly the barest quantities sufficed. The average import cost per standard continues to rise year by year, the influence of high freights being especially marked during 1912-13, as the follow- ing figures show:— 1913—£10 9 3 1912— £918 3 1909—£9 0 3 1906—£9 4 9 1911— £9 9 0 1908—£8 16 6 1905— £8 10 0 Practically the whole of the surplus is accounted for by the increased shipments from Russia, which is responsible for 63 per cent., or about 165,000 1910—£9 9 3 1907— £9 11 0 { A Ce AGAGE008 HEE AVERAGE OF PRECEDING 5 YEARS. 2 mal FENCE Vauela 2 pe laea 25 Ea Capriati 30 2 ia ae 35 eee eeae HHH 40 f BREZDERELE 46 Bae eek 50 ; 4 BERS ENO eC Ce a Hate 7 | loot | TT TT : ee Be). FGERES RAR eae! wan ANEW ol ol HY ole Ftd ele [eal edged Me Atel on ere hg and from Sweden, which has contributed 17 per cent., or about 5,000 standards, the other sources of supply keeping in the aggregate fairly close to the average. The’ relative proportions derived from the different ex- porting countries over a series of years are stated in the following table, which exhibits the progress made by Russian goods in ousting other varieties :— 1913 1911 1909 1907 1905 1903 Russian goods aidce.. aan, 51%0 47% “A6%o “ST2Zem aso 2aRe Scandinavian goods... 5... %.0 20 25 25 32 34 33 Canada and.) So As: oo 2 90a oe ee 26 27 28 28 33 The result of the past year’s — although somewhat impaired during the last three months by the losses attendant upon the effort to unload while stocks have been accumulating, must yet have been more than usually satis- factory when compared with the series of lean and sometimes unprofitable years which have preceded. Business on the whole has been sound, while the turnover has increased considerably in quantity and still more so in money value, so that despite dear money, high freights, the malign influence of the Balkan War and other obstacles, it is safe to say that traders must have been making money—at least for the first nine months of the year. Throughout this period there were no surprises, no unknown and incalculable factors to defeat expectations or play havoc with the often too narrow margin of profit which separates the re-sale from the cost price. Except for a short time during March and April, few doubts as to the stability of the market were entertained, so that the whole circle of business operations kept moving quietly onwards for nearly nine months, high prices being accepted as the established order of things by the trade at large, including the consumers. While these conditions lasted, business was fairly profifable, and it was therefore with somewhat of a shock that the trade awoke to the discovery early in October that the security into which they had been lulled had been silently undermined by the mere accumu- lation of good things. The progress of events in 1913 has proved to be the very antithesis of what happened in 1912. In the year that has passed nine months of good trading have been succeeded by three months of unprofitable business, whereas in 1912 the first nine months were indifferent, if not bad, from a trader’s point of view, and the last three months exceptionally favour- able. October has often before proved itself a critical period; it marked the commencement and may be destined to mark the termination of the present boom. On the other hand it must be remembered that the prospects of an in- crease in consumption in the near future are particularly hopeful in view of the predicted revival of house and cottage building. If these anticipations are realised to any extent before next summer, the surplus of stock may be easily absorbed. The comparative freedom from bad debts during the past year may be re- garded as another sign of the profitable character of the trading, which has. moreover, been enjoyed in equal degree by all classes—shippers, importers and dealers, so that the retrospect may be said, with less qualification than usual, to be a favourable one. Regarding the trade in Canadian goods the report says:—Pine.—Trade has been quiet, but a profitable business was done until the end of August. During the last few months complaints have been rife as to the paucity of orders, but as the stock is held in few hands, there is no likelihood of prices receding, es- pecially in view of the high cost of future supplies. The prices c.i.f. opened at £40 10s, £28 5s., £17 15s. and £12 10s. for 3) x Mipeoeuos. £22, £14 5s. and £11 for 3 x 7 to 10-inch 1st, 2nds, 3rds and 4ths, respectively. The market for pine sidings has been a weak one throughout the season. Spruce.—Prices for Quebec deals opened at £11 10s. for 3 x 9 and £10 for 7 and 8-inch 8rds, c.i.f. liner ports. For several weeks business was render- ed impossible to the outports in consequence of the extravagant freights de- CANADIAN PINE | 4 Be ME ees yf BE ERR ERNE BABS iy itv Ge. re ve . all CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER . Dick’s Original ae Balata ’ Belting The only Balata Belt used by a Canadian Manufac- turer producing nearly oe [ERS 100,000,000 Hanns ft. of lumber annually . \ iW RE RING OILING BEARINGS Dick’s Balata Belt has proved its worth in many of Canada’s greatest mills. and the fact that it is absolutely impervious to water and steam admirably adapts Dick's Balata Belting to give the greatest economical service under the most trying conditions. Forty years of experience and un- questionably the highest grade materials are the secret of the enor- mous success of Dick’s Balata Belt. Give us full specifications of your drive and we will specify the proper Dick’s Balata Belt, which will give Skefko Ball Bearings you better satisfaction thah any belt The only bearing which will withstand a considerable you have ever used. axial thrust without loss of efficiency and will accom- modate itself to all deflections of the shaft. The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co., Limited Montreal St. John Quebec Ottawa Toronto Hamilton Fort William Winnipeg Regina Saskatoon Calgary Edmonton Vancouver Victoria na Dr Ha i Its great strength and durability together with its strong gripping power 52 manded for tramp steamers. Towards the latter part of February Lower Port spruce was however pressed for sale at reduced prices, in the belief that a heavy fall in freights was imminent, and this continued until May, when the current price for average specifications was £10 cif. These early shipments were welcomed as a cheap and profitable substitute for Rigas along the West Coast ports, where stocks had become denuded to an almost unprecedented degree. The strike at St. John in June, resulting in a partial cessation of shipments, led to some recovery in prices, which lasted until September, when heavy ship- ments began to pour in by the liners, and as a consequence prices have recent- ly receded 10s.-15s. per standard in such ports as London and Liverpool. The market in Canada for next season is regarded as particularly strong, so that the position is now somewhat anomalous—prices receding on this side concur- rently with a strengthening market in Canada. Annual import into London from 1st January to 31st December was as follows :— 1915 1912 1911 1910 1909 1908 Deals (Fir) .. .. Pieces 6,712,627 6,148,393 5,521,400 5,954,803 _ 6,368,810 4,609,794 Battens (Fir) .. Pieces 11,103,925 11,139,462 10,000,014 11,621,707 10,966,403 9,607,442 Piner sss SA's Pieces 956,333 1,063,930 946,289 1,126,131 918,341 $26,543 Spruce .. .. .. .. Pieces 1,805,007 1,597,798 1,599,040 2,007,636 2,036,836 1,471,025 Pitch Pine Deals* Pieces 109,913 46,840 49,764 45,371 52,385 49,917 Deals and Battens 3 Z =. in aggregate .. Pieces 20,687,805 19,991,423 18,116,507 20,755,648 20,342,275 16,564,721 Rough Boards .. Pieces 24,779,607 17,924,700 15,101,094 15,467,623 13,428,977 12,015,002 Planed Boards,.. Pieces 16,791,787 17,795,123 16,283,539 18,429,308 18,561,882 16,876,045 Floated Timber .. Loads 44,973 28,912 38,884 26,941 40,142 29,183 *The Pitch Pine import excludes any delivered overside. Wood Imports into England Churchill & Sim, London, Eng., in their annual wood circular give the following analysis of wood imported into the United Kingdom during recent years: Wood imported into the United Kingdom in the following years:— 1911 1912 1913 Loads Loads Loads Colonial Deals, Battens, etc. 998,167 895,496 961,539 Colonial Timber and Hardwoods 39,368 53,109 39,656 Foreign Deals, Battens, and Boards 4,574,093 4,872,093 5,674,598 Foreign Timber and Hardwoods 3,690,650 3,783,423 4,340,665 Colonial and Foreign Staves 158,396 169,295 182,131 Total, in Loads 9,460,674 9,773,416 11,198,589 Value ... £23,800,586 £26,238,259 £30,878,619 London’s Imports from Canada Importations into London from Canada during recent years were as fol- lows :— 1910 1911 1912 1913 Pieces Pieces Pieces Pieces Pine Deals, etc., from the St. Lawrence. 563,000 400,000 590,000 508,000 Spruce Deals, etc., from the St. Lawrence.. 969,000 970,000 804,000 1,155,000 Birch Deals, ete., from the St. Lawrence.. 283,000 320,000 342,000 303,000 Spruce Deals, etc., from New Brunswick, etc. 635,000 436,000 490,000 468,000 Birch Deals, etc., from New Brunswick, etc. 326,000 249,000 400,000 373,000 Timber 1907 1908 1909 1910 1911 1912 1913 Loads Loads Loads Loads Loads Loads Loads Yellow Pine from Quebec... Wo al a Wa. dt Sete ea 420 Red Pine from Quebec .... SAE ee 118 2 27 154 15 Elm from Quebec ... . 1,075 1,162 1,397 1,611 1,718 1,059 2,952 Ash from Quebec ... ... «. 252 210 151 10 16 69 52 Oak from Quebec)... ... <.. Cie oe 69 112 108 34 210 Birch from Quebec. 837 899 1,524 1,215 1,619 1,246 1,761 Birch, Nova Scotian, etc..... 123 310 487 238 138 O25) et The pine deal trade in London, once such an important part of the gen- eral wood business of the port has gradually shrunk to very small propor- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER tions, and is now the specialty of a few merchants, where formerly it was a feature in the stocks of many. The scarcity and consequent high prices of the better qualities are responsible for the decline in this particular trade, consumers having been driven to make use of cheaper substitutes. Where has been little change in prices and few general market transactions. Spruce deals have come forward rather more freely in a season in which whitewood from all producing countries has been in strong demand, and in spite of the check to importation occasioned by strikes at Riga and St. John, the year closes with a heavier stock than usual, and weaker London prices in consequence. The action of the United States foreshadowed twelve months ago, of removy- ing the duty on Canadian lumber crossing the border having now been passed by Congress, the effect will doubtless be felt in the near future. It is only natural that the United States should seek its supplies from as near home as possible, and the artificial barrier of a tax on lumber was bound to be broken through as soon as it was found that the native production was insufficient for the needs of the country. One result must be to throw the European de- mand more strongly on to Russian and Swedish whitewood for the future, as supplies of Canadian spruce for this country get scarcer and dearer. There has been a rather larger arrival of yellow pine, elm, and birch timber during the year. Birch planks have been a good market. The supply was some- what checked by the strike at St. John, and there was no excessive importation in consequence. . z British Columbian and Oregon Pine The market for Oregon pine was steady during the whole of 1913; the effect of a severe fall in the rates of freight, which became accentuated dur- ing the late summer, will not be felt until the autumn of 1914, when the sailing ships chartered at reduced rates should begin to arrive. The fact that timber of extreme lengths cannot be supplied from any other sources, invests the Oregon pine trade with a security which keeps values steady so long as there is no temptation to over-production. Although pitch pine prices, on account of the great decline in tonnage rates, have fallen some 30 per cent., in the year, the fall in price of the long special logs is no more than 10 per cent., owing to the small proportion of such logs obtainable. The initial cost of lumber declined rather sharply during the summer on account of the failure of the Australian demand, but quotations are inclined to harden again. The preference of buyers for northern wood has been fully justified in the past, but some exceptionally fine cargoes from Portland arrived during the year, showing that exporters are now exercising more care in their selection of logs than was formerly the case. Some progress was made with the sale of silver spruce and clear douglas fir, and if they were not so expensive there should be a good prospect for the future of these woods, unique as they are in duality and in size. Just now the shipments of spruce have accumulated and it will need some patience to maintain prices. The consumption is limited, and demand cannot be forced except at sacrifices which are not necessary. New Year’s Trade at Glasgow Cant & Kemp, Glasgow, in their annual timber market report, say:— The year which is now closing has, generally speaking, been one of great industrial activity. The years 1911 and 1912 were both satisfactory, but this year has surpassed them, and it may be stated that 1913 has attained the high- est level of prosperity which the trade of the nation has ever known. These results would have been even greater, had it not been for the difficulties which which have surrounded the labour market, and while actual strikes were per- haps fewer than in 1912, many employers have had to contend with difficulties which are very troublesome to remedy, e.g., that of broken time. This has been very apparent in shipbuilding, and employers have been greatly handi- capped through the difficulties in this respect. Many yards have been greatly disorganized, work delayed and contracts not completed up to time. Further, it is freely stated that higher wages than ever are now being paid, and em- ployers are getting less real value for their money. On the whole, the year 1913 has been a good one for the timber trade, but unfortunately 1914 does not look so promising. The demand during the earlier part of the year was steady, while during the later months, the enquiry was very limited. Generally speaking, stocks show a substantial increase and there is a feeling that in several items prices will be weaker. At present this market CANADIAN SPRUCE - 1910 -1913 8TH FEE | | WStst MAR eee SISTUAN SIST MARI by | & i pe x= eS Tannen cise Time OTHAPR ‘ S BEBESERER UANMEDRIYS 8 Cee o. ey SERED Lime, Ne | | : ri Ei Ei FA gE RE Ee es EJ Ei a Bs i is c=< iz Bi % Bi ri é Lael 5 i! i Binh Pe | eet ats eee | SIst MAY ra NET TT TY mm Oe | , ei Re oS a SUR BM RRR RERRERRE DPS Se LPR ah eS Ss BRIA As LUC TEFL, Hae [31 &T DEC zs) | | }atstoc SISTAUG| | | | | SOTUUN => | | WSIS UL a Chr bis |_| t ae w— BERBER |i] | | Stet DEC me tt | | TS | | | | | | SORTNOV Ce Vie Se a > S BEBRMM RS ods SPR RMM aE ewe Diagram showing estimated duration of supply in comparison with averages of the same, at the same time in previous years—Foy Morgan & Co., London rary CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 53 Canada’s Largest Lumber Manufacturing Plant We are now operating the finest door plant in Canada Our Fir Doors are the Cream of Quality, manufactured from the choicest Douglas Fir lumber, carefully selected and seasoned by the most improved methods, insuring the finest workmanship and beauty of finish. One of our . Made of Edge most popular | Grain Stiles and and inexpensive ELE NSEC Rails, 3-ply Laminated designs | Fir Veneer Panels Our Two-Pan Stock Door Branch Sales Offices and Representatives: TORONTO, ONT. Hugh A. Rose, 66 King Street East, Toronto L. D. Barclay, 66 King Street East, Toronto, Travelling Representative WINNIPEG, MAN. H. W. Dickey, Lombard Street, Winnipeg MANITOBA E. S. Malone, Travelling Representative SASKATCHEWAN e J. Sullivan, Travelling Representative W. W. North, Travelling Representative ALBERTA A. Montgomery, Travelling Representative ‘Canadian Western Lumber Company FRASER MILLS, B. C. ‘less and 121,523 tons more than in 1912. _ Birch and maple planks & boards nS! Oe le 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER is suffering from a species of indigestion and requires careful dieting, if not a spell of starvation. Both importers and merchants are carrying stocks that are more than ample for present or prospective demands, and it is to be re- gretted that the requirements of consumers appear to be a steadily diminish- ing quantity. By far the largest call on available stocks has been that of ship- builders, but they are now getting well through their contracts, and their future requirements will depend entirely on what new work they may secure. The wagonbuilders are accumulating stocks from deliveries against contracts, with the result that there is very little demand for the ordinary consignment parcels of oak planks. The requirements of the housebuilding trade cannot well be less than they have been, and it is anticipated that the demand from the cabinetmakers though small, will remain steady. Shipbuilding on the “Clyde has again had a record year having considerably surpassed the year 1912, the total vessels launched being 370 measuring 756,976 tons as against 389 vessels measuring 640,529 tons, being an increase of 116,447 tons. While over Scotland there have been 505 vessels launched, measuring 809,711 tons as against 520 vessels measuring 688,188 tons, being 15 vessels The class of work has been good all through the year. The prospects for the coming year cannot be looked upon as being as favourable as they were a year ago. This view seems to be the general one, judging by the entire absence of speculative buying, and the only thing that can bring business to a desirable condition will be an increase in the general demand and an absence of indiscriminate consignments. Quebec yellow pine waney boardwood.—The stock is somewhat heavier than at this time last year. Quotations are—3s. 6d. to 5s. 6. per cubic foot. Quebec red pine—The stock is nil with hardly any enquiry. Quebec oak.—The stock is considerable. There is a moderate enquiry which is chiefly for first-class parcels. Quotations are 3s. 6d. to 4s. 6d. per c. ft. according to quality and specification. Quebec elm.—The stock is very similar to what it was at this time last year. The demand is fair and prices are firm, particularly for first-class lots. Birch.—The stock is heavy, consisting chiefly of round logs which, are mostly in consumers’ hands. The stock of planks and boards is also heavy with a moderate enquiry. Quotations are—Logs, 1s. 8d. to 2s. 6d. Planks and Boards, 1s. 3d. to 1s. 10d.—all per cubic foot according to quality and specifi- cation. Quebec yellow pine deals, etc—The stock of all grades is small. The de- mand is chiefly for the lower qualities. First pine deals and sidings are only occasionally asked for and the same remarks apply to Californian pine sidings and sugar pine planks which have now become strong competitors with Cana- dian goods. Prices are fairly firm and may be quoted as follows, viz.:—Firsts— Broads, 5s. 3d. to 6s.; Regulars, 4s. 9d. to 5s. 3d.; Undersized, 3s. 6d. to 3s. 9d. Seconds—broads and regulars, 3s. 6d. to 4s.; undersized, 2s. 4d. to 2s. 9d. Thirds—broads and regulars, 2s. 2d. to 2s. 8d.; undersized, 1s. 8d. to 1s. 10d. Fourths—broads and regulars, 1s. 7d. to 1s. 10d.; undersized, 1s. 3d. to 1s. 5d. Good Sidings, 3s. 6d. to 5s. 6d. all per cubic foot ‘according to specification. Quebec spruce deals.—The stock is moderate. The demand is only fair. Prices are firm. Quotations are—9 inch and up, 1s. 4d. to 1s. 6d.; 7 and 8*inch 1s. 2%4d. to 1s. 4d.—all per cubic foot. _ The following table gives particulars in connection with the various items :— Memo. of Stocks of Timber in Clyde at 3lst December, 1912 and 1913 with Statement of Imports and Consumption for Year Ending 31st December, 1913. Imports Con- Stock Stock Description for sumption at at 1913 1913 3ist Dec., 1912 3lst Dec., 1918 Pieces Pieces Pieces Cu.ft. Pieces Cu. ft. Quebec waney board wood .. .. 418, 162 2,083 142,065 2,339 158,194 Quebec square yellow pine... ...... Quebec eli. AMT Shales 2,565 2,445 1,839 72,661 1,959 70,671 Quebec red pine ... ae Perm errs 5 SS SSda8 Quebec oak 1,588 1,115 830 42,870 1,303 56,132 Birch—logs ... 20,405 11,371 683 15,653 9,717 130,742 1st pine deals ... 6,535 56 3,974 87 3,860 92 2nd pine deals 4,092 ° 72 2,149 38 6,617 a Wa Its 3rd pine deals 35,502 569 8,014 158 22,383 436 4th pine CRIS Asvtenccub se eee 19,153 Sie) 2,011 44 9,450 185 ist pine ends. ... + met ia 339 Sabet: tetas aes 1,648 a Unassorted pine- deals, “planks and boards 85,360 672 129,641 895 102,285 936 Red pine, etc ... 12,469 123 2,079 33 1,570 33 Quebec spruce deals and. boards 131,099 1,672 71,333 V1 MART ES5, A347 53,289 67,137 42,947 326,706 14,267 16,822 13,207 352,589 95,380 144,088 Oregon pine timber and planks 32,972 365,430 New Brunswick and Nova Scotia Stocks at Glasgow Calder, Henderson & Livingston, Glasgow, in their annual timber market report, say :— Birch logs—The import was light and chiefly on contract; values are steady aud the demand quiet. Planks were in fair demand and values were steady. Arrivals were heavier towards the latter part of the year, and the stock at present is ample, as enquiries are not numerous. Deals and battens; pine, were seldom asked for. The stock is prackialls exhausted. Spruce arrivals on consignment were light in the early part of the year and in the absence of shipments from the Baltic there was a good demand and values were firm. Later on the competition of Riga goods, which are of a hetter manufacture, and also the fear that freights would weaken and prices be lower, caused the demand to be very quiet. Values became easier and dropped to a lower level on the arrival of the winter liners with deals, carried at a much reduced rate of freight. The sizes most affected were 8 inch and under. Quotations are nominal and stocks are heavy considering the restricted enquiry at present in evidence. Seasy Stocks and Low Prices at Liverpool Smith & Tyrer, Limited, Liverpool, Eng., in their monthly nifarieer letter, Ls The high prices ruling at the commencement of the year, coupled with a growing conviction later on that some easing in values was due, helped to restrict the demand, and the drop in freights as the season advanced .in- creased the want of confidence, with the result that consumers have been holding off. The year closes with heavy stocks of many descriptions and a ¥ considerable drop in value on the purchase price. The outlook is not en- couraging so far as the demand from the manufacturing trades is concerned, but it is hoped there will be sufficient improvement in the building trade to offset other deficiencies. Spruce deals have barely kept their level although the import has been light. Russian prices have weakened and the competi- tion of this wood has*become keener, The market for birch planks is in- active and values keep at a low point. Logs are wanted and the supply small. Hemlock is rarely asked for. Pine is affected by the imports from Siberia and elsewhere, and Canadian shipments ire suffering therefrom. The stock » of Douglas fir logs is ample and moving off slowly. Spruce has fallen ay price but not sufficiently to bring in buyers. Stocks of timber, deals, etc., in Liverpool, Birkenhead, Garston, ete., for the month ending December 31st, 1913, and previous years included the fol lowing :— Import Consumption Stock a 1912 1913 1912 1913 1912 1913 ; cu.ft. cu.ft. cuff cwft, . ci) veaeae Quebec. Squares Pitan: (25 sscc. 4 mete 1,000 1,000 9,000 9000 ge Waney Bostdly?), 35). 6. sees on ee ote 1,000 1,000 14,000 ; John and Cee Ports if "bine Ax . Ee Re A we a Rn 2008 ieienciene oe some eh e ine «aR pabnec Se'Sipeaue's'salocey yl ek Sere eee eae een ar 5,000 4 British Columbia and Ore- Kerns gon : Pitte~.é0: dip eats Ser Shee eee 15,000 15,000 000 390,000 — Oak, Canadian and ERS Ad a7 000r).. 9,000 4,000 pesos 91,000 @ak> Planks ... -- 109,000 224,000 244,000 115,000 91,000 326,000, JD lante yes ec ERE SA Mm 4,000 4,000 Birch Ihcipisettn tdi, 5! Mo.\ use set oe et; 5,000 9,000 10,000 43,000 15,000 Birch Planks 22,000 38,000 39,000 25,000 111,000 148,000 A Shive?. ote 6,000 2,000 11,000 5,000 11,000 15,000 Stds. Stds. Stds. Stds. Stds. Stds. — Quebec Yellow Pine Deals 330 240 750 600 8,310 9,240 Quebec “Red "Pine Deals... ...... 60 210 140 1,830 1,540 Quebec Spritce WDeals: 0... 2.505. 180 130 820 1,190 1,850 N. B. and N. S. Spruce .. . 4 N.B.& N.S. Pine... ... } 1250 1,860 2800 Stocks of timber, deals, etc.,,at Manchester docks for the month ending 31st December, 1913, included the following :— Import Consumption mtock. -. 1912 1913 1912 1913 1912 1913 cu.ft. cu.ft. ‘cu. ft>> Cal it = cmeeeeete: Ouebec Board teime -)\ 2; >) ae eee 33,000 1,000 333,000 177,000 Quebec Square Pine ... .. -...5. cs osc see 8,000 5,000 Quebec Red Pine ... 2.0.4 shee deeds oe een 7,000 3,000 Birch wogce..-a.., 20 380 860 300 : 670 120 540 1,320 640 Loads. Birch Planks Manchester Se 1,224 358 115 540 570 Liverpool 8. 2.2 594 297 473 673 897 1,213 1,467 Stds. 1,818 655 588 Mr. P. D. Gordon, of Mason, Gordon & Company, Montreal, hast been elected a member of the Conned of the Montreal Board ot Trade. sae ee i CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 55 Snap in Yellow Pine Planking For Immediate Acceptation 7o M 2x 4. 10/24 (25 percent. 10 & 12’) 200 M “ 100 M if (60 per cent. 4 to 18’) 50 M 75M i (15 per cent. 22 & 24’) About 50 per cent. 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Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. : . > a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Death of Mr. Martin Burton Mr. Martin Burton, one of the best known lumbermen in Ontario, died on January 20th at his home in Barrie, Ont., death being the result of weakness of the heart, from which he had been suffering for some months. Mr. Burton’s activities in the lumbering industry were greatest a number of years ago and he was not so well known of late as others who have come up in the industry since those days. Throughout his life, Mr. Martin Burton was one of the foremost men in business circles in Ontario. He was a son of the late John Bur- ton, a lumberman, and was born at Millbrook, Ont., 62 years ago. When a boy he moved to Barrie and early in life became identified with the steamboat business on Lake Simcoe. With his brothers, the late James L. Burton and George Burton, he operated the steamer Ida Burton, which they owned. This was about the year 1870. His brother George Burton was drowned about that time. When the Northern Railway was constructed north from Barrie, James L. Burton and Martin Burton formed a partnership which was carried on, up to the time of Mr. Martin Burton’s death, under the name of Bur- ton Bros. They went extensively into the lumber manufacturing business and were very successful. After the death of Mr. James L. Burton, Mr. Martin Burton continued in the lumber business, but went more extensively into the manufacturing of square timber. Their large mill at Byng Inlet, Ont., was burned a number of years ago. Burton Bros. were also active in the purchase of timber limits in various parts of Ontario and also in the United States. Recently Mr. Burton acquired large interests in Wisconsin, where extensive quah- tities of square timber are being taken out. Mr. Archie Burton, son of the late Mr. Burton, was in Wisconsin at the time of his father’s death, looking after the business. Mr. Martin Burton was one of the outstanding figures in the de- velopment of Barrie. With his brother, Mr. Jas. L. Burton, he was one of the original organizers of the Barrie Electric Light Company, which was formed to supply light to the town at a fixed sum per year. They secured their power from a’stream from Little Lake near Mid- hurst, but after a few years this became inadequate for the growing demand, and the power house was built in Barrie. The company was taken over by the town when their franchise expired, and the same power house was improved and enlarged. The Barrie Gas Company, of which Mr. Burton was the president, was another company which he and his brother took over shortly after the Electric Light Company was formed. For a number of years Mr. Burton was general manager of the Northern Navigation Company, and at the same time Mr. jas. L. Burton was president of the same company. Mr. Burton was vice- president of the Barrie Carriage Company. Mr. Burton is survived by his widow, who was a daughter of the late Arch. Thomson, one of the first families of Barrie, and by one daughter, Mrs. Nat. Dyment, and one son, Archie. He was the last surviving member of the Burton family of lumbermen, who have been known as among the largest dealers in lumber in the province for many years. Sudden Death of G. G. Miles of Toronto The sudden death of Mr. Geo. G. Miles, lumber dealer and sash and door manufacturer, as a result of heart failure, which occurred on January 13th, came as a great shock to the lumber trade of To- ronto. A serious fire was in progress in buildings at the rear of his planing mill, when Mr. Mites, while occupied at the telephone, fell » back dead. Mr. Miles’ own office building at 536 Dundas street, was only slightly damaged, although at the time of his death it appeared to be in imminent danger of destruction. Mr. Miles, who was 64 years of age, was one of the most promi- nent lumbermen in the city of Toronto and was engaged in a very large way in the business of woodworking contracting. Among the large undertakings for which he furnished material during recent years — were, the new Western Hospital, Sir Henry Pellatt’s residence and the recent addition to the Robert Simpson Company’s store. Mr. Miles was at one time a member of the Parkdale Town Council and was a past president of the Caledonian Society. He took an active part in politics and at one time was an unsuccessful candidate for the — Ontario Legislature. He leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters. Death of David Richards of Campbellton, N. B. The death of Mr. David Richards, which occurred at Campbell- ton, N.B., recently, removed from the ranks of New Brunswick lum- bermen one of the best known and most successful operators in East- ern Canada. Mr. Richards had been in poor health for some time, — and death was the result of an attack of apoplexy. The late Mr. Richards, who was in his 73rd year, was born in Hampton, York County, and devoted his early years to farming. About thirty years ago he entered the lumbering business, becoming a member of the firm of The Wm. Richards Company, with head office at Boiestown, N.B. ‘The first lumbering operations conducted by the firm were carried out on the Miramichi. Later, Mr. Richards moved to Camp- be!lton, becoming manager of the company’s branch at that place. Under his direction the business increased greatly. The company now have three large mills in operation. The late Mr. Richards took deep interest in all the affairs of his town and at the time of the disastrous fire which destroyed Campbell- ton, he set an excellent example in assisting the citizens in rebui!ding their homes. Mr. Richards was a man of kindly disposition and re- markable business tact. He leaves three sons and four daughters. — Death of Mr. W. A. Crombie Mr. W. A. Crombie, senior partner in the firm of W. M. Crombie & Company, New York, and selling agents of Mr. E. H. Lemay, Montreal, died in New York on January 3, aged 69. Mr. Crombie lived for many years in Burlington, but 22 years ago took up his resi- dence in New York city, and during the whole of the latter period had business relations with Mr. Lemay. He was greatly esteemed both in social and business life. The business will be continued under the management of the two sons, Messrs. W. M. and A. C. Crombie. Pulp and Paper Trade With United States A striking growth in the export of Canadian pulp and paper to the United States and a substantial increase in such imports from that country is shown by the official figures for Canadian trade during the 1913 fiscal year, issued by the Trade and Commerce Department. According to this report the export to the United States of wood blocks for pulp was $6,806,945 in 1913, as compared with $5,697,901 in 1912, while the exports of paper were nearly double, $4,390,144 in 1913, as compared with $2,086,304 in 1912 and $2,075,889 in 1911. The paper export was divided as follows: Felt paper, $3,240, as compared with $5,235 in 1912; printing, $4,242,298, compared with $1,989,863 in 1912; wall paper, $7,107, compared with $6,568 in 1912; wrapping, $96,- 922, compared with only $68 in 1912, a striking increase: The import of wood pulp from the United States was $191,345, compared with $49,991 in 1912, a heavy increase. The total imports of paper were $5,754,156, as compared with $4,221,220 in 1912, of which the largest items were: Paper, manufactures of, N. O. P., $1,787,319, compared with $1,284,467 in 1912; wrapping paper, $1,368,366, com- pared with $916,445 in 1912; tarred and building paper, $684,484, com- pared with $257,430 in 1912; printing paper, $499,096, compared with ~ $489,555 in 1912. B. C. FIR TIMBERS Fir and Cedar Doors Finish Casing Base and Mouldings RED CEDAR SHINGLES Try Our “AAI Brand” Red Cedar Bevel Siding -\E. H. HEAPS & CO., Mills at VANCOUVER, B.C. and RUSKIN, B. C. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 57 Smart-Woods CLANADA Lumbermen’s Clothing Illustrated are the two most popular’ lumber- men’s mackinaws. Pure wool garments, strongly made, comfortable,roomy. Our pure wool mack- inaws are made in every style and for every purpose. -Lumbermen in need of mackinaw cloth- ing cannot secure better value than is found in the Smart- Woods line. Largest Tent and Tarpaulin manufacturers in Canada. GET OUR PRICES. Smart-Woods Limited Ottawa Montreal A Winnipeg Toronto _very guarded in making definite statements. 58 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Prairie Province Business Uncertain Indications of Improvement Noticeable, but Loan Companies and Banks Still Holding the Reins—Opinions of Prominent Lumbermen market situation to-day presents so uncertain an aspect that few members of the trade are disposed to venture anything in the form of a prediction regarding the probable course of trade dur- ing 1914. Although a growing feeling of encouragement is evident, the financial situation in general is such that definite forecasts are un- safe. A few lumbermen, however, who have watched developments closety, have expressed their views to the Canada Lumberman in a guarded manner, and from them, the following outline of last year’s trade and the prospects for 1914, has been prepared. There is no question that business in the west was comparatively quiet during 1913, especially during the last six months. A few large concerns report fairly brisk conditions during the first half of 1913, but on the whole, the year was unfavorab!e to the industry. The gross business transacted was considerably less than that of the year pre- ceding. Some firms report a falling-off of as much as 35 per cent, while hardly any have experienced any increase in business. It is probable that, in the aggregate, a decrease in the lumber trade of Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta, of from 25 to 30 per cent., took place in 1913, as compared with 1912. This is a large amount, but in judging of its importance it must be recalled that 1912 was an exceptionally good year, which should not be taken as a basis for comparison. Con- ditions during the past twelve months probably appeared worse than they really were, on account of the unusual prosperity which preceded. [ the prairie provinces, as in other parts of Canada, the lumber Rural and City Trade Decreased Both rural and city trade fell off during 1913. The policy of re- striction which was adopted by banks and loan companies throughout the country resu!ted in a general curtailment of building operations, with a corresponding decrease in the demand for lumber. In addition to this the harvesting and marketing of the biggest crop on record kept the farmers fully employed throughout the fall, and prevented them from attending to repairs and additions to their farm buildings. Another factor in the situation is that the building boom of the pre- vious year increased the supply of dwellings and office buildings avail- ab!e in many western cities beyond immediate requirements, and while, at present, the requirements of the rapidly-growing population have done a good deal to overtake the surplus in accommodation, it is prob- able that there still exists an oversupply which will take a portion of the coming year’s expected immigration to absorb. The local demand for lumber in Winnipeg has been very well maintained. The total of building for the year shows only a slight decrease as compared with that of 1912, and firms carrying on a purely city trade report a good volume of business. In the smaller cities, however, and in the rural districts, things have been rather different, and reports from line yard concerns vary greatly. Some districts, not ably that which has Swift Current as its centre, seem to have experi- enced a very active demand, while from the head of the lakes, reports of generally favorable conditions as regards demand have been re- ceived. In other neighborhoods trade has been unusually dull, while quietness has heen the key-note of the prairie trade. At present, the lumber industry is seasonably quiet. Stocks are reported variously, as normal or low, and as soon as the demand upon the retail dealers becomes active with the opening of spring, a good deal of buying will take place. Prices at wholesale are firmer, and col- lections are reported as satisfactory. Optimism Commencing to Appear Turning from the past and the present to a consideration of the possibilities of the future, we are, at once in the realm of conjecture, and of rather wild conjecture at that. Many of the lumbermen inter- viewed in this connection, though willing to talk, did not wish to place their opinions before the public, and those who were less reticent were The general sentiment, however, is undoubtedly one of optimism. Developments will depend to a great extent upon the policy adopted by the loan companies and the banks. If these loosen up, a prosperous year is assured. As these institutions cannot afford to hold money beyond a certain point, and as it is believed that there is already a fair amount of money on hand, it appears as though they will find it advisable to adopt a somewhat more liberal poticy. This, coupled with the fact that there is likely to deve- lop during the year a fair demand, at least, for buildings should stimu- late the lumber industry. No exceptional activity is to be anticipated, but the indications are that the coming year will witness a material improvement in the lumber business of the west generally. It is cer- tain that the retrenchment which has been forced upon the country during the past months, and the more cautious methods which will probably prevail in business for some time to come, will help to place the development of the west on a more assured basis than it has ever been on previously, and will make for a sounder, if a less spectacular, prosperity. : Speaking of the situation generally, Mr. A. K. Godfrey, manager and secretary of the Monarch Lumber Company, and president of the \Vinnipeg Grain Exchange, stated that, in so far as it was possible to judge from present indications, it was his opinion that the coming year would be a good one from the point of view of the lumber indus- try, though he admitted the difficulty of forming a definite judgment. Stocks, he believed, were normal, perhaps lower than normal. Under the present financial situation dealers were not inclined to speculate in lumber. Mr. Godfrey expressed the opinion that retail merchants generally would, in the future, go easier on credits, and that, while this might circumscribe to some extent the volume of business trans- acted, it would certainly establish the trade on a more substantial foundation than it has been on in the past. He also pointed out that during the past few months a process of general re-adjustment had been, and sti!l was going on. While this had had a depressing influ- ence on trade, it had served a good purpose, and would react to the eventual good of the country. Difficult to Foretell Anything H. S. Y. Galbraith, manager of the British Columbia Mills, Tim- ber & Trading Company, Limited, in Winnipeg, expressed the follow- ing opinion: “In the present condition of the lumber industry and the financial business it is difficult to make any forecast. I fancy, however, that lumbermen in the prairie provinces may look for a good rural trade during the present year. In the cities trade may continue rather quiet, as in more than one western centre building has been rather overdone, with the result that there will be a smaller demand in such places for new structures, and as a consequence of this, a light call for lumber. Stocks in the retail yards are, however, generally light, and this will lead to considerable retail buying as soon as the season opens and the demand becomes active. A number of the mills have also been successful in reducing and breaking up stocks to a consider- able extent, and this will necessitate a good volume of manufacturing, to meet the needs of the coming season. I do not look for a boom, but I think a very fair volume of business will develop as time goes on, particularly during the later summer, should crop prospects be good. The financial situation is improving, and should show further improve- ment as time goes on. The banks have lots of money, and will release it for legitimate undertakings.” A. R. Cavanaugh, of the Red Deer Lumber Company, stated that during the past year the demand for spruce lumber had been good, and that, while trade at present was seasonably quiet, the prospects for the coming year were good. Referring to the financial situation, Mr. Cavanaugh said that collections had been good, and money promised to be freer during the coming year than it had been during 1913. He also stated that the season had been an excellent one for logging. Outstanding Credit a Factor G. H. Wall, manager of the Dutton-Wall Lumber Company, said that he thought the coming year would be much the same as the past year had been. There was still so much outstanding credit in the lum- - ber business that business of this nature would have to be curtailed. This would’react against any causes tending to a material betterment of business activity. Speaking of the financial outlook, Mr. Wall ex- pressed the opinion that money would remain more or less tight for some time to come, and that, while the banks had sufficient for legiti- mate enterprises, they were not inclined to lend on anything of a spec- ulative nature. Collections had been little better than they were at a corresponding period of last year. Referring to stocks, Mr. Wall stat- ed that the spruce mills of the prairie provinces were carrying an aver- age stock, as were the mountain mills, and that at the coast the mills generally were short on commons and long on the higher grades. Drawing a mean through these opinions, and judging, so far as one may, by the present trend of business, the situation is best summed up in the words of a well-known Winnipeg wholesale lumber dealer, who desired to remain anonymous. He said, “We don’t know, but we hope. It is impossible to forecast conditions. A little war some- where might throw things back, while an industrial depression in England would bring money into the country, and things would boom. Apart from these eventualities, it is probable that some improvement will take place during 1914, and that such improvement will be main- tained until prosperity reaches a high water mark. But that may not be for two, or even three years yet.” CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 59 The Linderman Dovetailer ae papal Pe e ee | Qe ®. « ay re A mt eS Three Points for Consideration The Linderman Automatic Dovetail Glue Jointer will enable you to solve three important problems. Yielding $4.00 to $6.00 more profit per thousand. Ist 4’ Common Lumber In most Western Mills this is sold for approximately $7.50 per thousand, whereas 8” shiplap brings from $14.00 to $16.00. THE LINDERMAN DOVETAILER will take two 4” strips, convert them into a board 734” wide, allowing 34” for jointing both edges to make the lap, leaving a {ull 7” face, at a cost of 75c. per thousand board feet. Add the cost of handling the lumber and of milling it,into shiplap, leaves a net profit of at least $4.00 a thousand. 2nd No. 3 Grades, 6’, 8’ and 10° wide In most Western Mills No. 3 Grades increase in price perceptibly as it increases in width. One prominent lumber manufacturer maintains by converting 6”, 8” and 10” widths of this grade into 12”, 14” and 16” lumber, he will be able to obtain fully $4.00 a thousand more for it. The cost of jointing this lumber ona LINDERMAN MACHINE is 75c. per thousand, leaving a net profit of $3.25. 3rd 2 and 3’ Strips Practically all mills leave in the slab or convert into lath all lumber, regardless of the grade, under 4” in width. By installing a LINDERMAN MACHINE and by saving all 2”, 2%”, 3” and 3%” stock this lumber can be converted into any wicth board desired at a cost which will average approximately $1.00 per thousand board feet. Profit from $4.00 to $8.00. We are willing to send, at our expense, several pieces of 16’ long 8” lumber joined by our method, in spruce, to any Lumber Manufacturer in the Dominion to be milled by his usual method inspected and put to any test as to strength, durability and equality as com- pared with 8” one-piece stock or we will join up any lumber which we can purchase in our local markets, if spruce is not acceptable, or will join, free of charge and will stand trans- portation charges both ways, any lumber which may be sent to us up to 1,000 feet. A LINDERMAN DOVETAILER installed in your mill should and can save you at least $5,000.00 a year, if not more. We realize ‘thoroughly this is a large figure, but would like the opportunity of putting our proposition before you so that it may be thor- oughly considered by you and your assistants. Will You Investigate ? Canadian Linderman Company, Limited Muskegon, Mich. 1 Woodstock, Ont. . U.S.A. Canada 60 CANADA LUMBERMAN Anglo-Newfoundland Company had a Good Year The annual report of the Anglo-Newfoundland Deve‘opment Company for the year 1913 shows that the gross profits of the com- pany, after making provision for depreciation, amounts to £65,000, which compares with £51,200 in the preceding twelve months and £34,700 in 1910-11. Debenture interests absorbed £24,800 and a fur- ther £10,000 was set aside for the redemption of the debenture debt. This leaves a net profit of £30,100, which compares with £9,800 in the pravious year, when, however, although there was no charge for debenture redemption, a sum of £16,400 was written off out of revenue to cover the expenses of the issue. The result of the year’s operations is to leave a balance in hand, including the sum brought forward, amounting to £45,200. This would have sufficed to pay a modest dividend on the preferred ordinary shares and still leave a good balance. The directors, however, decided to carry the whole balance forward and thus strengthen the financial position of the company. The annual report of the directors states that the output of the mill is increasing and the quality of the paper and pulp continues to give satisfaction. Already the whole of 1914 production has been sold. In 1911-12 the company’s profits were earned out of an output of barely three-fifths of the capacity of the completed mill, while the company suffered as a result of shipping and coal mining strikes. The last year’s production would have been considerably greater had it not been for the fact that while improvement was made in the effici- ency of the mill, this was offset by a further rise in the price of coal and partly also by high freight rates. The report indicates that the removal of the duty on pulp and newspaper by the United States has improved the company’s outlook, as the mills are capable of supply- ing far more than the requirements of the newspapers in England which control its share capital. The report states, however, that fur- ther expansion of the company’s operations will be made during the continuance of the present Newfoundland tariff. New Track Scale Regulations Complaints which have been made by Canadian lumbermen and paper manufacturers regarding the weighing of shipments on railway track scales may be obviated by a series of new regulations regarding weights and measures which. have been promulgated by the govern- ment at Ottawa. The new schedules considerably reduce the margin of toleration of error in railway track scales. They are as follows: Seales of 30 tons capacity must have sensitiveness when fully loaded of 10 pounds; greatest error not to exceed 15 pounds fully loaded; 40 tons capacity, sensitiveness must be 12 pounds and greatest error, 18 pounds ; 50 tons capacity, sensitiveness must be 14 pounds, and great- est error 22 pounds; 75 tons capacity, sensitiveness, 1/ pounds and greatest error 30 pounds; 100 tons capacity, sensitiveness 20 pounds, and greatest error 40 pounds; 150 tons capacity, sensitiveness 25 pounds, and greatest error 50 pounds; 200 tons capacity, sensitiveness 30 pounds, and greatest error 60 pounds. The Cooperage Stock Trade for 1913 and 1914 By J. Innes The output of cooperage stock for the year 1913 was considerably less than the output that we anticipate for 1914. Quite a large quantity of stock had been imported from the United States at high prices, and not always very satisfactory stock, to take care of the trade. This stock was brought in cheaper.than normally, on account of the depres- sion in the United States making prices very much less than the average. The winter of 1912-13 was a very unfavorable one in Canada, from one to two weeks sleighing being all that the millmen had and the consequence was that the stocks of logs and bolts at the mills was small, some mills only running from 30 to 60 days. The demand for cooperage stock in Canada, throughout the year was good while the apple barrel demand was below the average. Still everything that could be produced was used and stock had to be im- ported to supply the trade. Prices throughout the year were about ten per cent. higher than in 1912, but owing to the limited production, very few mills made _ money, as the overhead expenses for twelve months had to be made on a short run. The outlook for 1914 is very promising. Nearly all of the large consumers are placing heavier contracts than a year ago, at an ad- vance of 10 to 15 per cent., according to the class of goods. The only unpleasant thing at the present time for the manufacturer is that the winter has been a very poor one and very little stock has been taken out. There is, however, practically two more months of winter yet to come and the millmen are in hope that they will get logging weather during the latter part of January and the whole of February and prob- ably part of March. If mild weather continues, the output will be very limited. AND WOODWORKER Ilm staves, basswood and soft maple heading and elm hoops are still favorite goods for all classes of barrels but hardwood staves are gradually working in on the market and there is likely to be more — nardwood staves produced in Canada this year than ever before. As soon as the manufacturers have learned to make these staves in a sat- | isfactory manner, there is no doubt that they will take the place of elm to a very great extent and prove satisfactory. Birch heading is now being used considerably and is being made in first class shops. Nothing has yet been found to take the place of elm hoops in a satisfactory manner, although for some purposes wire — or iron hoops are being used, where the packages do not require strength to prevent the contents being crushed. For export, for articles — that are liable to be damaged, elm hoops are still the prime necessity. Ievery indication at the present time promises a good business throughout the year in Canada and millmen are inciting themselves to— try and get in a good supply of barrels. ' Graddon & Owens, dealers in lumber and timber, 11 St. Sacrament Street, Montreal, P.Q., have sent out an attractive calendar for the year 1914, the picture upon which represents an imposing “Monarch of the Forest.” ‘The picture is in a rich sepia and is mounted upon a buff colored board, making a very pleasing effect. Mr. W. S. Loggie and Mr. W. B. Snowball, of Chatham, N.B., visited Toronto on business during the third week in January. The Hepburn Scotch Derrick Among the many labor-saving devices adopted by the lumbering trade of recent years the crane and derrick possibly takes foremost place in the handling of heavy logs and timber both in woods opera- tions and at-the sawmill. This work used to be done by the man on the job and the result was that accidents and mishaps were very fre- quent. The introduction of the derrick has resulted in the practical elimination of these accidents and a great saving in labor as well. One of the best known manufacturers of this line in Canada is John T. Hepburn, Limited, Toronto. The Hepburn model Scotch derrick has built a reputation for this firm from coast to coast. In the manu- facture of their derricks each operation, from the moulding of the cast- ings to the assembling of the parts, is watched over with the greatest care, while only the finest and most dependable materials are em- ployed in their construction. All parts are easily and quickly replaced, being stock and standard sizes. Derricks range in size from 3% ton upwards. Sizes up to four tons are either in stock or in course of construction while sizes larger than four tons are made specially to order. Logging contractors and sawmill operators who have used the Hepburn derrick state that they are more than satisfied with them as they are especially adapted to the peculiar needs of the sawmill trade. Those interested should write the John T. Hepburn Limited, for their catalogue showing all sizes and styles in cranes and derricks. Smart Woods Issue Unique Calendar A unique calendar has been issued this year by Smart Woods, Limited, of Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Winnipeg, manufactur- ers of lumbermen’s and contractors’ supplies, tents, flags, awnings, tarpaulins and clothing. The calendar is an exact reproduction of the Dominion Ensign, both as to shape, size and color effect. Over the front of the ensign is suspended by a chain, a large shield on which appear the calendar pads. It is most attractive and unique and the:e has been a great demand for them from all parts of the country. Preston Woodworking Machinery Company Busy The Preston Woodworking Machinery Company, Limited, re- port that their plant is very busy and experiencing an active trade. Reports which have recently appeared of the closing down of a plant of a similar concern at Preston, Ont., have some times.been misinter- — preted, leading to an impression that the company referred to is the Preston Woodworking Machinery Company, Limited. For this rea- son the Preston Woodworking Machinery Company, Limited, are anxious to make the fact known that their plant is running along briskly. Simonds Company Open New Office The Simonds Manufacturing Company, with factories at Fitch- burg, Mass., and Chicago, IIl., opened a new office, on the first of the year, at 209 Madison Ave., Memphis, Tenn. A complete stock of Simonds saws suitable for that territory, Simonds planer knives and files will be carried at the new store. The Memphis branch is under the management of Mr. William L. Mayer who formerly represented the company among the mills in Virginia and North Carolina. Ty, 1 + | * : : i } CANADA |LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 THE HARRIS ABATTOIR CoO., LIMITED TORONTO - CANADA The above is a cut of THE HARRIS ABATTOIR COMPANY’S NEW PLANT at the Union Stock Yards, West Toronto. Itisthe LARGEST AnD BEST EQUIPPED Packing House in Canada. We specialize in supplying the Lumber Trade Our BARRELLED MEATS, LONG CLEAR, PURE LARD, and “DOMESTIC” SHORTENING are unsurpassed for “KEEP OVER” purposes. Wire, write or phone us at West Toronto, or our nearest Branch before buying : Live Stock, | Fresh Meats, Cured Meats, Barrelled Beef, Pure Lard, “Domestic” Shortening, (Lard Compound) —Agencies at— SCHREIBER, ONT. HAILEYBURY, ONT. SAULT STE. MARIE, ONT. MONTREAL, QUE. SUDBURY, ONT. QUEBEC, QUE. OTTAWA, ONT. CAMPBELLTON, N.B. Sausages, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, Mincemeat, Vegetables, Fish, etc. ST. JOHN, N. B. STELLARTON, N. S. SYDNEY, N. S. HALIFAX, N. S. 62 CANADA -LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OPPORTUNITIES ee E. own and offer for sale on attractive terms a few especi- ally well selected tracts of timber running from 50 million to one billion feet that are ready for immed- jate operation, having a good local de- mand at high prices. The timber on the Pacific Coast is the last stand of the great for- ests. Well selected timber in British Columbia is the best investment on this Continent and offers especially at- tractive inducements for manufacturers. eee For further particulars, address A. C. Frost Company Corn Exchange Bldg. CHICAGO Everything in Spruce Dressed and in the Rough Campbell - MacLaurin Lumber Co. Limited Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL New RAILS Relaying 12 to 80 pounds per yard. LOGGING CARS Jno. J. Gartshore 58 Front St. West, Toronto EDGINGS. Ontario A fire occurred at the planing mill and lumber yard of A. Coates & Sons, Burlington, Ont., early in the morning of January 27th and caused heavy loss. The Sutherland, Innes Company, Limited, Chatham, Ont., are consider- ing plans for the erection of a cooperage plant at Corinth, Ont., at a cost of $30,000. The sawmill plant at Rainy River, Ont., formerly owned by the Rainy River Lumber Company is being taken down and shipped to Ludlow, B.C., where it will be set up and operated. The Lusty Lumber Company, Rodney, Ont., whose mill was recently des- troyed by fire, and who installed a portable mill to cut the stock they had on hand, report that they do not expect to erect a permanent mill. The Holt Timber Company, Whitestone, Ont., report that they sold all their logs during 1913 and did not manufacture any lumber. They intend to manufacture about 9,000,000 feet, mostly white pine, during 1914. Wm. Ellery, Fenelon Falls, Ont., reports that his plant is now practically ready to saw lumber again. He is considering the installation of a small double edger, also a 15 h.p. portable engine to assist his stationary engine in its drive. The Empire Lumber Company whose mill is located at Latchford, Ont., have decided to close the mill. The company did not manufacture any lumber last year. They are now making arrangements for the disposal of the mill, which probably will be sold. The office of the Schuster Coal & Lumber Company at Belleville, Ont., was recently destroyed by fire which caused a total loss of $30,000 to the Schus- ter Company’s block in which its own office and a number of others were lo- cated. The insurance is reported at $14,000. The Canadian Handle Company, Oxford Street, Strathroy, Ont., are ar- ranging to erect a handle factory at a cost of $50,000 on Oxford Street, Strath- roy, Ont., to replace the building recently destroyed by fire. The company will be in the market for woodworking machinery. The French River Lumber Company, Limited, has been granted a charter with a share capital of forty thousand dollars and headquarters in Toronto. H. E. Hurlburt is one of the principal men in the new concern, which is empower- ed to carry on lumbering and timber operations in all branches. Aird Island Logging and Trading Company, Limited, has been incorpor- ated with a capital of $10,000, with head office at Spanish Mills, Ont., to carry on business as lumber merchants. The provisional directors are R. McKay, D. I. Grant, M. MacDonald and G. Adams, all of Toronto, Ont. The Sutherland, Innes Company, Limited, Chatham, Ont., have pur- chased the plant and timber limits of W. M. Drader, of Chatham, Ont. They expect that this will increase their output to the extent of about 6,000,000 staves, 3,000,000 to 4,000,000 hoops and 500,000 sets of heading annually. “Woodworkers Limited” have been incorporated, with head office at 1o- ronto and capital of $40,000. Those interested are L. J. Strickland, 555 Huron street, Toronto; A. B. Beverley, 17 Westminster avenue, Toronto, and P. E. ’ Heeney, Berlin, Ont. The company will deal in lumber and carry on a wood- working and planing mill business. The Ontario Transportation and Pulp Company, Limited, has been in- corporated with a capital of $10,000, with head office at Thorold, Ont., to carry on a water transportation business and operate as lumber merchants. The provisional directors are R. R. McCormick, Chicago; Warren Curtis, Jr., and G. S. Brack, and F. A. Dean, Jr., all of Thorold, Ont. The Lakes Timber Company, Limited, has been granted a charter, with a capital of $50,000 and head officce in Fort Frances, Ont. The company is to cut timber and to manufacture and sell wood and timber products and carry on the business of lumbermen. The incorporators are William J. Law and On- drew A. D. Rahn, of Minneapolis, Minn.; Otto H. Diercks, of Rainy River, Ont.; Alonzo B..Colburn, of International Falls, Minn.; and William F. Zauke, -of Spooner, Minn. The Lumsden Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated, with capital stock of $500,000 and head office at Ottawa. The well-known lumber- man Mr. John Lumsden is managing director of this company. Its mill will be located at Amos, 140 miles east of Cochrane, Ont., and 349 miles from Que- bec. Amos is on the Harricannaw river and the Transcontinental Railway. The compar will erect, as soon as spring opens, a sawmill, planing mill, clap- board mill and tie mill. They will cut in the neighborhood of 20,000,000 feet per year in the sawmill. The stock will be red and white pine and spruce. Ne- gotiations are now under way for the purchase of the machinery for the plant. A fire which took place on January 13th caused serious damage to a num- ber of woodworking and show-case manufacturing plants at 15 Fisher street, Toronto. The total damage was about $60,000. The building was occupied by John W. Woolnough, show-case manufacturer; W. C. Peters, wood-turner; John W. Smith, wood-turner, and Parker Bros., novelty manufacturers. A few piles of lumber in the yard were also destroyed, and the office building belong- ing to Mr. Geo. G. Miles was slightly scorched. The adjoining buildings of the Toronto Woodworking Company, the E. R. Burns Saw Company and Rankin & Company, excelsior manufacturers, were also scorched. During the pro- gress of this fire the death occurred of Mr. G. G. Miles from heart failure as reported elsewhere in this issue. Eastern Canada The sawmill belonging to W. Bleu at St. Zotique, P.Q., was recently destroyed by fire, the loss being $15,000. G. R. Marshall will install an excelsior plant at Stewiacke, N.S., in the early spring and will require to buy between 600 and 800 cords of poplar wood. The Argenteuil Lumber Company, Limited, Morin Heights, P.Q., who re- cently lost their mill by fire have commenced the erection of an up-to-date sawmill, The equipment will include a steam log loader, nigger, -netahnt CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 63 feed, 8 ft. double cutting band saw, re-saw, double edger, slashers and trim- mers. The company are also putting in machines for manufacturing clap- boards and shingles, as well as planing machines. The plant will be completed and ready to operate by the first of May. The company report a fairly good season for logging. They are taking out 3,000,000 feet, chiefly spruce. The sawmill and furniture factory of the Valliere Furniture Company, corner of St. Roch and Valliere streets, Quebec, P.Q., were recently des- troyed by fire, the loss being estimated at $100,000. Fauteux, Limitee, has been incorporated with a capital of $99,000, with head office at Verdun, Que., to carry on business as lumber merchants. The provisional directors are J. O. Fauteux, merchant, and H. Fauteux, builder, both of Verdun, Que. J. H. Allard, Limited, have been incorporated, with head office at L’Epi- é phanie, P.Q., and capital stock of $50,000, to carry on a general lumber busi- Already sawn or to be sawn * ness, with power to operate sawmills, planing mills, etc. J. H. Allard, Geo. f Z Duford and J. E. Mageau, all of L’Epiphanie, are interested in the company. Cuts of 1’ and 2” Hemlock The Fraser-Brook Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with Cuts of 1’ and 2’ Spruce a capital of $99,000, with head office at Fraserville, Que., to carry on business ” as lumber merchants and pulp manufacturers. The provisional directors are 5/8" Cull Spruce or Norway J. Langlais, advocate; J. E. Pineau and A. Lemieux, merchants, all of Fraser- 5/8’ Merchantable Spruce ville, Que.; B. Frechette, timber merchant, St. Honore, and J. H. Rousseau, 5/8’ Merchantable Basswood notary, of Trois-Pistoles, Que. 1’ Cull El Two timber limits, one situated at Callieres South, seventeen miles, and the a u m 2 other Oo ab North, twenty-eight and a half square miles, both located at Port 1” Dead Cull Birch aux Quilles, County of Charlevoix, were put up at auction in the offices of ” . Messrs. La Rue & Trudel, accountants, yesterday morning, but were withdrawn 1" Merchantable Birch, 3 to 5 feet long from sale, the highest price offered for the limits being $6,050. The limits in question, which include saw mill, equipped with machinery and 132 acres, more : ae : oe or less, freehold land, are the property of Mr. Herman Young, who it is under- Write us at once, giving estimates of quantities, best stood, refused an offer of $40,000 for them last year. cash prices f. 0. b. cars, shipping points, and full par- Good progress is reported in connection with the construction of the large ticulars of above kinds or of any other lumber you plant of the St. Lawrence Pulp & Lumber Corporation, at Pabos Mills, P.Q., h ft which when finished will represent an investment of close to a million dollars. may have to olfer. There is an irregular group of buildings, mostly one-storey and measuring something like 900 by 200 ft. in plan, forming a complete pulp mill for making high grade bleached sulphite pulp, together with a digester building covering digesters reaching 160 ft. above the ground. All of this is now being built by the Aberthaw Construction Company of Boston, and is to be finished by next e a September. The buildings have concrete exterior, the interior structure being 9 largely of structural steel with yellow pine roofs. There is to be an indepen- dent steam turbo-generator plant—giving power for both the pulp mill and a Lumber and Lath 43 Victoria Street saw mill which is being erected separately. A private railroad is to supply the Pine, Hemlock, mill with logs from the extensive timber and pulp wood limits of the company, S aggregating some 500 square miles. The Dominion Government has under- pruce taken to develop a harbor for safe wharfage for ships up to 6,000 tons burden. and Hardwoods ete: Toronto Ont Western Canada ’ 7 The Raymond-Comrie Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $10,00, with head office at Saskatoon, Sask. Baker and Pringle, Limited, have been incorporated with a capital of $20,- 000, with head office at Collingwood East, B.C., to carry on business as lumber merchants. W. E. Koch, who has a mill on the Slocan River, not far from Nelson, B.C., ® has completed a dam and timber flume, which cost about $25,000. Logs are now being delivered. J The Ardley Lumber and Shingle Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $15,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C., to carry on busi- ness as manufacturers of lumber, shingles, etc. . J. Fyfe-Smith Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital R d d Whit of $200,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C., to acquire the business of J. e an | e P Fyfe-Smith & Company, and carry on business as lumber merchants. ‘ MacConnell Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capi- tal of $50,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C., to take over as a going con- cern the business of MacConnell & Company, and carry on business as lumber _ merchants. Superior Sash and Door Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $60,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C., to acquire the business of J. E. Dougherty, New Westminster, B.C., and to carry on business as lum- ber manufacturers. L b d Ti b Contracts have been awarded by the city of Winnipeg to Benjamin Rich- um er an 1m} er ardson & Company, Winnipeg, for 3,030 telephone poles at $3,371 and to O’Brien, Fowler & McDougall Bros., Union Bank Bldg., Ottawa, Ont., for _ 100,000 No. 1 ties at 58c and 150,000 No. 2 ties at 52c. =f = A contract has been entered into between H. C. Struchen, of Minneapolis, . : : _- and the city of Prince Albert, Sask., whereby the former will erect a pulp and W rite for our Stock Last, gener, eo = ae al Bice acres provided as veer. The latter is also = o furnis r. Struchen with power from La Colle Falls at special rates on the \V understanding that the plant will be ready for operation by the time the power € always have on hand is developed. The city is to notify Mr. Struchen one year in advance of the a good supply of the * % ew yet f date at which it will be ready to deliver power. ye 3 = ae “coiges 212 5 hee Mg eeret, B.C., recently pur- _ chased timber berth 554 on Spuzzum Creek, B.C., and is now making plans 2 ; for operating the property. The berth includes several blocks of timber ag- above line fine well gregating 4428.8 acres adjacent to holdings which he acquired previously in the same valley. The land is well timbered with fir and cedar of the coast seasoned stock _type and the price paid was $13,083, the upset price. The reason the berth 4 N went at the upset price was that there were no other interests already located in the valley. The purchase of this timber will enable Mr. Shields to operate On quite a large scale. If his present plans are carried out, Mr. Shields will _ install small portable mills at different places up the valley and flume the ‘trough lumber and shingle bolts out to a finishing mill to be located on the ¢ P. R., on the east side of the Fraser River. The Canadian Northern Os ac are 0 Pacific Railway runs on the opposite side of the river and as the distance e e Aa cyl mt at ap point, it is expected that an overhead cable system ould be used to advantage to transport lumber and shingles across to the C.N.R. Mr. Shields will commence his operations as soon as lumber market Montreal Ottawa tions warrant. The limits contain, it is estimated, sufficient timber to a mill of 75,000 feet daily capacity for over twenty-five years. Jan er; F 64 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER There is Big Money Cutting Cordwood The Features of Kent’s Cordwood Splitter The new Kent Cordwood Splitter will turn small and rough timber, from Conveyor of logs to saw. which all logs suitable for lumber have been taken, into valuable CO? Sica Bell dowd It will add millions of dollars to Canada’s cut-over limits. Cit-off saw. If you own or hold permits for any hardwood timber limits the Kent Cord- wood Splitter can make big money for you. The machine is economical to Conveyor from saw to splitter. ¢ operate and cheap to install. Steam piston. The capacity of this invention has been demonstrated as 42 cords of 4 ft. cordwood per day of 1o hours with 11 men and one team. That means the Steam head block. timber cut, split and piled. Can be used as fricton drive to carryaraeaae The cost of splitting hardwood has been reduced over 50 per cent. by this invention aside from the utilizing of timber that would be useless for any Vertical splitter. other purpose. _ Adjustable horizontal splitter. fe. ] , a This is an unusually interesting propositiou— we solicit. your enquiries. Kent Cordwood Splitter Company MEAFORD, ONTARIO Delivery table. INVENTORY NOW THAT YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR STOCK-TAKING, What about your INS URA NCE z LUMBER INSURERS GENERAL AGENCY E. D. HARDY, Canadian Manager J. M. MOOREHOUSE, Manager 24 Central Chambers, OTTAWA, ONTARIO 201 McIntyre Block, WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Atkins’ ‘Inserted Tooth Cutoff Saw A sensation in the Saw World. : longer. Necessary set is in the teeth. Short teeth, holds Tension. Factory, Hamilton, Ont. HE “MERIT” LINE of Veneer Cutting, Dimen- sioning and Drying Mach- inery is designed first, for ven- eer mills cutting high grade furniture and commercial veneer from expensive timber, and sec- ond, for basket, crate, box and barrel factories using cheaper veneer cut from the less expen- sive woods. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 65 W. S. JELLIFF, Manager 618 Corbett Bldg., PORTLAND, OREGON ad tobe ne McLean Pattern The smoothest cutting saw. Requires less hammering. Wears No change in diameter of Saw. Teeth do not break out. Made in sizes from 20 to 86% inches. 9g to 5 gauge. Order now if you expect shipment within sixty days. Our capacity already overtaxed. Manufactured exclusively by E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws an 255. a a _- Merit Veneer Lathe . In addition to Lathes, Clippers, and Driers, the line, includes Knife Grinders, Log Hoists and Trolleys, a set of CrateHead ~ Machinery, a set of Barrel and Basket Hoop Machinery, Basket and Hamper Bottom Round- ers, Nailing Forms, etc. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. THIS IS ONE OUT OF 81 TYPES OF MORRIS CHAIN-BLOCKS — ONE SIZE OF 219—AT YOUR SERVICE. THE HERBERT MORRIS GRANE& HOIST CO. Sao LIMITED, EMPRESS WOFKS, PETER STREET, TORONTO, ONT. BRANCH OFFICE, CORISTINE BLDC., MONTREAL, QUE. 66 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Ry ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS A Adams Launch & Engine Co. ... American Engine & Boiler Wks. American Woodworking Machin- én Gompanyrn: aa. age. Anderson & Co., C. G. .. Argall Bros. Atkins Company, E. Cc Atlantic Lumber Co. .. Si RSISOET. GL: SOM | < lan. .. sae 13 Spencer, C. A. ne SS > 7B Standard Chain Compan 76 Sterns Salt and Lumber Co. 18 Superior Manufacturing Co... .. 11 T Tessier, Alphonse .. See Thurston-Flavelle imomer! Co. es te Timberland Lumber Co. .. .. 16 Timms, Phillips & Co... .. .. .. 16 Vv Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. 13 Ww Walters & Sons, H. we Waterous Engine Works Co. Ltd. 87 Watson & Todd 2. 2S'scmeenee ote Webb Lumber Company .. .. .. Webster & Bro. Ltd., James .. . 11 West & Pedchy >> s.. u-eeeeeeee oe Wickes Bros. .. .. te ae 85 Wisconsin Lumber Ga. Nie ee Wistar, Underhill & Nixon .. . 4-19 Wuichet, Louis .:425, pee ee Y : Young Company, W. F... .. .. . 69 Brake Your Load and Save Your Horses Barienger Braking Device for letting heavy loads down steep hill and Saves horses and expense of sand hilling. Besides avoiding accidents and eliminating sand hilling this brak- ing device can greatly reduce your Larger loads may be handled and fewer men em- hauling costs. ployed. Our catalogue fully explains Ryther & Pringle Co. Carthage, N. Y. mountain roads. CANADA I|LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 67 os TERT OOOO PO OG O the saw mill and woodworking industries we offer an unusually good belting value in our ‘‘Acme Waterproof.”” This belting is specially made from the best hides to run in wet places where only the best quality belt can ‘‘make good.” If you require any belting you should enquire into the merits of ‘‘Goodhue Belts” then you will buy a ‘‘Goodhue. According to the conditions under which a belt has to run we recommend ‘‘Extra,” ‘‘Standard” or ‘‘Acme Waterproof’— each brand the best quality but each made for a different service. Send for partie. 1 1. GOODHUE CO., LIMITED, Danville, Quebec LUMBER FROM YOUR LOGS by using our Patent Steel Band Mill and Carriage , This result was attained by different users of our Results from logs of given dimensions cut on Breeze, Denison & Co. pat. band mill. Diam. Log Length Feet Lum. 8 in 16 ft. 45 mills during the season cf 1912. We can prove to 10 16 69 your satisfaction that this mill will cut more lum- it 16 i ber and superior lumber than any other Band or Circular Mill on the market. ) Special features of Mill Concrete foundation not necessary. Frame con- structed with brace bolted to same timbers which support base of mill. This prevents any movement of mill foundation throwing mill arbors out of cross line. Supporting timbers attached to track which prevents variation in cutting of boards. Roller Bearing Carriage designed to do away with lost side motion which is quite necessary for successful work in double cut- ting bands. Double Action Friction Set Works working on thin steel disc, which can be successfully used in place of usual foot friction in receding knees. This cuts down weight in pinion shaft, therefore reducing momentum, so that it is beyond speed of setter to over set by rapid work. Carriage can be changed from high to low speed instantly and can be operated without passing saw more than six inches either way. Knee opening to 44 inches. Guide prevents any binding motion to the gip and wili automatically raise when coming in contact with knot in timber. Guides adjustable when mill is running. A Canadian Built Mill of superior manufucture. ; Manufacturers of Patented Steel Roller Bearings, Sawmill Carriages; Steel Band Mills, Portable and Stationary, - for 16 to 19 Gauge Saws; Automatic _ Filing Machines (Swages) BRE Write us if iaterested EZE, | DENISON & COMPANY Newburgh, Ontario 68 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on either side of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of the Dominion Timber Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by a duly qualified Dominion Land Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each of such berths shall then be thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. The Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sold at less than the price so fixed. Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time of sale. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in cash at the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in the city or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a charteredbank, or by a draft issued by a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If — default is made in any payment required by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. ; The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square’mile except for lands situated to the west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acre. The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :— Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. Railway ties, eight feet long, 1% cents each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each, _ Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. And 5 per cent, on the sale of all other products of the berth. Timber Permits Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine operators and others on application to the Dominion Timber Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. W. W. Cory, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Deputy Minister. December 20th, 1912. Are your horses of use to you? This seems an absurd question—and the answer is always “Of course they are” —In which case provide your stables with: Johnson’s Reliable Veterinary Remedies gal. jugs (Imperial . bottles 2 1b. bottles Johnson’s Horse Liniment, No. 2 (an oil liniment) 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) 3.00 gal. 1 Ib. bottles 6.00 doz. 2 1b. bottles 11.00 doz. Johnson’s Horse Colic Remedy A sure and speedy cure for all kinds of Colic 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) 40 doses 1 lb. bottles 4 doses 2 1b. bottles 8 doses Johnson’s Veterinary Healing Ointment (Gall Cure) 2 1b. tins 2.00 per tin 4 oz. tins 3.50 doz. Johnson’s Condition Powders (Concentrated) 1 lb. Packages 3.60 per doz. Johnson’s Camp and Household Remedies, such as Cough Syrup, Healing Ointment, Headache Powders, Big 4 Liniment, Stomach Bitters, Cathar- tic Pills, etc., etc., have stood the test of twenty- five years and are in use all over Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Prices are lower than Johnson’s Horse Liniment, No. 1 (Alcoholic) 1 ) $4.50 those of all other manufacturers. Letter orders receive prompt attention. A.H. Johnson, Sreccist’ Collingwood, Ont. LSS LSS LSS SSSS= CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 69 Good Lumber or similarly unfit T A BSORBINE hair, never jeaves scars or horse better looking, better EWA, Should be free from all blemish all be ou e free rrom emisnes You cannot get good work out of your lumber horses if they ABSORBINE ? ABSORBINE he Bg ig Swellings, Soft P Bunches, Bo avins or an : for Wind Puff, cach ‘Bicedshe whether lame a doesnot blister Capped Elbow, Bog Spavin> Thorougt pin, is your own blemishes of Shoe Boil, best friend—it relieves the horse of all pain, soreness and trouble- Curb, Enlarged Glands and all working, more fit and of greater value to you puffs and swell- You can work your horse at the any kind. are lame, blemished, sore, sick not, needs your attention, or remove the some blemish, t makes the : It is easy to apply and does é not require the same time. This is no new lo- tion but the tried and tested ings, Fistulla, horse to be laid F f 5 Poll Evil, ba poe of many years success up. Thousands upon thousands of horses which would have been ailing and sick and unsightly centrated and have been made fit and well— ceed aoe aad good lookers. only a few at others have one with . Absorbine you can do, too. drops required All enquiries on special cases at each appli- answered without delay—full ti information and instruction on cation. request. Absorbine $2.00 a bottle at drug- gists or delivered. Manufactured only by W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F. | 424 Lymans Bldg. “t- MONTREAL, CAN. Radcliff Solid Tooth Saws ADE by men who have made M a special study of saw con- struction and steel tempering. Sprains, Con- Highly con- tracted Ten- dons, Bruises, Lameness_ of all kinds. ANTISEPTIC GERMICIDE The steel in Radcliff saws is specially tempered to maintain a keen edge and high tension. It is sufficiently pliable to avoid breakage, yet rigid enough to be economical in effort. Write for our catalogue of solid and inserted tooth saws, mill supplies, etc. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company, Limited Toronto 70 CANADA -LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Shimer “Limited” Cutter Heads, Figures 627 and 628 with Expansion Why You Should Use The ° Potato Scale will positively remove scale from your S h imer C u t t er H Ca d S boiler tubes and can do no injury to your pipes or Saeed Feed water should be regularly treated with Potato Scale to prevent scale, pitting, grooving and honeycombing; it saves fuel and so treats the water that it absorbs more steam. Made of Steel Forgings, they represent the greatest possible Send us a gallon of feed water which we will ana- strength in compact and workmanlike manner, embodying the th : . vital principles of clearance toall leading Bit Points. The altern- lyze and Seer fe sample of poy scale to suit yout conditions—this is a free trial, write us. ate and shearing effect of the cut reduces to a minimum the tearing- out tendency of cross-grained lumber. Cutters have exact shape in their exterior circles, and uniform product is maintained inde- finitely without extra trouble or expense. now on Address e e Send for Catalogue and Pattern Book. SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Galt, Ont., Can. Box 1384 Calgary, Alta. For Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Ship Lap, Jointing, Double Ceiling, Doors, Sash, Blinds, etc. Lumber Camp Ranges and Heaters Our stoves are specially designed All Kinds of Stoves for j _— tm to meet all requirements of camp work. We know exactly.what is neces- Large or Small Camps sary and desirable in this class of stove. We put into all our stoves the best of material and workmanship ci coupled with the ,best of expert experience. ost eee A pen hi! = The ‘Leader Range’ for coal and * Keen ER Gon) Lf wood, shown in this cut is specially | chi ON] adapted to Lumberman Camps, Le : Boarding Houses, Hotels and Rail- read Construction Camp Work. We also make this Range with side hinge doors. It is large, heavy and strongly built. Has good oven space and large heating surface. When a good, solid, reliable stove is wanted the ‘Leader’ will give satisfaction. Write for our catalogue. f NO. 10-36A SIX HOLE LEADER RANGE AND RESERVOIR ADAM HALL, Limited - Peterborough, Ontario Manufacturers of Ranges, Heaters, etc., for Lumber Camps, Hotels, and Railway Construction CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 71 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS LONDON, CANADA Agencies and Warehouses :—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. VANCOUVER, B.C. Locomotive Boiler on Skids WE CAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF YOUR DRY KILN GRANO RAPIDS VENEER WORKS for the SHAVING EXHAUST FANS Planing Mill Dry Kiln Service A Practical Theory MEANS Competent Engineering TO Effective Organization YOU Years of Experience Guaranteed Results Grand Rapids Veneer Works Grand Rapids, Michigan The Sheldon Shaving? Exhaust Fan is specially designed to give the best results inithe Planing Mill, having a saving in power and speed of 25% to 40%. Write for particulars Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building AGENTS: Messrs. Ross & Greig, 412 St. James St. Messrs. Walker's Limited, 259 Stanley St Montreal, Que. Winnipeg, Man. Messrs. Robt. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Bank of Ottawa Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Messrs. Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Ltd., Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will withstand the severest kind of service. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. ‘ly The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty { Griplock Riveted Chain Belt 72 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER What I Can Do For The General Planing Mill You don’t have long runs on a few kinds of patterns, the kind that requires a ‘333’? — your work is mostly short runs, different kinds, different sizes, different patterns—the kind that need me. Here’s what I can do for you: I will take care of all your matching and sizing up to 24” x 8”. I will do all your double surfacing up to my full rated width. I will run all the flooring you need. I will serve you as an inside moulder carrying formed cutters up to 14%” projection. 1 am readily accessible in every part, so that changes can be made quickly, easily and economically. I have all the conveniences, all the time-saving adjustments and all the grade-raising value of the latest fast-feed matchers. I have a mechanically perfect drive that makes every ounce of power count. I run at a low operating cost, both for power consumed and upkeep expense. I am medium in weight and size. I am also medium in price, so that any mill can afford to put me in. I am making money—big money—for hundreds of successful planing mill owners, men who, like you, are operating a general purpose mill. I will do the same thing for you. I invite you to write today—now—to my designers and builders. J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 465-485 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. CHIWBERS 275) AN 60 | A “FAY & EG ie GINGINNAT! % | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Educational Talks On, Leather Belting by the GRATON G& KNIGHT MFG. COMPANY WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS To attain maximum efficiency and economy in your plant it is absolutely essential to know all possible about belting. Leather Belting correctly installed and properly cared for is the most efficient and econom- ical transmission medium. Yet it is a well known fact that belt- ing receives very little attention for such an important factor. For this reason we intend to publish in this paper a series of educational talks on belting, its selec- tion, its care, etc. They will be “straight from the shoulder” talks, plain, instructive and authoritative. Our Engineering Department is at your service, consult it freely concerning your trans- mission problems. 7857 Ne Subject for next ana |= Unity Bldg. “What Con- x A6 St. Alexander St. stitutes Good Montreal Leather 3 Belting.” Can. laa ts Where coi Tidt etenic gas Us * are Manufacture d. : Oe tae mee \ PR) RAY ee) 4 . — == \e + , WA SY BY \= _ 73 \ 74 ea: , ae ty a ADA LUMBERMAN AND W = OODWORKER ; — a S—WHOLESALE Car Lots Soft maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ...... 3700 B White Pine: Soft maple, com. and aes B/ o seers 33 00 fe € dram, according to average ; A inch N 4 eee 6/4 & 8/4, Aig Rae 28 00 quality, 30 to 35 feet g 65 2x 6, 8 to 16 oe ee 2x 6,8 to 16...... ... 1% inch No. s cuts and better "G4 00 68 00 Hard cape ante. and) 2ae, 2it ones: BT OD Ash 2 xB; Otis IO. 5005 ee ee oe 2-in. No. 1 cuts and near 64 00 68 00 Hard maple 19/4, & 1 and better, 4/4. 30 00 se nches end vp, ecto cee gM Common Boards 20 50 1¥%-in. No. 2 C. & B er.. 6700 7200 Red oak, plain 1st 6/4, Ists and 2nds. 46 00 age and qualtt cconling to aver No. 1 Common Boards 2-in. No. 2 cut n lcieeeee 50 00 5200 #£Ked oak, s and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4 Average 16 y, per cu. ft. .... 25 4 inch .. 4/4.N s and better 56 plain 1st and 2 /4 70 00 g inch ... 30 inch .....4 seeee 5/4 oe e/a 3 Pein - zy 45 4 ae aos plain ists sad kde aae4 Ue” 64 Cape ee < s bea Pret op 2 Dea ee Need cake Ho... and 16/4 ... nds, 12 ,; inch: <0. (eee re 2 8/4 Neudtcuis Soe ed Siete 5200 White oak pies wale sigis| Lape s 500 14 inch, pe Birch 10 tnch’.; plitieioccs tated ts 3 = pd ONG onus ot eee 55 00. «©. White oak, plain, st and 2nds, 4/4. 62 60, 15 in 42 Ber OW, ike ba wietep awa 20 12 inch 2c ee a ee ee 23 00 5/4 Bhi Gk No 3 cauMpeen 36 00 and 2a plain, 1sts and 2nds, 1% t 36 inch, a cu S oe 5 eee 4 = Bk eRe 23 00 . 2 cutescsun nd 2-in.vis wecsshelasaaeeae % inch, acme Cae ee ee ge eee eS MME He? Blas I se EI hs ld 18 inch} per-eu. ft. lo0c22000001 = Hinoxing 5/4 and 6/4 No. a ate uanoror a 28 00 White oak, % pot i emavaler lara te 5 00 Pa 35 4 Fé | Mints FIED. Dy 25.0 8/4 No. 8 cuts eo 82 00 White oak, i, teak renner: 4/4. 85 00 12 ft. and ee Spruce Deals 7 x 4 a No. a oreo? eae - a pint Good: Shorts: rl 62 00 65 00 SIE prs pe 12 8 to 16 ft. * 24 00 Cee hi. it. 2. tlie 30 00 sahara ape ee ae a bes No. 3 Cuts 6 x 6 to 6 x 12, up to 82 fe : 24 00 ee os 2 din. end. > walle 1723” ane ae jae ee 16 00 18 00 gn ae ee Up. wide. ). i. vie./has 24 00 a . 24 00 ies in BC ced te cc 18 00 Pine mill cull 16’ ...... 1700 1900 218+ 6-in 2 in., 6-in. and up wide. Gd OORING edar, kiln dried. 55 50 65 acces s, strips and sid 2%," . and up wide .... ye 00 No. 1 and 4 pene Fir 50 nee py 4-in. and up 12- ae and 4-in., 6-in. and hs oweves 3300 §G No : =, pine, inn wes imensi eI eo 0 Bive til cntin aback aie Pete ON ge Se a eer ees ? . G. No. 1 and 2 fi i a 8x8, 16x10 anise up to 32 feet: Pine mill culls stock 1 x 12 Hee A ae - bs ee ee 43 00 48 00 BE. Ci Ries, GC. Na: Pei: eee. 0 12x14, 14 x12, 10x14, 12x12 Mill cull shorts, 1- x 12... 2100 22 00 F. G. No. 1 and 2 an ng. 39 00 e 4x14, 14x16 up to 32 median) Aiteate Bg x 4in. (en as Ei aud tec. No. foo See ae HL OO ee ee ain. wis iota ie 3400 On culls t & wp tree e eee 1700 1800 Lin. x Bim coring ........ 80 00 sib, 10020, ie18, iel8, 20x Red pine, log run 14.00 1600 Lin. x 6:in. SHIPLAP , up to 32 ft. 3 a Co ee le 18 00 Lin, x 8-in Pin Mea atetwis tare thee 7 tees 2 Z eors @x14, 8x14, 12x18, 18:20, up to 3450 mill sa Bi ae 19 00 =e =e ae fe Bini. tet eeecee eeees wees 2400 Ree GAG. 10048 15500, 14on mi cull ? 4 “IM, sesee 00 21 ir, 8” om ee BY x16, 8x16, 10x18, 12x20, 14x20, a5" Min cun Sent ee 2 00 BOD 1M 1% a in. and up .... 06. ft: 10” and 12”" shiplap eee to 62 eS ne pee up, 6/-11' is eae . Fir 6” shiplap 10/16 ft. .... vee pe MM BG oe fos ides 36 00 Prt os and ae agesdar ul “a 18 00 eA oe Sh fy octal, 8 OO 6x20, 8x20, up to 32 ft. .... 36 50 1% "x7" 8 ae up, 12’-16’ .. 22 00 2000 1 inch ere F RDS—ROUGH OR S.15. eeabereinnit 37 50 14" 3 “9” and up, 12’-16’ 22 0 2400 14%,1% aie ae eee 3100 4500 No. 1 le “ following. pe ener oe a Pi hss the Sf ag a a -16’ ... 22 00 3 we 24 and 3-in i al OE Ua 36 00 45 00 No. 2 pee a 10, penermigge) $31 00 t., $1; 41 to 45 ft., $3; c: 36 to Spruce 1-i and up, 12’-16’ 25 00 2 ITCH: bidve..<, ate La 45 00 No. 3 com * inch .. cone. 125.00 5B ” 46 to 50 ft., in. clear (fine dressi 2.0... eee mon pine, mixed Se pit deh Les ft» BP te Beet DP ae tare ness 25 00 27 00 No. 2 B 50 00 Ne. O comina gue ized widibs <. 38 09 ice 80 ft. $22, , ; to 75 ft., $18; Hemlock ie ie eras = He 15 00 fies vas eats . arn es pine, mixed widths .. 10 00 ring, edge grain ee emlock 2x4, 6 8 10, 12/16 _ 0 20 00 Lh, 1% a ene: 00 SHI Re Land Foie Hh weak 44 59 Tamarac, «yo. 18, 10, 12/16". 19 00 23.00 7/4 and Sim. ee. 3000 3600 xx wears Qin, Fir ct eect 1%, 1% and Eeeweos log run, dead culls ao to eS cs 38 00 aa “4 = — . . 8 00 Fir rough 2.0... ..... 47: 00.~—s« Basswood log run mill ¢ -C, edar .. 3 wn uses stam eave eae malig a, ft. pine lath.. e “8 Fae ronal log run mill culls out 23 9400 Le inehi arene if iaalin XXX Dimension ...... a ca ee eee ta Soft cin comuen uanpene 00 22 00 Noo, 1, 194, 194, Bin.” 12222! 20 00 38 00 LATH 4-in. No. 1 4-ft. hemlock lath 1, 1%, 2-i etter, nA 1i4-in. 2 ck lath 2» IM, seocce ceo Ho, i Uzin. ll sun hemlock lath «BBQ 2x 10. No" 1 Barn sss! 3D QD 24.00 No. 3, 4, 1%, 346, 2m Ne. 1B GW sseeet ceed ae e ad ; eee , , , es e RAT we wee . XX pine or cedar shingles... 105 1 x 10 No, 2 arn asses ones die OO. 28.00" 1 No Se esae an ys Paes ik ey 22,00 25 00 11 "8 65 RRA ‘ectah ahiugies soit ee eee barn s..1) 22 00 28 00 Mil Fete, ak ar shingles .,. per Mr. ee 3 > Mill C ; ee gh to 2-ine me ae peo No. 1 white pine 1%-in. x 4- ft. 00 Mill _run_ culls, 1-in. pay BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. ee oda 3 20 ARAB si a? Oe = 380. 3 88 11%, 1% and Qin’... ap te White Pi salts Bnet NT cuca ru aes eR ese Sie 8.40 Sal see ite ping oo 80, 3 98 Loam STITT a7 00 78 00 gs ne . \ Red pine sail eae a as Se : 00 «8 26 Lae holesale Selling Price ardwoods—Per M. Feet, Car Lots 30-in oe mill rin ...... “ = oo os 1, 32-in. pine .... Uppers 4/4 ...... ‘ Ash, white, 1 Pine SE: BE ek ee ig). 200. No. 2, 4@-ial spine <) 6. nee 175 Uppers 5/4 to 8/4 ..... ae -¢- $04 00 Ash, white Rar ands 1% and 2-in. 60 00 XXXX 18-in i No. 3. aan Pine ...... sees 4 "8 eee YG to 12/4... sain nee . 4 , B mm if «ewe ee wee eeee ee an an ine “21.20 idee cog SEN oe z ok now. Asts ed Qnds. 4/4 Bagot chs = a pase Bath ta sna oe é on : = No. 1 48-in Pee Wiser Gtolaterate : 50 ar 5/4 to 8/4 sine Dae eee «ws tee , LE Be ea 95 Selects 10/4 to 12/4 .... 11... + see 82.00 ee et iste and 2nd 6/4. & . j ‘ He as White’ Cedar Shingles: is 1 75 Fine al ohh a0 ae Se -.. 92 00 at nds, 4/4 ° 5. » UB-in, ..reeeee wee Fine common 5/4 2.0... sce -+++ 61 ee ec ai ee ie eee 90 485 ace rece eee or Fine common 6/4 wo022 20000) 222 80 3 ’ n n oon oe > a eek eS °. . rh GIN i is tai age a li deh oe Birch, Ists and Dts) 10/2 end 12/8. 46 08 Spruce logs (pulp) ....-. 200 yp; Sine, (SPiaee ENS San iaae ie er ae ee VEriwi fi FOR THE MANUFACTURE_OF | cers, KEGS, ene | ee SPECIALTY "FORIPRICES AND FURTHER PARTICULARS JADDRESS( . T= PETER CERLACH'E Corensan s AND WOODWORKER 85 THE VERDICT a wk Ae A Mershon Resaws Are Preferred Saginaw Seven-Foot Band Resaw Wm. B. Mershon & Co., Saginaw, Michigan. Grayling, Michigan, November sth, 1913. Gentlemen : Replying to your favor of the Ist inst., beg to state that we have used your band resaws for the past twenty-five years, and are happy to say the longer we use them the fetter we like them. We have had other re-aws built by other manufacturers but have decided that the Mershon Resaw is the only one that will supply our wants. We cannot find language strong enough to express our feel- ings about your resaw. Yours very truly, Salling Hanson Company. Wm. B. Mershon & Company SAGINAW, MICH. “No checks or splits in veneers dried in the “Proctor” Method. Enormous produc- tion at low cost. Perfectly flat and pliable. Write for ' list of users.” ™ = Send for Bulletin No. 4 ThE PAILADELPAIA LEXTILE Macrinery Co. PAILADELPAIA, PA. 86 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Why Our Model “D” is Superior A Steam Feed Valve that sticks, leaks, or kicks, has no place in a -mill—minutes are too valuable for that—but there are several points in addition to these that are well worth considering, as exemplified in our Model ‘‘ D.” horizontal valve. Horizontal, Double Ported Steam Feed Valve, Model “D.’’ First, being horizonta, the valve can be double ported, which means that twice the steam opening can be obtained with the same motion. Second, the horizontal valves can be connected to the sawyer’s lever with 25 per cent. less joints and toggles than vertical valves, cutting out a lot of lost motion. Third, by using our double bell crank, operating through differential arcs, we get a quick opening at the steam end, combined with a slow closing at the exhaust end, with ‘the one motion of the lever. These points all combine to save time where time is lost—in reversing the motion. The construction is simple, there is no stuffing box to retard easy motion, and the valve plugs, of hollow construction, are so light and of such large surface that they cannot wear appreciably in the life of the average mill. Two minutes a day, for one season, will pay for a pair of these valves. Not a bad investment, eh ? The E. Long Manufacturing Co., Limited, Orillia, Canada Represented by: Robt. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver Stuart Machinery Co., Ltd., Winnipeg Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Calgary and Edmonton Williams & Wilson Ltd., Montreal ee work your filer does is limited to a great extent by the equip- hn ment he uses. See that you give him the kind that allows him to keep your saws in the . best possible condition. ‘Smooth cutting, easy running saws mean smooth sawn lumber and good Filing Room Equipment is the secret of both. has the endorsement of the best, most up-to- date filers i in this country. ae Boh ; in Canadian and American installations, _ where severe saw service is the general rule, | COVEL Filing Room Equipment is giving _ results that are reflected directly in the well- _ Sawn out-put of these mills. It is producing fu HB. Gilmour, Vancouver, B. C. | COVEL CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 20 If in the market for SPRUCE OR NORWAY why not get our prices ? We Have Something Attractive To Offer JAMES G. CANE & CO., Wholesale Lumber 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO, Ont. ee Steel Wire Cloth Refuse Burners Write for sample and full particulars. Alligator Ropes Sawmill Carriage Rose THE B. GREENING ‘Yeh eons CO., LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. Montreal, Que. The well known HEPBURN SCOTCH DERRICK : as used all over the Domin- ion Standard sizes in stock from % ton upwards, All kinds of overhead cranes for | hand pow- ; er or elec- tric power. These derricks can | be curliseilh steam 18-40 Van or electric power if JOHN T. HEPBURN, Led, _ TORONTO sate : Iron founders, crane ie CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 Reliable Quality and Quantity Always Assured the Users of “Defiance’’ Woodworking Machinery Especially do we wish to call your attention to the rapid and accurate ‘‘ Defiance ”’ Neckyoke snd Sagiwestame. - NECKYOKE and SINGLETREE MACHINES They are used by the largest manufacturers of this product, as well as the carriage and wagon manufactur- ers who realize the value of these special machines for the dependable product they wish to turn out. These machines will accommodate material up to 5’ in diameter and 48’ long. They have superceded all other methods of producing neckyokes, singletrees, whiffletrees and doubletrees in all their shapes and sizes, always performing the work at an immense saving over any other method. Furthur particulars and prices will be gladly furnished upon application. Write us AT ONCE. The Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. Singletree Dressing and Pointing Mechine. Solid and Inserted Tooth Circular Saws We make a specialty of these lines We remake old Solid Tooth Saws into new Inserted Tooth Saws Write to us for quotations. Our saws have been before the public of Can- ada since 1855, and have won a reputation far excelling any other make of saws, combining as they do so many points of marked superiority. By the old method the tempering of circular saws was to a great extent a matter of chance. By our Patent Process that uncertainty is en- tirely avoided. Being tempered and straightened by heat and pressure in air-tight ovens at a uniform heat between heavy revolving plates, we produce a perfectly even temper throughout the plate, and being free from that uneven strain or tension caused by so much unequal hammering they are not so liable to buckle, which was a great source of trouble and expense in the old style of saw. ' These saws will stand up to their work better under all circumstances, and being made of a higher quality steel than it is practical to use by the old method, they hold an edge longer and will do more work than any other saw on the market. We are prepared to make prompt deliveries of all Saw Orders—Rush Orders by mail or wire receive immediate attention. R. H. Smith Co., Limited Saw Manufacturers, ST. CATHARINES, ONT. | Pink’s Lumbering TOOLS see: ons Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. _ Send tor Catalogue and Price List Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto Thos. Pink Co., Limited, Pembroke, Ont. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LTD., OTTAWA, CANADA re Everything in Timber “ Pine Hemlock (EITHER ROUGH OR DRESSED) Oak Eastern Agents THE NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., LTD., Barnet, B.C. Write, Wire or Phone for Prices. VV Cc. Radcliff Saws A NEW line of ‘‘ Made in Canada” saws which has established and is maintaining a high standard of manufacture not excelled in the world of saws. On a policy of uncompromising, unchange- S able quality we offer to the lumbermen and other saw users a product of the very highest order. Our repair facilities for every kind of saw S are complete and our work thorough and permanent. SEND FOR OUR CATALOGUE. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company, Limited Toronto WM. E. HILL CO. KALAMAZOO, MICH. Don’t Buy One of Our Steam Drag Saw Machines oe unless you want the best. The machine here shown has a ep Positive Stroke; Friction Hoist; forged steel Connecting | : ~ Rods and cast steel Crosshead. Is made in four sizes— «.) from 26” to 54” stroke. Write for Drag Saw Catalog fully describing this as well as other types. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 TOWING MACHINE This machine installed in our pointer will do the work of a steam tug as well as many things a steam tug cannot do. The machine is strong and amply designed, burning coal-oil as fuel. Machine starts direct off coal-oil. The pointer is particularly well built. Ribs and frame are bolt fastened; they are made of well seasoned white oak, steam bent where necessary. The planking is Louisianna Red Cypress. Rubbing streaks are of hard maple. The Adam’s Pointer has proved a good investment for many lumbermen. Write for catalogue and testimonials. Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Steam Tension Band Mill amare top guide on this mill, as well as the upper wheel, is operated by a steam cylinder. This means that the guide can be moved up or. down instan- taneously, which in one days work means quite a saving of time over the ordinary mill. This goes a long way towards paying for the mill by the end of a year. But this is not all—with this steam operated guide it is just as easy to keep the guide close to the cut as it is to set it for certain size logs and keep it there. This can be done without loss of time, and so by bringing the guide down close to the cut, vibration of the saw is done away with and the quality of the lumber is improved. No form of tension yet devised is as easy on the saws as the steam tension—several of the users of this mill have run through an entire season without cracking a single saw. These are some of the reasons why our steam tension band mill is the most economi- cal mill to buy, and there are others which you will find in our catalogue. When you are tuning up your mill this winter for next season’s operations, remember that we can serve you promptly whatever your requirements may be. William Hamilton Company, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER i gy i} | 4 Reliable As The Old Oak For 62 years ARC brand has stood ‘*The sturdy standard’’ of lumber- men’s clothing. Every garment re- quired by the lumberman is included in the ARC brand. Quality, fit and strength are outstanding features of ail ARC clothing. The line includes Mitts, Gloves, Moccasins, Working Shirts, Outing Shirts, Sox, Clothing of Leather, Duck, Corduroy, Mackinaw, Beaver and Sheepskin. Send for the ARC catalogue. The brand that has been ‘‘ Making Good’”’ for 62 years. Clarke & Limited Toronto Montreal Quebec dlixre 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER EtG a a igen 2 Ages may think of Band Saws only when you buy them, but they are uppermost in our thought each and every day. Always we watch material and labor so that quality will be highest ofall. Ask for catalog of Band, Circular, Cross-Cut, Inserted Tooth, or Gang Saws, or Woodwork- ing Knives. Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited VANCOUVER, B. C. MONTREAL, QUE. ST. JOHN, N. B. ~B.B.L. DOORS In the ae of B. B. L. Doors only thoroughly — well seasoned lumber is used. Our plant is new and modern so that we are able-to make prompt shipment on all orders. Special prices quoted on large orders or shipments from stock. We will be pleased to send you particulars and prices of B. B. L. sash, doors and trim. == WRITE DOS Benson & Bray, Limited Box 207 Midland, Ontario Telephone 141 fey < These were serious criticisms and could NEW YORK - - Gnada jumberman Worker Issued on the lst and 15th of every month by HUGH C. MACLEAN, LIMITED, Publishers HUGH C. MacLEAN, Winnipeg, President. THOS. S. YOUNG, Toronto, General Manager OFFICES AND BRANCHES: TORONTO - - Telephone A. 929 - - 220 King Street West VANCOUVER - Telephone Seymour 2013 - Hutchison Block MONTREAL - - Telephone Main 2299 - - 119 Board of Trade WINNIPEG - Telephone Garry 856 - Commercial Travellers’ Bldg. Tel. 3108 Beekman - - 931 Tribune Building CHICAGO - - Tel. Randolph 6018 - - 659 Peoples Gas Building LONDON, ENG. - - - - - - - - - - 3 Regent Street, S.W. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Canada, United States and Great Britain, $2.00 per year in advance; other foreign countries embraced in the General Postal Union, $3.00. Single copies 15 cents. The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is published in the interest of, and reaches regularly, persons engaged in the lumber, woodworking and allied industries in every part of Canada. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, and invites’free discus- sion by its readers. Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade at home and abroad information on which it can rely in-its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, pulp mills, etc., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. Vol. 34 The C. L. A.’s Successful Annual The most important meeting that the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association has ever held was that which took place at Ottawa on February 3rd. There have been many criticisms directed against the Association in the past, the chief of which was to the effect that it was developing into an affair consisting solely of an annual meeting and a banquet, and that those who benefitted were the active members located at Ottawa, and not those who were located outside of that city. not be overlooked. The question was brought up, with his customary straight-forwardness by Gordon C. Edwards and was discussed by many of the members at the meeting. Those who heard the discussion were convinced unques- Toronto, February 15, 1914 No. 4 _ tionably that these criticisms were not justified; that they were in fact _ the criticisms of people who had themselves to thank for not receiving _ greater benefits from the association. If the association was not active enough, or working along lines to suit some of its members, or even some outsiders, these men should themselves have got actively _ to work to remedy matters, instead of standing aloof and criticizing. _ This view was taken by all who spoke on the subject and they were sO unanimous in their appreciation of the association and its work re that the matter dropped at that point. Then the members went on to discuss their regular business affairs and it soon became apparent that, not a single manufacturer or wholesaler of lumber in Canada could 7: afford to remain outside of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association, So long as he could scrape together the very moderate membership fee. For several years the association has been passing through its __ formative stages. The struggle has been an up- “hill one involving siness paaiity in its early days, but also involving a fight against judice and lukewarmness which might have depressed and dis- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER consumption, etc. 27 The Canadian Lumbermen’s Association has represented the lumbering industry during the few years of its existence in a very ef- fective manner. It has fought the battles of the lumbering industry before the Board of Railway Commissioners and has met with con- siderable success in this direction. It has succeeded in bringing about a better relationship between the lumbermen and the railway inter- ests, which may some day result in the removal of many of the annoy- ing difficulties connected with lumber shipments. The association has brought together a lot of lumbermen who formerly knew little of one another, and has shown them how closely their mutual interests are connected. During the year which has just passed, the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association has entered the field of actual business ac- tivities in a manner which promises to make it not only valuable to the lumberman, but indispensable. By taking up the creation of a credit rating service, the association has undertaken a work which promises to do more towards increasing its membership and spread- ing its influence than anything else which it has yet undertaken. In the face of considerable opposition and indifference this credit rating service has been worked up successfully. The value of such a system cannot be over-estimated. Lumbermen already pay a large amount annually, in many cases, for the lists of general credit rating agencies. If a list is prepared by lumbermen and kept up-to-date by men who are closely in touch with the lumbering industry, there is no question that the information which it furnishes will be many times more ac- curate and valuable than any other which is at present available. The manner in which this service has already been received and developed leads to a belief that, with the encouragement which it deserves, it will be developed into a great factor in the lumbering industry. That the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association will establish itself firmly among lumbermen as a result of this service seems certain. Another step which will probably be taken by the association this year, as a result of the discussions at the last meeting, will be the formation of a branch for the gathering of statistics of production, It would be possible for the association to gather information of this nature and at the same time to secure informa- tion as to the probable operations of its members during approaching seasons. By such means a useful idea can be obtained, well in ad- vance, of conditions which are likely to prevail in connection with trade. In addition to these practical features, the recent annual meeting was as interesting. and largely attended as any of its fore-runners. The members present took an active part in all the proceedings and made the discussions thoroughly practical and valuable. Many mem- bers brought their wives and families with them and the presence of the ladies at the banquet was a welcome innovation in the proceedings. Taking into consideration the features above outlined, together with the enthusiasm of the members present, one is amply justified in asserting that this year’s annual meeting marked a distinct step in the advance of the association towards the ideals which its founders had in view. Credit Considerations of Great Importance Greater attention is being given at present to the matter of credits in connection with the lumber business in Canada than has probably been given at any previous time. When one considers the trade con- ditions prevailing to-day and those which have prevailed during the last year, it is not surprising that this should be the case. For a period of several years prior to the summer of 1913, the lumber trade was unusually prosperous in nearly every part of Canada, and credit was extended much beyond the limits of caution. Only the strong position of the country from an industrial point of view saved it from more serious results arising out of this credit extension during the last few months. Now ea the corner has been turned, those who were worried about their credits—and this includes practically every- body in business to-day—have commenced to consider the best means of preventing the recurrence of a similar trouble. At the bottom of the whole situation lies a factor over which we have not so great control in Canada as they have in older countries. 28 Our business to-day is done very largely upon credit, and when trade becomes depressed it is always a difficult matter to draw in the credit lines. For the same reason it is a matter of greater difficulty in Can- ada, than it is older countries, to prevent the extension of credit be- yond safe lines. The country must be built up and developed and the only way to do it is to make use of the capital from other countries which is available for such purposes. From the large manufacturing and constructing companies, therefore, down to the smallest concerns engaged in supplying building material, borrowed money is circulat- ing freely in times of active business, and in times of depression the circulation of this money is interfered with and those who are depen- dent upon it for the life of their business find themselves in trouble. The experiences of the past all point strongly to the wisdom of holding, in front of every kind of business, particularly such businesses as the manufacturing, buying and selling of lumber, a trade ideal car- ried on as closely as possible upon cash basis. This is almost impos- sible in connection with the lumber manufacturing business in which it some times takes a matter of several years to turn the raw material over into the hands of the consumer in the form of a manufactured article. But, in connection with the wholesale and retail lumber trades there is room for a much closer approximation to the cash busi- ness than has been obtained in the past. The nearer one comes to the ultimate consumer of lumber, the more desirable and feasible does this ideal become. Wholesalers really are obliged to act as bankers for both manufacturers and retailers in many cases, but retailers are in a better position. In the past they have too frequently considered them- selves in the light of bankers for their consumers. Many retailers to- day, are talking about the wisdom of a cash business, who formerly wou!d have considered such a proposal impossible. It is a sign of the times, which may only be a temporary result of the recent depression, but we believe that it is more than this; that it is an indication of a gradual change which is coming over the face of the retail lumber trade. Retailers who used to do business almost entirely upon a cre- dit basis, feeling that they were obliged to do so in order to keep that portion of their trade which was profitable, commenced a few months, or years ago, to educate their customers to paying cash. The remark- able thing about it is how much easier they have found the change than they had anticipated, and how much more profitab!e it has been than was expected. This matter has been discussed with the Canada Lumberman by nearly every retailer whom it has recently visited, or with whom it has corresponded and all of them have been of one opinion, that they should have tried this plan long ago. There may be localities in which CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER the change would be a much more difficult matter than in others, but it is safe to say that the retailer has a right to the interest upon the money which a customer owes him and that the interest shou!d be the © current bank rate. If this fact were given its proper importance by dealers and customers, the whole credit business would solve itself. In charging the bank rate of interest after the due date of the bill, retailers are only doing what is businesslike and fair. Moreover, they — are doing a service to trade in general, by keeping it within its proper — channels and by doing their share in solving the prob'em of main- taining the circulation of money. With the wholesaler the problem is more in the nature of watch- ing carefully the class of firms and dealers to whom credit is given. Any man can go out upon the road and take orders for lumber, but to take orders for which money will be paid without unreasonab!e delay, is quite another matter. One hears many discussions about the mistakes made by different firms in granting credit where it is not de- served. There is a certain class of businessmen in every country to whom credit should not be extended. Most of such men are known individually to those wholesalers who are successful, and any busi- ness done with them, by such firms, is on a cash business. wholesalers, however, will send out men upon the road and accept orders taken from such firms, without any hesitatidn; shipping to them, stock for which there is grave doubt about their ever receiving anything in payment, except perhaps a certain amount upon the dollar when an assignmenthas been made. The move which the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association has re- cently taken in the direction of establishing a credit rating service, which will make information available upon the standing of different firms, gives promise of splendid results. It has been worked out with great success in other countries. It has done no harm to any one, but a great deal of good to nearly all. It obliges those who are inclined to purchase too rapidly, to go on a more conservative basis. It warns those who are too free with their credit against most of the danger spots. It has a regulating and controlling influence which cannot be over-estimated. The growth of such a scheme will do more towards placing trade upon a safe basis than anything else. The formation of a general credit service of this sort, will also direct the attention of individuals more definitely towards the importance of systematizing — their own credit business, and will, in this way, encourage the develop- ment, in individual offices, of what ought to be effective credit rating services for individual use, based upon the results of business ex- perience. Yellow Pine in Trouble at Home Much of the criticism which has recently been directed against the use of yellow pine in Canada has been focussed upon the lack of durability in short leaf timbers. Some of the criticism has carried this same complaint against the long leaf variety, but the latter finds many defenders who deny the charge. Dry rot in short and loblolly pine has lately come strongly into the limelight, both in the United States and Canada and the charge is openly made that these timbers will not withstand the attack of this fungus. Recently the matter took on an altogether different appearance, however, in the Eastern States. To understand the latest development one must know that the New England factory mutual insurance companies developed, many years ago, what is known as the slow burning frame mill construction. This has done much to enable wood to hold its place in competition with steel and concrete. A new expert in the employ of the same insur- ance companies has now come to the front with a statement which has set the long leaf yellow pine trade by the ears. The sum of his criticisms is that hard pine of the old durable variety is now out of the market and that sufficient to build a factory cannot be obtained in the sizes required, at a price competitive with other materials. He concludes that the resin percentage is the index of durability, and, examining timbers for which (according to his statement) $59 a thou- sand feet was recently paid, he finds them deficient in certain parts. Reducing them to such sizes as will show 5 per cent. of resin through- out, he obtains a cost price of $115 a thousand feet, and offers some quotations that appear to indicate that this is a reasonable price con- clusion. 1 All this would be great news for the manufacturers of hemlock, spruce and red pine in Canada who have found yellow pine such a serious competitor, but it would be unwise to put too much faith in this criticism. Without wishing to take one side or the other in this dispute, but simply to present the case as it appears to an American Trade Journal, so as to acquaint our readers with the details of this interesting development, we present the following quotations from the latest issue of the American Lumberman: ' “The facts of the matter are that as good long leaf timbers as Other ° those used years ago, and whose durability is admitted, can be laid — down in any desired quantity in the average New England town, of the prime quality requiring two-thirds heart to show, at $40 to $45 a thousand feet, in sizes up to 20 x 20, 24 feet long, or larger than the average requirement; and 12 x 12 about $6 less, intermediate sizes in proportion. The engineers and architects have not been obtaining timbers of this kind because they have not insisted upon them. Short leaf and loblolly timbers in large quantity find their natural market in New England, and have ample strength and durability factors for | many purposes. But factory engineers need not accept them in place of longleaf where longleaf is needed, in textile and other factories — ak =. ee _ where temperatures of 80 degrees, and a humidity approaching satur- ation, are constantly maintained—ideal culfural conditions for the dry rot fungus. 2 “At the same time it is very unfortunate for the manufacturers of ‘such structural timbers that they should have gone into a use for _ which they are not fitted. Laxity of purchasing inspection may react "in such a way that the manufacturer of the durable kind of timbers nay find it necessary hereafter to brand his product, and stand back of the brand, but even this will not cure all the harm that has been done. The substitute game has gotten another boost; and if there are any lumber manufacturers who have crowded in material for this use _ which they knew did not conform to the specification and would not endure the severe test of durability involved they were the ones who did the boosting. The fact that they were allowed to do this only be- cause the purchaser, through carelessness or inexperience, left the door open to them through lax inspection is hardly a sufficient excuse. A Factor in Decline of Many reasons have been given for the decrease in the export trade of Canada with Great Britain, in waney pine, which has been so noticeable of late years. Most of the reasons are fairly well under- stood by those who are interested, being chiefly the rising price of Canadian white pine on account of its increasing scarcity, the growing demand for Canadian white pine in the United States, the competition of Russian and Swedish woods and also the competition of yellow pine from the United States. Another cause has apparently grown out of the combination of causes already mentioned. Consumers in the Old Country have been gradually educated into a belief that Can- adian waney pine is practically unobtainable and have given up asking for it. The Timber Trades Journal of London, England, discussing this situation in a recent issue says :-— The advance that has taken place in the price of the high qualities of Quebec waney pine during recent years has had the effect of put- ting it very much out of the market for general purposes and for house- building. Russian and Swedish woods have been substituted, while the shipbuilders have taken pitch pine largely for their work. This condition has gone on for some years, and the impression now prevails that waney pine is practically unobtainable. This idea is altogether CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER "29 “Perhaps, some day, architects and engineers will be able to pro- tect their clients, and therefore the lumbermen, against such unfor- tunate happenings; but this somewhat remarkable report, does: not point strongly in that direction. It is quite likely that the resin in wood has something to do with its resistance to some forms at least of fungus; but anyone who has ever studied a cross-section of long!teaf yellow pine will recall the small and isolated resin ducts, which may amount to 5 per cent. or more in area but are distinctly separate from the other 95 per cent. of open-celled structure. If the antiseptic action of resin is due chiefly to its waterproofing quatity it is difficult to see how the resin segregated in these ducts can protect the rest of the wood structure in which only traces of it may be found.” All the above points to the fact that Canadians have not been the only ones to suffer by reason of the use of a very poor grade of short- leaf pine, in competition with timbers of a much greater intrinsic merit. the Waney Pine Trade erroneous, as although the growing timber may be further removed from points of transit, unquestionably there is still a very consider- able supply to be drawn from. In addition to this, there is, we believe, at the present time a larger stock of this wood in Britain, particularly on the Clyde, than has been the case for some years. The quality and specification are undoubtedly better than they were, and the timber can be had at a less price than it realised some years ago. This also applies to the timber ‘“‘on the other side” which will be shipped to this market. There is no doubt about the superiority of Quebec waney pine over pitch pine for both appearance and durability in the case of decks for high-class river, channel and ocean-going steamers. We ven- ture to think that only under the mistaken belief that Canadian pine could not be got, have the designers, owners, or builders of a steamer like the largest and finest Cunard liner “Aquitania’” been influenced to have the promenade deck especially laid with pitch pine instead of Quebec pine. Where effect is desired in keeping with the other fit- tings of fine vessels it can be had at comparatively little extra cost by using the Quebec pine in place of pitch pine. We point this out so that designers and builders of passenger vessels may be guided in the future, and in this connection a field for the exercise of its character- istic enterprise here presents itself to the trade.” Ai Editorial Short Lengths for Busy Readers _ Many new enterprises, both in mills and logging camps, were _ announced in British Columbia early in 1913, contingent on the good times, but most of these have been postponed. It is very probab!e they will be proceeded with in the future. Two or three large propo- sitions are in view. The Empire Lumber Company, of New York, ‘is going ahead with its mill at Crofton, east coast of Vancouver Is- land; it has extensive limits at Cowichan Lake, fourteen miles inland. Thomas White and W. H. White, of Boyne City, Michigan, and W. _ O. King, of Chicago, who own limits at the head of Vancouver Is- land, propose to go into saw milling on a !arge scale. In the northern part of the province, a company of Montreal capitalists, including _ Hon. W. C. Edwards, Alexander Maclaren, George B. Pike and E. J. _ Chamberlain, the latter manager of the Grand Trunk Pacific, will erect a mil! at Dowe creek, on the upper Fraser, when conditions are favorable. * Figures for the year, although not complete, show that log pro- juction of British Columbia for 1913 was about the same as in 1912. anuary 1 a year ago a change was made in the districts. Prior to all the Coast was in one district. Now the district that reports e timber inspector in Vancouver is less in extent, other reports Xing to Victoria. In the Vancouver district there was an increase about 16,000,000 feet in the cut of timber last year. With a reduc- S where this amount will about offset the difference, so that for vince as a whole the cut is about the same as in the year pre- ’ » Nita? om — * oh vious. There is this difference, however. A year ago the log surplus amounted to about 200,000,000 feet. This year it is about 3,000,000 feet. On the other hand stocks in the yards are smaller than a year ago. Eighty per cent. of the logging camps are reported by the timber inspector to be shut down, but it is expected they will be in operation _ again the latter part of January or the first part of February. The same applies to the mills on the coast. Although normal conditions will not resume suddenly it is expected that within six months there will be a good general business. An important and interesting judgment has recently been given by the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council in the case of David McLaren vs. the Attorney-General of Quebec. David McLaren is the owner of land on both sides of the Gatineau river at a point where there is a 40 ft. fall. In 1899 the provincial government granted water power rights at that point to Wm. and Edwin Hanson. Mr. McLaren brought suit to have this grant set aside, maintaining that, as riparian proprietor, he had rights to the bed of the river. The Attorney-Gen- eral intervened to uphold the grant. In 1909 Mr. McLaren secured judgment in his favor in the Supreme court at Hull. An appeal was brought by the Attorney-General to the court of Kings Bench and the Superior Court judgment was reversed. Mr. McLaren took the case then to the Supreme Court, where the judges divided evenly, thus leaving the judgment of the Court of Kings Bench in effect. Mr. Mc- Laren took the case on to the Privy Council which has now decided in his favor. . + — F ~ 30 CANADA The sixth annual meeting of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Asso- ciation was held at Ottawa on February 3rd and was easily the most successful and important of all the annual meetings which the Asso- ciation has held. There was a good attendance. After the routine business in connection with the opening of the meeting had been dis- posed of, the president, Mr. Alexander MacLaurin, delivered his ad- dress. After referring to the chief events of the year 1913, which had influenced financial conditions, the president said that while business at the present time was on a very restricted scale, perhaps they had been galloping along at too fast a pace and using up their natural resources in an extravagant manner. He could seen nothing in the future to create discouragement. Money for legitimate use would, he felt, be comparatively cheap. He saw no necessity for slaughtering prices. Prudence, economy and co-operation were the lines which he recommended for adoption. The Canadian Lumbermen’s Association was undoubtedly of great value to the trade in Canada. He urged up- on the members to co-operate more extensively with the secretary and to make more frequent use of the Association and its services. The recent removal of the duty upon lumber entering the United States had not resulted in the “swamping” of United States markets by Canadian lumber, as had been so generally predicted. Whether or not the ultimate consumer in the United States got the advantage of this abolition of duty was of no concern to Canadians, where the busi- ness was on the basis of a price f.o.b. at the point of shipment. Speaking of Southern pine and its use in Canada, Mr. MacLaurin quoted from the remarks of president Corwin at the semi-annual meeting of the N. C. Pine Association, held recently at Charlestown, S.C. Making comparisons, running over a 20-year period, the follow- ing results were shown. In 1893 the timber yielded 55 per cent. of firsts and seconds and 45 per cent. in lower grades, and the average price realized was $13.25 per M. feet. The cost of operating in 93 was con- siderably less than the present time. The old growth timber was then conveniently located for both rail and water transportation. To-day the lumber was further removed, sappy and inferior in grade. It is in small lots scattered here and there and largely of second growth. The cost of rail-roading has increased since 1893, and the increase is all the way from $3.00 to $6.00 per M., labor is more than double and the grades of No. 1 and 2 have dropped from 55 per cent. in 1893 to 18.6 per cent. in 1912 with 81.4 per cent. of grades below Nos. 1 and 2, as compared with 45 per cent. in 1893. The price realized in 1912, taking all these things into consideration is $4.42 per M. less than in 1893, and Mr. Corwin was of the opinion that the 1913 prices would show a still further decline of from $2.00 to $2.50 per M. How long our friends to the South would continue quoting ruinous prices for southern pine in order to get business, is for them to say. Undoubtedly, in many instances, thie southern pine was used for purposes for which it was quite unfit. Owing to its inflammability, other woods of Canadian growth would be more desirable. The lum- bermen had much to do to educate people in the use of the right kind of lumber. Their efforts should be concentrated upon the various The New President—Senator Geo. Gordon. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Sixth Annual of C.L.A. a Great Success Most Important Meeting in History of the Association—Credit Rating Service to be Developed—Senator George Gordon the New President Gordon C. Edwards—Director. ~ associations of architects, with a view to persuading them to specify Canadian grown lumber wherever possible. A great deal of southern — pine was being used in the construction of cars, not only for sills, but for lining of box cars, etc. Canadian spruce or pine would be prefer- able for the last- named purpose, from a fire point of view. Mr. MacLaurin suggested that the Association should organize a department of statistics. If they could get all lumber mills to report to the secretary what their actual cut had been during the sawing sea- son and what their probable cut in the woods would be, the informa- ~ tion would be of great value. Speaking of the Panama Canal, Mr. MacLaurin said that it would — not create a demand for a single foot of lumber that did not already exist. It might result in disturbing the various sources of supply and demand, but in his opinion conditions would right themselves and natural sources would find their natural markets. He believed also that the 10 per cent. additional duty on all articles entering the United States in foreign vessels would only amount to an extra burden to the American consumer, and would not be of any practical benefit. The secretary’s report dealt in an interesting manner with a num- ber of the important developments which have taken place recently in the lumber business. The following interesting comparison was made of the trade in lumber in Canada and in the United States. The total estimated lumber production of the United States for the calendar year 1912 was practically 44,500,000,000 ft. b.m. The re- ported Canadian production for 1912 was 4,389,723,000 ft. practically 10 per cent. of the cut of the United States Attention was called to the Australian trade in timber, lumber, etc. That country imported during 1912 453,778,175 sup. ft. of a value of $13,390,187. Of this amount the United States sold them in quan- tity 57.8 per cent., while Canada only furnished 4.2 per cent. A com- parison of the average prices obtained is also to the disadvantage of Canada, viz., Canada, $18.36; United States, $23.95; or an average © better price paid to the United States of $5.59 per M. ft. Workmen’s Compensation Act a Menace The most important part of the Secretary’s report was a refer- ence to the proposed bill for the compensation of injured workmen which is now under consideration by the Government of Ontario. “It is not saying too much” said the report, “to describe this bill as tyrannous, unjust and peculiarly dangerous to the State.” The ob- jections taken to the proposed bill by the secretary came under the following heads: (a) It abolishes common law rights. (b) It vests arbitrary powers in an appointed commission from which there is no appeal. (c) It imposes upon the employer the obligation of paying to the injured employee as long as he lives, a sum not exceeding 55 per cent. of the wages paid him at the time of the i injury. This payment may be commuted at the discretion of the commission, to a — sum pay- ment. (d) It provides a similar payment to be made to the 2 gies in The Retiring President—Alex. MacLaurin. 4 q the event of the workman’s death, for the rest of her life, or until she marries again. (e) It eliminates all consideration of the point whether the injury was caused through the fault of the employee himself. A workman may deliberately injure himself and collect compensation from the employer. Two workmen may have a quarrel and one may injure or kill the other during working hours. The employer must pay any award made by the commission, not exceeding 55 per cent. of the in- jured man’s wages. (f) It puts employer and employee in bitter antagonism to each other and is based on the assumption that the employer is the avowed enemy of the working man. (g) It is the most glaring example of class legislation with which any community has ever been threatened. For instance railways and other companies are exempt from its provisions. In addition to these objections, a serious matter was the fact that the accident fund would be all provided by the employers. The em- ployees would provide nothing. The government would contribute only towards maintenance of the commission. No one would deny that a working man injured by accident to which the employer had not contributed, was entitled, not only to every care and consideration but to compensation—generous compen- sation and humane sympathy. But this should be at the expense of the State and not of the employer. The individual who deliberately injured himself or courted injury by foolish and dangerous practices should not be considered to the same extent. Because a man was the victim of accident to which the employer had not contributed, why should the employer be compelled to pay the workman an income for the rest of his life? This bill concerned only the province of Ontario, but if it were passed, unquestionably the labor party would seek the passage of similar acts in other provinces. Instead of having a provincial law, it had been suggested that the whole case was one for federal action. This would mean a univer- sal indemnity fund provided and operated under a Dominion Act. Whatever was done, the proposed bill, now before the Legislature of Ontario should be killed before it became law. The report of the treasurer, which was then presented, showed that the financial affairs of the Association were in a satisfactory state. The executive committee in its report said: Credit Rating Service Growing During the year we have had application for credit rating reports on 119 firms, and we believe that this branch of our work is most valuable, and can be made more valuable by sympathetic and prompt replies giving information when asked. A number of our members have been most generous in this respect during the year, and their re- ports and advice have been much appreciated. There is much ground to be covered, therefore, if the full benefit of this branch of our work is to be derived. Permit a comparison with the National Hardwood Lumber Association on the other side of the line. Their bureau was only started during the year ending June, 1913, and reporting at that time they had over 500 reports on file, and it was said in the Presi- dent’s address that those who have used the department are enthusias- tic in their praise of its value. Up to that time no extra charge had been made, but it was felt that to perfect the work and render it more { o: GLA. Grier, Montreal—Director W. G. Power, St. Pacome—Director. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 efficient it might be necessary to make a slight charge for the reports. Since the beginning of the present year we have asked all firms who have hitherto been reported upon to give a statement of their affairs to December 3lst, 1913. A considerable number of these have been given to us, and others have said that their fiscal years did not ter- minate until a little later when they would be glad to furnish a full statement. One of our members has requested that our reports should be made on a sheet of paper of uniform size so that they could be filed properly. We appreciate the importance of this, but inasmuch as no extra charge has been made for these reports, and no extraordinary appropriation made to get the detail in the hands of our members, we have not felt justified in going to additional expense. Perhaps, now that the late reports are being made by those inquired about, we may be able to make a complete revision of the reports and have them print- ed in pamphlet form. We have handled a number of claims during the year for our members, and in all cases, excepting where a man was an absolute bankrupt, we have collected the motley. The collection also of railway claims for overcharge is one of our departments, and we invite our members to make use of this branch. We have collected hundreds of dollars, and all it has cost the members was postage on their letters tous. Whilst on this subject, we would urge upon our members in extending credit, that they be guided by the reports before them. Of course the anxiety to sell particularly if the price is attractive, is a great temptation to view trade reports more favorably than the cir- cumstances justify. The tendency too, in a number of cases where the market goes against a man is to either repudiate shipment or make unjust deductions. Terms and conditions should be very clearly speci- fied and insisted upon. In this way misunderstanding would be avoid- ed. During the year we sent out a circular to our members calling attention to the fact that we were threatened with an increase in fire insurance rates unless means could be found whereby the enormous fire waste could be reduced. It is said on competent authority, that the average loss ratio on saw mills and lumber yards for the past few years has amounted to not less than 80 per cent. of the premiums. We believe as a direct result of the efforts put forth in this direction that there has been an investigation of conditions by the. insured and in some cases a general clean up. We understand that several saw mills have had under contemplation the installing of sprinkler systems for the protection of their property. Let us emphasize this point and have a thorough over-hauling and clean up before starting business next spring. It may interest members to know that as a result of an address given by Mr. Franklin H. Wentworth, November 29th last, on the subject of the Significance of the National Fire Waste, a branch of the Ontario Fire Prevention Association was formed in this city. Hon. W. C. Edwards was appointed President, with Mr. C. Jackson Booth Ist vice-president, and Sir Henry K. Egan 2nd vice-president. Whilst not becoming obligated to all the principles enunciated by Mr. Wentworth, that is with regard to the abolition of the wooden shingle and the prohibition of the use of lumber in buildings higher than 10 storeys, there is much that lumbermen can learn by associating with, or forming branches of the Ontario Fire Prevention Association. Whilst on this subject of fire insurance, attention is again called to the report of all insurance in unlicensed companies, Lloyds, mutuals, or reciprocals for the year ending December 31st, 1913, under section 139 J. G. Cane, Toronto —Director. P. C. Walker, Ottawa—Director. a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER of the Insurance Act. This information should be given on forms which are provided by the Insurance Department at Ottawa, and mail- ed by registered letter addressed to the Supt. of Insurance, not later than March Ist, 1914. The membership of the Association was shown by the executive committee’s report to be as follows :—Ontario, 65; Quebec, 31; Al- berta, 1; Manitoba, 2; Saskatchewan, 1; British Columbia, 17. The Transportation Committee presented a report in which it outlined the events of the past year in connection with matters relating to transportation. Most of these matters are already understood hy readers of the Canada Lumberman, as the various events have been reported in these columns. In reporting upon the matter of car demurrage, the committee re- commended that the Canadian Car Service Bureau should be placed under the immediate jurisdiction and operation of the Board of Rail- way Commissioners for Canada. Discussing the matter of claims for overcharge, the report re- commended that an effort should be made to have incorporated in the proposed amendment to the Railway Act, a clause requiring that car- riers shall pay interest on all legitimate claims where payment has been delayed beyond a reasonable length of time. The report also made reference to ocean freight rates noting the encouraging prospects for the creation of some international con- trolling body to regulate ocean freight rates in the interest of shippers. The Association and Its Work After the presentation and acceptance of the various reports, Mr. Gordon C. Edwards discussed the work of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association. He had heard considerable criticism of late to the effect that the Association was not performing any valuable service for the industry. It was a very serious matter that anyone shou!d give voice to a criticism of this nature and he hoped to hear the matter dis- cused in detail. His own opinion was that those who complained, were themselves largely to blame for not co-operating enthusiastically with the Association in its work. One of the greatest benefits secured from membership in the association was the good fellowship which it created among men who had formerly entertained rather poor opinions of one another. } Mr. J. G. Cane, Toronto, stated that the advantages secured through the claims branch of the Association were themselves suffi- cient to establish it in the favor of all members of the lumber industry. The secretary thereupon reported that the claims branch had handled a number of applications from members and had succeeded in collecting quite a lot of money. Mr. Duncan McLaren, Toronto, stated that an equally important matter, in which the assistance of the Association was valuable, was the work done by its credit rating branch. He believed that this work would be made of the greatest value to the trade, that it cou!d be of greater value to them even than any of the commercial rating reports they bought elsewhere. If they could only develop the credit rating service and specialize in the ratings of lumbermen, they would quickly see that the association would grow in importance and usefu!- ness. Co-operation from the members of the Association could make this branch of their work so useful that many more members would join. : Mr. W. E. Bigwood, Toronto, said there was no doubt that mem- bership in the Association was valuable to all lumbermen. He also believed thoroughly in the importance and value of a good credit rating service. A discussion on the importation of southern pine was introduced by Mr. G. A. Grier, Montreal, who urged that something be done to reduce the severe competition from this quarter. Mr. W. Gerard Power, St. Pacome, P.Q., took the view that south- ern pine, so far as he was concerned, might come into the country as much as it liked. His company could sell its spruce in spite of the southern pine competition. . The president remarked that, in his opinion, they ought to do something towards educating the architects and inducing them to use Canadian woods. Mr. Gordon C. Edwards remarked that it was well known in this country that we could not supply the lengths desired and that con- tractors were compelled to go to the United States or to British Co- lumbia for their timber. It was all very well for Canadian manufac- turers of lumber to get together and say that southern pine ought to be excluded by the architects because it was being put down here at two or three dollars a thousand less than Canadian woods. They could not blame the contractors, the southern pine men, nor the mem bers of the association. He believed that architects should specify the use of Canadian woods as much as possible, but did not think they could do any good by trying to exclude southern pine. Mr. McLaren asked whether the architects were deliberately in the habit of specifying southern pine. The secretary said that the government tried to use Canadian woods whenever possible. He thought the architects’ association was really trying to use Canadian woods as much as possible. The principal thing for the lumbermen to do was to let the architects see that they were thoroughly alive to the question and that they were keeping tab on it in detail. ; Mr. A. H. Campbell said that, in Montreal, he always hoped that a Boston or New York architect, or contractor, would be in charge of any big buildings to be constructed, because they would use spruce, whereas if a Canadian got the job, he would specify southern pine. American lumbermen were accustomed to spruce and were using large quantities of it. Canadian architects and contractors, however, seemed to be afraid of it. He thought that something should be done by the association to induce the contractors, architects, car builder: and the governments to use Canadian grown woods, prices being equal. . The president said that he would not want to prohibit yelle ri pine coming into the country. He believed in every man buying wherever he could buy cheapest. What he objected to was the num-— ber of architects who specified yellow pine where spruce or Norway pine could be used to equal advantage. Mr. Cane said that ye!low pine, 2 x 12 in., 16 ft. was being offered — in Canada at $19 and $21, while we were asking $25 to $27 for our — Norway. If the situation had been the other way around, the Ameri- cans would not sit down. They would legislate against it, if they could not do anything else. Mr. A. H. Campbell said that he understood the government to have succeeded in specifying Canadian wood for the Welland Canal. The secretary said that a representation had been made to the government upon this matter, to the effect that wherever Canadian — wood could be used on government works, canals, harbor contracts, — etc., at an even price, it should be done. After all, the whole thing came down to a consideration of the contractor. If a contractor came to the government and said that he could not get Canadian timber of the size and within anything like the price of the southern pine, the crux of the situation was evident. Mr. Wm. T. Mason, Montreal, believed that the matter resolved itself entirely into one of price. The best material they could get — to-day in timber was fir or yellow pine. If they wanted stock 12 x 12 inch, 30 feet long, how many mills in the Ottawa Valley could furnish fifty pieces? There was not a single mil!. The Association would be wasting a lot of time asking governments or architects to specify certain woods on certain contracts. This had been done in — connection with the great harbor works at Courtenay Bay, St. Jolin, N.B., and as a result, the work had been held up for several months. To-day, his own firm was figuring upon yellow pine for this work. They were selling millions of feet of fir and yellow pine on large con- tracts simply because they could not get native woods for the pur- pose. The price, demand and quality would govern the situation every time. Mr. A. H. Campbell moved that a committee be formed to get in touch with architects and try to persuade them to give fair treat- ment to Canadian woods. He did not want any preference. He only wanted the architects to specify that Canadian woods could be used as wel! as Southern woods. If they would specify “yellow pine or Canadian woods” Canadian would have no cause for complaint. Mr. John Donogh, Toronto, said that the yellow pine which was coming into such direct and ruinous competition with Canadian woods was the small dimension stuff and the low end No. 2 common, which ~ was being dumped by the yellow pine manufacturer on Canadian — markets. The southern manufacturer had found a convenient market in Canada so far as getting rid of their stock was concerned, though not perhaps a financially profitable market. The Canadian who!e- saler was getting very little out of this trade. Most of it was done direct or by correspondence. He did not see that they could obtain — any remedy by dealing with the architects. It was more their con-— cern to see that this stuff was not dumped upon Canadian markets at © lower prices than at the places of origin. He was of the opinion that yellow pine was being sold at very much lower prices in Canada than in the States. Probably six or seven dollars a thousand would repre- sent the average price obtained by the southern manufacturer. He would like to know whether the customs department could not deal with this by finding out whether the stocks were being dumped in Canada. "9 The secretary said that one of the members of the association had sent him a circular received from a company in Tenessee. The Canadian complained that the prices quoted were dumping prices. He had investigated and had found that at the same time, the same material was sent by the same mill to Buffalo at exactly the same prices. Mr. W. J. Lovering, Toronto, said that the short leaf southern ~ pine, which was causing so much trouble was full of sap and would rot if it was placed near the ground. Most of the people who used it did not know this. There was southern pine that was quite the equal of our fir, namely, the long leaf pine, but this other stuff was simply rubbish and could not be compared with any Canadian wood. Mr. R. B. Elgie, Toronto, seconded Mr. Campbell’s motion and __ upon a vote being taken it was defeated. q The following committee upon resolutions was then appointed: . Gordon C. Edwards, Ottawa; William T. Mason, Montreal; W. E. 9 Bigwood, Toronto; A. E. Craig, Toronto; J. G. Cane, Toronto. The Business Man in Politics : ’ In the afternoon, Mr. A. B. Cruikshank, New York, who repre- sented several of the defendants in the recent actions instituted by the United States government against lumbermen for alleged restraint of trade, delivered a forcible and interesting address upon the busi- ness man in politics. Mr. Cruikshank’s remarks were necessarily very 4 much condensed on account of the brief time at his disposal, but he succeeded in stirring up great interest among his hearers. The prin- cipal point upon which he dealt was the present development of so- cialistic unrest in the United States. In his opinion, this attitude was nothing new. One might learn from history that it had been practically a constant factor, from the beginning of things, in all countries. It mere!y happened that conditions in the United States were now bringing more prominently to the front the representatives of those classes, which had been struggling from the very first, to affect the industrial welfare of the country. Mr. Cruikshank pointed out that the material progress of every country was dependent to a reasonable extent upon the men of intelligence and substance, who came to the front at periods of crisis and gave unstintingly of their efforts and ability, for the preservation of financial stability, the main- tenance of the sacredness of contracts and the application of labor to its most profitable work. Mr. Gordon C. Edwards proposed that a committee should be appointed to consider the advisability of developing the credit rating service. The following committee was appointed: A. E. Eckardt, _ Toronto; Duncan McLaren, Toronto; J. P. Johnson, Toronto; W. T. Mason, Montreal; A. H. Campbell, Montreal; G. A. Grier, Montreal ; Mr. J. W. Smith, Pembroke; Mr. J. S. Gillies, Braeside, Ont., and P. C. Walker, Ottawa, who are to report at an early meeting of the board of directors. Mr. Gordon C. Edwards introduced a discussion upon the work- - men’s compensation act which is now under consideration by the Ontario Legislature. Mr. W. E. Bigwood said they might as well recognize the fact that the government was going to pass some kind of bill upon this question. The only thing the lumbermen could do was to make recommendations to the government for securing fair treatment be- tween the employer and employee. He thought that they ought to appoint a committee to draw up the views of the lumbermen upon _ this question and submit them to the government. It might also be a good thing to work, in this connection, in conjunction with the Can- _ adian Manufacturers’ Association. Pt Senator Geo. Gordon said that each member of the Association _ ought to interview his local member of parliament and impress upon him the views of the lumbering industry. He also thought that the Association ought to appoint a strong committee with power to em- ploy an able lawyer to look after the interests of the Association when the bill was before the Legislature. Senator W. C. Edwards said that the proposed workmen’s com- pensation act invo!ved the most vital question that had ever con- fronted the manufacturers of Ontario. He was not one of those who believed that there should be no such bill, or that there should be no legislation in the direction of giving compensation to those who were unable to take care of themselves. An insurance act framed some- thing along the line of the insurance act of Great Britain would be perhaps the most reasonable thing. The act which it was now pro- _ posed to pass, seemed to him to be class legislation of the most _ vicious character. After all, those who would be affected, so far as compensation was concerned would be a large minority of the people of Canada. A very large majority would be exempt from the opera- _ tion of this bill, Why should a manufacturer, who, unfortunately, had a man injured in his employ, be any more subject to the payment of compensation than one who had a gardener, or anyone e!se work- ing around his house. It seemed to him that the proposed bill was socialistic legislation of the worst character. If it went into effe.., it would make a large minority of the people in this country-—the manufacturers alone—responsible for all the accidents which occur- _ ted in their employ, whether the result of carelessness on the part of the manufacturer, or on the part of the individual himself. How could there be anything more unjust or more unreasonable? How- _ ever, legislation of this class had already been enacted in most of the countries of Europe and the United States. All that could be done ‘in Ontario would be to modify the proposed !egislation to the greatest extent possible. The manufacturers could assure themselves that they would come out second best, without a doubt. If the bill as at pre- of drafted were put into effect, it would put a premium upon the i on of industrial efforts in Ontario. In many employments the ~. ‘Apes CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 bill would close up factories, as it would be impossible to operate them under such conditions. Mr. E. F. Perry, secretary of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association, who was in Ottawa, spoke briefly upon the same subject. A motion was then carried to refer the matter to the board of directors with power to add to their numbers. Mr. E. F. Perry then spoke upon the importance of the approach- ing Forest Products Exposition, urging the association to assist in its success. Resolutions Passed The committee on resolutions, which had held a separate meet- ing, presented the following resolutions which were carried: That the Canadian Car Service Bureau should be placed under the immediate jurisdiction of, and be operated by, the Board of Railway Commissioners of Canada; That the association express its appreciation of the attitude of the railway companies in conferring with the officers of the associa- tion in connection with tariffs affecting lumber interests ; That the transportation committee be authorized to take such steps as may be necessary to watch legislation brought before the Dominion parliament, affecting lumber shipments, and to arrange that the association be represented at any public meeting in this connection ; That the sympathy of the association be extended to Mr. J. R. Booth, in his recent suffering and that the thankfulness of the asso- ciation be expressed in his recovery, also the hope that he will long be spared to work among them; That a committee of three members be appointed to co-operate with the head office of the association in compiling statistics, relating to the lumbering industry in Canada, with authority to formulate a plan and put it into operation at as reasonable a cost as possible, the work to be done by the executive officers of the association, rather than by a committee; That the thanks of the association be extended to Mr. R. G. Cam- eron for his services as honorary treasurer. With the unanimous approval of those present, Senator Geo. Gordon, Cache Bay, Ont., was elected president of the association for the ensuing year. The nominating committee then presented its re- port which was accepted. The full list of officers for the ensuing year is as follows :— J. R. Booth, honorary president ; Senator Geo. Gordon, president ; His Honor Sir. D. C. Cameron, K.C.M.G., Winnipeg, first vice-presi- dent; Angus McLean, Bathurst, N.B., second vice-president; R. G. Cameron, Ottawa, treasurer; Frank Hawkins, Ottawa, secretary. Directors: Alexander MacLaurin, Angus McLean, W. Gerard Power, and Geo. A. Grier, representing Quebec; Senator Geo. Gor- don, Gordon C. Edwards, E. A. Dunlop, W. C. Laidlaw, P. C. Walker, E. R. Bremner, Duncan McLaren, A. E. Craig, J. G. Cane, and W. J. Lovering, representing Ontario; John Hendry, A. D. McCrae and Wm. McNeill representing British Columbia; His Honor Sir D. C. Cam- eron, K.C.M.G., representing Manitoba, and A. L. Mattes represent- ing Saskatchewan. Banquet at the Chateau In the evening a most enjoyable banquet was held at the Chateau - Laurier, at which a large number of guests were present. The occa- sion was the first upon which ladies were invited to attend the banquet of the association and their presence added greatly to the pleasure of all present. The new president, Senator Geo. Gordon, occupied the chair. The guests of honor seated upon his right and left included Hon. Geo. FE. Foster, Sir Wilfrid Laurier, Hon. W. G. Hearst and Alfred B. Cruikshank of New York. Others at the table were Senator W. C. Edwards, Sir Henry Egan, E. F. Perry of New York, Gordon C. Edwards, W. A. Charlton, M.P., Wm. Thoburn, M.P., and Alexander . MacLauren. Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the first of the speakers, dealt in a very in- teresting manner with the history of the lumbering industry in Can- ada. He believed that, with proper caution, the lumber industry in the Ottawa Valley would last until the end of time. After dealing with the various factors of danger which so frequently lead to the destruction of our forests, Sir Wilfrid suggested that a forestry con- gress should be held and that it should urge the carrying out of a thorough surveying of the water sheds and forest lands of Canada. The lands ought to be marked out definitely. Those that were fit for settlement and those that were not fit for it being strictly separated and the latter being set aside absolutely for the use of the lumbermen. Hon. Geo. E. Foster drew an interesting comparison between the lumbermen of to-day and those of fifty years ago. His remarks were along lines somewhat similar to those of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He expressed himself in favor of reforestation, but laid far greater stress upon the importance of conservation. He suggested that it might even be a wise step to consider the prohibition of the cutting of any more logs in the forests of Canada than were actually required for 34 CANADA’ LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER, the production of the lumber for which there was a demand in Can- ada. He did not put this forward as a definite plan to which he would commit himself, but rather as something which might indicate to his hearers the great importance which he attached to matters of con- servation. An excellent address was also given by Mr. A. B. Cruikshank of New York. Important Changes Coming in Ontario Hon. W. H. Hearst, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines for the Province of Ontario, speaking of the forest resources of the province, appealed to the lumbermen to join hands with the different provinces and with the Dominion government in doing everything within the bounds of reason to conserve the great forest heritage of the country. In the province of Ontario they obtained half their revenue from tim- ber, and without it, they would be face to face with the problem of direct taxation in some form or other. This was still more true in connection with the province of British Columbia. During the present year, Mr. Hearst said, he was setting himself resolutely to the task of trying to preserve the forests of the province from fire. He in- tended to establish superintendents who would have charge over all the rangers, would help them in the discharge of their duties and keep them in close touch with the department. He intended to pro- ceed with the establishment of telephone services and lookout towers wherever practical in the province of Ontario. He would purchase gasoline boats and gasoline speeders and in many other ways he in- tended to make protection of the forests more effective than it had ever been in the past. The government could not do everything, however. The lumbermen must co-operate with them. Unless they had the sympathetic support of the people of Ontario, the money they were spending would not produce much in the way of results. Hon. W. A. Charlton, president of the Canadian Forestry Asso- ciation, expressed his appreciation of the progressive work which the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association was doing. Canadian Forestry Association Meeting The 16th annual business meet- [= ing of the Canadian Forestry As- sociation was held at Ottawa on February 4th. The principal busi- ness attended to was the passing of resolutions and their presenta- tion to the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior. The resolutions adopted were as fol- lows :— Commending the Dominion government for extending the areas included in forest reserves on water sheds and non-agricul- tural land. Recommending an examination of timber bearing lands, with a view to deciding whether they are best suited for the growth of tim- ber, or whether their opening up would endanger the timber. ‘Recommending the extension of the fire ranging service, and that rangers should be selected on the basis of their special qualifications for the work. Approving of the effective manner in which the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners and the officers of the leading railway companies of Canada have worked together for the prevention of forest fires. - Recommending that the Dominion and Provincial governments conduct experiments to find out the best methods for disposing of debris resulting from lumbering operations. Expressing the opinion that all appointments in the forest ser- vices of the Dominion and Provincial governments should be based upon capacity and experience. Thanking the Dominion government for establishing a wood products laboratory and tendering co-operation in connection with its development. These resolutions were presented to the Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior by a deputation headed by W. R. Charlton, M.P. The Prime Minister and the Minister of the Interior each promised to give the resolutions immediate consideration. The report of the directors of the Canadian Forestry Associa- tion for the year 1913 showed that considerable progress had been made in the work of the association. After referring to the success- ful. convention held in Winnipeg and to the increased importance of the publication work of the association, the report stated that the work of forest protection and reforestry had made Steady, if not Wm. Power, M.P., Quebec, the new President, ‘ rapid gains, in 1913. The Dominion government had appropriated $514,000 for the work of the Dominion Forestry Branch. This work had been carried on with an increased staff, particularly in the field, the number of men in the outside service being 360, of whom 25 were technically trained. Patrolling and trail and telephone building had been carried on more extensively than ever before. The fire loss was the smallest in the history of the department, the amount burned over being only one fiftieth of one per cent. of the reserve area, of which only fifty acres was matured timber. In Ontario, the government had spent on forest protection and development $234,000, and the limit ho!ders $91,000, making a total — of $325,000. This had been spent chiefly in patrol work, 925 men be- ing employed, 560 by the government and 365 by the limit holders. In the province of Quebec, the amount appropriated for forest administration had been $100,000 and $18,000 additional for the fire protection branch. Limit holders had spent in the neighborhood of $150,000 for their share of protection. In British Columbia the forest protection fund, contributed equally by the government and the lessees had amounted in 1913 to $375,000. During the year, 415 rangers had been employed, in addi- tion to 60 employed by the railways. In the autumn, these men had been employed in cutting roads and fire lines, erecting telephone lines and lookout stations. In this way, by the autumn of 1913, 1,205 miles of trail and 529 miles of telephone line had been constructed. In New Brunswick about $35,000 had been spent by the govern- ment on forest fire protection, in addition to the amount which was spent by license holders. Progress was noted in protection by private individuals and cor- porations throughout the Dominion. The locomotives on 587 miles of railway had been changed from coal burners to oil burners. These lines are in the Rocky Mountains and on Vancouver Island. The directors report that lumber and pulp companies were cut- ting timber with less waste than ever before. A number of them were having their holdings surveyed and estimated by forest engi- neers and some were beginning to experiment in thinning and re- planting. The use of wood preserving methods was rapidly increasing. The educational side of the work was also referred to, the direc- tors noting that a development of lower grade schools, to educate forest rangers and woods superintendents was now the most press- ing educational need. The election of officers for the ensuing year resulted as follows: —President Wm. Power, M.P., Quebec, P.Q.; vice-president, F. C. Whitman, Annapolis Royal, N.S. New directors, Hon. W. J. Roche, Hon. Geo. E. Perley, A. C. Flumerfelt, Vancouver, B.C.; Hon. Na- thaniel Curry, Rt. Rev. P. E. Roy, Quebec, P.Q.; H. R. MacMillan, Victoria, B.C., and Clyde Leavitt, Ottawa. The next convention will be held, at the invitation of the goy- ernment of Nova Scotia, in Halifax, next August. It is interesting to note that the Prime Minister asked the opinion of the Association regarding a proposal for holding a National For- estry Congress. The Association discussed this matter at its after- noon session and decided in favor of the proposal, giving it as their opinion that it should be held next winter. This conclusion was communicated to the Prime Minister, who has not, as yet, indicated his intention further. John R. Booth Again at the Plant John R. Booth, the veteran Ottawa lumberman, who recently sustained a fracture of his left leg and several minor injuries, when a heavy timber fell upon him, has made such good recovery that he was recently able to rejoice all his friends, and especially those at the office and plant, by visiting the works in a conveyance. His only regret at the time was that his crutches had been left at home and he could not get out and examine the new buildings more closely. With fair weather and continued improvement in his health, Mr. Booth will be back at work again in the near future. Nova Scotia’s Industries Illustrated A very attractive illustrated booklet describing the various manu- facturing industries in the province of Nova Scotia has been publish- ed by the Nova Scotia Publicity Committee of the Canadian Manufac- turers’ Association. The book is contained in a very handsome colored cover illustrating a busy harbor scene in Nova Scotia. The majority of the material in the book consists of illustrations of the various important plants throughout the province. The most important idea that one gathers from the book is the fact that the industries of Nova Scotia are extremely varied and have been developed to a remarkable degree of efficiency. One may also gather the fact that one of the most important industries in the province is that connected with the manufacturing of lumber and the conversion of its product into finish- ed materials. A copy of this booklet may be secured by writing to the - Secretary of the Publicity Commissioner at Halifax. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 Sawmill of the New Ontario Colonization Company, Jacksonboro, Ont. Pulpwood Rossing Plant of the New Ontario Colonization Company, Jacksonboro, Ont. New Ontario Company’s Fine Equipment Will Operate Winter and Summer at Jacksonboro—Rossing Mill, Planing Mill and Sash and Door Plant Included Readers of the Canada Lumberman are already familiar with some of the operations of the New Ontario Colonization Company, Limited, whose mill is located at Jacksonboro, Ont., and whose sales office is at Buffalo, N.Y. An illustrated article appeared in these columns last year, describing the small lumber manufacturing plant erected and operated by this company in the earlier stages of its work. This mill served the purpose of producing lumber for the larger mill and also for the office buildings for the company and dwellings for the first settlers. The New Ontario Colonization Company, Limited, pur- chased from the government of Ontario the townships of Kendrey and Haggart, covering about 100,000 acres. The Transcontinental Railway or what would be called the Grand Trunk Pacific, runs through both townships and the company are to remove the timber and colonize these townships. Their manufacturing operations and camps are located at the junction of the Mattagami River and Trans- continental Railway. As will be seen from the illustration, the company have a good smart sawmill. It is equipped entirely with new machinery, including a double ctttting band saw and a resaw. The capacity of the mill is 50,000 feet per day. A pulpwood rossing department is operated in connection with the sawmill. Its capacity is 50 cords of pulp wood per day. The company are also operating a well-equipped planing mill, sash and door plant, etc. The timber upon which they are opera- ting runs largely to spruce, whitewood and brown poplar. It includes also some tamarac. The spruce is an excellent quality with close grain and takes a smooth dressing. The larger run of spruce will be _ put into lumber and the balance into pulpwood. The whitewood, _ btown poplar and tamarac will be put into lumber. The company have a large hot pond from which their saw logs and pulpwood will be taken. They will thus be able to operate throughout the winter. In connection with the mill at Jacksonboro, the company also conduct a general store. Although the lumber manufacturing end of the company’s work is of great importance, the company is essentially a colonization pro- position and points out with interest that tle soil in both of its town- Sarees 2 ceies View of one of the trams, New Ontario Colonization Company, oy Jacksonboro, Ont. it ahaa c ‘ ships is of excellent quality, the top soil being black loam and the sub- soil a clay loam. They are confident that the rich soil with the long, hot summer days, will bring very satisfactory results from an agri- cultural standpoint. In fact they have already demonstrated this to their own satisfaction. The company already have a number of set- tlers and prospects for many more. Many will be located during the coming spring and summer. The company will be able to use their labor and hire their teams when they can be spared. In this way they believe that there is nothing to prevent settlers from making good in the clearing and cultivation of their land during the summer, and turn- ing to advantage their own services and those of their teams in either the mills or in the woods, during the winter. Further interesting facts in connection with the sawmill may be mentioned. It has two log slides or jacks, one of which carries the logs to the sawmill and the other to the rossing mill. The double cut- ting band mill was manufactured by the Wm. Hamilton Company, Peterboro, Ont. The resaw is a timber resaw, manufactured by the Berlin Machine Works, Hamilton, Ont. The balance of the sawmill machinery was put in by the E. Long Manufacturing Company, Oril- lia, Ont. All of the machinery on the pulpwood rossing side of the mill was put in by the Waterous Engine Works Company, Brantford, Ont. The power plant, consisting of three large boilers and engine, of 450 h.p., was purchased from the Wm. Hamilton Company, Peter- boro. The planing mill is thoroughly equipped for dressing lumber and manufacturing sash and doors, flooring, etc. A large portion of the machinery, including the planing mill resaw was purchased from the - Berlin Machine Works, Hamilton, Ont., and the balance from Cowan and Company, of Galt, Ont. The company have an excellent yard for seasoning their lumber and the stock will be put out from the transfer table over a tram. By running both winter and summer, the company will be able to furnish the trade continually with good bright lumber. From the above facts it will be seen that the prospects for the New Ontario Colonization Company are exceptionally bright. Store, Office and Boarding House, New Ontario Colonization Company, Jacksonboro, Ont. 36 The Commercial Importance of Poplar Second of a Series of Articles Upon Native Canadian Woods—Characteristics and Uses of a Wood That is Not Generally Appreciated By R. G. Lewis rather one for which no use has yet been found. ‘There are a number of trees in Canada that have been considered as weed trees for many years and would still be considered as such but for the increasing scarcity of wood and its rapid -rise in price. When the supply of the more desirable, more easily utilized woods, begins to fail to meet the demand, manufacturers must turn to the “weed trees” and study new ways of adapting these to their purposes. Basswood is valued chiefly on account of its toughness and its power of holding its shape. Tulip or “yellow poplar” has similar qualities and in addition is very soft and easy to work. Red gum, on account of its cheapness and the fact that, once properly seasoned, it holds its shape well, is often substituted for basswood and tulip. The wood of most of the poplar species possesses these characteristics to a greater or less extent and when properly seasoned can be used as a substitute for basswood or tulip just as well as the imported red gum. In addition to its use as a substitute for other woods, poplar is preferred by some manufacturers for certain purposes above all other woods because of its own particular qualities. Poplar is considered to be the most suitable wood for the manufacture of excelsior and wood wool because of its softness, toughness and elasticity. While poplar is not among the most important hardwoods (broadleaved trees) of Canada, its use is increasing every year as new uses for the wood are being developed. if has been said that a weed is not necessarily a useless plant but Increasing Use of Poplar Lumber The use of this wood for lumber in Canada increased from 1908 to 1912 by over sixteen per cent., an average annual increase of over four per cent. Its use for pulp manufacture has increased at a much greater rate. Canada cut, in 1912, 180 per cent. more poplar pulpwood than in 1908, an average annual increase of 45 per cent. In 1912 Canada cut 7,523,000 feet board measure of poplar lumber valued at an average price of $13.30 per thousand feet. The wood has been reported from every province in the Dominion but the greatest quantities are cut in Ontario, Quebec and Manitoba. During this year 4,405 cords of poplar pulpwood were consumed by Canadian pulp mills at an average price of $6.20 per cord. This would approxi- mately represent 2,440,000 feet board measure. During 1912 Canadian slack cooperages manufactured over six million poplar barrel staves, over three hundred thousand sets of bar- rel heading, and over a hundred thousand hoops, representing at least two million board feet of lumber. At least 5,000 cords of poplar are annually manufactured into ex- celsior in Canada, which represents a consumption of 2,770,000 feet board measure. These four items make a total of 14,733,000 feet of poplar cut in Canada in a year. When we consider the quantities of this wood used for firewood, for fence posts and rails and exported as unmanufactured pulpwood, we can safely estimate the total cut of poplar at 25,000,000 feet, which is a small quantity compared to the existing supply. The Commercial Species of Poplar There are eight species of poplar which reach tree size in Can- ada, and of these, two or possibly three species form the bulk of the ~wood cut commercially. The wood of the poplars, speaking gen- erally, is soft, light in weight, tough, easily worked and both taste- Yess and odorless, but is weak and very perishable in moist situa- ations. Owing to its weight, when green its slippery bark and the high percentage of defect, the logging of this wood is expensive; at least twenty per cent. more so than spruce. This fact explains the relatively high price of poplar lumber and its scarcity on the market. The difficulty in seasoning the lumber after sawing also tends to de- crease its popularity, but, if proper care is exrecised this difficulty can be overcome. The lumber does not shrink while seasoning but checks and warps badly. Once properly seasoned it holds its shape well, can be nailed without splitting and resists friction to a remark- able extent because of its compactness and its tough fibres. Commercially, the poplar lumber is usually divided into two classes, aspen and cottonwood, which have different properties and are used for different purposes. The aspen lumber is made up of the wood of two species, common aspen and large-toothed aspen. Distribution of the Common Aspen Common aspen (Populus tremuloides) is found south of a line running through the Labrador peninsula, around the south of Hud- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 4 . ' son Bay and northwest to the mouth of the Yukon river in Alaska. — It is found south of this line throughout Canada and the United © States as far south as Missouri and Southern California. It is prob- ably the most widely distributed tree in North America. It is abund- ant throughout its entire range and reaches its highest development in Northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. . Large-toothed aspen (Populus grandidendata) has a much more — restricted range than common aspen and is nowhere so abundant. It is found from Nova Scotia to the Riding Mountains in Manitoba, south of the height of land in Canada and southward to Delaware in the United States. It is not of great commercial importance as it does not reach the size attained by common aspen and it is usually sold mixed with this species which it closely resembles. The wood of the aspens has perhaps a finer grain than that of the cottonwoods and is usually lighter in color. It is not quite so strong nor tough as balm poplar, otherwise there is little difference in the structure of the two woods. The aspens, however, are very liable to attack by a fungus known as the “false tinder fungus” (Poly- porus ignarius) which causes great damage to trees over 20 years old in Canada; in some cases rendering useless, eighty per cent. of a stand. The tree, however, is not subject to frost cracks and wind- shake which cause considerable damage to balm poplar. The wood of the aspens makes excellent firewood, burning while green, without sparks, and producing a hot, quick fire. Probably more aspen is used Balm Lumber in pile, showing prevalence of Wind-Shake and other defects for firewood than for any other purpose, although small material is often used that would be of little use for other purposes. The greater part of the poplar wood used for pulp making is of the aspen species. This wood makes a weak, light-colored, pulp, easi- ly bleached, and is usually treated by the soda process. This chemical — process, when applied to spruce, merely separates the fibres from one another and does not impair the strength of the individual fibre. When applied to poplar, however, it breaks down the fibre and pro- duces merely a pulpy mass without any cohesive strength. This pulp is mixed with spruce or some other tough sulphite pulp in the’ proportion of 60 per cent. poplar soda pulp and 40 per cent. spruce sulphite. This makes a very superior, tough, white paper, easily sized, and much cheaper than rag paper. It is the most economical book and magazine paper made. The poplar pulp in reality adds only body to the paper as it lacks a long tough fibre like that of spruce and could not be used for paper without the tougher pulp to bind it — together. . A Superior Wood for Cooperage 4 As a cooperage wood, aspen ranks among the best, especially for barrels to contain food stuffs, such as flour, sugar, fish, meats, etc. It is not so strong or tough as elm and birch, but is easily worked and imparts neither taste, stain nor odor to the contents of the barrel. This wood has also been reported as having been used in this con- nection for candy and lard pails, spice kegs, sugar and jelly buckets, in Canada and in the Eastern United States. : For excelsior, aspen poplar is the favorite wood in Canada and in most of the States. The wood is soft and tough and the excelsior : D>) eel . ‘made from it has the softness and elasticity necessary for the pur- poses for which this commodity is used. Excelsior is made by peel- ‘ing narrow strips or ribbons from billets of wood. T he wood is usual- ly barked and cut into lengths to fit the machine. The product is called “wood wool,” when the ribbons are narrow and thin (1/100 of an inch thick) and is used for upholstering. The coarsest ex- -celsior is used for stuffing mattresses, packing china and other fragile commodities, and, in the form of shipping pads or sheets of excelsior ‘covered with wrapping paper, for protecting furniture and other crated goods in transit. In the form of lumber, aspen is used for rough construction in sions where other woods are scarce. Its lack of durability when posed to moisture prevents its use when more durable woods can ‘be obtained. It has long been valued for barn and stable flooring and for stalls, as its toughness resists the wear due to knawing and stamping of animals. For interior house flooring this is a valuable sd when properly seasoned. It has a fine, close grain, holds its pe, and does not splinter or wear rough. Its white color is an ractive feature. For other interior house decorations aspen is used he form of ceiling, moulding, wainscotting and panelling, as it is easily worked and takes paint well. For boxes aspen is valued for the same reasons that make it a popular cooperage wood. It holds nails without splitting, is light, tough and free from taste, stain or odor. These qualities a!so fit this wood for refrigerator lining. It is used for butter and meat boxes, cheese box heading and boxes for all kinds of food stuffs as well as tobacco and cigars. It is often preferred by shippers on account of ‘its white color and the fact that it is easily stencilled, making an at- - tractive box. ° It is used for crating materials on account of its tough- ness and lightness. On account of the fact that it does not stain it is preferred for the crating of ornamental stone. Aspen is used to a great extent for cloth boards, as it is light and does not splinter nor wear rough, ee The use of this wood for “inside work” on furniture and for box and body work on vehicles and agricultural implements provides a te for basswood and yellow poplar (tulip), which are now @ scarce and expensive. Its use for this purpose is not so it as the use of the cottonwood poplars. en poplar is used in some of the northern states for matches, gh its use in Canada for this purpose has not yet been re- _ Large quantities of aspen poplar in Russia and Scandinavia ally manufactured into matches or exported as match splints’ s to all parts of the world: Swedish, Russian and Norwegian jatches, so commonly used in Canada, are all made from aspen en is demanded by certain manufacturers for certain purposes, which are peculiar. Manufacturers of oyster and fish knives this wood as they claim that handles made of it will not irror and glass polishers use aspen blocks to polish mirrors -is soft and wears quickly and carries the polishing powder e’ without clogging up and glazing over. In addition to the ispen wood has been reported for the manufacture of baskets, ks, caskets, dipper handles, dishes, dowe's, rough boxes (or ), shoe findings, spools, toothpicks and toys. The Uses of Balsam Poplar sam poplar (Populus balsamifera), or “balm” as it is often is the second most abundant poplar species in Canada. The found further north than aspen in eastern Canada, but not so rth in the west. Otherwise it covers practically the same range is aspen, but is never so abundant. Balsam poplar demands a richer, ter soil than aspen and is, therefore, confined more to river bot- . It reaches its highest development on the islands and alluvial s of the Peace, Athabaska and other Mackenzie river tributaries. kee and frost cracks. It is very poor firewood and is not used for ring on account of its dirty color. However, this wood is con- red more valuable for lumber than aspen, probably because of its ter strength and freedom from defect. Because of its color, it is used to any extent for pulp when aspen is obtainable, but is a uable material for excelsior, box boards and slack cooperage. This s used instead of aspen wherever greater strength is required. eferred to aspen for veneer in the making of baskets and berry in the Maritime Provinces, Ontario and the Northern States. so reported for tobacco and cigar boxes, three-ply trunk boxes neer barrels. ese two species probably form ninety per cent. of the poplar in Canada east of British Columbia. __ An Important British Columbia Species ‘ottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) grows in open groves = ies pas ' ot oe =e ar a Pa CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 along the banks of streams and lakes on the Pacific coast from south- ern Alaska southward through western British Columbia, east to tie Columbia valley and southward to California. It mixes with bal- sam poplar in eastern British Columbia and reaches its highest de- velopment near sea level on the coast. It is the largest broad-leaved tree (hardwood) in British Columbia, reaching the height of 200 feet and a diameter of 7 to 8 feet, being the tallest and one of the largest of all the poplar species. Being soft and compact, the wood has always been a favorite with the Indians for making dugout canoes, apart from the fact that large, clear trunks can be readily obtained. Being the only soft non-resinous wood on the Pacific coast, the black cottonwood is used for more purposes than the eastern poplars. It is the only substitute obtainable for basswood and yellow poplar, and is used in place of these woods to a great extent. The wood is greyish white, soft, odorless, tasteless, straight and even-grained, very light, long-fibred, readily nailed, glued, and ve- neered. It resists shrinking, swelling, warping and splitting, and is much superior in its physical qualities to the aspens or balsam poplar. It is used to the greatest extent for boxes, pulp, exce!sior and slack cooperage. This wood is used for the same purposes as the aspens and balsam poplar but to a greater extent. It is the only available wood for core stock and cross banding in veneered furniture, fixtures and interior finish. Pack saddles and pulleys are made of this wood as it nails without splitting and holds its shape. Its good qualities are better understood and taken advantage of in the western States than in British Columbia where the wood is little used except for boxes and cooperage. : Common cottonwood (Populus deltoides) is nowhere abundant in Canada. The tree is found in parts of southern Quebec and On- tario, but much of it has probably been planted. It is also found occa- sionally in the river bottoms in southern Alberta. It is really not of commercial importance in Canada except that large quantities are im- ported from the United States where the wood is of great commercial vatue. With the black cottonwood of the Pacific coast and the south- ern swamp cottonwood this is considered to be the most valuable poplar lumber tree. Its wood is stronger and tougher than the as- pens or even balsam poplar which is usually classed with the cotton- woods. It is difficult to season but repays any trouble or expense that a careful seasoning process may involve. Cottonwood lumber has long been understood and appreciated in the middle west and southern States. volume and include all the uses to which a strong, soft, non-resinous wood could be put. Suggestions for Manufacturers Some of these might be valuable suggestions to manufacturers who import basswood and tulip when balm poplar (in the East) and black cottonwood (in British Columbia) are plentiful close at hand. The wood is considered to be the best substitute obtainable for tulip for waggon beds and bodywork, and is becoming scarce even in Ark- ansas (the State producing the most of this material). Furniture frames and exposed parts of kitchen furniture are made of this wood. Ironing boards, clothes racks, chair dowels, washboards and kitchen woodenware are made from a light, soft wood that will not splinter or wear rough. Cottonwood is the cheapest and best material obtain- able. Bake boards, saddlers’, harness makers’ and shoe makers’ boards;. cigar makers’ boards and boards and table tops of all kinds on which cutting tools are used, are made of cottonwood because it is com- pact, holds its shape and does not dull the tools. ; Three other pop!ars are found in Canada but are of no commer-. cial importance. bottoms in southern Alberta and Saskatchewan but are only used locally for fuel and fencing. A rare and unimportant species is con- fined to Vancouver Island, but is small and of no commercial value. Vigorous Reproduction and Rapid Growth Poplar, with birch, has the reputation of being one of the first trees to take possession of burned or cut-over forest land or abandoned farm land. Trees twenty years old bear abundant seed. The flower buds become conspicuous in the fall and develop into catkins in the early spring, ten days before the leaves appear. The seeds ripen and are scattered by the wind about the time the leaves are beginning to unroll. The seeds are very minute and are covered with cottony hairs which bear them up so that they fly like light snow. Consider- ing that the seed-bearing flowers and the pollen-producing flowers are on separate trees, or that the trees are of different sexes and that only about half the trees can bear seeds, the seeding capacity .of the pop- lars is remarkable. Many of the seeds are abortive, the fertile seeds lose their germinative capacity in two or three weeks and the seeds cannot germinate except on the raw mineral soil free from undecayed vegetable matter. In spite of these drawbacks, the poplar spreads enormous numbers of seeds in its vicinity and usually obtains a foot- ho!d in the same year in which the seeds are produced. This accounts for the fact that poplar seedlings spring up in the late summer and early fall on areas that have been burned or cleared in the early part of 7 - is ~~ —_*. eye Pr A list of its uses would fill a | Two western cottonwoods are found in the river 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN the same year. The seeds are very light and are carried great dis- tances by the wind. The seeds of trees growing along river bottoms fall into the stream during high water and are carried many miles downstream and deposited on the low,flat river bottoms by the fall- ing waters, where they sprout readily. This partly accounts for the prevalence of the cottonwoods on river flats. The poplars sprout readily from root suckers when the older trees have been cut down or burned. These sprouts grow very rapidly at first, but seldom reach tree size. The poplars are very rapid growing trees but only in their youth. They are very intolerant of shade and, if crowded, die quickly; but if they are well established they grow very rapidly for twenty or thirty years. They are a great benefit to other tree seedlings that grow with them as they have open crowns which admit an abundance of light for more tolerant species such as spruce. Thus the poplar acts as a nurse tree for the more slow-growing evergreen tree. he poplar soon begins to decline and at the age of seventy to a hundred years, when the spruce is in its prime, the poplar has all died off. In the east, poplar reaches a diameter of six inches on the aver- age in twenty to fifty years, and the twelve inch diameter in from fifty to one hudnred years. The average size attained by trees in the east is from 60 to 70 feet in height and from 18 to 24 inches in diameter. Few trees exceed the 100 year age limit. The average mature stand, clear of defect, is from 70 to 80 years old. The greatest damage to the living tree is caused by fire, fungi, wind and insects. Frost has little effect on aspen and its effect on bal- sam poplar, while reducing the value of the lumber, does not seem to injure the health of the tree to a very great extent. The poplar in the east, as a planting proposition, is very attrac- tive. While the wood is of little value compared to slow-growing species, its value is increasing with its increasing uses. The value does not depend altogether on the size of the material, as small sizes are sufficient for most of its uses. The tree grows very rapidly up to 20 or 30 years, and the materials from thinning can be utilized from the start. The final crop is utilized more completely than that of any other wood. These facts combined with the fact that this tree will grow in medium or poor soils makes it at least a commercial possibility from the standpoint of forest planting. In the west the aspens and cottonwoods grow less rapidly at the - start but are longer lived and reach greater size than those in the east. Building Permits Decreased During 1913 During the year 1913 the building permits granted in fifty cities in Canada were for a total value of $167,518,614. During the year 1912 the total value was $201,161,550. There was thus a decrease of $33,642,936. An analysis of the reports shows that Toronto is still at the head of the list. The total value of Toronto’s building per- mits for the year 1913 was $27,038,624. Montreal came very close to this, with a total of $27,032,097. Montreal’s total is all the more interesting because it showed an enormous increase, the total for 1912 having been $19,408,600. Toronto permits were practically identical in value with those of 1912. Going back over a period of six years, to the year 1908, Toronto’s building permits have increased from nearly $12,000,000 to a little over $27,000,000. The total values of building permits in Toronto for the six years from 1908 to 1913 was over $121,000,000. After Toronto and Montreal the following cities rank inorder so far as the total value of permits is concerned: —Winnipeg, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary. In the Maratime provinces the most interesting feature is the great increase at St. John, N.B., from $566,200 in 1912 to $2,380,660 in 1913. In the city of Quebec, building permits for 1913 were more than double those for 1912, the total being $1,929,781. The building per- mits of greater Montreal reached a total of $35,000,000. The aggregate amount of building in Ontario cities during 1913 showed practically no change, the total for nineteen cities being $51,- 546,101 as compared with $51,486,204 in 1912. With few exceptions, the cities of Western Canada showed de- creases. To Increase Rates on Pulpwood Shipments The Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners have issued an order allowing the Temiscouata Railway to increase its charges on pulpwood shipped from stations on its line to points in New York State and other points reached by the C. P. R. The increase author- ized, and which was protested against by the Eastern Townships Lumber Company, is one-half cent per hundredweight. It was the desire of the railway to have the increase come into effect on January 24. The Board has decided, however, that there should be a reason- able time allowed for the completion of contracts, and has ordered that the new rates shall not be effective until August 15, 1914. hr aa 8 _ Mpa oie AND WOODWORKER 7 Death of J. H. Redfern, Montreal By the death of Mr. J. H. Redfern, at the age of 76, Montreal has lost its oldest retail lumber dealer. For 42 years he was in business in that city, building up with others a very © extensive trade. Mr. Redfern was a native of Douglas, Isle of Man, and when sixteen years of age went to Troy, New York, where he lived for about 15 years, being engaged in the lumber business. From there, he- went to Three Rivers, P.Q., to look after the lumber interests of the Hon. J. K. Ward. The next move was to Montreal, where he entered into partnership — with Mr. Ward as retail lumber deal- ers. About 13 years ago Mr. Ward died, and Mr. John Ward and Mr. C. — I. Root became partners with Mr. Redfern, under the name of J. K. Ward and Company. Subsequently Mr. J. Ward and Mr. Root withdrew, and Mr. Redfern carried on the busi- ness alone, and continued to do so under his own name, until his death. Mr. Redfern was a man of great energy, devoting almost his en- tire attention to the business. Two years ago he had a very severe illness from which he never fully recovered. Notwithstanding his ill - health, Mr. Redfern continued to stick to business, and could not be persuaded to take a prolonged rest. A little over five weeks ago he became worse, and was compelled to keep within doors. From then on he failed gradually and succumbed to nervous trouble. Mr. Redfern was never married. He had no relations in Canada, but some on the other side. At one time he was a member of the Westmount Council, and also Mayor of that city. From 1899 he was a member of the Westmount Library Committee. The land on which the yards stand is the property of the Ward estate, but Mr. Redfern’s business and effects are, under the will, to be — sold within eighteen months. The Late J. H. Redfern, Montreal New York Markets More Promising Chase, Talbot & Company, New York, in their Lumber Market Letter under date of February 2nd, say: Thus far we have experienced no winter storms, and while the usual February severity is expected, still, building operations can only be briefly delayed. The steel trade has generally been considered a barometer, and, as greatly increased tonnage engagements for steel have recently been booked, we may soon expect the common gossip of the lumber trade to take definite shape, with a call for numerous early spring shipments. Maine and West Virginia spruce mills are holding prices firm, but we regret to report that the yellow pine operators in the south appear to need busi- ness so badly, that they are willing in many instances, to cut to ridicu- lous figures. An influential dealer and buyer in large quantities, stat- ed to the writer to-day, that some of the yellow pine salesmen were “talking up prices,” but when it came to actual business (even if for May to July delivery), they would cut prices to a lower mark, than any of record in recent years. At a normal parity, spruce will be given preference, but it appears that yellow pine is supplied wherever it can be substituted. B) An oasis in the lumber trade desert (as well as in all branches of industry) is the changed monetary conditions since the first of the — year. Any worthy borrower can secure loans for his requirements at reduced rates. The continued hoarding of funds by bankers in anti- cipation of currency legislation is now having and will continue to exercise its beneficial effect. Low tonnage rates reflect but little bene- fit, in consequence of the scarcity of export orders. The English market is dead. Deals are selling at $3 to $4 off. River Plate busi- ness is very dull. The West Indies and African trade is below par. From the Pacific Coast comes the report that stocks in the Orient — are ample. a In our opinion there will be a substantial increase in the volume of trade during 1914 as compared with 1913. During 1913 there was some increase in trade over the previous year, but prices were some- what lower. Stocks are now about 50 per cent. greater than they were a year ago.—Columbia River Lumber Company, Golden, B.C. Jas. D. Lacey and Company, whose Oregon office was formerly in suite 1107, Falding Building, have recently moved to suite 1313, North- western Bank Building, where they will have larger quarters in which to carry on their continually expanding business. at ~ t + ‘ . a eee eee Sir Edmund Walker’s View of Business Conditions : At the annual meeting of the Canadian Bank of Commerce, held at Toronto, Sir Edmund Walker, president, delivered an ad- _ dress, which, as usual contained a great deal of carefully thought out analysis of the financial and industrial situation in Canada. “A year ago,’ said Sir Edmund Walker, “the tide of expansion seemed still to _ be in flood, although in some quarters a check was either in plain sight or had here and there made itself felt. Money for certain pur- poses, notably in connection with real estate, was not so easy to ‘obtain as in former years, yet little heed was apparently paid to the oft-repeated warnings of bankers and others who tried to forecast the future, although at the end of the year we must conclude that, after all, such warnings did have some beneficial effect. Clearly we have come through a time of difficulty in a most creditable manner, and we can look forward to the future cheerfully if the spirit of pru- .s dence which now characterizes our people remains unchanged at least until another good crop has been marketed. Much of that part of our expansion which went too far reminds one of the diseases through which the young have to pass. We are doubtless glad if __ they escape them entirely, but we have no reason to expect that they { will be so fortunate. Some undue speculation in real estate, and some over-building in connection with public improvements, is inevitable amidst such astonishing growth and prosperity, and it would be fool- ish to expect anything else. We are now realizing more accurately the value of real estate, and through the process we are gaining an experience which is absolutely necessary to the foundations of a _ sound prosperity. The Western country as a whole will not again have to suffer from this particular ailment of young communities. _ We have repeatedly deplored the fettering of the country by the high rent-charge which inflated real estate values impose, and the un- ___ fortunate effect of such a rent-charge on the cost of living, and if there _ is now to be a pause in the upward movement of values there will in any event be a corresponding gain to all landless people. .- 4 “Immigration has not yet been much checked by the curtail- ment of industry, indeed, except from the United States, there has been a large increase during the year. The British immigrants exceed in number the combined total of those from Europe and Asia, and very much exceed those from the United States. The largest in- _ erease as compared with the figures of previous years, however, is in the division which includes all countries except Great Britain and the United States. Here the increase, December figures being esti- _ mated, is 32 per cent. From Great Britain the increase is 8 per cent., while from the United States there has been a. decrease of 17 per cent. The total number of immigrants, December figures again being _ estimated, was 417,709, as compared with 395,804, the revised figures for 1912. “In the six months of the current fiscal year ending September, the complete figures for which have been published, there is some improvement in the proportion of exports to imports, and since Sep- _ tember a greater improvement has taken place. As to our exports we are glad to report an increase during this period in every group, ___ while there has been a decrease in many of the classes of imports. “Tt was evident to any student of the situation a year ago that _ Canada, and other borrowing countries, would be put to a severe test _ during 1913. What we were not prepared for was that this country _ should be singled out as, in some measure, chief among the sinners of _ this kind. It is well, however, to remember that when money becomes scarce in the great markets of the world, the chief borrower is atways _ told he has obtained too large a share and that he must stop borrow- ing for the time being. We had scarcely realized that Canada had be- come the chief borrower, or practically so, and somewhat resented being held responsible for a situation created by the combined finan- cial requirements of all the active mercantile nations of the world. _ However, we have had our warning, and shall doubtless act upon it. _ “Yhe fact remains that under all this pressure England has taken _ more of our securities this year than ever before. She has patiently remembered that we are obliged to finish the many sound and im- _ portant enterprises, public, semi-public and private, which had been undertaken before the financial clouds began to gather. That such _ enterprises will command the money of the investor in preference loans for the rehabilitation of foreign countries devastated by war, in preference to securities based upon new ventures, we need not ibt, and out of the vast sum available each year in the markets of urope for new investments we may be sure of getting a generous ‘ec. We shall have to face a keener analysis of the nature of the curity offered and the necessity of paying higher rates to the in- sstor, and we shall do well to abstain during the next year or so from eking to market any unnecessary securities, in order that we may what we can to restore the balance between the investment re- es of the world and the securities offered for sale. It is pleasing $ connection to see that the higher rates of interest offered have the markets of the United States to our securities to an ex- ‘unusual in the past. at we have come to a slight pause in the growth of North a a 7 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER America, it is well to bear in mind some of the more important things~_ accomplished during this period of expansion. In Canada, in addi- tion to growth in many other directions, we have in sight the comple- tion of two new transcontinental railway systems, and while they have been building the existing system has successfully established its claim to rank as one of the foremost railway systems in the world. As regards the United States, the Panama Canal is practically finish- ed; a tariff adjustment, the mere thought of which would have created panic a few years ago, has taken place, leaving the outlook in this respect a certainty instead of an uncertainty ; a Currency and Banking bill, for which the country has been waiting about twenty years, has been passed, and a more reasonable attitude has been adopted to- wards the question of railroad rate adjustment. These are all events of the greatest importance which must profoundly affect the future of the two countries and so far as Canada is concerned we may surely feel that we are now entering upon a new and more important phase of industrial life, for which our equipment is more adequate than ever before. No more positive evidence of the need and value of such equipment could be offered than the ease with which the present year’s crop was harvested, moved, and warehoused. This has been done in a manner which would have seemed impossible only a few years ago, and the value of the smoothness and rapidity with which the work was handled can scarcely be estimated.” St. Agathe Company Enlarging its Operations The St-Agathe Lumber and Construction Company, Limited, Ste-Agathe des Monts, P.Q., which was recently incorporated under federal charter with capital of $300,000 has absorbed the businesses of the St-Agathe Saw Mill Company, of G. A. Chevalier, lumber iman- ufacturer, and of J. A. Pare, sash and door and lumber manufacturer. The officers of the new company are:—L. E. Parent, president; J. B. Reid, vice-president; Ferd. Forget, director; Maxime Lanthier, direc- tor; Jos. A. Pare, director, and Ed. Parent, secretary-treasurer. The company are erecting a new factory for the production of lumber, doors, sash, mosaic and English flooring, maple flooring blocks and all small-wood wares in hardwoods and soft woods. The factory will be operated by electricity. The company will also erect a factory for the manufacture of cement products, such as building cement blocks, chimney cement blocks, cement culverts and water pipes for roads, etc. The company intend to undertake all kinds of public and private contract works, also to trade in real estate, etc. They are the owners of large properties in St-Agathe and of about eight miles of timber limits located near the mills which the company have acquired. The head office is at the former office of the St-Agathe Saw Mill Company. The proposed new large plant of the company will be erected directly opposite the C. P. R. station at Ste-Agathe des Monts. At this plant small-size wood, generally left to waste in the bush, will be manufactured into various articles for sale. The president of the new company is the former manager of the St-Agathe Saw Mill Com- pany Inc., which he organized in 1902. His energy and business abil- ity enabled him to build up a large trade and the authorized capital of the company was not sufficient to take care of necessary enlarge- ment of its operations. This led to the organization of the new company, with larger and fresh capital and increased business rights. - Mr. L. E. Parent is a young man, 38 years of age, who has devoted all his time for the past sixteen years to the lumber business in the Laurentian Mountain districts. He has been mayor of Ste-Agathe des Monts for many years and has devoted a great deal of successful effort — to the development of the town. Good Outlook for Hardwood Trade Editor Canada Lumberman :— Buffalo, N.Y., Jan. 13th. Trade in hardwoods in the Eastern States was quite satisfactory and at good prices, up to the latter part of the year 1913, when busi- ness began to drop off slowly, with every other kind of business in the States, and naturally along toward the Ist of January, people wish to take inventory, and stocks were run down as low as possible. Hardwoods are beginning to move now, and we believe that by the middle of February or the first of March, we will see hardwoods moving in quite a normal way, and at fairly satisfactory prices. We are unable to see a great surplus of any kind of hardwood in sight at this time. The new currency bill which has recently become a law in the United States, will have a very beneficial.effect on businéss and will give confidence to the business people, and bankers throughout the entire country. The tariff bill is now settled, and people are beginning to settle down to business. From our observations we think people are feeling encouraged and have confidence in the future. We believe the latter half of 1914 will see business in quite a satisfactory condition.—Buffalo Hardwood Lumber Company, ; 40 A Curious Yellow Pine Development In the face of all the discussion which has occurred in Canada of late regarding the dumping of yellow pine upon the Canadian market, at prices far below the cost of production, Canadian lumbermen will be surprised to learn that the State of Missouri has recently succeeded in the proceedings brought against a number of yellow pine manu- facturers carrying on business in that State, who were charged with forming a combination for the purpose of fixing the price of their products, lessening the freedom of competition, and, in other ways causing damage to the purchasing public of that state. The decision recently handed out in the case against the Arkansas Lumber Com- pany et al., is a most remarkable one and is looked upon as estabtishing some very important legal precedents. Whether the decision will stand the test of appeals which are certain to be brought, remains to be seen. It is sufficiently alarming, however, to the lumber manufac- turers concerned, and probably to other manufacturers in the State of Missouri, to tearn that a great industry, which has of late years, been notorious for sacrificing its stocks in all markets, at prices below the cost of production, can be found guilty of conspiring to maintain prices illegally. If the situation were merely one involving a verdict and a possible fine, it might not be so very serious, but those who have been found guilty in this case are fined various large amounts ranging from $1,000 to $50,000, presumably according to the degree of guilt, and the decision involves also forfeiture of all their corporate rights, privi- leges and franchises in the State of Missouri. The decision concludes, however, with a recommendation that the ends of justice will be ob- tained in regard to most of the cases, if only the fines are paid and a stay of execution is granted in connection with the forfeiture of their privileges, franchises, etc., pending a further order of the court. In connection with five companies operating in the State of Missouri under licenses only, the recommendation is made that their licenses be cancelled and they are also to be fined various sums ranging from $1,000 to $50,000, with a similar recommendation regarding a stay of execution in connection with the forfeiture of licenses, thus leaving them subject only to the fine. The total amount of the fines involved under this decision is $436,000. Leading business men in Kansas City and St. Louis seem to be unanimous in the opinion that the situation is both absurd and cri- tical. Unless the decision of the supreme court is amended or anulled at the rehearing, the result will be that several of the leading yellow pine lumber companies will have to move from the State and others will be obtiged to pay very heavy fines. A demand is being made by business men for the annullment of the antitrust law under which the proceedings were instituted, as they do not look with approval upon the prospect of the removal from the State of so many important busi- ness interests. It is calculated that the yellow pine companies’ busi- ness alone means to Kansas City, 2,500,000,000 feet or in value $40,000,- 000, and the employment of several hundred persons. Not the least interesting peculiarity of the situation is the fact that it involves such men as Captain J. B. White, Mr. R. A. Long and others in the lumber business, whose reputations as men of the highest business and moral type are national, and regarding whom everyone knows that they would not have violated any law, antitrust or other, had they understood its meaning. It appears like an irony of busi- ness fate that these men who have done so much to bui'd up the indus- trial prominence of their State and who have suffered so much on account of the uncertainty arising out of business depression, should be found guilty on such a charge. In their eyes the greatest “restraint of trade” is the doubt under which they have labored as to the mean- ing of the law in business, growing out of the widespread movement in the direction of prosecution of business corporations. Canadians are not in a position to take sides one way or another in a matter of this nature, but they will certainly be surprised to learn that the prices of yellow pine in any market have been maintained by the manufacturers in such a way as to render them guilty of a charge of “restraint of trade.” So far as Canadians can see, the boot is prob- ably on the other foot. New Brunswick Lumber Industry Expanding The importance of the lumber industry to St. John and the pro- vince of New Brunswick generally is shown by the extent of the ex- ports for the year 1913. While there has been some fa‘ling off in the quantity of lumber cut during the last few years, it has been due to market conditions instead of to any falling off in the available sources of supply. Spruce is still king, but some pine is cut, as well as hem- lock and cedar, and a considerable quantity of hardwood. The new Transcontinental Railway, and the Intercolonial Railway which runs across the northern part of the province, have opened up very valuable sections of hardwood timber, including birch, maple and beech. There ate fine opportunities along the new railways for the establishment oi industries requiring hardwood as their raw material, The total ex- ports of lumber from New Brunswick to trans-Atlantic ports last year was 270,000,000 feet, of which over 86,500,000 feet was shipped from CANADA LUMBERMAN .AND WOODWORKER fe the port of St. John. There were also large shipments to the United States, some by water and some by rail. ‘Lhe shipments from St. John to the American market for the year were valued at $1,527,000. The quantity of pulp shipped from St. John to that market for the year was valued at over $328,000, and the pulpwood at over $83,000. There 1s a growing trade in New Brunswick lumber with the Montreal district and eastern Ontario, and during last year, when other markets were dull, this was an important branch of the trade in the northern sec tion of the province. One of the very important industrial deve op- ments of New Brunswick in coming years will be the establishment of factories to utilize lumber which is now shipped in such larg quantities in the rough state to outside markets, there to be manu- factured into articles of use. B. C.’s Forest Development Mr. H. R. MacMillan, chief forester for British Columbia, spe ing of the forest revenue of the province, in a recent interview, said that the receipts for 1913 were the largest ever received in a singh year by any province of Canada. The total was nearly $3,000,000 or approximately $27 for each inhabitant. British Columbia is the only province in Canada, he said, which is not over-cutting her forests. I believe that the forest revenue will increase largely from year to year as the markets for our timber develop and the logging operations which are now merely on the fringe of the forests are expanded, until © our annual cut keeps pace with the normal forest growth. The esti- — mates of an even greater revenue in the future are based upon surveys of timber wea!th of the province which have been continued during the — year by the forest branch. These surveys have shown that our timber wealth is by no means confined to the coast district and the southern interior, but that in the northern interior, which is now being opened by new railroads, there are large areas of timber of a better average quality than is to be found in the stands that constitute the chief forest resources of Ontario and Quebec. The forests of this province, if protected from fire, will, I am con-— fident, form the basis of a future industry of such magnitude that the most optimistic cannot grasp its possibilities to-day, possibilities which — will assuredly develop under the creation of new markets on the north- ern prairies and in northern British Columbia. Negotiations are now — under way which will lead to an increase in revenue from timber royalties. A marked advance was made during the year in protecting the forests of the province from fire. The sources of fire danger were carefully studied, and arrangements were made before the fire season — opened to provide an adequate patrol to control possible outbreaks. — As a result of this policy the province had a record season so far as the © minimum fire damage in its forests is concerned. Of the 600 fires — which occurred during the season, seventy-two per cent. were extin- guished by patrolmen. The cost of extinguishing those fires which — got beyond control of the fire patrols was only $9,000, as compared with $30,000 for the previous year, which itself set a low record for — many years. The great wealth of our forests requires that even greater fire pre- cautions must be taken in the coming years to prevent destruction by fires arising from increased settlement and railroad construction. In order to improve facilities for fire protection, and to render the fire patrol service more effective, 1,200 miles of trails and 360 miles of tele- phone lines were built by the forest rangers and forest guards during the past season. The value of these improvements will be an even in- creasing asset in the coming years. The value of the forest products of British Columbia for 1913 ex- ceeded that of all previous years, amounting to approximately $30,- 000,000. For the first time in the history of British Columbia the tim- ber industry has ranked with the production of minerals as the chief wealth-producer in the province. The annual value of forest products © of British Columbia exceeds that of all other provinces in the Do- — minion, with the exception of Ontario. In its importance to the people of the province the lumber industry has, during 1913, passed all its — competitors. The 794 logging operations and 350 lumber and shingle — mills employ over 50 per cent. of the total number of wage earners employed in the industries of British Columbia. x: Lower Rates to Canada’ The Soo Line and Canadian Pacific have published, effective February 1, substantial reductions in rates on hardwood lumber carload lots to points in Western Canada, known as “trade centers,” from Minneapolis and St. Paul and Minnesota Transfer. These are basing points for making through rates to Western Canada points. ~~ As an illustration, the present rate from basing points shown to Win- nipeg and St. Boniface, Man., is 20 cents per 100 pounds, while the new rate will be 17 cents. To Portage la Prairie, Man., present rate 22 cents, will be 17% cents. To Regina, Sask., present rate 35 cents, will be 31 cents. To Saskatoon, Sask., present rate, 43 cents, will be 37 cents. To Moose Jaw, Sask., present rate 39 cents, will be 33% cents. To Calgary, Alta., and Edmonton, Alta., present rate, 54. cents, will be 44 cents, — ae = CANADA LUMBERMAN The Proper Use of Belts Much useful information in regard to the use of belts is contained in a handy belting manual issued by the Graton & Knight Manufac- turing Company, Worcester, Mass. Referring to the tightness of a belt the manual says:—The tightness with which the belts are put ‘on the pulleys is of fundamental importance. If too tight there is a large unnecessary loss of power from excessive friction at the bear- ings, to say nothing of the fact that the leather is over-strained and ured. On the other hand, if too loose, the belt is liable to flop sund and jump from the pulleys, particularly when working where load is suddenly thrown on or off. When the belts are put on taken up under the direction of one man, the errors of too tight id too slack belting are avoided and a uniformity of belt tension ex- ts throughout the factory which can be obtained in no other way. ‘Of course, it is evident that the slacker a belt can be run, up to a certain point, and do its work satisfactorily, the greater the economy will be. In installing belting and taking it up, consideration must be given to the fact that certain kinds of belting are affected by weather conditions, lengthening and shortening according to the amount of ‘moisture in the air. This is particularly true of certain makes of chrome leather belting, and instances have been known where bab- ‘bitt has been me!ted out of boxes, or even shafting has been pulled _ down, as a result of such belting having been put on too tight. Shafting in Line q On the subject of shafting the manual says:—Be sure to note carefully whether your shafting is properly in line. Probably more belting is ruined by improperly lined shafting and pulleys than in any other way. The belts, under this condition, are either kept on the pulleys by guides or rub against hangers or portions of machines un- til a lap is started open, thus catching the belt and tearing it or stretch- _ ing it excessively on one edge. Belts so stretched will not run straight and are apt to run off the pulleys and become torn. ~ Remember that, because shafting was once in line, it does not follow that it stays so indefinitely. ; Changing loads on the floor is apt to put shafting out of line. Frequent inspection of shafting for alignment is always rewarded by _ a large saving in the friction load. In all replacements, as well as in the original insta!lment, initial economy should not be the only thought. It is a very simple matter to connect two pulleys by a band in such a way that when one pulley _ is turned the other will go round. It is not at all a simple matter to _ proportion a drive properly and to select the size and quality of belt- ing which will transmit power most efficiently and economically. Yet the problem seems so simple that it more frequently than not fails to receive the necessary consideration, and a common resu!t is that belting is condemned when really the man should be condemned _ who asks the belt to work under given conditions. Most belt troubles would never appear if the design and installation of the belt equip- _ ment were placed in competent hands. It may be stated as a general tule that the use of the best quality belting, of weight and pliability adapted to the work required, will pay good dividends in lessened ‘Tepairs, increased life of belting and increased output of machines. ‘The usual tendency is to employ a single belt, which is too light, and a ‘double belt, which is too heavy for the work required. 4 To Secure the Best Results Single belts should be put on so as to run with the grain, or hair Side, next to the pulleys, and so the points of the laps will run against _ the pulleys, as the laps on the outside of a belt are most liable to come apart when the points are run against the atmospheric pressure. 4 : Double belts should be put on so that the points of the laps will Tun with the pulleys, as both sides point in the same direction. Bf For quarter-turn belts the details of the drive must be analyzed. The belts must be specially constructed to give satisfactory service. uarter-turn drive without an idler requires a differently construct- belt from one with an idler. For quarter-turn drive without idler, the pulleys must be set so at the point where the belt leaves the upper or driving pulley and point where the belt leaves the lower or driven pulley must be in lumb line. In this arrangement the belt can be run in only one on. Any attempt to drive the belt in the reverse direction will lt in its being thrown from the pulleys and probably ruined. On quarter-turn. belts specially constructed for drive without one edge is marked as follows:—“Run this edge on long side of ive.” This edge must run on the longer side of the drive to Satisfactory results. Location of Shafts from Pulleys e should be exercised in locating shafts so that they are not eether; there shou!d be distance enough between them to at ° Tecover somewhat from the strain applied on the - a ee =e AND WOODWORKER 41 tight or working side. This distance depends entirely upon the size of the belts and pulleys, but should be sufficient to allow some slight sag to the slack side of the be!t. It is also injurious if the shafts are too far apart, for, in such cases, the weight of the belt draws heavily upon the shafting and increases the friction load in the bearings. At the same time it causes the belt to swing from side to side, frequently to such an extent that it nearly runs off the pulleys. This constant ‘swinging from side to side is also a frequent cause of crooked spots developing in belting. If possible, the shafting and machinery should be so installed that the tight side of the belt is at the bottom, so that whatever sag there may be in the belt will tend to increase the arc of contact on the pulleys. It is the best and most economical practice to use pulleys of large diameter, thus obtaining a high belt speed, which means a saving both in the transmission of power and the wear and tear of the equipment. The speed of the belt being the same, the diameter of the pulley has a slight effect on the amount of power transmitted, the difference being in favor of pulleys of large diameter. The speed of the shaft being the same, the advantage in favor of large pulleys over small pulleys is in proportion to their diameters. Covering pulleys with leather reduces the slipping of belts and also decreases the friction losses in belt driven transmission by mak- ing it unnecessary to run the belts so tight. It is estimated that leather covered pulleys will enable belting to transmit thirty per cent. more power than pulleys with the plain iron surface. How to Cover Pulleys with Leather Be certain that the pulley is absolutely free from grease by wash- ing it with naphtha, gasoline or some similar material. Be sure that the pulley is reasonably warm and dry. Where possible, make the cover endless, about one-eighth of an inch to the foot shorter than the circumference of the pulley. Place the endless cover on the pul- ley, pushing it on, say one inch or more, then thorough!y glue the exposed inside surface of the cover and the exposed outside surface of the pulley, being sure that the glue is very hot, but not boiling, and not too thick; rub the cement thoroughly into the leather and also onto the pulley. As soon as you have these surfaces glued take the pulley by the spokes and drive the cover on by striking it on the floor bench. Do this as quickly as possible, but carefully, for if you strike too hard it will bend the leather so that it will be im- possible to drive it on. If it sticks a little, use a screw driver be- tween the cover and the pulley and force it down, using the screw driver as a lever. As soon as the cover is completely on, thoroughly rub the edges of the cover with a round hickory stick, or handle of some kind, so as to make a good contact between it and the edge of the pulley. This serves to work out the air and surplus glue. An experienced man can cover a pulley in this manner so tight that it will not need rivets, although it is customary as a matter of safety to use a few copper rivets. Let the pulley set two or three hours before using. We have tried to offer a few suggestions for the proper care of belting, and we may summarize these briefly as follows :— Place the belting in charge of one man. See that he knows his business and attends to it. Have all belting periodically inspected. Remedy all faults in their early stage. Keep all driving surfaces clean. Put grease into too dry belting. Take grease out of too oily belting. Avoid sticky dressings. Run all belting at as nearly as practicable a uniform tension. Run belts as slack as they will work efficiently. Keep all shafting rigidly in line. Compensation Proposed for River Drivers In the Quebec Legislature, Mr. Cannon, member for Dorchester, recently proposed the extension of the Compensation Act to men in lumber camps and those employed in floating logs down rivers. By judicial decisions these men are now outside the act. Mr. Tellier, leader of the opposition, thought that when a man took the risk of his life, even for a small jobber in the employ of a farmer, and was in- | jured, his family should be recompensed for the loss, temporary or total, of the bread-winner. It was true that this kind of logging would not come under the head of commercial accidents, but when an acci- dent occurred the loss was just as great in a big as in a small com- pany. The Minister of Public Works said that the suggestion of Mr. Tellier was too far-reaching, as if adopted, any farmer having engaged a couple of men for cutting down trees, in the event of an accident would become responsible for damages. Mr. Tellier believed that no restriction on the kind of employer should be made, 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Reader’s Viewpoint on Trade Topics Opinions on Questions of General Interest—How to Replace a Pulley Key— Saws That Are Too Thin Removing and Replacing a Pulley Key Editor Canada Lumberman: I intended sending you a short contribution regarding my experi- ence in the application of power to mill machinery, but owing to an- other subject that attracted my notice, I leave it over for a future writing. A recent number of a machinery journal contains an article in which is handed out—free of charge—a method of removing keys, and fitting keys to pulleys on shafts. It must be evident to any mechanic who has read the article, that the writer could not be entrusted with the performance of the opera- tion he undertakes to explain. The removal of a key from an iron pulley fastened to a shaft, or adjusting a key in a pulley—or any other wheel is an operation so familiar to machine men and mill men in general, that the subject is seldom, or never, treated in print, and I should not have taken up the subject, were it not for the feeling that the article referred to might mislead younger men of less experience. The adjusting, or fitting of keys for holding pulleys, couplings, etc., to their proper positions, is very rarely done at the mill. This work is, with a few exceptions, finished at the shop. but it sometimes occurs that an old pulley must be placed on a new shaft or vice-versa, in which case it is up to the millwright to do the work, or have it done by a competent man. For our present purpose let us assume that there is a key, that requires readjusting, in a pulley on the main shaft of the mill. It was noticed last fall just before the mill shut down, and although it was driven with a sledge, yet there is a doubt as to its security and it may THE WRONG WAY THE RIGHT way NOTE THE SJHFFELAR LENGE IN THE HEE play a trick next summer. To readjust it properly it is absolutely necessary that the key be taken out for examination, and this is where experience counts. The man assigned to do the work may not have had an appren- ticeship in the machine shop; nor be much of a mechanic, but he knows something of the work he has in hand, and can be entrusted with it. Our man will make a good stout drift or have one forged by the blacksmith. This will exactly fit the point, or small end, of the key and is drawn out for about 1% in. in length. The full length of the drift may be about 8 in., and it will be made of 1 in. octagon or round cast steel. I enclose a sketch of the drift to illustrate my idea more plainly. Next a 12-pound sledge is secured and a pair of tongs to hold the drift and a man to hold the tongs. To take a position to give a good blow with the sledge, is the next step—not a swinging blow. The striker strikes a couple of light blows—aims as it were—and then lets go a good solid drive. He knows by the sound that the key did not budge. The same operation is repeated three or four, or per- haps twenty times, but the man does not mind. He has been at this before. At last the sound changes. The key has started back and our man heaves a sigh of satisfaction. The rest is easy. The key is driven back as far as the drift will send it. A follower is brought into re- quisition, and the key is driven out. But why did the key work loose? It was a bad fit, it was bearing hard at the big end and not touching at the small end. This is why it would not hold. A key should always bear hard at the small end if it is to be held secure. The question of refitting the same key or making a new one comes next. This is soon decided upon. It may be easier to forge a new key ! en Vy “ieee? oe 7 than try refitting the old one, in which case a pattern is made to fit exactly in the key seat, the blacksmith forges a key of the dimensions of the pattern, leaving just a little over for filing—for there is no iron planer within a hundred miles. The operation takes a little time, but this is expected under present conditions, and there is no complaint. We will buy an old planer and perhaps a lathe next year—W. Marsh. Charges Bank Interest After Due Date 4. D. M. Heise, retail lumber dealer, Stouffville, Ont., when in To-- ronto recently, visited the Canada Lumberman and reported a good outlook for business next spring. Mr. Heise, by progressive business — methods, managed to secure a satisfactory amount of business even during the recent dull months. Side-lines such as patent roofing, ce- ment, etc., had much to do with this, as Mr. Heise believes in stock- ing as wide a variety of materials as possible, so that the customer who is doing some building can buy nearly everything he requires at the one place. He does not push the side-lines to the same extent as the lumber, but if a man has his mind made up to buy a patent roof- ing or some other such material instead of using wood, Mr. Heise be- lieves in being the man to sell it. Following up collections closely, going out systematically after new business and being as useful as possible to customers, are some of the other factors in Mr. Heise’s success. Some time ago he decided to adopt the practice of charging bank interest on accounts, after — the due date. It took some time to educate the customers, but in the — end, all the really desirable customers fell in with the plan and it is now working well, as accounts are paid up promptly in nearly every case. There are occasions, of course, when the rule is not followed so strictly. In the winter for instance, when the sleighing is good, and a farmer’s teams are not so busy as in the spring, Mr. Heise al- lows farmers to make purchases and draw away the stock, but does — not count the sale as being made until about the time the farmer would be requiring the stock in the spring. The bank rate of interest — is not charged until a month after the opening of spring. This is a reasonable arrangement, as it enables the dealer to move his stock out steadily. It simply amounts to this, that the farmer stores the stock during the winter months and the dealer is sure of his sale. He is also sure of keeping the farmer’s trade, as a result of having ex- tended so useful a privilege. 5 . A Good Outlook for Trade at Belleville Editor Canada Lumberman: Belleville, Ont., February 5th. Building is very nearly at a standstill, and has been since the end of the year. The yards have about the average stocks on hand, and ~ everybody seems optimistic about what spring will. bring. There will — be a good deal of government work here, new docks, new fish hatch-_ eries, and the completion of the dormitories at the school for the deaf. — There will be the railway construction and the station buildings in connection therewith. So, with the usual building trade, and a good farming community always requiring materials, prospects never looked much better. ; A drawback to all business is poor collections. This has been — our experience during 1913 and there is little change as yet. Local establishments are carrying more paper under discount than a year — ago, a great deal of the paper being about a year old. Pit a Summing up conditions. We would say that the year 1914 seems — to be opening up with brightest prospects for the trade generally. There is every indication of a bigger and better year—The Holton — Lumber Company, Limited. Accuracy in Timber Estimating Editor Canada Lumberman: Old Town, Maine, January 9th. I feel that somewhat of an apology is due you for infringing on your space to the extent I have in getting Mr. R. Sweezey to acknow- ledge that the term “absolute accuracy” as used in an advertisement of that company, in reality meant “relative accuracy,’ but as Mr. Sweezey thoroughly so explains his inadvertent phrase in your issue of the Ist inst., possibly the space used wi!l not be unprofitable to readers, nor to Mr. Sweezey. je I do not wish to take up your space further by a detailed discus- sion of methods of estimating. These vary with conditions and re- quirements. Sometimes with certain species calipers are used; at other times not. Hard and fast methods cannot be insisted on, bt must be varied as experience and wished for results command. ‘ 9 7 ¢ oe 4 ~ Lee rh ty Fea raf a other questions Mr. Sweezey asks may best be answered by reference to various text beeks and pamphlets, especially to Mr. Graves’ “Forest Mensuration,” and to Mr. Cary’s “Manual for Northern Woodsmen.” I do not think it necessary to encumber your columns with any fur- ther answers. [will state, however, that the use of height classes and diameters form a satisfactory method of doing work in certain species; that the usual way of arriving at heights is to obtain an average height ior each diameter by observation and measurement of a sufficient number of trees to warrant that average. The mechanical part of measure- nt is done very simply, instrumentally, and I refer Mr. Sweezey to text books above mentioned for information, or will be glad to write to him personally explaining the method if he wishes. Iwill, however, take exception to one statement in Mr. Sweezey’s letter of the 16th, viz., that I have suggested methods in timber cruis- during this correspondence. I have not intentionally so done, as ems to me far better to remain on the point at issue which in this case was the impossibility of absolutely accurate timber estimates at a cost of 1 cent to 4 cents per acre.-—James W. Sewall. Editors note:—The above reply by Mr. Sewall to Mr. Sweezey, seems to ‘bring this interesting correspondence to a mutually satisfactory conclusion. Mr. Sewall’s letter contained further material of a contentious nature, which he kindly left at our discretion to publish or omit. The question has been well discussed already, however, and we hope that it has been of interest and value to our readers as well as to the writers. é; vies See q The Use of Saws That Are Too Thin Editor Canada Lumberman: Westboro, Ont., Feb. 2nd. Referring to the use of saws used by the lumbermen in our coun- try, | am firmly convinced that many of them are wasting lumber, by striving to operate saws to thin. We will take a 14 gauge saw, which by rule measure, 1-12 in. thick, or 2-24 in. thick, and give it 1-16 in. set, by spreading the teeth to that width. The whole width being three and one-half twenty-fourths inches, of a kerf. If a band saw and carriage is used, the boards*cut would require to be set out to 1% in., if to be dressed to 1 in. thick. This thickness of 1% in. becomes ne- cessary as the variations of the saw along with the lost motion of the different parts of the complicated machinery, required in the construc- tion of the carriage, make it absolutely necessary, for we may note, that % in. variation in a band saw, either into the log or out of it, is 1ot at all unusual. Ask any good sawyer. And what makes matters worse, is the fact that band saws so often score the lumber, if the plate and teeth of the saws are not in perfect order, or alignment. We will now leave the band taking three and one-half twenty- fourths, for one board, and take a saw 11 gauge thick, which is by rule measurement, % in. thick, or 3-24 in. thick. And spread the points of the teeth 1-16 in. or 1% twenty-fourths of an inch, making four and one-half twenty-fourths, or 1-24 in. thicker than the 14 gauge saw. But by a better design of a machine, along with the thicker saw, we are in a position to cut the boards 1 1-16 in. thick. We save the differ- ence between 1-24 in. and 1-16 in. by the use of the thicker saw, and make the lumber all merchantable. Some might say that the saving is not worth mentioning. But we fail to see the advantage of trying to lumber in the saw mill, and planing it off in the planing mill, or king planer chips instead of saw dust. And there must be a saving in eight when the boards are shipped rough, as nearly 1000 feet more in be loaded on a car. In the above I do not wish to be understood as condemning the band saw and carriage, for all purposes; far from it. T believe it to be the best for cutting defective, and large logs, if pro- perly ‘operated, but for small sound, and knotty rough logs, I have no hesitation in saying, the thicker saw is very much the best.—I. N. Kendall. ~ A Cash Business the Right One or Canada Lumberman: Bowmanville, Ont., Feb. 7th. -is rather early yet to make any kind of accurate report, or even imate, on trade conditions for the coming season, but, as far as we 1 judge at present, there is not likely to be any considerable amount building in the town. However, we have had a few inquiries from a and we hope to do our usual amount of trade with them. th reference to collections, we are finding this the most difficult our business to handle, and are being more firmly convinced day that a cash basis is the only satisfactory one upon which to ything like a profitable business. mall profits and quick returns,” is not only a good maxim but llent business proposition as well.—McClellan & Company, A Fair Trade Expected at Newmarket Canada Lumberman: Newmarket, Ont., Feb. 7th. ot see how the building trade this year can equal that of r. In my observation I find that most towns and villages cant houses, and factories in general are running either mber of men or on short time, which is not a bright ae ae CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | 43 I also find All outlook for speculative builders who look for a ready sale. that some men are leaving town and going back to the farms. ‘these conditions combined make me of the opinion that trade wil! only be fair for the coming summer. The outlook for the building trade in our town and district, seems very favorable for this year, and we are figuring on a good season’s business.—W. H. Eves. Healthier Business at Hamilton Editor Canada Lumberman: Hamilton, Ont., Feb. 5th. It is a little difficult to make any accurate business forecast at present as this has been a most unusual year so far. However, pre- sent indications seem all to point to a renewed activity in building operations in the early spring, or as soon as the weather will permit. Business is still a little dull, as the market has not yet recovered its former confidence. The situation on the whole is decidedly optimis- tic, and, if trade is not quite up to the early spring of 1913, it will un- doubtedly be of a more healthy nature—The Consumers Lumber Company, Limited. Prospects are Good at Hamilton Editor Canada Lumberman: Hamilton, Ont., February 5th. Business is very quiet at present in the building trade. Most of the yards and mills are on short time and short-handed. There is every prospect, however, that we will have ‘a good sea- son’s business, as the architects report that they are getting busy on plans for new buildings which are contemplated. : Stocks on hand are about average size for this time of the year and collections are nearly up to, if not as good as, last year—D. Aitchison & Company. Collections Fairly Well Met Editor Canada Lumberman: Almonte, Ont., Feb. 5. The outlook for trade is scarcely up to the average. It is better in the town, but not so good in the neighboring country. Collections are fairly well met. Stocks are below the average in yards and local mills, aside from those on the Ottawa River. So far as any reasonable estimate can be made, the outlook here is less promising than it was a year ago. However, the actual condi- tions will be better known with the opening of spring—W. N. Acton. Collections Fair but Past Due Accounts Still Evident Editor Canada Lumberman: Brantford, Ont., Feb. 7th. We have just as large a stock on hand as we hada year ago. Col- lections are fairly good, though we are carrying some past due ac- counts. Building prospects in this locality are not so good, though there will be a large quantity of the smaller classes of buildings—The Schultz Bros. Company, Limited. Expecting Trade to be Active and Good Editor Canada Lumberman: Burlington, Ont., Feb. 6th. We expect business this year in the retail trade to be as good as the early part of last year. Everything seems to indicate that the crisis is past and that the retail business is back to normal. Our ~ January sales exceed January of a year ago by about 25 per cent.—A. S. Nicholson & Company. Trade Prospect Paragraphs from Our Readers The general outlook for the lumber trade during 1914 is that it will experience a good steady business. Profits were about the same dur- ing 1913 as during 1912, but the price of lumber was $1.11 greater than in the previous year. We find stocks larger now than a year ago.—The Saskatchewan Lumber Company, Limited, Crooked River, Sask. Trade conditions are steady, but we look for nothing in the nature of a boom during 1914—C. Beck Mfg. Company, Limited, Pen- etanguishene, Ont. Lumber prices during 1913 were better than during 1912, but the costs of operations were also greater—Highland Lumber Company, Berriedale, Ont. The outlook for trade during 1914 looks better than during the ene part of 1913—Kent-Cooper Company, Limited, Collingwood, nt. . ___ The outlook for trade during 1914 is good and will be still better if the money market opens up:—George Tennant, Bracebridge, Ont. _ Trade conditions are slow at present, but we think they will be alright before long—J. W. & J. Anderson, Burnt Church, N.B. We consider that the outlook for trade during 1914 is very briglit. —J. D. Shier Lumber Company, Limited, Bracebridge, Ont. We consider the outlook for trade during 1914 to be fairly good. —Petawawa Lumber Company, Pembroke, Ont. 44 Machinery and Equipment What Manufacturers of Logging, Sawmill and Woodworking Appliances are Doing Simonds Canada Company Enlarging its Factory Foundations have already been completed for a large new build- ing for the Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited, at their plant, St. Remi Street and Acorn Avenue, Montreal, Que. The building will be of substantial brick construction, 170 feet long and three storeys high, and it is expected that it will be completed early in the summer. The growth of the business of Simonds Saws in Canada has been so regular and continuous that their present factory equipment in Montreal is working to full capacity. A new building will be neces- sary to take care of the increases during the next few years if the busi- ness continues to grow as rapidly as it has in the past few years. A. R. Clarke & Co., Ltd., Have Nineteen Men on the Road Nineteen experienced and well- known travellers will represent A. R. Clarke & Company, Limited, on the road this spring. Each traveller will have a full line of Clarke’s well-known cold weather clothing, sheepskin-lined coats, mackinaw coats and pants, and ladies’ fancy check mackinaw coats in a variety of patterns, and thoroughly up-to-date in cut and style. The lines of gloves, mitts, gauntlets and moccasins are well- known to the trade, but the com- pany’s past experience has en- abled them to make many im- provements upon what they offer- ed last year, such as, the smelters mitts with wire sewn seam, gloves with double sewn finger tips, and many other: useful improvements. The leather which enters into the manufacture of these goods is all manufactured in the ‘company’s tannery and has been improved until they claim that it is the best leather manufactured. many new styles. All their shirts In shirts, the company shows are double stitched and the buttons sewn on extra tight. model lumbermen’s shirt has met.with much success. favorite in the lumber business. Mr. T. H. Allice, of the company’s Vancouver office, who has been with them for many. years and is well-known to the merchants of British Columbia, will again represent the company. He will be assisted by his son, Mr. H. B. Allice, who promises to make as much of a success as his father. _ Mr. R. M. Carey, of Edmonton, will again represent the company in Alberta. He is expecting a banner year. Messrs. Thompson & Henselwood and their three assistants, of Saskatoon and Regina, will be going over the same route and visiting old friends this year in Saskatchewan. : Mr. J. McClure, of Winnipeg, is looking for splendid business with the merchants of Manitoba. Mr. C. J. Pattinson, or “Pat” as he is known to every one in the trade, has a larger territory this year than ever. He will cover southern Manitoba and Western Ontario. Mr. W. J. Gaynor, a newcomer with the company, has excellent recommendations and the company feel sure that their customers in northwest Ontario will give him a welcome. Mr. D. D. Rose, the company’s oldest and most respected travel- ler, will cover Northern Ontario again and is looking for larger busi- ness than ever. Mr. Theo. Trickey, will call on the trade of eastern Ontario. Though only with the company for two seasons he has made an ex- cellent record and is expecting to show a decided increase this year, as he did last year over the year preceding. Messrs. Mackenzie & Stuart, who will call on the Ottawa Valley trade, are new to the company, but are counted upon for good results. © ARCLARKE & CO. ASTE RN AVENYE Their new It is a general CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Plant of A. R. Clarke & Co., Limited, Toronto Messrs. E. N. Lavellee, of Montreal, and C. Morin, of Quebee, will represent the company in the ancient province. ‘ Mr. Geo. D. Travis, is the company’s farthest West traveller, He is known from one end of the Yukon to the other. Messrs. W. N. Yetman and T. H. Kitchen, of Sydney, are they representatives in the Maritime Provinces. They have made a record as among the most capable and courteous men upon the road. For Shifting Heavy Materials Some very interesting recent installations of Morris Overhead Runways, are dealt with in Bulletin A-12 issued by The Herbert Morris Crane & Hoist Company, Limited, Empress Works, Peter Street, Toronto. Reproductions of photographs of these runways bear testimony to the flexibility and handiness of the system employ- ed. The Morris Runway is shown in the warehouse, paper mill and foundry and the modifications of the equipment to suit varying con- ditions is shown in a very interesting way. yp. An Important New Swage Mr. F. A. Breeze, one of the firm of Breeze, Denison & Company, Newburgh, Ont., has patented a swage which will roll out seven gauges of steel at one pull of the swage, the pressure being made with steel rollers that put a perfect point on the corner of a saw tooth with half the labor or less, that is necessary where a solid die scrapes out the steel to form the tooth point. Mr. F. A. Breeze is the sole inventor of the patent steel roller bearing carriage and patent steel band mill that has attracted so much attention of late. A Valuable Remedy for Horses A valuable remedy for use in stables, which has been increasing in popularity from year to year, is Absorbine. Leading trainers and horsemen are among the steadiest users of this well-known liniment When a horse is cut or wounded, the owner naturally wants some- thing which will heal the sore from the bottom. Absorbine, being a germicide and antiseptic of well-known merit, penetrates into the wound, kills the germ and promotes a rapid healing process. Owners of horses which are suffering from a wire cut, fistula, poll evil, or any burrowing sore should write to the manufacturers of Absorbine, W. F. Young, P.D.F., 424 Lymans Building, Montreal, who will furnish valuable advice regarding the treatment of any individual case. Ab sorbine is sold at $2 a bottle at druggists or send direct, charges pre paid, upon receipt of price. , : > Ar = A New Box Board Matcher The accompanying illustration represents a front view of a new box board matcher which has recently been placed upon the market by the Mereen-Johnson Machine Company, Minneapolis, Minn., U.S.A. These machines have been given operating tests for approxi- _ mately three months, so that the company is placing them upon the _ market with every confidence in their capacity. They claim that the only practical limit to the amount of short lumber this machine will tongue and groove is the ability of the operator to feed in the stock. The matcher is ordinarily furnished with cone pulleys, giving a rate of feed of 85 feet per minute, or 140 feet per minute. It is equipped with eight pairs of driven feed rolls, two pairs in front of each cut- ter and two pairs behind. The rolls are 4 inches in diameter. The first and second pairs are 4% inches between centres. The second and third over the cutters are 54% inches between centres, and third and fourth are 414 inches between centres, making a tota! distance of only 14 inches from first to last roll, which gives the best possible support to short or warped stock. Each feed roll can be adjusted independent of all others, so that an operator with little experience can keep them in alignment. The equipment includes one pair of patent cutters which do smooth work on knotty or cross grained lumber. The saw- dust is conveyed to the rear of the matcher through cast iron pipes feeding closely under the cutters. The company will also furnish, when ordered, a gluing device, with an adjustable glue wheel, which _ can be kept in line with the cutters until they are worn out. This device is ordinarily tapped for steam connections. A similar device, fitted for electric current, can also be supplied by the company. The countershaft is directly connected to the frame. The T. & L. pulleys 8-in. x 5-in., are designed to run 890 revolutions per miri- ie New Mereen-Johnson Box-Board Matcher ute. The machine requires 5 h.p., has a shipping weight of 2,200 pounds and occupies a floor space of 3 ft. 6 in. x 5 ft. 3 in. The address of the Mereen-Johnson Machine Company is 44th _ Ave. N. and Lyndale, Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A. National Wholesalers Will Have Good Meeting , Arrangements for the twenty-second annual meeting of the Na- tional Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association to be held in Buffalo _N.Y., at the Iroquois Hotel, on March 4th and 5th,‘are progressing _and the indications are that there will be a very large meeting. Re- plies from invitations to the various trade organizations show that the _ tepresentation will be general, not only from the wholesale and retail associations, but also from the National Conservation Association, _ American Forestry Association and the Railway Business Association _ and others. The annual banquet of the association will be held at the | Iroquois Hotel on Thursday evening, March 5th at 7 o’clock. Increasing Imports from United States Canada’s imports of lumber free of duty from the United States mder the heading of “sawed or split boards, planks, deals and other mber not further manufactured than dressed on one side only” ng the year 1913 totalled 382,774,000 feet B.M., valued at $6,087,- Compared with 1912 this was an increase of about 4,500,000 feet quantity and $1,102,823 in value. Compared with previous years imports show a remarkable increase. In 1911 the total quantity 193,177,000 feet; in 1910, 84,666,000 feet, and in 1909, 50,811,000 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 feet. The imports for 1913 under this head were therefore more than seven and one-half times as great as during 1909. Imports of pitch pine during 1913 free of duty amounted to 118,- 868,000 feet, valued at $2,435,376. These imports also show remark- able increases. The total quantities for previous years being as follows :—1912, 91,441,000 feet; 1911, 94,048,000 feet; 1910, 42,341,000 feet; 1909, 42,317,000 feet. Imports of wood pulp during 1913 and previous years were as follows :—1913, $2,713,226; 1912, $1,858,831; 1911, $1,470,638; 1910, $1,052,400; 1909, $770,412. The total value of imports of wood and manufactures of wood free of duty from the United States during 1913 was $19,184,547, an increase of nearly $5,000,000 as compared with 1912 when the total value was $14,398,289 and over three times as great as the value under the same heading for 1909, which was $6,147,249. Dutiable imports of wood and manufactures of wood from the United States during 1913 were valued at $8,175,008 as com- pared with $5,315,493 during the corresponding period of 1912. Personal and Trade News The late Hon. John Sharples, of Quebec, left an estate valued at $779,456. Aside from a number of legacies, which total about $79,- 000, the rest of the estate goes to his wife. The Long Lumber Company, Hamilton, Ont., have sent out to the trade as a souvenir a very striking colored picture of a bull dog’s head, mounted upon a large brown board. Mr. F. Haimberger, VIII Langegasso 63, Vienna, Austria, is’ on a visit to this country, looking into the pulp and paper trade outlook, preparatory to making arrangements for the introduction of Austrian pulp machinery. Reports from Northern Ontario state that heavy snow falls pre- vailed in many parts of the north country on February 7 and 8. Cold weather accompanied the snow and made operating conditions in the woods much more favorable than they had previously been. Mr. James Barry, sawmill manager at Renfrew for M. J. O’Brien, 1ailway contractor, has purchased three of Breeze, Denison & Com- pany’s patent band sawmills, in two instances removing circular mills to make room for the band. He claims to gain one board on five in inch lumber, over the circular mills. At the annual meeting of the Nicolet Falls Pulp and Lumber Company, held at Danville, P.Q., the following officers and directors were elected: Mr. F. McCrae, M.P., president; Mr. John Quinn, vice- president; Mr. Lamoureux, secretary; Messrs. E. W. Tobin, M.P., J. A. Crepeau, L. Hannan, Jos. Lepine, H. Girard, directors; and Mr. E. Rocket, treasurer and manager. Wm. Copping, lumber manufacturer and exporter, Joliette, P.Q., has sent out an attractive calendar for the year 1914. A composite picture, in half-tone, is shown, representing various stages in the marketing and conversion of lumber. These include a cruising scene, a logging scene, a sawing scene in the mill, a typical lumber yard scene, and, in the centre, an illustration of an attractive house largely constructed of lumber. Mr. Arthur Rushforth, managing director of the Dominion Ma- hogany and Veneer’ Company, Limited, Montreal, has resigned his position with the company on account of extensive interests in Eng- land, and Mr. George Kersley, the manager of the concern, has been appointed managing director in his stead. Mr. Kersley has had ex- | tensive experience in the mahogany and veneer business in both the — European and American markets. At the annual meeting of the Papineauville Lumber Company, held at Papineauville, P.Q., it was reported that the company had a very satisfactory year during 1913, there being an increase in business and profits. It was decided to erect a mill to manufacture hardwood veneers for cooperage and cheese boxes. The following officers were elected: President and manager, Mr. T. Bonhomme; secretary, Mr. H. J. Tetreau; directors, Messrs. T. Bonhomme, A. St. Amant, and J. S. Bock. The Colonial Lumber Company, whose plant is located at Gillis Cove, Antigonish, N.S., have now over 1,000,000 feet of logs in their boom and a large quantity ready to be brought down in the spring. They will be ready to commence operations at their large sawmills and woodworking plant early in the spring. At present the company are giving employment to over sixty men and will have twice that number when their sawing operations commence. Mr. W. J. MacBeth, formerly with the Fesserton Timber Com- pany, Toronto, and who for many years previous to that was sales manager for the Parry Sound Lumber Company, has opened a whole- sale lumber business on his own account at Toronto, with office at 60 Brock Ave. Mr. MacBeth is open to handle stocks on a straight commission basis for manufacturers who wish to place their stocks upon the market in that way. He has also made good connections with producers of Southern pine and is placing this stock upon On- tario markets. WANTED PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other than “Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch. ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements of “Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. If Canada Lumberman box number is used, en- close ten cents extra for postage in forward- ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of “Wanted Employees” will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. ~ 2 eres Basswood Wanted Winter No. 2 Common and Mill Cull. cut preferred. Apply Firstbrook Box Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. T-tf Wanted 500,000 feet 1-in., 11%4-in. Soft Elm. : 700,000 feet 1-in. Basswood, Ash and Birch. For delivery as soon as dry this year. State what you can supply and lowest prices on Cars. Box 945, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 3-8 EE Eee Wanted Several cuts of good Maple and Beech to be sawed during Winter and Spring of 1914 in District between Georgian Bay and Toron- to, also stocks of Birch from Muskoka Dis- trict. Box 964, Canada Lumberman, ioronte. vee | Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit, or some second- hand machinery, the CANADA LUMBER- MAN AND WOODWORKER will bring quick returns. Use our “Wanted and For Sale Departrwent..” Wanted to Buy 500,000 ft. log run, sawn Hard Maple, vari- ous thicknesses, M. C. out. Must grade pro- per percentage 1S and 2S and No. 1 Common and not to exceed 20 per cent. No. 2. Will pay cash when loaded on cars; or will buy good Maple logs in the round, 12-in. and up diameter. : Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Montreal, giv- ing best price and rate of freight to Mont- real. 2-t.f. Wanted to Buy 4/4 White Basswood. 4/4 12-in. and over wide Soft Elm. Round Rock Elm Logs 12-in. and up diam- eter, 20 to 35 ft. long—admit 10 per cent. good white gray elm. Any station in Canada. Also square Rock Elm timber. Highest prices. Spot cash. HALL BROS., Manufacturers and Wholesalers. 4-7 Toronto and Marmora. Hardwood Pickets Wanted Beech, Birch and Hard Maple. : Require Thickness, 1/16-in. Plump. Quality—Free from all defects. Can take delivery of green or dry stock. Apply to The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Ltd., Orillia, for full particulars, price, etc. 24-1-TF ' In first class shape. For Sale-Lumb Bt mt Red Pine For Sale Four carloads 2 x 4 and up; 18 ft. to 24 ft. P. O. Box 392, Ottawa, Ont. 8-t.f. For Sale Standing timber, forty acres pine and cedar, part or block. S: A. PRICE, 71 Lakeview Avenue, 4 Toronto. For Sale Cut of Hemlock near Ottawa. Will manu- facture to suit buyer. HALL BROS., Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber Merchants 4-7 Marmora and Toronto. Lumber For Sale 200 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 375 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, r Montreal, Que. Piling, Ties, Round Timber and Lumber We can supply on short notice Jack Pine Piling or round Timber up to 60 feet long. Will have about 2,000,000 feet of Jack Pine Lumber this season of 1914. Would contract and cut it to order. Could also supply quan- tity of undersized Ties for construction work. ANGUS PRENTICE & SON, 4 Sellwood Junction, Ont. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, Janesville, Wisconsin. Wanted Half-inch boom chain. Schroeder Mills and Timber Company, Salines, Ont. 4-5 ale-Machinery an A Bargain 44-inch Wick Gang for sale at a bargain. Apply, Fraser Lumber Company, Ltd., 2-7 Plaster Rock, N.B. Woodworking Machinery: 2 24in. Ideal planers, matchers and moulders; 1 42 in. power feed band rip saw; 1 MacGregor-Gour- lay variable power feed rip saw; 1 388 in. Frank pedestal bandsaw; 1 10 in. Crescent panel bandsaw; 1 Cowan panel raiser; 1 No. 1 Ballantine power feed dowel machine; 1 Hespeler imporved upright power mortiser; 1 Cowan post boring machine; 1 36 in. Egan double drum sander. H. W. Petrie, Limited, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. For Sale 1—Giddings & Lewis Horizontal Slab Re-saw. 1—Pair twin slabbers for ties. 1—Payette Box Board Edger. 1—Engine, 12 x 20, complete. 28—Wrought iron dry kiln trucks. All in working order. FIRSTBROOK BROS., F Penetang, Ont. CORLISS ENGINES 150 to 175 h.p. cylinder, 16 x 36 in. stroke, This engine was new two years ago and was in actual operation less than one year. It isa Leonard’s latest heavy design pattern, and is just as good as new. Would make an excel- lent Planing Mill engine. Can be bought at a bargain. 500 to 1000 h.p. Twin Vertical Steeple Com- pound Corliss Engine in first class running shape. Would make an excellent Saw Mill engine. A bargain for anyone who could use this engine. 500 h.p. Cross Compound Corliss Engine, direct connected to a 400 kw., 250 volt gen- erator, complete, in excellent condition, with pumps and condenser. Can be bought at a bargain. - 80-100 h.p. Brown Automatic Engine, just as good as new. 72 in. x 18 ft. Boiler, full front, with government inspections. Apply Thos. Hobbs, Mail Building, Toronto. c Saw Mill For Sale Practically new. Fully equipped. Capacity 18 to 20 M. ft. daily. Engine 60 h.p., boiler 68 h.p. Everything modern. In perfect run- ning order. Suitable for heavy timber. Will sell on ground or F.O.B. cars. Further infor- mation from Box 949, Canada Lumberman. Toronto. 8-4 Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 25 cents. Position wanted by thoroughly experienced Bandsaw Filer. Address H. J. c/o Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 2-3-4 Band Sawyer wants position. Single or double cut. Good references. Box 956, Can- 4-6 ada Lumberman, Toronto. Position wanted as single or double band or circular sawyer. Good references. Box 957, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 4 Position wanted as single or double cut band sawyer for coming season. Good refer- ences. Box 940, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 2-4 Position wanted as Sawyer in Ontario or West on double cut or circular.. Good refer- ences. Box 961, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, 4-5 Situation wanted as Sawmill Foreman or Superintendent. 28 years’ experience with high capacity mills. Expert mechanic. Band mills a specialty. West of Winnipeg pre- ferred. Box 958, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 4-6 BAND SAW FILER wants position. Twenty years’ experience in United States and Canada. Can furnish gilt edge references. Would go where quality and quantity is want- ed. Would expect highest wages. Single or double cut. Box 960, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. = an 5) Wanted-Employees SZ 4 Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion, Minimum charge 50 cents Wanted a competent book-keeper for sash and door factory. Apply in own hand writing with references. Box 416, Midland, Ontario. 4 Men for sawmill wanted: Engineer, fire- man, sawyer, jacker, setters, tail sawyer, lath contractor, pilers and others for Band Saw Mill at Kearney, Ont., for summer season. Cut is pine. State age, habits and firms pre- viously employed with. Apply W. J. Arm- strong, Biscotasing, Ont. 2-3-4 EC REEA ER A GSI Hae, es For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hardwood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sawmill and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For partienlars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 19-t.£. ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN Splendid opening for Planing Mill Lumber Yard could be run in conunction with ad- vantage. 5,000 population; with large dis- trict to serve; cheap power, fuel, light, ete.; city growing rapidly, first-class business as- sured. Write immediately to the Secretary, Board of Trade, Estevan, Sask., Canada. 4-% For Sale Fir and Spruce Timber Limits in the vicin- ity of Fort George. Price right and terms liberal. Will be sold in quantities as agreed upon up to 45 square miles. Timber not ex- celled in British Columbia. If interested apply for further information to D. J. McEACHERN. 3-6 Alvinstoa, Ont. To Lumbermen A splendid opening is offered to a lumbe1- man with from ten to twenty thousand dol- lars. Must be a practical man and able to take charge of a camp, etc. A splendid pro- position to the right man. Apply in eonfi- dence to Box 955 Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. : 4 For Sale ' Lumber Limits in Eastern Canada, 80,000 acres, large Sawmill, fully equipped going concern, on salt water. Correspondence so- licited. Will be sold right to close estate. Address, Timber Limits, care Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 22-t.f- Business For Sale Sash and Door Factory in suburb of Mon- treal, on reasonable terms. Exceptional lo- cation to retail lumber. Premises and plant on long and very reasonable lease, therefore small immediate outlay required. Option to purchase location and machinery given if re- quested. Great opportunity—investigate. Ad- oo “Mill,” P. O. Box 1652, Montreal, i 4 Retail Lumber and Planing Mill For Sale Situated in best thriving town in Ontario, served by three railways, average of two hun- dred houses built yearly. Business averages over $35,000 yearly. Would consider selling machinery and rent buildings and real estate for a term of years. For further particulars apply to HAROLD L. KEARNS, 3-4 Orillia, Ont. Saw Mill For Sale or Lease What is known as the vicnic Island Milk at Little Current. Cutting capacity 140 M. inch lumber in 10 hours. In first class con- dition. Possession can be given Ist January next. For further particulars apply to THOMAS CONLON, 44 Church Street, St. Catharines, Ont. 21-t.f. Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general reabestate business. 1-t.£. _ Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. This is where buyers of timber property look for op- portunities to invest. If your “ad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. tf —_—_—_—— For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent_log pond. Ten and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, = -t.f. ‘ronto, Ont. feats Mi DTU re. SAUER d soe rece: a3 For Sale One second hand Smoke Stack, 26-in. diameter by 53 feet, black iron, and 8 feet 6-in. screen, %4-in. mesh. For fuller particu- lars apply Box 71, Drummondville, Que. 4 Coal and Timber Will purchase in large tracts only, either in Canada or the United States. We are prin- cipals and only deal with owners. No agents or options. Address “‘Cash,”. c/o Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 4-7 Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Also, Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, Brantford, Canada. 22-t.f. : MAIL CONTRACT * a oe Sealed tenders, addressed to the Postmaster General, will be received at Ottawa until noon. on Friday, the 6th of March, 1914, for the q conveyance of His Majesty’s Mails, on a pro- posed contract for four years, six times per __week each way, over Streetsville (via Meadow- vale-and Churchville) Rural Mail Route, from _ the Postmaster General’s pleasure. __ Printed notices containing further informa- tion as to conditions of proposed Contract may be seen and blank forms of Tender may be ob- tained at the Post Offices of Streetsville, Mea- owvale, Churchville, and at the office of the a Post Office Inspector, Toronto. . A. SUTHERLAND. > : Post Office Inspector. _ Post Office Inspector’s Office. e Toronto, January 19th, 1914. Near Dimension > a A sawmill was cutting veneer _ flitches whenever suitable timber | Was secured, and was making _ Some quartered oak lumber as an incident thereto, says the Hard- wood Record. Sometimes when _the grain was not running straight of a flitch blocked out consider- ably in edging to get straighter for cross cutting, maybe two ee feet from one end, and both ends. Quite a large CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER pile of these ends had accumu- lated, running in length from two to nearly four feet, in thickness from two to four inches, and in width from six to twelve inches. “What do you do with those short ends from the flitches?” was asked of the millman. “T am just wanting to know what to do with them,” the mill- man replied. “When they are four feet or longer I can put them back on the carriage and run them into short lumber, but be- -_low four feet they are too short to handle on the mill, and I don’t know just what to do with them.” It was then suggested to him that they were good material for making small dimension stock for the furniture trade, but the idea didn’t sound good to him because he had never found it was pos- sible to realize a good enough price for such stock to make its manufacture worth while. The same mill was working out and trimming up the boards and triangular pieces incident to saw- ing the flitches, and from these there were a lot of edgings and end trimmings that went over to the cross-cut saw and from there down to the woodpile. These and the ends made enough good quartered oak to have started a fair assortment of small dimen- sion stock, and, besides, the pro- cess of sawing other oak logs yielded plain oak trimmings that could certainly be used in the same work. The shorts from the flitches could have been worked into bar- rel heading by the addition of a special short log mill for that work. But it does not seem good policy to use them for that pur- pose when there is just as much need for shorts and dimension stock in the furniture trade as there is for heading in the barrel business. It was enough to make one fc *1 a bit peevish to see those shorts in fine, thick quartered oak, with only a knot here and there to mar the perfection, which could easiiy be worked out in reducing to small dimensions. When one considers that those needing such thick stock as barber chair arms can get it by gluing up several thicknesses of one-inch short lumber, the claim that there is no- thing in the small dimension stock business seems inconsistent. If there is not it is a fault of the trade some way, somewhere; a lack of getting together and get- ting at the business as it should be. There is a use for every good piece of oak from the size of a man’s finger and a foot long, up, and there certainly should be good use for the thick quartered ends from veneer flitches that range from two to three feet in length. To see stock of this kind going to waste is one of the strongest arguments in favor of having the makers and users of hardwood dimension stock get together and have an understand- ing, and build up a larger trade in this line of wood products that will benefit both the producer and the user. Good hardwood timber is too valuable to waste in this way, especially since there is a need for all of it and it is merely a matter of getting at that need in the right way. Cooperage in the U. S. The United States exports cooperage stock to practically all of the leading countries of the world, and some articles find their way to little-known islands and obscure places in foreign lands. It is a valuable trade and long has been. It has had its ups and downs, but on the whole it has been as regular as any other line of business, and in some directions there is good prospect of increase. The demand for slack cooperage is world wide. The export of cooperage mater- ial has not been of sudden growth. It rests on the solid foundation of many years of trade. Staves for tight barrels were exported from this country in large quantities more than 200 years ago, and ex- port has continued down to the present. The following figures show the number of staves ex- ported for six periods of ten years each. 1790 to 1800 .. .. 334,529,000 1800 to 1810 .. .. 325,421,000 1810 to 1820 .. .. 232,829,000 1820 to 1830 .. .. 242,794,000 1830 to 1840 .. .. 309,258,000 1840 to 1850 .. .. 266,351,000 Excelsior as a Mattress Material There is a new idea in regard to excelsior, which suggests possi- bilities for a product from pine and fir, in a consular report from Munich, Switzerland, which says that the Federal Department of Industry there has been experi- menting with excelsior produced from fir and pine as a material for mattresses in hospitals and mili- tary barracks, and that these ex- periments have proven eminently satisfactory. The idea suggested by this in connection with the excelsior manufacturing in this country is that of promoting the uses of ex- FOR SALE 47 celsior, especially made from pine and fir, as a material for mattress- es on the ground of special health- giving qualities. One of the great fights waged in this country is against tuberculosis and catarrhal asthmatic diseasts. In this con- nection it is well known that pine needle pillows are health improv- ing. This idea has been exploited more or less for quite a number of years. Also it is well known that breathing air laden with resinous odors is good and healthful. That is why people seek the pine woods for health now and then. Now this all being true and ac- cepted, why not excelsior mat- tresses made from pine and fir for the same healthful reasons? There are machines which will make the excelsior fine and soft so that it will serve all the purposes of com- fort, and the excelsior mattress should be cheap enough to com- mend it on this score and there ought to be room for consider- able development of the excelsior business along this line if it were gotten at in the right way and promoted industriously. OATS, HAY, Bran, Shorts and Flour —Car Loaps— A. W. FAIRWEATHER Traders’ Bank Bldg., TORONTO Montreal Engineering Co., Limited, 164 St. James Street, Montreal. Timber limits examined, cruised and surveyed. Waterpowers developed. Pulp and Paper Mills de- signed and _ constructed. Projects financed. 1—46-in. No. 1 Wickes Bros. Gang with divided press rolls and oscillat- ing slides, 20-in. stroke, 44-in. saws. Iu first class running order. 10 hours. Capacity 80 to 100 M. ft. per 1—54-in. x 22-in. Clutch Pulley for driving Gang. 1—380-in. x 22-in. Tightener with Boxes. / 1—Wickes Bros. 9 saw Trimmer arranged to trim all lengths from 8 to 21 feet. No Saws. Only used one season and in good working order. 1—Heavy Allis Circular Saw Husk complete with 2 Parkhurst Saw Guides. All good as new. 1—Dunbar 2 Block 4 ft. rift Clapboard Machine with capacity 6 to 8 M. per 10 hours. ; 1—Dunbar double Clapboard Planer and Jointer. 1—Dunbar 2 Saw Trimmer. Clapboard Machinery only used one season. 2—Solid Iron Pulleys 84 x 18 in. face. SHIVES LUMBER CO., LIMITED Campbellton, N. B. 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Review of Current Trade Conditions Ontario There is still very little to say about trade conditions in connec- tion with the lumber business in Ontario. Although, in harmony with other lines of business, the lumber trade has improved during the past few weeks, there has been no important increase in the actual volume of trade, but rather an improvement in the feeling, because of the general improvement in financial and industrial movement in stocks. The prospects, however, are quite encouraging and indicate that a large amount of lumber will be moved during 1914. Low grade pine and hemlock are very scarce on the market and are being held and sold at better prices than they probably would bring in compari- son with other goods, if it were not for the shortage of stocks. A well posted wholesaler, discussing this feature of the situation, re- cently stated that it was quite possible that No. 3 hemlock from Michi- gan, which he considered to be in the same class as No. 2 from On- tario would soon be an active competitor. In fact he reported that some was already selling f.o.b. cars, Toronto, at prices very little in advance of what Canadian manufacturers were asking for their stock f{.0.b. point of shipment. The same wholesaler, discussing mill and dead cull pine, reported that No. 3 common yellow pine, which he classed along with No. 1 mill cull white pine, was now being sold at prices ‘delivered Toronto” practically the same as the delivered price on dead cull white pine. At present, this does not make much dif- ference to the white pine manufacturer, as he has very little of this stock to offer. The same conditions, however, might have quite an important effect upon the new stock. Of course there is the possi- bility that the market for yellow pine may have improved to such an extent before white pine new stock comes on the market, that com- petition from this quarter will not be so keen. At the same time, however, yellow pine is now with us more or less continually as a sobering influence. Shingles are selling slowly and prices have not altered. This is to be expected at the present time of year. There is a fair prospect, however, of a brisk market in shingles in the early spring, as farmers have had a very prosperous season and are considering extensive re- pairs and new structures, which will consume both lumber and shingles. Lath are still practically out of the market so far as On- tario is concerned, but there appears to be quite a large quantity of spruce lath being held in the Maritime Provinces. Hardwoods continue steady at present and the market is normal for this time of year. Several reports which the Canada Lumberman has received of late refer to the fact that large quantities of hard- woods which were blown down in the older sections of Ontario by the storm of Good Friday and that in early November, 1913, may be ex- pected to come on to the market this year. These trees are now be- ing manufactured into logs and delivered to the mills. Some reports indicate that the total quantity of this class of stock will be large and may be expected to affect prices for a time. With active trade, however, such as is indicated by present conditions, it is hoped that this factor will only have a temporary effect. Eastern Canada A better feeling is noticeable in the trade at Montreal. No exten- sive business is in progress, which is natural at this time of year. Dealers report, however, that trade is increasing steadily. Orders for forward delivery are becoming more numerous. It is believed that easier money would be sure to bring about a good demand for lumber in Montreal, as there is a house famine and rents are very high. Build- ing contractors are looking forward to a very active season. The spruce market at Boston continues quiet and prices are still on the weak side. Frames are selling at $24.50 and random at $22. The base figure for dimension seems to be $24, although some firms are refusing to take less than $24.50. Spruce boards are quiet and offerings are light. Covering boards 5 in. and up wide, 8 ft. and up long, are selling at $22 and matched spruce boards at about $2.50 more. Better conditions are reported from the lumber trade in New Brunswick than those which prevailed a month ago. There is not much shipping in progress, but the outlook for the English market is quite encouraging. A few mills have sold their cuts of deals for 1914 at prices similar to those prevailing last fall, as reported in our market letter elsewhere. The indications are that prices will be firmer, but this will only be in keeping with the higher cost of the logs which, as usual, have been more expensive to secure this winter than in previous winters. The chief cause seems to be the higher cost of labor and the decline in its efficiency. Trade with American ports is still quiet, as both buyers and sellers are holding off, in the anticipation of market — improvement. January was a hard month in the trade, on account the severe weather. Much more favorable weather has prevai lately and reports indicate that trade is already commencing to brig en. Laths are firmer and shingles are moving a little more activ although prices are unchanged. There is a good outlook for the build- ing trade in New Brunswick during the coming season. ; Logging conditions during the winter, so far, have been ideal and a fair cut of logs is now assured, so long as driving conditions are al- right in the spring. Sawmilling plants along the St. John are busy with their repairs and are apparently preparing for a busy year. Great Britain 7 Reports from Great Britain lay special stress upon the import- ance of the recent reduction in the Bank of England’s discount rate from 4 per cent. to 3 per cent. stating that the relief given to industry and trade is no doubt considerable and will he!p to strengthen the tendency towards trade revival. Bank reports in fact are more favor- able today in Great Britain than they have been since 1896 and all indications in the financial and industrial world are that a revival of business activity is at hand. A much more cheerful feeling is prevalent on the London spot market than that of a fortnight ago. A tendency is noticeable to look ~ ahead and study probable market conditions. Values have not de- clined as was predicted in some quarters. Deliveries at London docks during the week ending January 24th totalled 3,848 standards as com- pared with 4,332 standards during the corresponding week of 1913. At Churchill & Sim’s recent auction sale, a lot of 3 x 9 in., 12 it., 2nd Quebec spruce was sold at £12 10s, and 3 x 7 in., 10 to 13 ft., brought £10 5s. 4th quality 3 x 9 in., 12 to 13 ft., was sold at £11 10s. Que- bec birch planks, 4 x 5 in. to 18 in., 7 to 15 ft., brought 1s 1d per cubic foot. Reports from Liverpool are to the effect that business continues normal with nothing of any special interest to note. The hardwood trade is fairly satisfactory, but is quite lacking in features. A little © more activity’is reported in c.if. and ex quay buying for forward de- livery. The best selling line at present is plain white oak lumber, for which there is a steady demand with firm prices except for un- graded parcels. The trade in quartered oak lumber is quiet and stocks are more than sufficient. Prices, however, are firm and only limited quantities are finding their way into consumption. Pine deals at present are firm at Manchester. There is a scarcity of fourth qual- ity Quebec, and owing to the high prices in Canada and the United States it is not expected that much of this stock will reach Manchester this season. This, however, is something that remains to be seen. United States Definite improvement is reported in market conditions in the United States. The railroad companies are coming into the market again with orders for several thousand cars and the appearance of the first of these orders gave rise to a general belief that railroad buying on a large scale would soon start. An encouraging outlook is also re- ported in connection with agriculture. Stocks at the majority of the mills and in country yards are also in favor of an improvement in trade, as there is no sign of a serious over-supply. It is interesting to note that probably the most encouraging factor at present is yellow pine trade. Stocks at the mills are only moderate and prices are stiff- ening in spite of the fact that retail yards are not yet buying at all extensively. Some reports have been going about to the effect that the yellow pine trade is approaching a period of activity such as it has never experienced before. This may be taken either with or without a pinch of salt, according to one’s own information. Logging condi- tions in northern Michigan have been favorable and woods operations are progressing in a very satisfactory manner. Estimates which have been made on a conservative basis indicate that the supply of logs in northern Michigan will be about 30 per cent. below normal as mild weather at the commencement of the season delayed operations great ly. Reports of improvement are also received from Pacific northwest mill centres. Improvement is noted also in the hardwood trade and the outlook for spring business is favorable. po The northern pine market at Chicago continues steady. The trade. during January was fair and a slight improvement was noted with the opening of February. Prices have not changed. Mill stocks are broken and stocks of logs are likely to be lower than normal, so that an advancing market is expected. At Buffalo, the trade in northern pine continues quiet, but enquiries are more numerous, ~ =" . - — oe ‘s : ‘ Ree et ae ae a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 49 B. P. Bore, Pres. F. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. Cleveland- Saeed Sawmills Co., Limited Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. | Sarnia, Ontario View of Mills in Sarnia. BEAR IN MIND That we saw all winter and always have large stocks of perinay and White = Pine Lumber = Biarce timbers cut to order, any length up to 60 feet, from Pineand B.C. Fir. Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. 50 Market Correspondence St. John Trade Improving St. John, N.B., February 9th (Special to the Canada Lumber- man) : The market at St. John is quiet. Very little shipping of lumber is going on, and very little has been shipped during the past two weeks. In fact, as far as the English business 1s concerned there have been no liners by which shipments can be made to Liverpool, as the present Royal Line of mail steamers have taken no deals, and the C. P. R. liners are sailing from Halifax. Small parcels are going for- ward to London, but not to any great extent. Shipments to American ports are very limited, only two or three vessels are now loading here for United States ports. So as far as St. John is concerned, the lum- ber being shipped forward, will have no effect upon the markets. sorte local market for house building lumber of rough kinds is fair. Of course the month of January was a very hard month, and the cold weather retarded much work which was to have been taken up, but during the past ten days moderate weather has started things, and factories report better trade. The outlook in the English market is for early business to be good. In fact some two or three mills have sold their cuts of deals for 1914 at about the same prices as last fall sales, viz., $17 to $17.50 per M. for deals, specifications running 50 per cent. 7 and 8 in. x 3 in., balance 9 x 3 in. and up, with the scantlings at $2.50 per M. less; ends at 2/3 the price of deals, and fourths at $15, all at mills, St. John buyers paying all other charges. What little advance the sellers have from last year’s prices will be taken up in the increased cost of the logs which are being cut this year, as apparently every year logs cost more to produce. Labor not only is costing more, but is of an inferior quality. No sales have as yet taken place in the American market from St. John, as the buyers and sellers seem to have the same ideas, viz., that prices will be better a little later on. In fact it is felt that the American market will be from $1 to $2 per M. better than in 1913. Laths are being sold here at from $2.75 to $3 per M. on sellers’ wharves for the season’s sawing. Shingles are moving a little better than they were, but prices re- main about stationary. Box business is good with a steady demand and prices remain firm. The outlook for local building for 1914 looks very good, and if all the work is taken up and carried along, which is now being figured, a good demand for all rough lumber and factory work should con- tinue through the season. The winter to date has been ideal for lumbering all over the pro- vince, and a fair cut of logs is now being moved to the banks of the rivers. The present.month of February sees the beginning of repairs to milling plants all along the river front, and from now on the mills will be under the hands of machinists and masons, until ready for spring work, which will begin about April Ist. * cathy Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company are making extensive im- provements to their Pleasant Point mill yard where they are install- ing a “turning table” to direct sawn stock from the runs, all over the yard, making it more convenient and saving labor. J. E. Moore is making extensive alterations in his new mill at South Bay. Ottawa Expecting Good Local Trade Ottawa, February 8th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): Some of the beneficial effects of the recently amended United States tariff are beginning to be felt here. Within the past two weeks, sev- eral orders for blocks of lumber, in different grades, ranging in quan- tities from 2,000 to 500,000 feet have been placed by American buyers. Most of these orders are for this season’s cut and it is predicted that more.are to follow. Trade locally is showing signs of improvement and the prospects are that this year will be a fairly good one for local dealers, as there will be an extensive building programme to be carried out. The esti- mates for expenditures on public works, which were tabled in the House of Commons last week, totalled $190,735,176, a decrease of $11,- 920,990, compared with 1912. Ottawa, however, is treated very gener- ously in the estimates for there is $1,932,000 to be spent here this year in new buildings alone. Some of the improvements on which this money is to be spent include: $1.000,000 for new departmental build- ings; addition to parliament buildings, $100.000; addition to eastern block, $35,000; addition to Royal mint, $35.000 ; new observatory build- ing, $80,000; new customs building, $500.000; new drill hall, $50,000; improvements to Victoria museum, $40,000 and other additions and CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD improvements to government buildings in the city each entailing ap expenditure of several thousands of dollars. Some reductions in the prices of high grade pine have been madt during the past week. Pine good sidings 1 in. x 7 in. and up, which formerly sold at from $52 to $55 are now more nearly at $52 to $545 and for 11%4 to 1%, $55 to $58 is being quoted instead of $56 to $60 as was the case a few weeks ago; while 2 in. x 7 in. and up instead of from $58 to $65 are quoted $58 to $62. Two grades of pine shipping culls are about $1 lower, while pine box boards are at $18 and $19 for 1 x 4in. and up, 6 ft. to 11 ft., and $18 and $19 for 1 in x 3 in., 12 ft. to 16 ft. ) In the House of Commons last week Hon. H. R. Emmerson, formerly Minister of Railways and Canals, asked the government if it was their intention to discontinue the construction of freight and passenger cars in wood and substitute steel. Hon. Frank Conchrane, ~ in reply, stated that the government had not decided to discontinue the use of wood for the purposes mentioned by Mr. Emmerson. This sets at rest the rumor that the Intercolonial Railway intended replac- ing all its wooden cars with steel ones. It is learned that the govern- ment has not even given the matter consideration. ; Mr. Moses Haney, who for the past few years has been the resi- dent representative in Ottawa for the lumber firm of Skillings, Whit- ney and Barnes of Ogdensburg and New York, is to be transferred to Sheldrake, Mich., at the end of next month. Skillings, Whitney and Barnes have had a resident representative in Ottawa for the past 40 — years and whether they will continue to do so after Mr. Haney goes away is yet unknown here. It is intimated, however, that the amount of business the firm has been doing here lately is not sufficiently large to warrant keeping a resident representative. Mr. Haney says that . cannot say what the future policy of his firm will be in the Ottawa alley. Mr. J. R. Booth, the veteran lumberman, who was seriously in- jured some time ago, is now able to go out for a drive on fine days. i a Montreal Trade Improving __ Montreal, February 9th (Special to the Canada Lumberman) : There is a distinctly better feeling in the lumber market. Naturally one does not look for a large volume of business at this period of the year, but many lumber dealers report that trade is picking up in a very encouraging fashion. A fair amount is being sold for forward delivery. With easier money, the prospects are excellent. Montreal is suffering from a house famine, and rents are being raised in conse- quence of the scarcity. The building contractors who, from various causes, were unable to supply the normal demand last year, will prob- ably have a very busy season during 1914, and this will involve a heavy demand for lumber. The building permits for last month showed a slight falling off, as compared with the corresponding period in 1913, being valued at $409,645, as against $485,600. 2 The ground wood market continues firm, for freshly ground pulp, the stock on hand being lessened by the heavy demand. It is hoped that before the spring freshets bring additional power, the stored pulp ~ will have practically disappeared, although one mill in a remote bale of the country has still a large quantity on hand. Western Pole Output Will Be Light At the recent annual meeting of the Western Red Cedar Associa- tion, held at Spokane, Wash., the president, Mr. H. C. Culver, in his — address stated that poles, posts and piling had moved freely at fair prices during the first half of the year 1913. A general recession of trade had taken place during the last half of the year, and to-day the industry was in a very unsatisfactory state. He believed, however, that, very shortly, a more healthy condition of affairs would prevail. Stocks were not over large and they were fairly well assorted. The output during the present winter would probably be greatly restricted As a result of lack of snow, practically no stock was taken out before the middle of January. Sawmill companies had also been inactive and would not produce their usual quota of poles, etc. The president drew attention to the extensive use of poles for conveying electricity. In the United States there were over 800,000 miles of poles lines. Over 32,000,000 poles were in service on these lines and the annual renewal requirements were over 4,000,000 poles. It was claimed that over 65 per cent. of these were cedar. He believed that they might predict with confidence a fair movement of their products during the coming year. oe ue ‘ ‘ * tsa ‘ » Phi 7 ee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 51 | SATISFACTION FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. | We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. ‘When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: - John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office eal ere Sea ra dar Hall, O ayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA §2 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Russian Veneer Industry By Henrik Cronstrom . Veneer logs in Russia are cut from December to March and transported to the factory in winter by rail, but in summer often by water, being made to float along with logs coming from lighter trees, to keep them from sinking. ‘he logs are carefully stored away at the factories and are kept in water-basins during the warmer sea- son. This prevents splitting and change in color, and the logs are therefore, when work on them begins, quite as fresh as if they had just been cut. Immediately before cutting the logs are steamed under pressure, for about six hours. This steaming must be done with much care. The pressure rises slowly from 0 to 15 pounds per square inch. All condensation must be drained from the boilers so the logs do not lie in the water. This is very important. After the steaming the logs are carried as quickly as possible to the veneer-lathe. Then follows the most important process after cutting. Glue spreading and drying. This is somewhat different in different fac- tories. ln most of them the veneer is carried direct from the veneer- lathe to the glue spreaders. Some factories, however, will first pass the veneer through a so-called wringer, to squeeze out a part of the water through the pressure. This tends to reduce considerably the time of the actual drying process. This operation will often'remove from twenty-five per cent. to forty per cent. water, hence it is easy to see that the expense of the drying is reduced to quite an extent. Some factories now use even a hot air drying machine for this pur- pose. The main thing is, however, that the pre-drying—where it is done—is never a complete drying, but has for its purpose only a somewhat lower presence of water in the veneer; hence, practically speaking, it is still in a wet condition when it reaches the glue-rollers. When the wet veneer goes through the glue rollers it imbibes not only the glue itself, but at the same time the materials that make it waterproof. The glue covered veneer comes then into the so-called glue press, where it is submitted to a high pressure between steam heated plates. In this press where the veneer is held a longer or shorter time, depending upon its thickness, the largest part of the moisture which is in the logs is removed. From this press the veneer is introduced into the so-called dry press, where it dries off and cools off quite thoroughly. When a veneer, for export is to be produced, without special designation of its purpose, the only thing still to do is to cut the veneer into the desired sizes, which is done in a so-called clipper for sizing, and to carry it through a scraper, whereupon it is ready for export. With several factories, however, a part of the veneer is treated somewhat further, by sawing it into ready plates for tea boxes, choco- late, ash trays, etc. In these cases the appearance of the veneer is often changed by letting it go through a coloring machine, imitation machine, smoothing machine, etc. This is the general way of manufacture told as briefly as possible. . If we now want to make a comparison between this method and the one employed in the United States we have to remember that in an ordinary factory in Russia there is worked in the main only birch and alder three-ply veneer of a thickness of 4, 5 and 6 millimeters, that is about 5/22-in., 6/32-in. and 7/32-in., while most factories here send out a highly finished product for different purposes. A com- parison, if it can be made at all, must limit itself therefore to certain leading features of the process. How Logs are Stored Moreover, the writer wishes to call the attention of his audience to the fact that his knowledge of the American veneer industry was gathered during the visits that he has had occasion to make to fac- tories in this country, and it cannot therefore be complete. Hence, it is quite clear that he will be guilty of errors in the following, for which he wishes to apologize beforehand: First, as to the way in which the logs are kept in storage at the factories, the writer thinks he has noticed that in most factories in this country the logs are kept all the year round on dry ground, while most Russian factories keep the logs in water-basins or tanks during the warm season. The former method is without doubt a disadvan- tage to the American factories. In spring, when the sap begins to rise in a growing tree, the same thing wi!l happen also in a freshly cut stem. This causes a change of color in the wood, and makes it brittle, and this is especially the case with the birch tree—in fact, as the logs are kept longer on dry ground, they will deteriorate in other ways— Fancy Woods and Veneers THEIR ORIGIN, VALUE AND USE—COMMENT AND VIEWS ON AN IMPORTANT BRANCH OF THE TRADE. by cracking, etc. As is known, a fresh stem can be kept in water almost an indefinite time without changing to any great extent. We now come to what is perhaps the most important difference between the two methods—the boiling, cooking or steaming of the logs. The American factories cook the logs for twelve to twenty- four hours in open water reservoirs or tanks. The Russians steam the logs for six hours in closed boilers under pressure. The purpose of the steaming is, of course, to render the logs sufficiently soft and tough for cutting. This purpose is attained in both methods; perhaps the wood gets a little softer through cooking in water. But is something else not likely to take place with steaming? We shall see. In steam- ing, according to the American method, the logs will take up in them- selves more water, so that they will contain practically a higher pro- portion of water than will some fresh lumber that is treated in the Russion style. All this water will then have to be evaporated by means of the drying process. How does this compare with the Rus- sian style? Through the stewing, in steam, under pressure, a large amount of the water is driven out of the log; the higher the pressure which is used, the more water is removed. Still, the pressure shou'd not be raised to more than fifteen pounds, for otherwise the wood will get too dry. There is, therefore, in this method less water left to be evaporated, following our drying. But something else will hap- pen when this steaming under pressure is used—that is, the sap-cells of the wood are caused to burst, the pores are opened, and the largest part of the sap and foreign matter which is locked up in the pores is driven out. : As before stated, this steaming must be done with care, the pres- sure being increased slowly. An increased pressure from the start would destroy the structure of the wood. The main thing is to ob- tain from the process a product that is soft enough for cutting, with open pores, free from sap and containing less water than before damp ing. . A gentleman in the United States, who is thoroughly acquainted with the veneer industry, told the writer that he has met with trouble in attempting to dry maple veneer in a drying-machine with steam- heated plates. The difficulty consisted in that from the interior of the wood a sap came oozing, which stayed on the outside and formed a sticky mass. He then tried to steam maple logs without pressure, before the cutting. The result was that the drying in the plate-dryer could be undertaken. What can we learn from this practical example? In the first place, that though steaming in water a large, even per- haps the largest part of the sap remains in the wood. In the second place, how easily the sap can be driven out by contriving a pressure in the cells inside, for there, as in this example, a wet veneer strip is placed between two hot plates; where the temperature is over 212 degrees, the water which is in the wood changes direct into steam, and a pressure results, which drives out the sap. In the third place we see from this example that even through steaming without the least pressure, a part of the sap can be withdrawn. Still, steaming without pressure carries with it one disadvantage that each veneer- — man has experienced, namely—that the steaming does not work evenly through the whole mass of the wood. But why is it that the removal of the sap is such an important matter? Because in the first place, as everybody knows, sugar, sap, rosin, and similar substances, are extremely hostile to every glueing. We cannot glue together maple veneer, when the exterior is covered with a coat of sticky sap. In the second place, getting rid of the sap plays undoubtedly a considerable part in producing waterproof ve- neer, as we shall see farther on. As far as the cutting itself is concerned, that is done in Russia in the same way as here ,and with machinery about the same; still there is a little difference. Sometimes a lathe with a movable knife is used, that is, the knife moves forward and backward parallel with the cut- ting edge. As we know, it is easier to cut wood when the cutting edge moves in the direction toward the fibers of the wood. Moreover, a smoother cut is obtained. In fact, this is a principle which has come to be employed with almost all woodworking machines. A veneer- slicer is known to be built on the same principle. Why then should this principle not also be followed in a veneer lathe? It is true that the machine gets more complicated, but it should be remembered that such a machine need not be used for rough center work stock, excepting only for the best face veneer. Moreover, the knife in such a lathe retains its sharpness quite a while. { Drying and Glueing As to the drying and glueing, which then follows, the main dif- > ~~) ? ¥ a (a > ope , . —1 - Pp “we 5 © She CANADA LUMBERMAN AND. WOODWORKER Mr. Lumber-Dealer Mr. Car-builder Mir. Ship-builder THE PIONEER MAHOGANY MILL OF CANADA Teak, Black Bean, and all kinds of Mahogany in Lumber and Veneers. Door Stock in Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Birch cut to size or Log Run, Several Hundred Thousand Feet of Good Dry Mahog- any in all Grades and Thicknesses Ready to Ship. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR 1914 CONTRACTS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Company Montreal West, P.Q. 53 Fy CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ference consists in this, that according to the American method the veneer is first dried and then glued, while the Russian process is just the opposite. We shall see farther on what can happen in the two instances. When the drying is done in the American way, the pores in the wood are closed more or less, the surface becomes sometimes somewhat case-hardened; at. other times, glossy. When this veneer passes through the glue- “spreaders, the main part of the glue stays on the Sice. A small part crowds into the wood, as the moisture of the glue opens the pores somewhat. What happens when the Rus- sian method is followed? When the wet or only slightly dried veneer goes through the glue-spreaders, the pores are open, and not alone this, but are also free from sap. The waterproof glue penetrates into the pores and is absorbed by them. When this veneer is then placed under high pressure between steam-heated plates, the glue is pressed very strongly into the pores. In this way even the larger portion of the water which enters the wood and glue turns into steam and goes off at the same time, carry- ing with itself part of the glue, whereby the pores are filled even more. Inasmuch as the external “strata in three- -ply are usually very thin, it will be seen that these are almost entirely impregnated. It might be thought that this process works slowly and is ex- pensive. The fact is that it is slower than the American process, but there is still another circumstance which should be taken into account. First, we see that while the American veneer contains perhaps forty per cent. to fifty per cent. water before the drying, the Russian con- tains not much more than half this amount. There is therefore so much less water to be evaporated. If we, however, study the principle of the drying itself closely, we find that two entirely different prin- ciples come into play. Without further going into details on this matter, it might only be stated that according to the principles em- ployed in the American plan, a sufficiently large heat is applied to the wood—such an amount as will cause the entering water to pass into water vapor, then the air is heated sufficiently to be able to take up this moisture and finally this moist air is gotten rid of in a mechanical way by blowers, etc., which requires power. Another principle for the drying is that to convert the water which passes into the wood into steam direct. For this purpose no air is needed. It is this principle that is employed in the Russian method. It would lead us entirely too far to show here in detail which method takes more steam, get along with only about half the amount of steam that is employed by the American ones, still they employ more steam at the time of steaming the logs. Moreover, there are obtained in Europe at least two glue presses with steam-heated plates for the same price as are paid here for a blower dryer. Everything being normal, the capacity, with glue presses of this kind, is about 180 cubic feet for ten hours, or if we take for example 5/32 3-ply equals 13,500 square feet. Ii anyone should want to characterize in a short, perhaps somewhat exaggerated way, the difference between the American 3-ply and the Russian waterproof 3-ply, this could be done, according to the writer’s opinion, perhaps in the following manner. The American 3-ply con- sists of three strata of wood glued together and the glue which is be- tween the strata has entered only to a small extent into the wood it- self, the pores of which are partly filled with dried or solidified sap. hence the moisture is easily absorbed through the outer stratum and dissolves the glue. The wood fibre or the skeleton itself of the wood is, aS will be noticed, not materially attacked by the moisture, but it is the pores’ that imbibe the water, which causes the wood to swell, and through this again the glueing can also be destroyed by the break- ing apart of the wood itself. Russian 3-ply on the other hand consists of three strata of veneer glued together, and the waterproof glue which is employed is to a large extent driven into the pores of the wood which are empty and Fir and Cedar Doors Finish E. H. HEAPS One fact is, while the Russian factories . B. C. FIR TIMBERS RED CEDAR SHINGLES Try Our “AAI Brand’’ Red Cedar Bevel Siding Mills at VANCOUVER, B.C. and RUSKIN, B.C. — i Mild ' >) 4 Vas . free from foreign matter so that the whole face of the wood is made waterproof. It is clear without further explanation that 3-ply must become much more capable of withstanding the moisture. If the American veneer would be glued with waterproof glue one would obtain, of course, a more or less waterproof product, but this _ would still be not of the same kind as the Russian, because the wous itself would continually be susceptible to moisture. It might still be said that every Russian veneer factory has a well- equipped laboratory for the examination of glue, etc. The writer has not noticed anything of the kind in the American factories. Cost of Production A Russian factory of middle size is built for about 210,000 cub feet of veneer per year. This is about a carload of twelve tons a daj Of this there are only about 10,000 cubic feet unglued in different thicknesses. The material is divided about as follows: ; Cu. ft. Sq. f7 9 4 mm. = 5/32-in. = 50% of all glued veneer = 100,000 = 7-300 000 5 mm. = 6/32-in. = 30% of all glued veneer = 60,000 = 3,600 000 6mm. = 7/32-in. = 15% of all glued veneer = 30,000 = 1,500,000. Thicker 5% of all glued veneer = 10,000 = 330,000 Unglued different thicknesses .. ..+ «se ea 1D 000 Total . . 210,000 13 ,530,000 ; Of every thickness there are about ‘sixty ‘per cent. first quality and forty per cent. second quality goods. To make up this produc- tion the following number of machines are employed: 5 boilers for the steaming of the logs. 3 to 4 lathes, depending upon the thickness of logs. 3 to 4 clippers. 2 glue spreaders. 2 glue presses. - 4 dry presses. 2 stock cutting machines. 1 to 2 scrapers. The number of employees in such a factory is about 70 men, or — for two shifts, 140. In case of part of the veneer being worked thor- oughly there is to be added one bet-machine (coloring machine), one smoothing machine, one imitation machine, five or six circle saws. These require for two shifts 30 men. The total crew employed in this way is about 170 men. To obtain an idea about the cost of production in such a factory the total expense for the main operation is divided over the whole number of cubic feet of finished veneer. In the United States all cal- culations are based on square feet, hence the expense has also been reduced to this basis, but we should remember that these figures can- not be absolutely correct, but are only an average because the cost of production, of course, is somewhat different with different sizes. The following figures are not gotten up in a theoretical way, but are taken ~ from results obtained in practice. Cost of production is as follows: Average Average per cu. ft. per sq ft. Wood 31.60c 0.496c LAO ie con aps baiibes 13 .00c 0.205c Glue - 12.60c 0.198c Administration, interests, insurance, up keep ... 19.83c 0.31lc Freight to England Sie bet 9.10¢, Os 59e Total bx cathe 86.13c 1.349c Market price about ... $1.04 1.627c The market differs, of course, but depends upon the preceding figures and on an average a profit of .278c per square foot may bes added. : Casing Base and Mouldings & CO., LTD. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 55 CHAIN-BLOCKS ALL SHIPPED THE DAY ORDER "Snap in Yellow Pine Planking For Immediate ete inidien 70M 2x4’ 10/24 (25 per cent. 10 & 12’) 200 M 2 x 6” ne 100 M 2x 8” by Pov 2ixio ‘* fen 2x. 12. * (15 per cent. 22 & 24’) About 50 per cent. No. 1 and No. 2 Dim. each. The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Head Office: Coristine Bldg, MONTREAL (60 per cent. 4 to 18’) IS RECEIVED. THE HERBERT MORRIS GRANE & HOIST 6O. EMPRESS WO’ KS, BRANCH OFFICE, PETER STREET, TORONTO, ONT. CORISTINE BLODC., MONTREAL, QUE. 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Carthage, N. Y. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND ©“ WOODWORKER bi Transmit 100% of Your Power Why pay good money to generate power and then employ a poor belt that will only transmit a fraction of that power. If you equip your mill with Goodhue Belts you can transmit 100% of the power generated. Goodhue Belts stretch 15% to 25% less than other belts and have just the right amount of “cling” on the pulley. . Write us for particulars and prices. S__ PEWP° A GOODHUE BELT = GET 20 PER CENT. MORE LUMBER FROM YOUR LOGS by using our Patent Steel Band Mill and Carriage Results from logs of given dimensions cut on Breeze, Denison & Co. pat. band mill. [his result was attained by different users of our iam. th Feet Lum. . eee ¢ mills during the season of 1912. We can prove to 8 in 16 ft. 45 ; : iD 16 Fs your satisfaction that this mill will cut more lum- i 4 171 ber and superior lumber than any other Band or Circular Mill on the market. Special features of Mill Concrete foundation not necessary. 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CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER What I Can Do For The General Planing Mill You don’t have long runs on a few kinds of patterns, the kind that requires a ‘333’? — your work is mostly short runs, different kinds, different sizes, different patterns—the kind that need me. Here’s what I can do for you: I will take care of all your matching and sizing up to 24” x 8”. I will do all your double surfacing up to my full rated width. I will run all the flooring you need. I will serve you as an inside moulder carrying formed cutters up to 1%” projection. 1 am readily accessible in every part, so that changes can be made quickly, easily and economically. I have all the conveniences, all the time-saving adjustments and all the grade-raising value of the latest fast-feed matchers. I have a mechanically perfect drive that makes every ounce of power count. I run at a low operating cost, both for power consumed and upkeep expense. I am medium in weight and size. ) I am also medium in price, so that any mill can afford to put me in. I am making money—big money—for hundreds of successful planing mill owners, men who, like you, are operating a general purpose mill. I will do the same thing for you. I invite you to write today—now—to my designers and builders. J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 465-485 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. , 20, 5, 9, CAA eo 3 60 Hardwoods—Per M. Feet, Car Lots Ash, white, Ists and 2nds, 1% and 2-in. 60 00 Ash, white, No. 1 common ........ 45 00 Ash, brown, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... 50 00 Ash, brown, common and better ..... 89 00 Ash, brown, ists and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4. 60 00 Birch; ists and 2nds, 4/4 ..c.cesccece 89 00 Birch, No. 1, com. and bet., 4/4 .... 33 00 Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 and 8/4 .... 42 00 Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 10/4 and 12/4.. 45 00 Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 16/4 Tate, aoten oe 50 00 Basswood, ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... 40 00 Basswood, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4. 35 00 Basswood, No. 2 and 3, common .. 18 50 Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, ists and 2nds. 44 00 Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, com. and bet. 38 00 Basswood, 4/4, No. 2 com. and bet. 32 00 Soft elm, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ........ 40 00 Soft elm, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4 .. 34 00 Soft elm, No. 2 and 3, common ...... 17 50 Soft elm, 6/4 and 8/4, 1 and 2 ...... 42 00 Rock elm, ists and 2nds, 6/4 x &/4.. 55 00 Rock elm, No. 2 com. and bet. 6/4 and 33 to 35 ft., 50c; 36 to. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND SLB. waisivcic Wore s apellded ie PaeTY iM oi 37 00 Soft maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ...... 33 00 Soft maple, com. and bet., 4/4 ...... 28 00 Soft maple, 6/4 & 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. 35 00 llard maple, 1Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ..... 37 00 Hard maple, common and better, 4/4. 30 00 llard maple, 12/4, & 16/4, 1sts and 2nds. 46 OU Red oak, plain Ists and 2nds, 6/4 & $/4 Red oak, plain Ist and 2nds, 4/4 ... Red oak, plain lists and 2nds, 12/4 and 16/4 PPT ed eae sine ae . 7 00 White oak, plain, 1st and 2nds, 4/4. 62 50 White oak, plain, Ists and 2nds, 1% and’ 2-itis is cis, abetn batsiaieteee ere 70 00 White oak,. plain, Ists and 2nds, 12/4 and 16/4 Scot Siem con ciate eet eatere . 7 00 White oak, 4% cut, Ists and 2nds, 4/4. 85 00 White oak, % cut, 5/4 and 6/4, Ists and Onde aceee en tie eee. 8 00 White oak, % cut No. 1 common 55 00 Hickory, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ........ 70 00 Hickory, 6/4 and 8/4, 1Ists and 2nds. 75 00 OTTAWA, ONT. Manufacturers’ Prices: Pine good sidings: L-in. x7 fand 9 %..:-2.2 ee $52 00 54 00 14%-in. & 1%-in. x 8-in. & up 55 00 58 00 Seis we, PAM PATA ATS yinieys ene e's 58 00 62 00 No. 2 cuts 2 x 8-in. and up .. 40 00 45 OU Pine good strips: UUs, Mevcin erate sitice. ci, 0) «.3 selenite 40 00 42 00 1%-in. and 14%-in. ......... 52 00 54 00 DAT Nate Aoteeh mecioida etaute tie tae ea 52 00 55 00 Pine good shorts: lsin, x (in; sand) AIp) <% «.05'c-) 42 00 44 00 l-in. x 4-in. to G:in. ...... 32 00 35 00 1%-in. and 1¥%-in. .......... 50 00 54 00 PAIN. |, vib 0'c'ele. | Meee ale tee te 52 00 54 00 T-in. to 9-in. A sidings .... 25 00 27 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing sidings .. 30 00 33 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing strips .. 29 00 30 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing shorts .. 22 00 26 00 Pine, 1-in. x 4-in. s.c. strips .. 22 00 23 00 Pine, l-in. x 5-in. s.c. strips .. 24 00 25 00 Pine, 1-in. x 6-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 24 00 Pine, 1l-in. x T-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 24 00 Pine, 8 s.c., 12 ft. to 16 ft. 26 00 27 00 Pine, l-in. x 10-in. M.R. ..... 27 00 28 00 Pine, s.c. sidings, 1% and 2-in. 28 00 30 00 Pine, sic, ‘strips? Sins cxcice. cle 20 00 22 00 14, 134: and, -2-in. 3.2. seuare 24 00 26 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 1 x 4 to 6 in. 20 00 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1 x 5 21 00 22 00 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1x6 21 00 22 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 6’-11’ 1”x10” 24 00 25 00 Pine, box boards:. 274 tand itp G-dd! 9... aa8 18 00 19 00 1X Seto Gs) Ao Es cae 18 00 19 00 Pine mill culls, strips and sid ings, l-in. x 4-in. and up, 12- ft watid "Up std sitebloiets miata . 1700 19 00 Pine mill ac stock 1x 12... 2100 22 00 Mill cull shorts, 1-in. x 4-in. and up, 6-ft, to Li-ft. ./...... 17 00 18 00 Oh eullsis) Geyup. ciple sts ae woes aie 14 00 16 00 Red pine, log run: mill culls out, l-in. ...... 18 00 20 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ...... 19 00 21 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ..... 19 00 21 00 mill culls out, 2-in. ........ 22 00 24 00 Mill culls, white pine, 1”x 7” , BNO QUID! ose .n. ce Rh ws Mo mio ea 20 00 21 00 Mill run Spruce: 1”x4” and up, 6’-11’ .. 17 00 18 00 1”x4” and up, 12’-16" ..... 18 00 20 00 1”x9”-10” and up, 12’-16’° 22 00 24 00 14%"x7” 8-9” and up, 12’ -16’ 22 00 24 00 14%"x10” and up, 12’-16’ ... 22 00 24 00 14%” & 2”x12” and up, 12’ -16’ 25 00 26 00 Spruce 1-in. clear (fine dressing MATIC ES) Pointed winis bones oieiart - 25 00 27 00 Hemlock 1-in. cull ............ 13 00 15 00 Hemlock 1-in. log run ........ 17 00 20 00 Hemlock 2x4, 6, 8, 10, 12/16’. 19 00 23 00 "TAMBTaC. «conia> od uals Pte ee ciated 19 00 20 00 Basswood log run, dead culls UE inane ove! Po satsne athe mee rete 22 00 24 00 Basswood log run mill culls out 23 00 26 00 Birch log “rnin: os) cease ae 00 22 00 Soft elm, common and better, te LSG eects te sialeiefasastatels etetale 20 00 24 00 Ash; black, log run «...:... 25 00 28 00 1 x 10 No. 1 barn ...... 33 00 36 00 1)x 10. No: 2 barn’... ... 23 00 26 00 di xR arid 9) No: (2) barn eerie 22 00 23 00 Lath per M: No. 1 white pine 1%-in. x pcs 400 435 No. 2 White Pine ...... 3880 3 95 Mill run white pine ...... . 400 4 25 Spruce, mill run 1¥%-in. ....... 300 8 25 Red pine mill run ...... 325 8 60 Hemlock, mill run ...... 275 800 G2-in: WAC Tc ccc tes wis cles. cerenete 180 200 Pine Shingles xXx, USNS oose st wneae ee 300 3 50 Sicae Hutt lt8-int ewes 250 3 25 sidip\s:eje! , Yetoie wits ierebaitare Spe Rie aie 1 75 White Cedar Shingles: xxx. 18-100 oo gece wee 375 4 25 Clear butt, 18-in. ...... 300 38650 pees ts deere OR MU Me Src 2 00 Spruce logs (pulp) ...... 13 00 15 00 QUEBEC, QUE. cts. White Pine—In the Raft First class Ottawa waney, 18-in. av- erage, according to lineal ..... 70 Oak—Michigan and Ohio By the dram, according to oxaieae ant. 1 Gilalltye ses setae ee Elm By the dram, according to average and quality, 40 to 45 feet .... 80 ‘ WOODWORKER By the dram, according to average and quality, 3U to 35 feet ..... 65 Ash 13 inches and up, according to aver- age and quality, per cu. ft. .... 25 30 Average: L6citichast «ina wee Talals fanave 30 40 Birch he inch, (per vCile fh nice see eee 20 22 Joninch, (per cts (it. “o.masoeateette 24 26 1G inch, per» ‘ct. Ht. Ssoes ans wate 28 30 LS. inch; per Cul, 1b ts sees deers 32 35 Quebec Spruce Deals 12 ft. and up x 3 x 9 and up. $20 00 21 00 Oddments © dchicn cite welds! 5 cfe'ee 17 00 18 00 Boards, VU antd2) ins co deices (viaks 16 00 18 00 Birch Planks ito. 42 ih isc ace cases -.--- 17 00 19 00 SARNIA, ONT. Fine, Common and Better 1 x 6 and 8 in. «22... weeeeeee ceene $54 00 1 in., 8 in. and TG) WIE! wad crass ww siete 62 00 1% and 1% in. and up wide ....... - 65 00 2.in> and’ up wid) 22. cs sues en as 70 00 Cuts and Better 4/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 55 00 6/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 65 00 8/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 65 00 6/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better ...... 52 00 8/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better ...... 54 00 6/4 x 6 and up No. 3 and better ..... . 46 00 8/4 x 6 and up No. 3 and better ...... 50 00 No. 1 Cuts Vin, 8 in, avid) wp) Wid6 seems 6s. tone oe 42 00 1% in., 8-in. and up wide ...... .. ---. 55 00 1% in., 8-in. and up wide ....5. ss..ce 57 U0 2 in.,. 8-ina ‘and! Op “Wide. sic. cidelediute 60 00 2% and 8 and 8-in. and up wide.... 75 00 4 in., ‘S-in. and ‘tp ‘wide. <2-=ec" eeneaty 85 00 No. 2 Cuts 1 in., 6-in. and up wide ..... 1% in. 6-in. and up wide .. 1¥% in., 6-in. and up wide 2-in., 6-in. and up wide ...... 24%, 3 and 4 in., 6-in. 17) WIUG\.. ales) acid etal epee No. 3 Cuts Lin. Gain.vand up: Wide 0... .eak sai 24 00 14% and 1% in., 6-in. and up wide.. 33 00 2in., Gin, Bnd Up) Wide Sassen. saecas 33 00 2%, 3 and 4-in., 6-in. and up WIDE =< tarenrarsinearanstn reer ae 43 00 48 00 Common and Dressing Mill Run lsin. xT4a0 4A Gene eae . ok eee eee 24 00 Lain, DEW we anes vd ocd et, ee ein 25 00 L-in: XS@-in. i aeciwe eviews vents 26 00 Dein: x. Sein 2c cin eiowrs ee eats . . 27 00 Tein. x 10-in. 6... 262220 se eeee . 29 00 L-ins x p2-in:. Scie tascmen seen eee 34 00 1 in. x 13 in. and up ..... a) eens ose OD 134, 1347 andy2-ini var. a miclenter ... 80 00 No. 1 Barn 1 inch are be 14%, 1% an in ou, antl 3-in. 45 00 4. inch c.2. 2 50 00 t snch eam 28 00 36 00 134; 134 Yand 2-ins non pine sesan sees © 4 00 Nov 3. °46-in) “ite! as geno os oe 475 No., 8; 4630. Upin@in..- 15. viene s 3 50 No. 1 48-in. -hemlock ...... 3 25 WINNIPEG, MAN. No. 1 Pine, Spruce and Tamarac Dimensions, a or 2 1S. and 1 E. 6 f 10 ft. a4 ft. D8 ila 15 00 is 00 22 00 00 2x Oi ate hess 18 00 1800 2200 20 00 2 xB .aeeske 18 00 1850 2200 2000 2 x10 wee 1900 1950 2250 2100 2°x 12, eee 19 00 2000 2450 22 50 PINE, SPRUCE, TAMARAC & LARCH Mountain Stock Dimensions i ee Sree er 2% CPS tae 19. eee eas) aoe 2 x 8,8 to 16 eas aeus coe eee No. 1 Common Boards 4 incliGs stenting dae tee > ee ee -. $18 6 inch J... .«/tecesme. tae ee WG SVinch (ee Gsee ee bene melee . AO) ich"... Baca eae ene via. o wea 12 inch! Fiera 'o's Toe ane eee Flooring Avor @ inch Wo, 1 J5..55>5 ae 4 or G inch N62 sinc cca sioxéiomia & or G inch WO.18" cneclance ia Shiplap—Finished &, ieh.\ val cet cee aie Pe eo @. inch ...%.% oo 0:0 80:0 eee 8, 10, 12 inch owlae- wee rate «. Jaen Siding 6 inch No: 1 ..couw Pers 6 inch No, 2 ...005 «muse 6 inch No. 8 ciccss | oslep eee ; th No. 1 Cedar, Pine, Spruce ...... No. 2 cedar, pine, spruce .... PINE—ROUGH TIMBER 12 ft. 14 and 00 rs A con eeeee 14 up to 32 ft. BRITISH COLUMBIA FIR Dimensions, S 1 S. and E. ea x 8, 8 re 3 ft po 12, 8 to 16 ft. 2 ft. SENESERS + 22ss¢ - to So . ee ween ee ee ee 18 to 82 i ~-.-. Sel. FLOORING No. 1 and 2 red pine, 4 in. E. G. No. 1 and 2 fir flooring ...... B. C. Fir E. G. No. 1 and 2 flooring. m G OE ol ld Awe Mes . No. 1 and 2 flooring ........ and F. G. No. 3 flooring ...... ae SHIPLAP Pine or spruce 8 to 16 ft., Gin 5 ..s A B. 4 Fir, 87 io” and 2B shiplap sete eee ewww ee BOARDS—ROUGH OR S. 1 5. pine, EA incleer cs ics © pine, 10 inch ........ 25 pine, me widths . pine, mixed widths .. 145 pine, mixed widths .. = 0 SHINGLES XXX B. C. Cedar ...0 esse eee = KX. BC. Cedar | doses ee seem ore XXX Dimension ...... LATH No. 1 a W. & R. Pine :-........ No. 1 B. C. Fir common common common common common Z ° Ce i es « BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. White Pine Wholesale Selling Price Uppers 4/4 ...... Uppers 5/4 to 8/4 Uppers 10/4 to 12/4 Selects 4/4 ...... Selects 5/4 to 8/4 ...... Selects 10/4 to 12/4 .... Fine common 4/4 Fine common 5/4 Fine common 6/4 Fine common 8/4 Cuts 4 Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cate S/4 Sik xceuae Decastiti 5/4. Staite tite a tetera Dressing 5/4 = 10 % hae Dressing 5/4 x 12 No. 1 Moulding 5/4 No. 1 Moulding 6/4 .. No. 1 Moulding 8/4 (Continued on page 68 ) ee ee a) ee ee oe ee Z ° 09 C9 CO DORI ND ND et et CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 67 DISSTON Points and Holders DISSTON Inserted Tooth Disston Advantages of the . H : ° ||| Chisel Point Saw Points | | While the first cost of a Chisel Point is more than One of the leading features of the Disston Point | that of a solid tooth saw, it is much cheaper in is the shoulder at top of bit which rests against the long run for the following reasons : the saw plate, affording a strong permanent sup- [It is not necessary to buy a larger saw than is port. This shoulder makes it impossible to mill actually required on the start, for the Chisel Point the groove in a Disston Point. To make the Saw always retains its original diameter. It never groove conform to an exact shape, therefore, the requires gumming and unless it meets with an point, after drop forging, is placed in a powerful accident very seldom needs hammering. press before the hardening and tempering opera- tions. This press gives a smooth, even, correct form to the groove. A Disston point fits perfectly and remains firmly in place until the edge is worn The only tool required to keep it in order is a file. It can be pointed or sharpened in a few minutes and in the event of the saw striking iron in the log | 2 , down. | all necessary repairs can be made in a very short | time by inserting a new set of points. Consequent- A milled point, on the other hand, cannot have i ly the money saved in buying a smaller saw, the this shoulder. The pressure is Bors on the foot hi additional saving effected through not requiring of the point which rests on a projection in the saw if -agummer or other tools usually necessary for plate, some distance from the periphery line. The | keeping a Solid Tooth saw in order and quick re- metal back of the head wears or bends away from i fitting make the Chisel Point Saws decidedly the the point, leaving a slight space which permits p most economical. more or less play in the point. 1] In addition to the foregoing, owing to the angle A Disston drop forged and pressed Point remains || at which the teeth strike the wood and the ample solid and firm, but a milled point soon begins to | gullet room for taking care of the sawdust, the chatter and lead out of the cut. The increasing i! Chisel Point Saw requires less power to drive at wide-spread use of Disston Points is the best | a given rate of feed through a cut of given thick- possible assurance that they not only meet every ness than any other pattern of saw. requirement, but outwear all others as well. Send for our new book, ‘Saw Appreciation”’ Henry Disston & Sons, Limited vie Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File works Established TORONTO, CANADA 1840 _ Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Branch at Vancouver, B. C. 68 The following quotations on lardwoods 1e- Moulding 5/4 Moulding 6/4 Moulding 8/4 .. Barn 1 Barn COMN RHR tot pr 1 x 138 and up Cc A NA 1) A present the jobber buying price at Buffalo 4/4 48 - 50 30 - 32 and Tonawanda: 5/4to 8/4 55 - 57 32 - 84 22 10/4andup 64-66- 44 - 46 24 MAPLE 1s &2s No.1Com. No.2 Com. White vi ree ge aa on E = i nite pine uppers, ‘o 2.40, ... area 8/4 He - - a E - i r En nee 1 to + ots Sas Ps ud ahr i ae ine common, 1 in. ...... .... 10/4 to 16/4 40 - 42 30) - 32 22 - 24 Fine common, 1% to 2 in. ..... 70 00 RED BIRCH No; d) ‘GutscTyiiienes acs bowen 4/4 44 - 46 30 - 32 18 - 20 No. 1 Cuts 14 to 2 in. ....... 60 00 5/4to 8/4 46 - 48 32 - 34 20 - 22 'No.. 2 Guta Fi simneascpute «oa (os ee] NSIRe i ee A go to 46 2 eo 4 a w ZL é I er cent Ie 7H - eh eT rncrease 3 Zivho loge | BPE ry |, peepee co } TENSION'ON SLACK SIDE, LB 80 40 50 60 70 80 9 100 110 120 130 140 150109 TENSION ON SLACK SIDE, LB. ASH, WHITE AND BROWN 21 - LUMBERMAN 18 - 4 20 - SAP BIRCH 4/4 38 - 40 26 - 28 20 - 5/4andup 40 - 42 28 - 30 20 - SOFT ELM 4/4 38 - 40 27 - 29 5,6&8/4 40 - 42 29 - 31 BASSWOOD 4/4 36 - 38 27 - 29 19 - Thicker 38 - 40 29 - 31 21 - PLAIN OAK 4/4 54 - 56 35 - 37 23 - 5/4to 8/4 56 - 58 37 - 39 25 3 & 60) jo to 100 w 3 & 50 Z per cent z 30 increase Fd These Curves Show the Increased Pulling Power Produced by Cling -Surface and as they were plo Kent, M.E., youcankn Mr. Kent tested two new _ belts—one treated with Cling-Surface, and the other not. To make the test perfectly fair both belts were first driven side by side in a New Jersey factory. Then, by means of a testing frame built especially for the purpose, some weights, and a polished rigid pulley, the comparative tests indi- cated by these curves were. made. The complete statement which Mr. Kent has prepared covering these tests is now printed in booklet form. If you Sectional view showing com- parative size of weld and chain. 1021 Niagara St New York Atlanta X” Loading Chain Experience has taught us that a good chain cannot be made from In Ajax chains you get the best steel obtainable and every weld guaranteed. Ajax chain is guaranteed to pull tted by Robert Thurston ow they are authoritative wish, as you should, to improve economy in and in connection with your belts, we will be pleased to mail you a copy. Cling-Surface stops slip; makes belts running, and long lived; pliable, easy _lo waterproofs; and reduces friction. Cling-Surface is used all over wettest, hottest and coldest climates. Your order or inquiry will have our We quote best and quickest attention. f.o.b. Toronto. Denver Kte Chicago Toronto Boston Memphis cheap material. stiff before breaking. Standard Chain Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. the world with equal success—in the dryest, w Cling Surface Co Buffalo N Y 73 AND e No. 2, Cute, 1% to 2 in. ..,. 48 00 S Barn Boards, No. 1, 1 x 12 .. 48 00 Wos 5. 1 taerio'< No} 4, 1) a8 20 No. 2, 1 x 12 .. 40 00 22 No.2) x 200s. 86 00 No.2, i to operate, requires the least power, the lowest upkeep, and does the best and most work at the lowest cost. t’s a Berlin! F ; wal LyTUins Operating Berlin Bands Give Results Berlin Bands are built for lifetime service. They embody improvements you cannot buy elsewhere at any price. The base is a one piece casting. The upper wheel is constructed est for you to use. Cheaper because they will consistently produce more and better work, entirely of steel with staggered stee! spokes and weldless stee! rim. The lower wheel is cast of special iron with hardened face. Both wheels are accurately ground and balanced. The rolls are set by a quick, accurate set works, and powerfully driven through a variab'e speed device by wide, open belts. A knife-edge straining device protects blades from excessive strain. Each Berlin Band is built with care and accuracy. It costs us more to build such machines, but they are the cheap- United States Plant - day after day, year after year. The Band Saw Book illustrated above tells ail about Ber- lin Bands and offers practical suggestions for increasing your profits. “Fitting and Operating” will help your filer. “Turn- ing State’s Evidence” shows what your neighbor users think of Berlin Bands. __Use your letterhead in sending for these books. edition is limited. The BERLIN MACHINE WORKS, LIIMTED, Hamilton, Ontario Largest Manufacturers of Woodworking Machinery in the World Beloit, Wis. re WAS Fae at 5 74 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND .WOODWORKER Horizontal Slab Re-Saw | | A Horizontal Slab Re-saw will increase the capacity of a saw-mill from 15 to 25 M ft. at a less cost for equipment and a less cost for operation, than can be accomplished in any other way. One customer in Canada has purchased 7 of our Re-saws, another 4 and another 3. Catalogue gladly furnished without obligation to you. It also illustrates many special Box Factory Machines. The Stuart Machinery Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. Agents for Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Mereen-Johnson Machine Company, © ts.4. LOGGING LOCOMOTIVES The locomotive illustrated was built for MacKenzie, Mann & Co., Contractors, ) a es pel Montreal, Canada, and represents the latest a i aR oa ce wa development in this type of locomotive. It is suitable for logging contractors, quar- ries, mines and industrial service. It will haul 1,875 tons on level, and 160 tons on 3 per cent. grades, ‘ Consult us when in the market for new locomotives. Let us help you select the locomotive best suited to your needs. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA CANADA CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD., TROUT CREEK LOGGING CO.LTD. Engine being operated by the Trout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. of Trout Creek, Canada CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES F Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp Curves. weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog ‘‘H LUMBERMAN OR WOOD AND IRON RAILS A 62-ton Climax Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. Any oo CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER, B.C. Especially adapted for heavy hauling on steep grades, sharp curves and uneven tracks. For logging, switching and pulling on main lines, mills, fur- maces and indus- trial purposes. Just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. Heisler Locomotive ERIE, PA., U.S. A. Works Whitney Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wash., North Western Sales Agent HARBOUR OF WOODWORKER Mikado Type Locomotive, Polson Logging Co. The Mikado is a good type for heavy hauling, where runs are fairly long and high steaming capacity is needed. The locomotive illustrated traverses 30 degree curves, and can be used on rails weigh- ing 45-50 pounds per yard. It is simple in construction, strongly built, and rides well on uneven tracks. When in need of a logging locomotive, consult The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. COMMISSIONERS LOGGING LOCOMOTIVES HE knowledge and experience of fifty years in locomotive designing and con- struction is what you get in our Logging locomotives. They are specially constructed for bogging operations and will stand up to the severe service in which they are expected to run. They are as carefully designed and built as our 200-ton locomotives. parts may always be obtained on the shortest notice. Repair May we send you Specifications? Canadian Locomotive Co., Limited, Kingston CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on cither side of the main line of the Canadian Pac.fic Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of the Dominion Timber Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by a duly qualified Dominion Land Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each of such berths shall then be thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. The Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sold at less than the price so fixed. Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time of sale. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in cash at the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. perannum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate ot five per cent, per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in thecity or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, or by a draft issued bya chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If default is made in any payment required by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square mile except for lands situated to the west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acte. The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :— _Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. Railway ties, eight feet long, 1% cents each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each. Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. - And 5 per cent. on the sale of all other products of the berth. Timber Permits Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine operators and others on application to the Dominion Timber Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. W. W. Cory, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Deputy Minister. December 20th, 1912. e.; ; worn ©. CANADA LUMBERMAN The Pioneers We alone manufacture the Genuine “DUNBAR” Shingle Machines—other machines advertised as such are imita- tions. Operating our ‘‘Dunbar’’ Shingle Ma- chine one man will joint and sort from 16 to 45 thousand shingles in a day of 10 hours. Good shingles too. We are Canada’s Pioneer Shingle Machine Manufacturers, and we respectfully solicit correspondence trom lumber manufacturers. The Smith Foundry Co., Ltd. Successors to McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Mfg. Co. Fredericton, N. B. ; @ ALIEe S WPI PATVY WD AMLAIAIF FR \7 Ver Atol PP a om OE a roe SLUMBER: COMPLETE PLANTS || gaRRELS: KEGS. STAVES Heap i| OUR SPECIALTY. "FOR PRICES AND Peo CULARS, T@ PETER GERLACH @cteyervan- AND WOODWORKER 7 Lath Mills There is much waste in every mill that can easily be manufactured into lath by our improved lath mill. This machine is inexpensive in ecn- struction yet capable of turning cut the very best work. Get our prices and literature. Maritime Foundry & Machine Wks. Limited Chatham, . : New Brunswick “No checks or splits in veneers dried in the “Proctor” Method. Enormous produc- tion at low cost. Perfectly flat and pliable. Write for > list of users.” = ot Send for Bulletin No. 4 4 Pee TRE PAILADELPAIA LEXTILE Macainery Co. PAILADELPAIA, PA. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Mark ey ee | Basic - ius . Te 3 by ae : ~. ye 4 & “1 bomen e s ‘ —_ — By Neg By Nuch tees (7 Tes Ra i J Be i an IC et ORILLIA “~ ontARIo 2 e a ‘es t \ , te @ o he > r\ es | acnines A pair of moderate priced machines. suitable for cut- ting lath, strips, or pickets. No. 2 BOLTER Some of the special fea- tures of these machines: are— Safety in operation Modern design Compact and rigid Inexpensive installation Maximum output with a minimum expense. No. 2 LATH MACHINE The E. Long Manufacturing Co., Limited, Orillia, Canada |) Represented by: Robt. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver . Stuart Machinery Co., Ltd., Winnipeg Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Calgary and Edmonton Williams & Wilson Ltd., Montreal CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER WATEROUS iktex CARRIAGES FOR MEDIUM MILLS Fok medium power mills our Steel Girder Carriage has no equal. We build a complete line—in three distinct styles—which we can guarantee second to none in cutting ability, wearing qualities and in continuity of service. With knee opening of from 30” to 50”, these Carriages are adapted for Band or Circular Mills and for Steam or Rope Feed. They are turned out with exceptional care. A sturdy, well put together frame, knees and log-seats of great strength, with dogs, setworks and accessories identical with those sup- plied on our heavy cast steel carriages. Our new Medium Carriage Catalogue No. 111 describes them fully—send for it. The Waterous Enos Works Co. Limited He Brantford, Canada H. B. Gilmour, Vancouver, B.C. Branch—Winnipeg, Man. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “FROST KING” METAL Our thirty five years experience in metal mixing enables us to place on the market a babbit © that we believe to be absolutely perfect. For high speed mach nery and engine work it is with- out an equal. It is specially designed for saw-mills, planirg mills, threshing engines, traction | $5 000 000 00 engines, pumps, rolling mills, pulp machinery, and all classes of stationary engines. It is a) high grade metal made of the very best selected stock, and carefully compounded. 4 worth of mixed metal If your dealer does not stock this, write us and we will take pleasure in making you a ship- . sold annually. ment of a 25 lb. box. HOYT METAL CO., Toronto, Canada Have factory and office at Eastern Avenue and Lewis Street, Toronto, Canada Factories also at :— New York, N. Y. London, Eng. St. Louis, Mo. BATTS LIMITED | THE WEST TORONTO LE AT H F R ae Rh BELT Staved Columns Veneered Doors Newel Posts Sashes - Flooring Pine Doors and Frames Turned Newel Posts and Balusters Rage ecm MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER BATTS LIMITED The J. C. McLaren Belting Co. MANUFACTURERS Limited WEST TORONTO, ONT. | General Mill Supplies MONTREAL H. Walters & Sons Tare , aN | | VANCOUVER, B.C. Le aah : 1142 Homer Street © Limited Lh) a To: ie eee | Branches: | ty Tae ¢ - rd E ape -4 WINNIPEG, MAN. Head Office and Factory HULL, CANADA | ee ae Sarre ai . 214 Princess Street THE LARGEST FACTORY FOR LUMBERING TOOLS IN CANADA. SSE ss “Send for New Illustrated Catalogue” :| Manufacturers of all kinds of Saws, re re ‘Handles, Lasahenne and Ee Tools, Machine Knives Vol. 34 Toronto, March 1, 1914 No. 5 y UL _A A Test Like e e THIS Time is Money : Sate : s” chain broken at 11,770 lbs. Tested The rapid cutting File is the economical File FAC Gal Uaikersigrus isos Files Branded Ere re me 4 eC feud. t Ot bag Ria) Speen ares ae ee oe Arcade- Eaglé s,.Great Western 25% More Weld = 25% More Strength = 25% More Wear Globe - Kearney & Foot - McClellan - J. B. Smith 2 Tested Steel Chain | Secured only with Se te made by aude at welds like THIS NICHOLSON F ILE COMP ANY St. Catharines, Ont.| <= : ~ Port Hope, Ont. by _@ “Aa ae McKinnon Chain Co.| \ Our Transmission, Steam Goods, Woodworking Concentrate your buying fae ee he and Machine Shop Supply Dept. will be par- e ar a oe uP ¥ ticularly interesting to you. Anything from Dicks | and secure better service Balata Belt to Yale & Towne Hoists can be secured at our nearest warehouse. The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co., Limited * Canada’s Departmental House'of Mechanical Goods provides an exceptional opportunity for economical buying. emrattinan twelve: diferent departments, cach a Canada’s Departmental House of Mechanical Goods separate business in itself in charge of competent men heen Wa Montreal Toronto St. John, N.B . : ew Montrea arehouse in Be 5 = are ready to give you the advantage of their experience. 84-98 St. Antoine Street. Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver We stand behind our Pumps Entire satisfaction THE BELT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY USE guaranteed We guarantee our ‘‘Camel Hair” Belting will outlast, transmit more power, _ prove easier on bearings, stretch less than any other class of belting running under same conditions, and if our claims are not borne out by results, we are ready at all times to make any rebate on the cost of our belt that will make it cost no more than any other style of belting. Service considered. F. REDDAWAY AND COMPANY The Smart - Turner Machine Co., Ltd. Sole Makers MONTREAL i Stocks carried by The A- R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, Hamilton - Canada TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER IN THE WORLD _— ioe * |THE STRONGEST CHAIN | Steel Chain’ i . Photograph of 7/16-inch Weldless Steel Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 Ibs.), or fully double the Admiralty i” breaking load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of area at the fracture. aS ; CAN YOU BEAT IT? WRITE FOR PARTICULARS | B. J. COGHLIN CO., Limited zs ey MONTREAL | oo CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products | THE oe STOCK LINES Pointers a ~ B ECCT ie wo FLOORING — Pointer No. 1—Government Tests show that in wearing qualities it will out-last Birch or Oak. Pointer No. 2—\ts appearance is rich and even in color, similiar to Extra Selected Red Oak Stock. Pointer No. 3—On account of its close texture, it machines nicely and does not sliver. Pointer No. 4—Our stock is from around Midland, where the finest Beech and Maple in North America grows. Pointer No. 5—This stock runs strong to Long Lengths. Pointer No. 6—\t makes the Best hardwood flooring. Pointer No. 7—It is the Cheapest hardwood flooring, only because it is the least known. No. 8—9/16 Beech is the greatest Bargain Buy to-day. Especially suited for Apartment Houses and Private Dwellings. , . Pointer KILN cee eee BORED FOR NAILING SIDE & END MATCH SIDE & END MATCHED HOLLOW BACK Grading, Etc. Selected. Red :— Has one face clear of all defects and is selected for color. Lengths 3 ft. to 16 ft. Mill Run:—Contains product of the board with No. 2 strictly out. 3/16” stock, runs strongly to clear, about 75% being clear. 9/16 stock is practically all clear. Flooring is measured 34 in. over face. 13/16” Flooring Standard Widths are 134, 2%, and 234 in. face. 9/16” Flooring Standard Widths are 134, 2, and 2% in. face. ’ 13/16. Selected Red, Standard Widths........................ $54.00 per M. 9/16 Selected Red, Standard Widths. ................... $44.00 per M. PRICES 4 13/16” Mill Run, Standard Widths..............c:::ceeeeeees 44.00 per M. 9/16" Mill Run, Standard Widths.....................::00 36.00 per M. Prices above are F.0.B. Cars, Midland. Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. Manufacturers from a th Tree to the Finished Product Midland - Ontario - Trane ’ a, , ; z > . _- ea ’ i * + ” a a : : + eh Wrest - y? t «44 " . > om ~, <> . of - 44.4. Siete - SiGe f % CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER aa VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS We have plenty of Red and White Pine 4 and are in position to take care of orders for almost anything in this line. Prompt shipments can be made. We have a dry kiln and planing mill in connection and are in position to do milling on short notice. | George Gordon & Company = _ CACHE BAY ONTARIO 4 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FOR SALE All Dry Stock 1 Car 5/4 x 4 & up x 6/11 Shipping Cull White Pine 2 * 54 x 4% Bio 2 * rm a: 2 **. 5/4 x5 x 1OM6 es “3 fe - 4 * 5/4 x 6 x 10/16 8 iS rs “= 4 * §/4x 7x 10/16 bi 35 a = 2.* 3/4 x 8 x 126 2 ai e . 1 ‘* 6/4 x 4/7 x 10/16 ‘S : ed = 4 66 6/4 4 8 x 12/16 66 sé 66 66 4 66 2 x 4/7 4 12/16 66 66 ‘6 66 4 66 2 x 8 x 12/16 66 66 66 66 1 “ 5/4x 8 & up x 10/16 Box White Pine [S *.. 2 ghee AO) Mill Cull White Pine 2 ‘* 6/4 x 6 & upx 12/16 No. 1, 2 & 3 Cuts White Pine WRITE FOR PRICES The Colonial Lumber Co., Ltd. Pembroke, Ontario Wake Up! To the Fact That HOCKEN Has the best from forest and mill in Hemlock Pine and Hardwood With our mill running day and night we can ship special bills promptly. Sore 4 Hocken Lumber Company, Limited Otter Lake Station, Ont. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lele. \< i ! in Yellow Pine Planking For Immediate Acceptation Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada 2x4” 10/24’ (25 percent. 10 & 12’) 2x 6” se ex 8" as (60 per cent. 4 to 18’) DntO.—-..£8 oexre, oS (15 per cent. 22 & 24’) About 50 per cent. No. 1 and No. 2 Dim. each. The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Head Office: Coristine Bldg. MONTREAL Mason, Gordon & Co. 2%": Montreal, Que. Everything in Timber Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Write, Wire or Phone for Prices = Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. I WANT YOUR ORDERS and solicit your inquiries for PINE, SPRUCE, HEMLOCK, HARDWOODS, LATH Deal with me and you will be satisfied every time. Wholesale Dealer in Rough and ( A SPEN( ER Dressed Lumber, Lath + e and Shingles Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec MON Large stock of 1” PINE, Bone dry. 10/13-ft. Spruce and Hemlock Offices at Mills at 97 St. James St., Montreal Mont Laurier, P. Q. Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Co. Mills: Charlemagne, Montcalm, St. Adele . The Gres Falls Company Mills: Three Rivers and Cap Madelaine St. Gabriel Lumber Co., Limited Mill: St. Gabriel de Brandon Head Office: 524 Board of Trade, Montreal, P. Q. Manufacturers of Spruce 2d Pine Lumber 2d Ground Wood Pulp When You Want Mill Help Insert an advertisment in the “WANTED & FOR SALE” department The most efficient mill employees in Canada are regular readers ‘of this paper. Get the best by advertising. Rates on request. | | Canada Lumberman & Woodworker | Toronto, Ont. Montreal Office: 119 Board of Trade Bldg. 6 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER JOHN GILLIES DAVID oe J. S. GILLIES President e-President. Sec.-Tres. ee GILLIES B ROS. praksipe, on 1873 BRAESIDE, ONT. | Limited os Manufacturers of WHITE PINE RED PINE SPRUCE New York City: Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway Georgian Bay Lumber Co. Limited Fraser Bryson Lumber Co., ta. Wholesale Lumber Dealers Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario White Pine Red Pine Spruce Lumber ana Lath Manufacturers of High Grade Lumber Laths Office, “s"s25 Ottawa, Can. Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. ‘‘Everything in Lumber’”’ Large Stocks of Sized or Rough Hemlock and Yellow ine, in the Roug Cedar Telegraph and Electric peri Poles 20 to 80 ft. Write for pric Long Leaf Timbers, Short Leaf Finish oe = and , Lex. ‘ : Basha VieteoAris Railroad Material Send your inquiries and orders to :— General Sales Office ; Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. ' Timber for R. R. Construction and OFFICE :—413 _ d Bldg. Commercial Purposes, a Specialty. Phone Cadillac 2278 ae : CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quebec Spruce oad Hemlock Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremon t Ave., MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office Bromley can submit attractive prices. Real choice red and white pine stock. Odd lots go at bargain prices. Wilkam Miississaga reserve timber—my stock. | H. Largest orders filled promptly. Bromley | Pembroke Every board carefully graded. | ah elicits Canada You should get my wholesale prices. 8 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock Mills on G. T. Ry. LONGFORD KOSHEE RAVENSWORTH Toronto, Canada On T. &N.O. Ry. ah EARLTON and 801-2 C.P.R. Building, M LEAGE 1564 Cor. King & Yonge The Rideau Lumber Co., Limited | | Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. ee Limited 1913 Sawing | Manufacturers of SPRUCE Lumber and Lath, Dry Factory White Pine—All thicknesses. Planing Mill Work Nice Line 1 x 4 and up—6/11 Moulding White see General Office, Sudbury, Ont. Winter mill now sawing. Can cut bills in Hemlock, Pine or Spruce. Spiles and ties for quick shipment. Planing mill in connection with saw mill at Fesserton. In Transit - § Cars 1 x 6 to 12”, equal proportion of each width, B. Better Steam Dried, Short Leaf Yellow Pine Finish. 3 Cars—A. Cottton Brand 3 X B. C. Shingles. } Fesserton Timber Company, Limited 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO THE LONG LUMBER CO. HAMILTON, ONT. Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined 250,000,000 feet constantly in stock insures filling any reasonable order promptly. Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to merit a still larger increase. Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY Hibernia Building New Orleans, La. | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Fraser Limited Fredericton, N. B. SELLING AGENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited Cabano, P. Q. Fraser Lumber Co., Limited Plaster Rock, N. B. F & M Lumber Co., Limited Whitworth, P. Q. MANUFACTURERS OF Spruce Lumber Rough and Finished Shingles, Lath, Piano Sounding Board Stock, etc. We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie” Brand N.B. Cedar Shingles 2.4. Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario Points Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Dalhousie, New Brunswick Agents for Ontario R, Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited Toronto If You Need a Position a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you. If You are a Capable Man no matter how small or how big your present position may be, an advertisement in this paper will put you in touch with every existing possibility. The rates are most reasonable, write us. | | | | ~ Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto : ae J. B. SNOWBALL CO., LTD. Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada View of yard and mill—J. B. Snowball ti Ltd., Chatham, N.B. —Manufacturers Spruce, Pine, Hemlock, Haciwoodt Lumber, Cedar Shingles and Laths . Mills—Chatham, Tracadie, Millerton. We solicit your enquiries. Edward Partington Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Head Office, St. John, N.B. Mills: St. John, N.B. Blackville, N.B. Marysville, N.B. Manufacturers of Bleached Sulphite Pulp Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber, Laths Hardwoods Joun MoKrrcow, W.K.GRAFFTEY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Montreal Office: 759 Notre Dame St., W. Ottawa Office : 46 Elgin St. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 13 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Milland Novelty Works. All kinds of Hard and Softwood Lumber. Dimension Stock in Beech, Maple and Birch. Mattress and Cot Frames, Etc. Send me your requirements, I can furnish you ee ae will please. PHONE 37 RESIDENCE 15 WIARTON, Ont. HAEBERLE LUMBER CO. LUMBER AND TIMBER White Pine, Norway Yellow Pine, Hemlock Oak Mould ngs, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Cedar Poles and Ties. Yellow Pine Timber a Specialty, Interior Trim hit Work. NIACARA FALLS, N.Y. Hardwood Flooring The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON BROS., LTD. For prices write W. T. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 TORONTO CLOCKS We are the only MANUFACTURERS in America - WRITE US FOR DETAILS Hardinge Bros., Inc. 1775 Berteau Ave., CHICAGO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ber We are in the market for the output of mills manufacturing White and Red Pine Spruce, Jack Pine Lum or Hemlock also the output of mills manu- facturing any or all kinds of Canadian Hardwoods — Write us at once. Will pay the high- est cash prices and ship stocks out promptly. We are buying now our 1914 stocks. Write us giving list of lumber you have or amount you expect to have this season. C. G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited and _ Strictly Wholesale Dealers in Lumber - 206 Manning Chambers Toronto Manufacturers E Buy, Sell and dealin all kinds of Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine, Oak, Red- wood, Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. AUGER & SON QUEBEC - The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Limited Manufacturers: Lumber, Hardwood Flooring, Handles, Poles, Bed Frame Stock, Cheese Box Hoops, Heading, Baskets, Etc. Write, Telegraph or Telephone your orders Orillia, Ont. R. LAIDLAW LUMBER CO. LIMITED Toronto Sarnia Buffalo FOR SALE For Immediate Shipment Hardwood Lumber Moulding, Sash and Doors SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood in transit on the Intercolonial Railway. The Rimouski Industrial Co., Ltd. Rimouski, P.Q. ‘ SPECIALTIES | Sawed Hemlock Red Cedar Shingles White Pine Lath Bass and Poplar Siding James Gillespie | Pine and Hardwood Lumber Lath and Shingles North Tonawanda, N. Y. ‘ fl wide i Poairas * ei ety oe ? Lite ee ee ee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER at We are Buyers of | James W. es W. Sewall Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce “Well Bought is Half Sold” a eee For eleven years my business ere dotted tiuber exti- a a Staves Hoops eae epee i91 id ena H ead i n Zs Be ietence and. cyst em J Bid “correctness and ‘emeiency Let us quote you on the JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Led. —— following Specials: Dashwood Sinsae OE c Topographical Maps — 2 10,000 Ft. 4/4 Ist and and Basswood 1OBi000'“ = 5/4 * 16 Centre Street 40,000 « 6/4 ‘ : ; C 2n t & K emp Old Town, Maine ‘oitvacghe ven ae ————————— 2,500“ 16/4 « ‘g a 52 St. Enoch Square 100,000 « 5/4 No. 1, 2 and 3 Common GLASGOW TIMBER CRUISES 11,000 “ /4 Ist and 2nd Brown Ash Timber Brokers ve 200K.“ 16/4 — “ ee | s j Timber Estimates, Forest : able ress, ‘‘TEcToNA,” Glasgow Sasveys snd Maps. 12,000“ 8/4 “ “Soft Elm a hie A Se a 8 ; D. E. LAUDERBURN | Car 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Brown Ash 56 Worth S'reet, NEW YORK, N.Y. 48,000 Py 4/4 No. | “ Soft Elm Z2000 “ 8/4 No.l os i ! HOBART & CO. F.O.B. 8c rate to Toronto. ARNWORTH paeece Good Average Width and Dry. & JARDINE S oO u t h 2 Y n Cable Address: Farnworth, Liverpool ee WOOD BROKERS Hardwoods iy 4 and MEASURERS | Cypress, Kiln Dried North —— Carolina Pine 10 Cars | 3/8—4 Ft. M. R. Pine Lath 2 Dale Street, liverpool, and Send Us Your Inquiries F.O.B. 1 1c rate to Toronto ne yagi Liverpool 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Thoroughly dry. Must be moved promptly. Yard A Prison Point Cable Address *‘Hobco, Boston.” Graves, aod See in Mill 6 ig woo Help | Timber Estimates aes eae Abe oe toe reliable idan “ay bie fo. Mase l fi ill os NS e pioyees for saw mills WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE. and woodworking Munson-Whitaker Co. plants are scarce. ' _ Consulting Forest Engineers MANUFACTURERS OF - Chicago, 512 Comm'l National Bank Bldg. The best of them “410 Fou th A 622 T t Bldg. : "Pittsburgh, 900 Arrott Bldg. read this paper regu- Pine ana Hemlock sag aes A. MILLER Dealer in All Kinds of | Hardwood Lumber . Office and Yard: & 93 Eagle St. BUFFALO, N. Y L b touch with good um er men send a ‘‘Want Ad” to the 1026-32 Traders Bank Bldg, Toronto,Ont. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker 220 King St. West Toronto laning of all kinds done by carload. Rail- d Sy itch a connection with mill. lasse lding material, lime and Mills: Byng Inlet, Ont. 12 CANADA LUMBERMAN Watson & Todd, Limited OTTAWA, ONTARIO Dry Norway and White Pine All Sizes and Grades California White Pine California Sugar Pine and Arizona Soft Pine Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber ** LOUIS WUICHET Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS For low prices and prompt shipment of Yellow Pine Timbers Short Leaf Finish Chestnut --- Oak --- Ash Cypress New Brunswick Shingles Fred S. Morse Lumber Co. Box 1600 SPRINGFIELD, MASS. F. N. Wa opie, President. Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. AND WOODWORKER THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber LOGGING - DRIVING RUSSEL BROTHERS R. S. Watpie, Vice President. The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Ltd. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles i a | 12:14 Weliugion Steet Eas, TORONTO, ONT. — ESTABLISHED 1855 OF PENETANGUISHENE Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. HEMLOCK BiListurF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait to write. Phone us your requirements. All stock sized or matched if required. SAWING Which is the most expensive operat- ion? In which is there the greatest need for ‘improvement ? Why not improve it? The Shaw Motor-Headworks is the latest improvement in Log Driv- ing Machinery. Operated by one man. Will tow 2,000,000 feet. Is quick, light and reliable. For further particulars write Fort Frances, Ontario, Can. W. E. Harper, Secretary. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER t3 SS Highest Grade Extra Clear XXX JOHN DONOGH & CO. Wholesale Dealers B. C. Red Cedar Shingles Spruce { 1% 45468 Dressed or Rough T | 2 x 8—2 x 10 in Transit ° Red Pine 1 x 4-5-6, Dressed or Rough If cor want apie auivery, write, wire or telephone ° e ; - SE Wmce bine 2 aoe renee ran Os C. A. Larkin Lumber Co’y., Limited ALL DRY STOCK. TORONTO, ONTARIO 1205 TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO YOUR CARD ON THIS PAGE @ Place your announcement on this page regularly. It will not only reach your present and prospective customers oftener than your travellers, but will also stamp Toronto as a big lum- ber distributing centre. @ You cannot bring your name too often before lumber buyers. Let this paper do it for you constantly and effectively. q Write for rates and any other data you may require. CANADA LUMBERMAN & WOODWORKER TORONTO, ONTARIO R. B. ELGIE, Managing Director J. B. JARVIS, Sec.-Treas. The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Co., Ltd. LUMBER MERCHANTS, 18 Toronto Street, TORONTO, ONT Telephone Main 5584 _ | Pine, Hemlock and Spruce 4 (Rough or Machined) _|La th and Crating Material | P me : For Immediate Shipment— 4000 HEMLOCK TIES 3000 CEDAR TIES 100 M 10x10 HEMLOCK TIMBER Spears & Lauder Manufacturers and Wholesale Dealers 501 Kent Building - Toronto 14 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Vas Seo0%0 ya IK : Ree BSS, Sue : a5 Sey OO Ones eer oi cle Ree O'O80¢ SRO f Sarelarte: J. Burstall & Conan Timber and Lumber Merchants Shippers of All Kinds Head Office, Quebec, Que. of Lumber and Timber Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England WINTER SAWING We have started ‘ Double Tower ” UR New Mill commenced operating on January 5th, and is now running steadily. We_ started double tower, that is run- ning night and day, on January 15th. We are open to contract for our Hardwoods and Softwoods, and would be pleased to receive any enquiries for special bills. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited Fassett, Que. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of CORRESPONDENCE & SOLICITED a St. Pacome, Que., Canada Lumber Lath : Pulpw ood On I.C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Quebec City Canada Lumber Sales Co., Limited want to buy BASSWOOD 20 cars 4/4” x 3” and up random length 8 66 5/4” x 6” 66 66 8 * 6/4” x 6” ‘“ * random length winter sawn, white stock. Delivery May and June. We are also open to buy Hemlock and Spruce boards—any quantity. 145 St. James Street Montreal lack Axes The World’s Best HERE are six styles of axes that are made from special crucible steel bit and cap- able of retaining an edge longer than any other axes made. FELLER, MAXAX CHIPPER BEAVER | 66 66 99 OTTOWA CHIEF ~ Our motto of “ Quality and Workman- ship” is the foundation of our success and every axe we make can be depended upon to make good our motto. Get our Prices and Particulars. “The Mack Axe Works Beaver Falls, Pa., U.S. A. “CANADIAN MADE” | Fourdrinier Wires | and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the | Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. _ Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds Limited Repaired and Recovered CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated-in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont. ; and other Lumber Equipment, ae ee Bédin chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Shawanaga, Monteith, Burpee, Carling, Christie, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. _ 3-block right hand steam feed carriage fitted with steam set works, made by Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. — Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. _ Log Loader for right hand mill. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. — 10 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. _ left-hand steam nigger. _ Log-loader. _ Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. Roger Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber. in) Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2-saw trimmers. 16-ft. Slash table. 20-ft. Slash table. 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, made by Diamond Iron Works. ee eee 1 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. 1 Lath Mill with bolter. 2 Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM 1 Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. S.C. band saws. 1 L —_ jo pot to ee | a! Automatic Machine for circular saws. Hand Machine for cut-off saws. Lap Grinder. Set Band Saw Rollers and_ levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- ber of second-land band, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT 24 x 36 Slide Valve Engine with 40-in. x 12-ft. extra heavy double arm split fiy wheel. Double Duplex, high pressure Water Pumps. 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 lbs. steam. 125 h.p. Water Wheels. Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. 10 h.p. Engine. Mitts & Merrell Hog. Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. Wood Machine for 16-in. wood. Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. Edger for ripping dry lumber, not in- stalled. 80 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. 80 light are generator. There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and rails and turn-tables, particulars of which may be had on application. Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and Machinery, with tools necessary for repair work. All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. 26 Ernest Avenue, Limited TORONTO, CANADA 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBERS HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS S& CO. LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Timbers Yard Stock Clears as and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. Limited Head Office: JAFFRAY, B.C. Mills at: CRANBROOK, B.C., RYAN, B.C., JAFFRAY, B.C, Heavy Fir Dimension Is Our Particular Specialty There is un. Are You Interested Xj doubtedlyabig market for Mill in British Colum- | seen >. all kinds. Le bia Trade? Y, N R rr S us the ey RSS trate our Ad- ee vertising ser- The immensity eg ey SSS A eRe 6 vice. We of the Lumber YING JRE please others ‘tom, pr 7 NSN et Industry will Se i: ON we can please within a few ae a, SS you. years make > Mee : ay this Province Se ‘ the most im- SS i Western : XS Se Lumberman portant in the S 2 whole Domin- “ Crowe & Wilson Chambers jon VANCOUVER, B.C. : nch at Winnipeg The Heavier it is the Better we like it We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. Our grade is positively right, and prices will please Timberland Lumber Co., Limited Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Mills at Craigs on the B C.E R. Shipment by C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C.E.R.R. Thurston-F lavelis Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS OF | British Columbia Red Cedar Exclusively 4, 5 and 6 inch ‘‘CLEAR A”’ Cedar Bevel Siding. 8, 10 and 12 inch CLEAR CEDAR FINISH. EXTRA XXX RED CEDAR SHINGLES. Eastern Agents, Gull Ri ; : Tauber Cas 14k Land tee Head Office and Mills, Port Moody, B.C. S CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LTD., OTTAWA, CANADA Fir Pine Hemlock (EITHER ROUGH OR DRESSED) Spruce Everything in Timber y.i6, Pin. Oak Eastern Agents THE NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., LTD., Barnet, B.C. Write, Wire or Phone for Prices. Long Service and Satisfaction The operator, owner and consumer all derive profit and satisfaction from the Shimer Cutter Head. The Operator is pleased because the Heads have a ‘‘ make- ready” built into them which relieves him from the cares of ‘‘fitting and trying.” The owner gets satisfaction out of the fact that the output is increased and the work raised in quality. The consumer gets material which goes into place with less labor and expense and presents a better appearance when finished. Shimer Cutter Heads are made for the express pur- pose of helping mill men to do better work and to save time and labor—to relieve them from many of the annoy- ances which come up daily. To this end they are provided with the Shearing or Shave Cut—the chip is divided by the upper and lower Bits—the Bits are set on the Heads so the diamond The ‘‘Shimer Limited’’ with Expansion, price $72.46 complete. shaped point of the Bit leads in the cut, with a clearance to the cutting edges that effectually prevents friction. Shimer Cutter Heads are easy to understand, are made strong throughout and have no delicate parts to get out of order, hence they give a lifetime of profitable service at low cost. We want the desirable features of these tools to impress you in a practical way, hence our offer to send them on trial for 30 days. Mail us measurements today. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Galt, Ont., Can. W. A, ANSTIE, Managing Director. Forest Mills of British Columbia, Ltd., revélstcke'B.C. Mills at Taft, Three Valley, Comaplix, Cascade, Nelson Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Specialties: WHITE PINE, WESTERN SOFT PINE and CLEAR CEDAR PRODUCTS Special facilities for supplying the Eastern Trade 18 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK POPLAR ASH Yards at Nashville, Tenn. We can ship you promptly any of the above Stock, Carefully Inspected WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Wistar Underhill & Nixon Real Estate Trust Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Canadian Representative: G. H. Johnson, 125 Tyndall Avenue, Phone Parkdale 736, Toronto, Ontario ‘Hoffman Brother Company | Fort Wayne, Indiana Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From 1/30” SLICE CUT VENEER 1/20” SAWED VENEER 7 to 2” BAND SAWED LUMBER Specialty : | OO WHITE OAK SPECIAL NOTICE — PANY: Below is a list of Dry Lumber which we can Ship Promptly POP The above is a list of Dry Lumber which we can ship promptly. All our own manufacture, band sawed, and thoroughly seasoned. Do not place your order before writing for prices. LUDINGTON MICHIGAN Canadian Representative : 1 1 rae Se 24 to 27, Poplar 2 cars 7/4 1s and 2s, This space has been lz Ene aE. toe bee 4 4 cars 4/4, 1s and 2s, 7 to 17. 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 common. sold to ve 1 car 8/4, 1s and 2s. 2 cars 5/4 No. 1 common. od 2 cars 4/4, No. 1 common, 3 cars 6/4 No. 1 common. a) Poplar. 5 cars 7/4 No. 1 common, 3 rs 5/4 Poplar. VA EO | papatp =? ae es a: A % 7. 4 e Attorneys = (Qn. piste | Leu ce ge |) a Engineers PATENTS OBTAINED AND SOLD IN EVERY COUNTRY. Send sketch for true report on your invention. a WRITE FOR PRICES AND TERMS. Address: SUITE 301-302, 22 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT. F CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 Designed to Meet all the Requirements for Economical Wood Bending. We have given much time and attention to this special industry. The machines we have built for bending all classes of wagon and carriage rims and bows have proven highly satisfactory in the many locations in which they have been placed. : The “ Defiance” 12’ Felloe, Hound and Bow Bending Machine shown herewith will bend hard wood as large as 5” thick, 12” wide with adjust- ments sufficient to accommodate changes from 16’ to 72” circles. The No.2 Improved Rim Packing and Cut-off Machine also illustrated herewith will receive the rims or bows after they are bent, and when placed in position, the carriage holding them is moved to the saw and the surplus ends are cut off, making them all register alike. 12” Felloe, Hound and Bow Bender, These two labor-saving machines will meet your demands and we should be pleased to receive your request -for further information and price. The Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. aq ae os Fj WII). ATT WR Keli A Newer | MAPLE LEAF SAWS APLE LEAF SAWS, “THE PROVEN BEST,” absolutely guaranteed. Be M sure and specify Improved Racer Cross Cut Saw when ordering your camp sup- plies. They are made of Razor steel and tempered by our secret process, which gives the best results under actual working conditions in the bush. -Shurly-Dietrich Co., Limited, §*:.,. Branch: VANCOUVER, B.C. | Pink’s Lumbering Tools 000, Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. | _ Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto | Send tor Catalogue and Price List e e i 5 Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants Th OSs > Pin k Cc Oo °9 Lim ited ’ Pembro ke, 0 nt. i = Se = i Oe ess. Se a gh CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 22 COAL-OIL POINTERS A big advantage of the Adams Pointer is that coal-oil may be used as fuel in- stead of gasoline. This oil is found in every camp in the country, it is cheaper, safer and more convenient than gasoline and is just as satisfactory. Adams Pointers reduce your river costs. Adams Pointers do the work of from six to ten men. One man operates all machinery. Adams Pointers carry your men to work and leave them fresh for the day’s work. - Adams Pointers draw themselves over rapids and portages. Adams Pointers can be used for warping and sweeping logs out of corners that an Alligator could not reach. Our literature gives full particulars Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 Let Us Send you a trial order of White COVER YOUR TOWN WITH and J#4 ASBESTOS ROOFING Other dealers have literally roofed entire communities with e this roofing—and so can you! The superiority of J-M Asbestos Roofing over all other ready roofings is so apparent that it virtually sells itself. And furthermore, every customer becomes a booster for you—with the result that additional sales are sure to follow. _ Ina short time you find yourself in possession of a regular % OUR SPECIALTIES 5 little roofing monopoly. And every sale means big profits— B W d P il because you have no competitors. Only one dealer in each ey. L th n 1 town. Hence no price cutting. ae a S; OXEeS, 00 e a S, Selling Points that Land the Never requires coating, gravel or Bae Business : protection of any kind. pa Box S oO S u S. Made of fireproof asbestos felts Lower in first cost than tin orslate ry 4 and Trinidad Lake Asphalt. Literal —and cheaper than all other roofings ie, ly a sheet of pliable stone. when cost-per-year is considered. ae) f Gives perfect fire protection. _ Adapted to all types of buildings Fae Contains nothing to rot, rust, in all climates. e We can do dressing, matching and re- Eaapk ceretanibeate: a Write today for Special Dealer Proposition. And REMEMBER, only one dealer in each town. sawing. Place your orders this way and save freight. —C. Beck Mfg. Co., Limited Penetanguishene, Ont. The Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co., Ltd. Toronto Montreal Winnipeg Vancouver 2169 ) LL Radcliff insert tooth saws are fitted with the world famed Hoe Bits and Shanks. The body steel is tempered to the highest degree of perfection with sufficient pliability to avoid breakage. We also manufacture a complete line of high grade solid tooth saws, rift saws, shingle and heading saws, grooving saws, mitre saws, wide and narrow band saws, mill saws, drag saws, gang Saws, cross cut saws and machine knives. Send for our catalogue and prices. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Co., Limited Toronto 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 13 FT. STOCK GOOD GRADE AND 1x9, 114x9 and 2x9. SEE STOCK LIST MANUFACTURE BELOW For Quick Shipment from Stock in Yard. Rail or Water Deliveries. Merchantable Merchantable Merchantable Merchantable Merchantable Merchantable Clear & No. 1 1x4 1x9 14x7 2x4 2x9 3x7 1x4 1x5 1x10 14x8 2x5 2x10 3x8 1x6 1x6 14x4 14x9 2x6 3x4 3x9 1x7 1x7 1}x5 14x10 2x7 3x5 3x10 1x8 1x8 14x6 2x3 x 3x6 8xil 1x9 DRY SPRUCE, 10 to 13 feet LENGTHS (mostly 13 feet). 3x12 Ix We also solicit Special Sawing Bills of 13 foot Spruce for future delivery. QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, Portland, Maine New Ontario Colonization Co. LIMITED Lands, Lumber, Lath and Pulpwood Planing Mill Work Clay Belt Lands for Sale Located in ‘ Townships of Kendry and Haggart, District of Temiskaming, Ontario RELAYING NEW We have the following on hand ready for shied 12 to 80 pounds per yard. LOGGING CARS Jno. J. Gartshore 58 Front St. West, Toronto 1x 4 Mercantile Spruce 66 ND tt et et et et emo mM Om 66 “sé 4/4 and 8/4 Mill Run Tamarack 4/4 Balsam 4/4 No. 2 and Better Whitewood 8/4 No. 2 and Better Whitewood 4/4 No. 3 and Better Poplar Sales Office: New York Telephone Bldg BUFFALO, N.Y. Mills: JACKSONBORO, ONT. The Rat Portage Lumber Co., Ltd. | With Mills at Winnipeg,Man. Vancouver, B. C. Harrison River, B.C. Kenora,Ont.: Rainy River, Ont. and Banning, Ont. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors And all kinds of Woodwork and Interior Finish. Also Box Shooks and Packing Cases. White and Red Pine Lumber, Maple Flooring, Hardwood Lumber, Turned and Band Saw Work, Cedar Posts and Poles, Tamarac, Piling etc. spore The Rat Portage Lumber Co., Limited - Winnipeg, Man. D. C. CAMERON, President and General Manager. » CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 =, We could take You as . ' yy Cie P mr pe: as Wo) Py 4 \\ p ma f \ _” \ - \ HE: OOO a \ i \\ \E es 4 : \N\ / or SS \Be I \ O ANY J AO° below — a =a J BO 1 me \ A = = \ J \ a \ \ oe garment necessary for a lumberman’s complete outfit is included in the old reliable “ARC” Brand Clothing. Ass the illustration says, we could take you into our fac- tory and clothe you for zero weather. Every lumberman should have a copy he eS of the “ARC” catalog---write us today. SSS Gloves, Mitts, Moccasins, Shirts, Socks, Coats and Pants of Duck, Beaver, Corduroy, Mackinaw, Leather and Sheepskin A. R. Clarke & Company : Limited MONTREAL TORONTO QUEBEC 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN: AND WOODWORKER SIMONDS Inserted Point Saw Works Well Winter or Summer Cuts all kinds of logs. Saws smooth, easy, and fast. Saves time, lumber and labor. This saw is not less expensive in the first place than other brands, but there is less trouble or expense in its up-keep and you will find that the ex- perienced Sawyer makes this the particular point to consider when putting in a new saw. Let Us Tell You More About the Saw, Quote Prices and send Catalog. Our Factory is in Montreal. Simonds Canada Saw Company., Ltd. VANCOUVER, B. C. MONTREAL, QUE. ST. JOHN, N. B. In the United States—SIMONDS MFG. CO. B.B.L. DOORS In the manufacture of B. B. L. Doors only thoroughly well seasoned lumber is used. Our plant is new and modern so that we are able to make prompt shipment on all orders. Special prices quoted on large orders or shipments from stock. We will be pleased to send you particulars and prices of B. B. L. sash, doors and trim. == WRITE US enson & Bray, Limited | Box 20 Midland, Ontario Telephone 141 iia Issued on the Ist and 15th of every month by HUGH C. MACLEAN, LIMITED, Publishers HUGH C. MacLEAN, Winnipeg, President. THOS. S. YOUNG, Toronto, General Manager OFFICES AND BRANCHES: - Telephone A. 929 - - 220 King Street West VAI - Telephone Seymour 2013 - Hutchison Block “MONTREAL - - Telephone Main 2299 - - 119 Board of Trade WINNIPEG - Telephone Garry 856 - Commercial Travellers’ Bldg. ‘NEW YORK - - Tel. 3108 Beekman - - 931 Tribune Building CHICAGO - - Tel. Randolph 6018 - - 659 Peoples Gas Building "EONDON, ENG. - - - - - - - - - - 3 Regent Street, S.W. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Canada, United States and Great Britain, $2.00 per year in advance; other foreign countries embraced in the General Postal Union, $3.00. Single copies 15 cents. “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is published in the interest of, and reaches regularly, persons engaged in the lumber, woodworking and allied industries in every part of Canada. It aims at giving full and timely | eee on all subjects touching these interests, and invites free discus- sion by its readers. Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For ‘manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, pulp mills, etc. “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. Vol. 34 Toronto, March 1, 1914 No. 5 BB. C.’s New Timber Royalty Act Bi ‘The introduction of the new timber royalty act by Hon. W. R. 4 Rc ss, Minister of Lands for British Columbia, is looked upon by the lu nbermen of that province as the most important event in connec- ion with legislative matters relating to the lumbering industry that Y Briefly, the new act is expected to cked for so many years, and which is expected to enable it to at- *t capital from Great Britain and other countries. In 1909 the vernment of British Columbia passed a special licence act. Pre- is to that date licenses had only been renewable for twenty-one s. This act made them renewab!e in perpetuity. The object was to provide stability for the industry, so that it could attract capital. ‘invested in them, were of practically no value for financing, er an agitation of several years the lumbermen have now succeed- | in persuading the government of British Columbia that it is im- ative to fix rentals and royalties also, for a sufficient term of years fford reasonable stability. This is the purpose of the new “Forest ” or rather of an amendment to the “Forest Act” which was in- ced by the Minister of Lands recently, fixing the rentals at the ; at $140 a square mile and the rentals in the mountain district 00 a square mile, the latter being a reduction of $15 per square These rentals are definitely fixed as the maximum for a period ; years commencing in 1915. royalties are fixed for the same term on a profit sharing mall increases become effective in 1915 and the rates thus es- 1 are to remain stationary for a five-year period. Then there ea readjustment for five years and other readjustments every ars subsequently, until seven five-year periods have passed. tments will be based upon a sliding scale in which it is 4G own shall participate in the profits if the average umber exceeds $18 per thousand feet. rl a a oe we CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 That the introduction of these measures is being received with considerable satisfaction by the lumbering industry in British Colum- bia is indicated by the opinion of Mr. W. A. Anstie, of Revelstoke, B.C., managing director of the Forest Mills of British Columbia, who, during a recent visit to Toronto, expressed himself favorably in re- gard to the new legislation. Some of the timber holders and manu- facturers of British Columbia, he said, might feel disappointed that the government had not seen fit to meet the demand for more substantial reductions in rentals. Still he felt that the majority would agree that the measure of stability afforded by the new legislation would more than compensate for any lack of reduction in rentals and that the timber interests on the whole would be satisfied with the situation. The B. C. “Saturday Sunset,” in a recent issue dealing with this situation from another point of view said: “A feature of great interest and considerable felicitation is the renewed interest in the timber market. Since 1911 but few blocks of timber have changed hands, and prices have shown a disposition to sag, particularly in the unsettled state of royalties and dues, the subject of which is being investigated by the province with a view to increasing them but at the same time determining on a policy which shall hold for a long term of years. Several blocks have changed hands during the past three weeks,- and there is a persistent enquiry chiefly from across the line, with a con- siderable number of actual buyers already in the city. “Tt is felt that the advent of the opening of the Panama Canal this summer and the larger market this will afford will accrue to the benefit of the holder of British Columbia timber. The real reason lies a little deeper. President Wilson has thrown the entire weight of his position and steadily growing influence toward the repeal of the free toll provision for American bottoms. through the Panama Canal While the repealing act will be fought very bitterly in both houses this spring, because a great portion of the business community is against it, it seems likely to be successful. The free toll provision of the-Panama Canal act passed last year, which was protested by Great Britain, acting for herself and other shipping countries as an evasion of the Hay-Pauncefote treaty was ostensibly passed on the arguments that it was a bonus to American shipping from and to American ports and since shipping was at very low ebb _ something ought to be done to stimulate it. Then, since no foreign ship could trade between American ports, foreign shipping was being de- nied nothing, and the question in the words of ex-president Tait was a “local question,’ and could admit of no arbitration, and at the same time was no evasion of treaty rights. These were the ostensible rea- sons for the passage of that provision. The true reason lies in busi- ness. It has been stated frequently that the Weyerhouser and the timber interests of California and the Pacific Northwest of the United States wrote the plank in the Democratic platform, and were respon- sible for its enactment into law. The advantage to the lumbering in- dustry of Washington, Oregon and California is manifest. With a differential of $1.50 per ton, the Canal dues, in favor of timber from those states against the timber in British Columbia means a safe mar- ket along the Atlantic seaboard with competition from this province for a number of years acting under that bill, dead, except such of a local character between American operators. It was affirmed that the passage of that act meant one hundred million do!lars into the pockets of the Weyerhousers, and a like proportion to the other timber holding interests. It is easy to see that the loss of this potential wealth will not be given up without a fight.” Solving the Waste Problem in B. C. The problem of utilizing what is generally known as waste tim- ber and waste lumber, in connection with the logging and lumber manufacturing industries of British Columbia, presents all the well- known difficulties which have always affected these industries in dis- tricts where the production is largely for export markets. Wherever a lumbering country has insufficient population to provide markets for the output of its forests, the waste problem is exceptionally diffi- cult. As population increases, new uses are found for the less valu- able portions of the tree which formerly could not be marketed. British Columbia with its progressive forest administration, and with 28 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER the advantage of the experience of other countries which have had to face the same difficulties, is doing much to lessen the waste involved in these industries. An interesting outline of the situation is con- tained in the report of the Chief Forester for the year 1913, which has just been published, in the course of which he says :— It must be admitted that there is less progress in British Colum- bia in the utilization of waste timber for the manufacture of by-pro- ducts than elsewhere in Canada. The complete utilization of timber is only possible where stumpage is valuable, labour is cheap, and there is a large buying population which can be reached without ex- cessive freight rates. These conditions do not yet exist in British Columbia; consequently, only a small proportion of the forest can be marketed, and large quantities of timber are left in the woods or sent to the burners because no profitable use can be made of them. Nothing can be accomplished here on a commercial scale approaching the complete utilization effected in Europe and in some parts of East- ern Canada. High freight rates prohibit the shipping of small wood- en articles away from the Province; the local population does not create a demand which cannot be more cheaply supplied from else- where, and even if a demand did exist for articles which could be manufactured from what is now termed waste, it would be cheaper to buy good logs than to gather up the inferior material now left in the woods or sent to the burners. Clean logging and complete utilization will therefore come slowly in British Columbia. At present the most complete utilization in the Province is in the Crows Nest Division of the Cranbrook District, where green and dead material down to 3 inches in diameter and 3 feet long is taken off for use in mines. Nevertheless, the lumber manufacturers of British Columbia have by producing lumber in odd and even lengths and widths saved a great deal of high-grade lumber, and have set an example in close utilization to all other lumber-producing districts on the continent. What Regulates Waste Utilization ?P | 4 “Closer utilization of timber” is the subject of an article publish- ed in the February issue of “Conservation” issued by the Canadian Commission of Conservation. ‘Popular opinion holds the lumbermen responsible,” says the article “for the wastage of 50 to 75 per cent. of the timber which he handles, this waste consisting of high stumps, broken trees, logs and uncut timber left in the woods, and of saw- dust, slabs, edgings and trimmings at the mills. The lumberman maintains that he saves as much material as he can at a profit, and that he should not be charged with wilful waste when he refuses to handle material which cannot be sold for at least the cost of pro- duction. “Conditions which make possible closer utilization in logging and manufacturing are: 1. Ready markets. Cheap transportation. . Character of timber. Efficient management. . Proper equipment. “The labour costs in handling waste material are often prohibi- tive. The present low price of stumpage makes it more profitable for the manufacturers of many small wooden articles to buy logs, and entire timber tracts, than to manufacture from the waste of lumber- ing operations.” These are facts with which lumbermen are all familiar, with the exception of the last statement, to the effect that the present low price of stumpage makes it more profitable for the manufacurers of many small wooden articles to buy logs and entire timber tracts, than to manufacture from the waste of lumbering operations. Just what this statement means, is difficult to understand, but if it means that manufacturers of small wooden articles are in the habit of buying tracts of timber to secure their raw material, it is scarcely accurate. Nor is it right in making the general statement that the present low price of stumpage is the cause of such a situation. Take the price of stumpage in Ontario to-day, for instance, and the case seems to be very different. Far from being at a low price, stumpage in Ontario un BW hd turers into closer touch with profitable markets. Another common form of saving waste is the taking out of cedar for shingle-bolts and posts. The market for these commodities is in- creasing, and it may be confidently expected that hereafter very little cedar will be lost. On the Coast the pulp-mills use large quantities if hemlock which, under market conditions, could not be utilized for lumber manufacture and would otherwise be left in the woods to r An unsuccessful attempt was made to market hemlock-bark, but th cost of preparing it was found to be too great. The coal-mines of t th Prairie and Crows Nest District provide a steady market for materi too small to put into lumber. Aside from the instances quoted, log ging operators west of the Cascades leave nearly everything in tl woods that will not produce a No. 2 or good No. 3 log. Utilizati east of the Cascades is much more close, and compares tavoural with conditions in Eastern Canada. The chief market for sawmill refuse is found in fuel, which pro duction is an important side-line of every sawmill in or near a Re’ of population. The market for this in 1913 was (because of the cc shortage) better than ever before, the sale being estimated at 300, 000 cords, valued at $900,000. Large quantities of sawmill refuse are als used under burners to produce power; and in addition the manufac ture of sawdust briquettes for fuel purposes has been ‘started. ~The appear very satisfactory and sell for the same price as coal. 7 a An outlet for the use of sawmill-waste may be found in the manu- facture of sulphite pulp. A 40-ton plant has been erected in connec- tion with a sawmill at Marshfield, Oregon. This plant, if it proves successful, may cause the utilization of similar material in Britis! h Columbia. ; A study of the wood-using industries of the Province is now being made by the Forest Branch. The results will be published in such a manner as to make known the importance of these industries, and ta suggest, if possible, new markets for materials now unused. t. to-day is so expensive that many of the large manufacturers in the Georgian Bay district have decided, during the last year or two, te cease their operations, or to reduce them greatly. It is a generally acl <- nowledged fact that stumpage in Ontario to-day is so high in price the the competition of other classes of timber and lumber, especially hi products of the Southern States, is making it difficult to manufacture in Ontario at a profit. There are other factors, of course, which z playing a part in this situation, but it is not proper to lay the blam at the door of cheap stumpage. In some of the provinces of Canada, particule British Colu m bia, the working out of these factors is quite apparent and it is ru that over-production has been stimulated by cheap hh eae : rather by stumpage which is readily available and cheaply loggec In such a country, the manufacturing of small articles from waste 1 not practical. In Ontario, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces | ‘f Canada, however, statistics which have been published recently by th Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior show that the chi factor in this problem of the utilization of waste is the proxim ity markets, not the price of stumpage. Throughout Eastern Canad good progress is being made in using up material which cares to be sent to the burner, and the reason in every case is, that r have been found, close enough, to make the process one price of stumpage is only a coincident condition, resulting to sor tent from the absence of markets. An artificial i increase in the D1 of stumpage, for instance, would be of no avail in increa ; utilization of waste. It would simply make the holding of that much more expensive for the time being, unless it was acc panied by profitable manufacturing conditions growing out « proximity of better markets. “2 Those who wish to see the closer utilization of waste mu st vote their attention more to the study of neglected opportuniti using up material which is now wasted, and to bringing ma The step re taken by the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interi the direction of undertaking an exhaustive series of tests of C woods and studying the various uses to which each can be put, is along the right direction and is certain to ‘have good results. _ The article referred to above concludes as follows:—“Many by- product plants require such large investments and an assurance of a long-time supply of material that their erection is possible only in ‘connection with very large lumbering operations. The conditions surrounding many small operations are such that close utilization is in mpossible. “Material is saved aig as it is valuable. Closeness of timber ilization is in direct proportion to stumpage values. In some large favorably situated Eastern lumbering operations, high timber es and good markets for a wide variety of products permit the lization of practically all waste. In many Pacific Coast operations A bulletin upon the wood-using industries of Ohio, has been pub- ti hed by the Ohio Agricultural Experiment Station in co-operation with. the Forest Service of the United States. The report is chiefly ‘interesting on account of the wide variety of uses to which it shows that lumber is put in the State of Ohio. Nearly every State in the Union as well as many foreign countries send some portion of their forest material to Ohio for utilization in manufacture. The value of ‘the commodities turned out by these factories, together with the vaiue of the rough forest products, like lumber, shingles, cross-ties, etc., amount in one year to nearly $156,000,000. ‘There were more than 1,900 sawmills operating in Ohio in 1&0. This number was steadily maintained for several decades, when the failing timber supply began to be felt and the larger mills were com- ‘ pelled to move to other regions. In 1910, 1,532 milis were still oper- ating in Ohio. These were mostly portable mills of small cepacity. ‘Their combined cut was 542,000,000 feet, as against 290,600, 000 sawed in 1900, a decrease of more than 45 per cent. _ Over 63,000 wage earners in Ohio are dependent upon the wood- using industries and sawmills. These establishments, aside from the sale of the taw material, added to the wealth produced in the State \ - ©. 2-4 A recent ruling of the United States Treasury Department in “veg ae to the duty upon flooring entering the United States will be a th Treasury Department at Washington, and a ruling. was finally give en to the effect that flooring, tongued and grooved, end matched, ae resting address was delivered recently hp Col. H. Apple- to én before the Victoria Board of Trade’s Committee on Trade and Cot nmerce, at Victoria, B.C., upon the possibilities of promoting Ser ‘commercial relations between British Columbia and India. As sult of Col: Appleton’s address, the Board of Trade’s Committee resented a report which, it is hoped, may lead to the development mportant trade in lumber between British Columbia and India. committee in its report, say that they are impressed with the ility of increasing this trade. The Douglas fir, cedar and spruce tish Columbia appear to be suitable for use in the tropics, the s in the two former being obnoxious to white ants and the spruce f practically unaffected by climatic influences and therefore very doors, windows, etc. The committee also report that, ac- ompare favorably with the same class of lumber now in . Tae ; + CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 where standing timber of low value is abundant, and sawing capacity - is in excess of market demand, much waste is at present unavoidable. “Over-production of lumber and other wood products is a prolific cause of forest waste. Over-production results from unlimited com- petition in the exploitation of forest resources. “Educating the consumer to the use of grades and sizes of ma- terial now rejected will accomplish much in decreasing forest waste. The consumer has the final say in the disposition of the products of the manufacturer. This is not a condition peculiar to lumbering alone, but applies to the market for all manufactured and agricultural products. A market for forest products equal to that in Germany inlet pegelt 3 in as close timber utilization in Canada as exists in Ger- many.” Ohio’s Woodworking Industries each year $96,000,000. At present the home-grown timbers is far short of the 200,000,000 feet of lumber required for the maintenance of the wood working factories. Small tracts of valuable hardwoods are still to be found in the western part of the State, but it will not be many years before these have been consumed. Yellow poplar is used in larger quantities in the State of Ohio than any other variety of wood. The annual consumption amounts. to nearly 140,000,000 feet, and the average cost is $29.42. White pine comes second in the list with 120,000,000 feet at an average cost of $29.68. Practically all of this is imported into the State of Ohio. A little over 100,000,000 feet of white oak is used, at an average cost of $37.23 per thouasnd feet. Ohio produces about 46 per cent. of this total. Long leaf pine and short leaf pine are each used to the extent of a little over 70,000,000, the former at an average of $26.26 and the latter at $25.75 per thousand feet. All of this is imported. Of the woods grown in Ohio, the greatest consumption record is that of white oak, the amount being over 46,000,000 feet. White oak grown out of Ohio is consumed to the extent of 54,500,000 feet. Over $124,000,000 is paid annually by the wood users of Ohio for their raw material. Over $43,000,000 of this leaves the State annually Editorial Short Lengths for Busy Readers use in India. The committee has brought these facts to the attention of the Hon. Wm. R. Ross, Minister of Lands for British Columbia and has suggested that specimens of British Columbia lumber aid timber for test purposes be presented to the government of India. The committee also suggested that there should be offered to the Goy- ernment of India, free of cost, a sufficient supply of British Columbia” wood to be used in the interior decorations of chambers, offices, etc. A series of regulations governing the floating of timber in Pacific coast waters in Canada is contained in an act recently introduced in Parliament. The proposed act prescribes that, whereas stray logs floating in the sea and tidal waters of British Columbia are a serious danger to navigation and it is desirable that action be taken to clear such waters from stray logs, therefore when any logs or timbers are found floating at large in such waters or abandoned, or cast up on ihe beach or shore, any person finding them and being authorised either by the British Columbia Government or the owner of the timber may take charge of the same and, if the owner can be located, notify him. The owner would be given forty-five days to claim the timber and pay salvage on it Another act that has also had first reading will affect sawmill and pulp mill owners who discharge effluent, sawdust, etc., into navigable waters. The proposed act forbids any person to deposit or allow to flow into any navigable water, or water that flows into navigable water—unless otherwise disposed of—any matter poisonous, noxious, decomposing, refuse or waste. Every private corporation convicted would be liable to a fine of not less than $200 and every day during which the offense continues. Six months will be afforded corporatious that now break the law to cease doing so, 6 es 30 B.C.’s New Timber Royalty Legislation Outline of the Measure Presented by Minister of Lands in the Legislature—Royalty on a Sliding Scale to Grow with Lumber Prices The new Timber Royalty Bill for the Province of British Colum- bia which was recently introduced in the Provincial Legislature was discussed on February 13th, by Hon. Wm. R. Ross, Minister of Lands, who spoke in part as follows: A Bill has been introduced, and is now pending before the Legis- lature, which will settle the vexed question of royalty re-adjustment. This Royalty Re-adjustment Bill does these three things: It gives a fair and just measure of certainty to timber license holders, and therefore stability to our lumber industry. It somewhat increases present returns to the government from timber royalty, and it provides for greater and greater inceases in the future; by a profit- sharing principle—a recognition of the right of the people of British Columbia to share in the increasing value of their own timber pro- perty. This bill is the product of cement years of agitation and of more than a year of definite consideration of this whole royalty problem. This consideration has involved a thorough and practical investiga- tion by the Forest Branch into the lumber values and costs, whose difference, less a margin of fair profit to the lumber operator, spells stumpage values. Royalty Question I have never looked upon this question of royalty increase as a mere question of money raising; | have looked upon it rather as a fun- damental question in public forest policy. To me it has had three great purposes in view, not the object of taking from the industry the highest possible money revenue. These three great purposes are as follows: First, so to settle this royalty question as to insure, to the highest practical degree, the welfare of all the people in British Columbia as far as the forests contribute to their welfare, and that is very far. Second, so to handle this question that the Government co-operates to the fullest legitimate extent in establishing and maintaining a perman- ent and profitable lumber industry in our province; and third, so to handle this matter, as to make forest conservation not a remote, but a nearer and more probable thing upon all timber limits. For in the last analysis, the test of the success of the forest policy of this Government will lie, not merely in the present productiveness, but still more in the future productiveness of the forests themselves. We have in our province vast areas of mountain forest land suited best to forest purposes. It is obviously the direct duty and responsi- bility of our Government to keep that forest land under productive growing forests; and that conclusion has been ever prominent in my mind in this whole royalty matter. You will observe, therefore, that the increased revenue from the forests provided for by this bill has been treated as less important than other and more vital public considerations. That the bill will increase revenues is a happy result; but I would consider it an unhappy resu!t were it accomplished by violation of any one of the three great prin- ciples I have just set forth; the welfare of the people, the welfare of the lumbermen, and the welfare of the forests. - This bill is not the result of the application to British Columbia wholesale of some plan worked out in some other country. I have taken into account the approach which all other countries have made upon this problem of disposing profitably of the public timber. From some I have gained help; from others I have gained nothing; but in the aggregate this bill typifies the independent, original consideration of our home problem. It is not a borrowed measure, taken from some- where else with the hope that it may fit in with our local conditions. It is a bill drafted in British Columbia, based on a knowledge of British Columbia conditions, and my belief is that it will work to the satisfaction of British Columbians. Forest Conservation This is not merely a royalty measure. It is a forest conservation measure; the second great forest conservation measure which has been inaugurated by this Government in recent years. First came the inauguration of our Forest Branch which is already an alert, efficient instrument, directed by alert, efficient, zealous men, in the develop- ment, protection and wise use of forest resources. Now comes, as I hope will come, the passage of this Royalty Bill, which settles, and settles definitely and settles fairly, the uncertain- ties which in recent years, both for operator and investor, have dis- turbed somewhat the stability of the finances of our lumber industry. I hope that in the years to come, and not in the remote years either, we may take further great steps forward in our forest conser- vation policy. That policy, as I see it, has these great objects in view: CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ; ’ — iw x ‘ ) F y ~ > Pd > tt g fe x an i é re ; 7 “" _~ To protect our forests; to get them wisely and profitably used; and te keep them coming. The last calls for a fair and reasonable measur practical forestry. I have some plans for that from which I think | will get, with profit to the lumbermen, the better assurance of a secon ¢ crop upon the timber limits; and within a year I shall be ready to | nounce those plans. But before doing so I will discuss them, an modify them if necessary, and if I am convinced of the wisdom ced modifications, will work them out with the British Columbia lun men themselves. I see no reason why British Columbia should not lead all o' parts of North America, and even our progressive friends to the So of us, in practical forest conservation. I realize that we will have » move rapidly to accomplish that result. But I am entirely willing, in fact I am eager, to enter into such friendly rivalry with forest con- servation as our goal. The Royalty Bill comprises these four things: It fixes the royalty increase for 1915, and establishes a level of lumber prices on which future increases will be based. It provides seven five-year periods ort royalty adjustment; and it provides that for each of these periods given percentage of the price increment for lumber shall be added to the royalty. This percentage is twenty-five per cent. for the first five” years, and rises gradually to forty per cent. for the last five-years — period. The fourth of the accomplishments of the Royalty Bill is | bt re-adjust the rentals between the Coast and the interior, and fix he a for the whole period of the Act. I will take up each of these four — principles separately, and their application, and will attempt—so far as practicable—to forecast their results. The Royalty Increase First, the royalty increase for which the bill provides takes effert) on January 1,1915. The bill provides that these increases shall be, for — Coast lumber, from the present royalty of fifty cents to seventy-five cents, an increase of fifty per cent. This increase, however, is not ap-— plied arbitrarily, but is the result of raising the ‘royalty on different — classes of logs in a proportion which puts the highest increase on the best logs, and no increase at all on logs of such low value that the in- crease would mean that they would be left lying in the woods. That — plan is the particular application of the broad principle of forestry ; to encourage the utilization of low grade material which otherwise might be wasted, and charge a fair rate of increase upon high gra material, which in any case would be utilized, because in utilizing it _ lies the chief margin of profit in logging. : The royalty increase in 1915 provides that in the interior, royalty shall be increased by- the use of the B. C. scale instead of the Doyle. That means an increase of probably forty-five per cent. in roya ys to the Government, and, as far as I and my advisors can figure it out, is an equitable adjustment of royalty between the Coast and the In- terior. In the Central and Northern Interior, regions of great pro - pective timber development, the Government has imposed in the Royalty Bill a royalty charge of sixty-five cents per thousand sere measure. This again, in my best judgment, fairly represents the rela- tive conditions as to lumber values in that region, as compared with the interior and Coast. The First Five Years ‘ These three increases take place in 1915, and hold good ie Ave years, or until 1920. Then comes the first re-adjustemnt based on i1 crease on the actual lumber price of $18 fixed by the bill. But be we take that up let me say a word about the general level of this tom ty increase for the first five years. Py. Are they too high? The central facts of this adjustment must kept well in mind. In my judgment they are not too high. I merely take up a certain amount of slack, and they impose upon industry so small an increase for its raw product that they ca fairly be claimed to disturb existing financial conditions. They suppose—as any reasonable man must pre-suppose—that this pe of depression through which we have recently passed, and from whicl we are already emerging, is a temporary thing. They pre-suppose th in British Columbia, as in the rest of the world, the price of es will not continue to fall spasmodically ; and that ‘the general tendency will be up and not down. : Are they too low? My belief is they are not too low. They might have been higher, for the Government had the whip hand, and they might have been two or three times as great, and still have be well within the limits of our power. But, as I have said before, t plan and policy of royalty re-adjustment is not merely a money r for the present, not a financial emergency measure to wring the u ‘ter- ns “S Se eae ae be 3 +s Seat aes ye ; ‘ : : i — 7 a2 ’ >age . 72 tr - q a eS “most farthing out of the lumbermen. Moreover, the financial condi- tion of our lumber industry at present is not a very rosy one. In the aggregate, some of our mills are making a little money, and some are ‘Tosing a little money, but the general average is to break a little better than even. This is at the present moment. A little better than an even break; that is in general the lumberman’s situation to-day. If that were made by an ill-considered royalty increase merely an even b reak, or a little below an even break, the result would be to deal a b pet blow to an industry not altogether upon its feet, although rapid- Beeproaching that condition. Progressive Increase Now I wi!l take up the progressive increase in royalty based on centages of the price increment above the base level selling price 8. As you will observe, these increases are made, subject to the ult of governmental investigations, and are applied at the end of h five years, to hold good for the next five years. Therein lies the princip'e around which hangs this bill; the principle that the iment, the people, and the lumbermen are co-operators in an istrial enterprise; the principle that there should be frequent re- ment based on the actual facts, so that timber royalty may keep ith the growth in lumber values. So far as I am aware no such ple has ever been enacted before on so broad a scale by any other ni. The Government began by taking for the first five years twenty- 7 five per cent. of the increment in the selling price of the lumber over c Set a more we will oh ke Bit we will hot take all of tie add. ts at The 23rd annual convention of the Western Retail Lumbermen’s ociation of Canada was held at Winnipeg on February 18th and A directors’ meeting was held on February 17th to prepare for general convention. On Wednesday morning the convention was d by the reading of the minutes, after which the president, Mr. Mergens delivered his address, in which he noted that the As- m had held its own in numbers during the year, although they 4 eter of new yards that had been opened. There was greater d to-day for Association work than ever before and he urged all ers to do their utmost to stimulate its growth. New conditions eveloping which made the value of the Association much great- mpetition was becoming more active and the efforts to do. away middle man were becoming more vigorous. For his own part lid not expect that the move to obliterate the middlemen would ecessful, as it would be detrimental to the interests of the con- ‘much as to those of the retailer. He did not believe that a on-delivery carload trade with the farmers could be carried on ily. A customer who dealt with a local yard saw what he efore. he paid for it and this was an advantage which would work in favor of the retailer and against the carload trade. eless, there was great necessity for educating consumers in to this particular point. One of the chief matters to which st also give their attention was the complete satisfying of to A satisfied customer was a very valuable asset to a isnt Mergens spoke also of the Saskatchewan lien act which en in danger some time ago of being repealed. The value of the had been definitely, demonstrated in this case because it tituted a campaign which resulted in the lien law being upheld endments made to it which rendered it even more advantageous lumber merchants. This was a definite illustration of the value A ssociation to its members. Many other advantages might be ned, among them the information available through the ” Asso- credit system and the benefits secured from its mutual insur- Epaniy, and also from the information which it afforded in re- Association Holding its aon re tary Alan M. Stewart, in his report, said that the year’ s work tried on without drawing upon the Association’s reserve one new members had been added to the list which had ciation had made efforts to bring about the adoption age. They had not been sticcessful in this, but t there were now eee bans that the Dominion CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER : 31 ed increment, we will take a fair part leaving to you good returns for your enterprise, your capital investment, and your risk. If the price of the product does not go up we will take no more than we are taking now. We will play fair. The Rentals Now take up the fourth provision of the bill, which adjusts and fixes the rentals of the whole period. Why fix the rental? the open minded man might say. Why not leave that open? What is the use of tying it up for such a period? To such a man my answer is this: Every British Columbia lumberman is fairly entitled to have the rentals fixed during this period of the Royal- ty Re-adjustment Bill, and during the period that this profit is shared between the Government and him. What will be the general effect upon revenue present, and future, of this bill? Coincident with its enactment this bill will increase our timber royalty by somewhere between $50,000 and $60,000. By 1924, if the annual lumber cut increases on an average at the conservative figure of five per cent. per annum, and lumber goes up moderately to $21 per thousand feet, this bill will increase our royalty revenue to close on $2,500,000 a year. After that it will go further, but that is far enough to estimate. Hon. Mr. Ross concluded with an eloquent reference to the duty of the government as stewards of the natural resources of the pro- vince. In explanation of Hon. Mr. Ross’ reference to rentals it may be added that the new bill provides that the annual rental west -of the Cascade mountains shall be $140 per square mile, and the annual rent- al east of the Cascades, including the district of Atlin, $100 per square mile. Jestern Retailers’ Annual Meeting Association’s Usefulness Strongly Illustrated During a Year of Trade Depression— A. B. Estlin Elected President for 1914 Board of Railway Commissioners were leaning towards the adoption of such a system. The year 1913, Mr. Stewart, said, had been a hard one for the lumber trade, owing to the financial stringency prevailing throughout the west and the retrenchment in expenditures which resulted. The lumber trade, however, had come through fairly well: and its members had learned a great deal, so that they were now in better shape than ever before. Mr. Stewart drew attention to the mistake, so often made, of over-crowding new territories with the retail yards and urged that the Association should give its attention to the working out of some remedy for this difficulty. In the collection of claims from the railway companies the Asso- ciation had had better success during 1913 than in previous years. Mr. Stewart referred to the growth of the grain growers’ organ- izations and to the fact that they had entered to some extent into the lumber business. This threatened a formidable kind of competition. . Farmer’s organizations were growing very strong and they were op- posed to the middleman. This was a development which the members of the Association should watch carefully, with a view to meeting the situation promptly. The special service department of the Association had been of | much value to the members during the past year in looking after many of their individual complaints. Much had been done in the direction of preventing delays in deliveries on shipment and many other bene- fits had been secured which could not be had outside of the Associa- tion. Mr. Stewart also emphasized the advantages of the protection furnished by the Association’s mutual fire insurance company. Mr. J. E. McFee, assistant secretary. of Moose Jaw, made a brief report stating that the year’s work in his district had brought fairly favorable results. At the Wednesday afternoon session an interesting address was delivered by Mr. J. M. Brayley. organizer of the Saskatchewan branch of the Retail Merchants’ Association of Canada, who explained in de- tail the objects of that Association. He asked particularly for the co- operation of the Western Retail Lumbermen’s Association in keeping track of “dead beats.” Considerable discussion followed Mr. Brayley’s address and the members concluded that it would not be advisable at present to affiliate with the Retail Merchants’ Association, although individual members might use their own judgment in regard to be- coming members. Retailers Need More Co-operation Mr. Brayley also urged that a more friendly feeling among retail lumbermen in each town was of great importance. Customers often | ran bills at one yard, when they were indebted to another in the same 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER town. Yard men were not on friendly enough terms with each other and would not advise each other of their customers’ indebtedness. In regard to this matter, one of the representatives present urged that their should be co-operation, not only among merchants, but be- tween merchants and their customers, with a view to developing a bet- ter understanding. He did not believe that the time was ripe for the introduction of a cash business in Western Canada. An interesting discussion then took place in regard to the compe- tition of Coast mi!l men, some of whom were planning to send car lots of lumber to consumers at prairie points, where they could not sell through retailers who patronized other mills. A statement was made that two strong companies were now being organized at the Pacific Coast to handle this carlot business. The rest of the session was devoted to a general discussion of methods for improving conditions in the lumber trade. One of the strong points brought out was the danger of inducine farmers to as- sume too heavy obligations in buying lumber and other materials, without sufficient regard to their ability to pay. At the Thursday morning session the discussion upon “Means of Annual Report of B.C. Chief Forester Revenue of Branch Greater Than Ever Before—Important Statistics of Production, Prices, Markets, Etc.—How U.S. Lumber Competed The report of Mr. H. R. MacMillan, Chief Forester of the De- partment of Lands for the province of British Columbia, for the year ending December 31st, 1913, has just been issued, and is one of the most interesting reports of its kind that have appeared. The public revenue of British Columbia, according to this re- port, is the largest of any province in Canada, being nearly $27 per inhabitant, which is three times as great as that of the next largest province Manitoba, and over seven times that of Ontario. By far the most important item in this revenue is the portion derived from the provincial forests. In spite of financial stringency during the past year, the branch collected, during the twelve months ending Decem- ber Ist, a revenue breaking all previous records and amounting to $2,832,788 which is $229,669 greater than the revenue for the twelve months ending December lst, 1912. For the twelve months ending March Ist, 1914, the Chief Forester expects to show a total revenue not far short of $3,000,000. Diagrams which accompany the report show that the forest re- venue of British Columbia amounts to $6.63 per head whereas that of Ontario is only 79c per head, and Quebec 77c per head. Another dia- gram shows that royalties from timber cut in British Columbia dur- ing the twelve months amounted to $489,377, whereas those of On- tario amounted to $1,339,957, and those of Quebec to $1,173,393. Private timber lands, which are assessed for taxation at 2 per cent. on their valuation, showed a total acreage in 1913 of 922,948, being 48,233 acres greater than during 1912. The average value per acre was $9.02 which is an advance of 42c per acre as compared with 19172. The total forest revenue, including taxation on Crown granted timber lands for the twelve months ending December Ist was $2,- 999,579. The estimated expenditure for the branch, for the fiscal year ending March, 1914, is $245,754. The forest protection fund to which the government and the tim- ber owners contribute equal sums is estimated for the year ending March, 1914, at $350,682. ' Importance of the Lumbering Industry Dealing with the lumbering industry and its importance to the province the report says :— Even to-day, with the sea-going export trade in lumber still in its infancy and the available market for British Columbia timber prac- tically confined to the Prairie Provinces of Canada, the lumbering in- dustry constitutes the commercial backbone of our forest Province. The census returns shows that half our industrial capital is invested in the lumbering and woad-working business; that half the pay-roll of the province is derived from our forests; and that 37 per cent. of our annual production of wealth comes from that same source. ___ Important as is the part played by our lumbering industry to-day, it is obvious, in view of the immense timber resources of the pro- vince, that its development is still upon a comparatively small scale. Outside the Prairie Provinces it has practically no effective markets. Its cargo trade in 1912 was under 52,000,000 feet. The whole ship- ment to the east of Canada is confined to a few specialties, such as dimension timber and small quantities of high-grade material; and but a thin trickle of business in shingles and high grades has been possible with the United States. Chaotic overproduction has resulted from this shortage of markets, since the quality and quantity and (i a4! pla =o we ie | pe et hk Bettering the Lumber Trade Conditions” was continued. The Mani- — toba lien act came in for criticism. As it now stands, this act makes it necessary to file a lien within thirty days, and for the merchants to sue within ninety days. It was decided that the government should be asked to extend the time for suing to twelve months. Officers for the Current Year The election of officers resulted as follows :—President, A. B. Est- lin, Melita, Manitoba; vice-president, H. Meilicke, Saskatoon, Sask.; secretary-treasurer, Alan M. Stewart, Winnipeg; assistant secretary, — J. E. McFee, Moose Jaw. @ On Thursday afternoon, Prof. S. A. Bedford, Deputy Minister of Agriculture for Manitoba, delivered an interesting address on diversi- fied farming and its effect upon retail trade. An interesting address was delivered by John W. Barry, Cedar Rapids, lowa, upon the “Economic Necessity of the, Retailer.” On Thursday a social evening was held at the Winnipeg Industrial Bureau and plans were arranged for the Hoo-Hoo Concatenation next Sep-— tember. This was followed by a smoking concert which brought the — convention to an end. accessibility of our provincial forests have proved an overwhelming — temptation to lumbermen to enlarge their mill capacity beyond cur- rent needs. Through a combination of circumstances even the near future may be expected to see a very great improvement in the condi- tions of the industry. Whatever differences of opinion there may be as to the exact commercial effects of the opening of the Panama Canal, it is beyond dispute that a general broadening of our markets for lumber will result. Sooner or later, moreover, the western freight- rates question must be decided in favour of the West. Panama in it- — self will attract shipping and make British Columbia more of a dis- — tributing centre for Western Canada, a position that will, of course, be immensely strengthened by any equalization of the rail-haul rates. In the collection’ of forest revenue the returns of the Forest Branch show a cut of 1,457,000,000 feet, board measure, for the year — 1913, an amount which is nearly equal to the combined output of the Provinces of Ontario and Quebec for the previous year. If the large amount of material used in railway construction during the year be included, British Columbia’s total cut would approach 2,000,000,000 feet. The number of saw and shingle mills exceeds 425. Logging Inspection There were 794 logging operations in progress during 1913 on timber lands on which a royalty or tax had been reserved to the Crown. The product of these operations for the calendar year 1913 was, approximately, 1,348,000,000 feet of logs, 82,805 cords of shingle- bolts, 3,030,010 lineal feet of piling, 35,000 mining-props, 15,500 cedar posts, and 5,093,718 lineal feet of cedar poles. The loggers of British Columbia established a new record both for number of camps oper- ated and quantity of timber produced. rea Referring to the importance of efficient disposal of slash the re- port says :— It is admitted that clean logging will depend upon the lumber market, for when there is no market for low-grade lumber the logger will feel disposed to leave low-grade logs in the woods. The general study which has been made up-to-date shows, however, that even — under the market conditions which have governed during the past few years a great deal of material has been left to rot which could have been taken out profitably. The truth of this statement is borne — out by the varying standards of different loggers. Some of the most successful in British Columbia have made a study of clean logging, and by cutting low stumps, exercising care in falling so as to reduce > breakage, carrying log-lengths so as to take the full merchantable length of the tree, clean yarding, and using inferior logs for construe tion work and fuel have greatly increased the productivity and profits of their operations. On those operations where such business prin- ciples have not yet been adopted there is a tremendous waste of ti m= ber and consequent loss to the Government in royalty revenue. It is the aim of the Forest Branch to continue to work steadily towardsa_ s > Aigt ih piers oo . a A a 7 a ie coli a ’ ie | Ub OS Se may i a 5 , *?). J. mE yt CANADA LUMBERMAN Export of Forest Products A lengthy section of the report deals with the export trade in _ forest products, regarding which it says in part: ‘The life of the timber industry of British Columbia depends upon the profitable export of forest products from the Province, for the local population uses less than one-fifth of the timber annually pro- duced, and the other four-fifths must be exported. The situation has become more acute during the past year or two owing to the decrease of building operations in the larger towns and cities of the Province, r nd consequent falling off in the local demand for lumber. - During 1913, 120 permits to export logs were issued. The total iantity exported was 58,752,678 feet, which compares with previous Feet B.M. 47,000,000 53,280,375 ; 58,752,678 : Ba ‘The quantity of each species “exported from British Columbia a during | 1913 was :— Feet. 22,678,030 gees E Toot 2 a re 509,149 eee ye tif 2. 391,037 _ Hemlock 1 3,369 +, Total . . 25,340,716 Lh species Raiden tified, 331 411,962 feck (exported at 50 cents per thousand). . The quantity and propor tion of each grade has been :-— Crees tee Quantity ete Feet B.M. Per Cent Grade No. 1 :. 1,108,087 14 ~Grade’ No. 2... 2,759,693 36 5s cule uiiie Mono"... 3 829,238 50 <4 _ The export of smaller tide dadtfactured products is growing. For _ instance, there is keen market in the United States, on the Pr rairie, : in Eastern Canada for cedar poles, and the export of cedar poles for the year amounted to 2,562,942 feet. About 2,000,000 lineal feet re shipped from the Cr anbrook and Nelson Forest Districts to the rie, the Central States, and Ontario; 500,000 lineal feet were ship- ry boat from the tide-water camps to Central and Southern Cali- . The total value of pole shipments was $179,406. Again, the ok and Nelson Forest Districts constitute the chief source of sts for the Prairie, and furnish a large proportion of the rail- _and mining props used annually in Alberta and Saskatche- He Eepustion of these timbers has become an important ad- ete Miilization of all material. The exports of. these “products hese districts for the year were :— Quantity Value. 11,190 pieces $ 57,400 ay ties hiZ3,2/0 451,308 Pp 6 000 cords 36,000 1e total value of the logs, ‘poles, piles, posts, ties, and props ex- rom British Columbia in 1913 was $1,321,640. 78, ie Export Markets of British Columbia ost important item in British Columbia’s the export of manufactured timber. The thas been so favourably situated for this t it has grown up without any form of ent or public assistance or encourage- _The three chief natural markets are the Can- ang irie, the United States, and Eastern Can- ‘IMporTATIONS FROM U.S Lumber, Laths, and Shingles from January 1st to November 1st, 1911; January 1st to November AND WOODWORKER 33 000,000 annually in the Canadian Prairies. The shipments of timber into the Western Provinees from the United States during the first eleven months of 1913 were about 50 per cent. less than during the same period in 1912 (which was the record year), and were not so great as during the same period in 1911. The exact shipments in com- parison with 1912 and 1911 are shown in the accompanying table. Eastern Canada Markets Many British Columbia lumber manufacturers believe that the time has come to develop the markets of Eastern Canada and ihe United States to a greater extent. The great lumber-consuming dis- tricts of this continent lie around the Great Lakes and along the At- lantic Coast, and the recent removal of the United States tariff on all lumber, places British Columbia manufacturers in a position to comi- pete on free terms with that great market of nearly 100,000,000 people. Up to the present, shipments to Eastern Canada have consisted of a few million feet of Douglas fir annually, for large construction timber, railway-car building, public works, boats and scows; together with cedar shingles and cedar finish. Similarly, shipments to the United States have consisted of shingles for the middle west and cedar finish for the New England States. Both in Canada and the United States there are many markets which can, and sooner or later wil!, be supplied from the United States. Douglas fir dimension fimber in large sizes for big construction will find sale in competition with southern pine. Our shingles, moreover, can compete everywliere, while Douglas fir flooring and inside finish, cedar siding and clap- boards are on an equality with the best products of the east. “he fight for larger markets will be greatly helped if favourable rates are secured through the Panama Canal. It cannot, however, be successful until the products which British Columbia lumbermen are ready to sell are made known in the buying centres of the east. Eastern peo- ple are surprised when they visit the Coast and see the beautiful effects produced in house interiors with British Columbia woods. They will buy this timber if it is put before them in the east. The cargo trade of British Columbia has shown sign of growth during recent years. It constitutes on the average less than 5 per cent. of the lumber trade of the province, and only “three or four mills are engaged in it. The following table shows the comparison between British Co- lumbia and the Western States :— From Wash., Ore., From Columbia River British and South Columbia Berta we eal iy TMS 177,556,404 25,788,248 West Coast of South America xa x8 103,813,354 6,683,752 China and Japan ... : Sim '67Z,/174;100 2,710,683 Mexico and Central America SER PAN Shh oie 552,492 United Kingdom and Continent .. 16,555,058 12,019,659 Jot hho i ac eee 8,622,430 2,158,700 Other foreign ports Sa 47,564,301 1,598,522 Philippines ; 16564901 247. ae Hawaii . . 62408942" | * Boise 5 East Coast of U.S 4699. 000") Se ee 537,074,775 51,512,056 In addition to these cargo shipments, British Columbia exported 53,000,000 logs to the State of Washington. The total timber imports of the principal countries of the world S.A. TO MANITOBA, SASKATCHEWAN, ALBERTA, AND BRITISH COLUMBIA. Ist, 1912; and January 1st to November ist, 1913. ay E e sea-borne cargo trade. - Ell eae =a . «6 912. St 913. So ne present the Canadian Prairie has been oe rr oS 38 ost important market, for it has taken three- 4 Be pam 4 . . e,e . ver. _ rer.ji0o S > - ver.||/o 5 the timber-production of British Columbia, Feet BM. | Value. [ourgr|| Feet BM. | Value. [oer ||2 °)/ Feet BM. | Value. / nergy || ° majority of the sawmills in British Colum- ot Be evhes Bikes hy ie oy Pie ah) Ei a hn a been built for this trade. An important - : : ‘janks, boards, ete., f this market has been that, whereas the dressed! one side not oy Huntin tis, achtal maaan RIE ees wa dees & 2,324,994 | 812, 131] 207,762,000 |$ 2,377,262/811.44]| 9 || 106,299,000 |S 1,552,760 S14.61 | 4 port markets open to British Columbia Bee (ESS 6S ell aot) at etaen | ema ala Nalin | |e Raat take only the highest grades, all grades UpitiAIG Vo % ho. ck olee 31,348,000 390,866} 12.11)} 49,291,000 | 13.09)| 53 |] 17,843,000 303,971) 17,04) G4 shipped to the Prairie. During the past 222,116,000 |3 2,715,860 257,053,000 |% 3,022,932) 124,142,000 |S 1,856,731 | s there has been keen competition in this Piess ina | | ~The lumber manufacturers of Western Mathinrs neti alse: 58,220,000 |$ 134,795] 2.31] 63,720,000 |s id 2.111] 9 || 32,996,000 }s 78,361) 2.37) 48 hip 50,000,000 feet per year into Winni- Shinglesive 4:14 hae «es 17,206,000 32,781] 1.90| 82,887,000 | 152,402) 1.84}/381 || 3,400,300 65,153. 1.92 59 spruce manufacturers of the North (fav- . —- ee kau $ 2,883,436 = 3,309,958 3 2,000,245 39 tly by freight rates) distribute about feet annually; and the manufacturers States Baie, conditions are arket) ta aa a the incorporators. 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER are annually about 7,507,360,000 feet B.M. British Columbia supplies but 1 1-3 per cent. of this total, though no country is better equipped to be an important factor in the world’s timber trade, the annual growth of merchantable material in the province being several times the annual cut, and large quantities of it being accessib!e and cheap to log. Though at present the sawmill capacity of the province could supply double the present trade, this unfavourable condition cannot be expected to continue when the Panama Canal is open and the new transcontinental lines have trebled our facilities for eastern shipment. There are many timber holders prepared to invest more money in log- ging and timber manufacturing enterprises as soon as the market for their product develops. Finding a market for more timber either in Eastern Canada, the United States, or the overseas countries is a long, slow process. Nevertheless, the increase of the industry and, settlement of the pro- vince depends largely upon it, as does any increase in the Government revenue from royalty. Finding a market involves making the com- mercial timbers of British Columbia known to the purchasers of the world, a matter that is (after fire-protection) the most important work of the Forest Branch, which would naturally work out in conjunction Talks With the Lumbermen of British Columbia No. 6—By Douglas Fir One Hundred ‘‘ Don’ts’”’ for Incorporators and Others Don’t “float” your stock, just subscribe and pay in sufficient of real money for the undertaking. Webster passes upon the word “float” as applied to stock, as correct. Personally, I think it too suggestive. Don’t expect dividends, nor feel disappointed if you do not re- ceive them on capital that has never been invested. Don’t expect, when working on borrowed capital to pay a high rate of interest on same, and a large dividend too. That would be equivalent to double dividends. ~Don’t incorporate as a lumbering concern until you have first acquired some knowledge of the undertaking. Don’t, after you have incorporated, appoint a directorate having less familiarity with the undertaking than a politician has with the pulpit. Don't launch the undertaking with an unqualified man in charge. For though he may have many capabilities, yet if he is not a !umber- man he is not qualified for this one. You would not appoint a Master of Languages to teach Arts and Science. Nor yet a Greek Professor to teach the Modern Languages. Don’t ask the man upon whom you have conferred the honor of piloting your undertaking through the uncertain channels of.irregular competition, to carry so much canvas that when his ship approaches the dangerous places along the way it will become unmanageable. Don’t -over-capitalize your undertaking; neither is it wise to pro- vide too much real money within easy reach of such undertaking. Start it right, and then let it be self-supporting. It takes money to operate a lumber business, but sometimes too much is as bad as too little, if you are looking for profits. Don’t be deceived. The lumber business is not a get-rich-quick scheme. It is a legitimate undertaking, and should be entered into as such, treated all the way through as such, and conducted as such. If you want to get rich quick, and only want to use the lumber busi- ness as a stepping stone, we, who have legal claims upon the industry, would respectfully invite you to step on something else, as craftiness of that kind brings reproach upon the business, and everybody con- cerned therein. Don’ts For Managers Don’t undertake the management of a lumber business with no better qualifications for the position than having been successful in something else of an altogether different nature, or knowing some of There are things which have to be learned in the lumber business, that have never been written in books, and cannot be learned in a day, nor yet in a lifetime in association rooms. Don’t force your ideas, gathered at association rooms upon your heads of departments without first consulting them and getting their views. They might show you that your views would not suit your case at all, and that it may have been a Mutt and Jeff joke with your associates. Don’t ignore those who have to bow in submission to your will. _ It may be that they know more about the business than you do, or per- > haps more than you will ever know, Get next them, and learn of them, if you can. Don’t question the head of a department on any part of the work -_ ie 0 $4 ee ee aes rr with the lumber manufacturers of the province the details of a cam-_ paign of trade extension such as is necessary. Representations have already been received from lumber manufacturers pointing out that their efforts to establish a trade with Eastern Canada would be greatly assisted if an exhibit of fully manufactured and finished British Co- — lumbia timber were established by the Government at some central — point. I heartily concur with such a suggestion. No opportunity — should be lost for placing exhibits of manufactured British Columbia timber in the lumber-buying centres of the world. The total damage caused by forest fire during the year was only $18,354, as against $313,273 in 1912. The damage to standing forest was only $4,387, as against $200,000 last year. Fires covered and dam- aged to a greater or less extent less than 6,000 acres of merchantable timber and 2,000 acres of valuable second growth; 2,535 acres of slash was also burned, making a total of 10,270 acres, as against over 150,- 000 last year. The damage to other forms of property totalled only $13,967.25, as against $113,273 last year. Over 60 per cent. of this was — due to a ‘single fire in Cranbrook District which destroyed a large | “2 quantity of saw-logs on skidways. in a way that would indicate that you were testing his knowledge, . when all the time you are only trying to steal information from him for your own notebook. He likely suspects your motive. Don’t, when the head of a department offers a suggestion in a right spirit, cut him short by telling him that your mind is already made up. It is a silly judge who will attempt to render his decision before the evidence has been presented. Don’t be averse to learning from a subordinate. His garments — may be dusty, but he may own a store of diamonds in the shape of knowledge, which you will never be able to possess. Don’t let a man go out from your employ under a charge of in- competence or any such unsavory distinction, and then later take lim back at more money, or under improved conditions on your part. — It shows weakness and incompetence, but not where first alleged. Don’t forget that the time to insert the bond of good-fellowship _ and loyalty between yourself, your company, and your men is when their condition of subserviency has made their conception penetrable. — You will find such bond the most enduring, notwithstanding adverse vociferations. Don’t try to squeeze the men when work is scarce. Their rey will come again, and they do not easily forget. . Don’t allow your office to be closed at 5 o’clock when your neigh- bor keeps his open until 6. If you do, you must not feel disappointed, nor accuse him of wrong doing if he bags more game than you do. Don’t forget when you are planning your holiday, or your trip to — lcurope with full pay and expenses, that the man upon whom you have condescended to confer the honor of carrying your load and his — own too, though he may courteously accept the situation as inevit-— able, yet feels the injustice of your generosity concerning him. Don’t place in the hands of an incompetent, or one addicted to the habit of “butting in,” any commission of authority. There are aaoaael good and competent men to fill such places. If you do not secure — them it is your loss, and your competitors gain. Such “butters in” can do more to disrupt an otherwise good organization than they can ever undo. : Don’t bother about saying your prayers, if you have been vo an increase in salary by your directors, and then in turn you h reduced the wages of your men to save the amount back for your company. The Lord will not waste time listening to such prayers. — Don’t waste time in trying to harmonize the causes which enable you to begin work at 10 a.m. and then forget to go back after noc with those that compel your workmen to begin at 7 o'clock, and » w until 6. There is no harmony or justification in this. 7 Don’t go away to see the ball game, or the lacrosse match und full pay, and leave your superintendent to explain to your men why it is impossible to allow them to go when they do not expect pay for it He hates to do this, and besides it makes him feel silly. ae Don’t, when you have made it a common practice to cease work at noon on Saturday, but collect full pay, refuse the men working for you an occasional Saturday afternoon off when they are willing eo lo se their time. a Don’t, when you ia ibups all ene papers, or ee antares on al ‘ — so CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “pills payable, allow accounts owing to your company to run without inter est. Don’t let people “use” you, or your company, just for the sake _of being known as a good fellow. It does not pay. ‘ Don’t advertise in your Trade Journal. If you do, the customer dium of two or three middle men. But if you do advertise, Don’t take the trouble to tell the public what you can do in the way of serving its demands in your line. Just get your name in, and who the officers of your company are. That will do, unless you yant results from the advertising. Don’t think about your balance sheet until the end of the year, ause it cannot be taken out until then anyway, but when it is finally Don’t fail to raise a furore because it is not up to your expecta- ns. _ Don’t, whatever else you do, take any of the blame upon yourself when you are called upon to explain. Just blame it upon the general ompetence of your subordinates, and -—s- Don’t fail to make use of this opportunity to show how, when ou have been thinking and worrying about the business day and night, z% heir thoughts have been centred upon ball games and such like. Don’t try to inaugurate any system that would enable you to tell at the costs of your different products are as time goes on, unless _ you are anxious to know before the end of the year whether you are "selling at a profit or a loss. For you know you can find this all out by the balance sheet at the end of the year, and thus save lots of oe 7 Don’t mind if you are using a better class of logs than is neces- “sary for the kind of business you have in hand. If you decide that they are the right logs to use then it must be so, even though your _ neighbor is filling the same class of orders from cheaper logs. Your sales are made with less effort, but what of your profits? = Don’t jump. Anyone who has had any experience on the rivers and streams in the eastern provinces has seen or heard of the “Jumping | Frenchman.” If a companion, riding down the stream on a log with him would say “jump’ * he immediately jumped, with as little hesita- ~ tion as a dog jumping in the water after a chip. It matters not where he is, if someone says jump he jumps. Now I have often thought be hat while it looks ridiculous in the extreme for a man to jump in that way, without being able to think what he is doing, yet we sometimes _ view it in a different light when it is brought home. To illustrate: A certain number of men can load a certain number of cars in a week, ich number fully takes care of your output. Telegrams come from te customers, to whom false promises have probably been made, ‘for car numbers for several orders. Unintentionally perhaps a s dropped which brings the matter to your attention. You in- ate. The stock is in the yard, but the sa'es manager forgot to these orders to the shipper in their proper suctessive order. You rm” about, and order the shipper to get on extra men quick and those cars out. He says he does not know where to get men, and u te ll him to go to Helen Hunt for them, and when he gets them keep ) enough to keep his work up. The shipper gets “wise,” doubles up ‘crews and gets the cars out in three days, and then keeps his men ng, or doing unnecessary work for the balance of the week for rance sake. You jumped, didn’t you? Doubled your costs right without thinking. Made a nice hole in your balance sheet. I say, I say unto all; don’t jump, but think. Don’ts For Superintendents ’t accept the responsibility of such position unless competent. ortance attaches to this position, and if you have not the ions, you are standing in the way of a good man. n't forget that you are the medium between the office and the d that you must be absolutely fair to both. on’t take sides with any faction, or element, until you are sure lerits of the case, then exercise the authority vested in you on of right, and without fear, or hope of favor. ion’t talk to one man about ‘another, neither ridicule your em- er to the men, nor the men to your employer, nor tolerate gossip orm. on’t be above considering suggestions from your men if they fered i in a right spirit, and n't fail to acknowledge such offerings with thanks. n't think that if a man offers you a suggestion he is after your le probably never thought of such a thing, and if you are fill- yur position properly you need not worry. t allow any friction, or squabbling amongst the heads of de- ;, nor amongst the men. Unless harmony exists, and all id that they are working in one common cause, best results that, you are the brains of the whole works, but use eueparingly for the good of the whole works. Bae rerePie duties on to the shoulders of a fore- a sam a tke » might find a more direct means of reaching you than through the me-_ 35 - man. you. Don’t let the office “run” you. Your duties are plainly known to you, and you, and you only are responsible. Don’t blame the foreman if you see a piece of timber worth a dollar or two cut off the end of a stick and sent to the refuse burner. Find out first the reason. You will probably trace it to the “rush” order man. Don’t insist upon keeping more facts and figures (except for your own information) than the manager wants. It may be that a friend of his preceded you, and too many figures might be objectionable. Don’t let your nerves be troubled if the manager goes after you about troubles incidental to your position. Just remember that it is your duty to listen to all the troubles of whatever nature they may be in or about the works, and to find a solution of all the problems, and if the manager chooses to come along and pour on some more why should you worry? Don’t worry the manager with your troubles, but remember that he has problems of his own. Help him if you can, but don’t bore him. Don’t show undue familiarity with your men. Be courteous, and fair with them in all things, but show an unmistakable firmness as well, and be just as ready to acknowledge good in them as to repri- mand them for evil. Don’t minimize the importance of your position. If you are the right man for the place -you are not likely to have much trouble, or make much noise in the performance of your duties; but nevertheless, they are arduous and technical, and many of the things which you have to contend with are known to but few. The man with the big noise may seem to the uninitiated to be doing more than you, but noise is not a necessary element of success. You must weigh carefully the things you do, and never “jump” at anything. You know how you view this when the manager loads his upon Dont’s for Sales Managers and Salesmen Don’t accept this position with the feeling that it was offered to you because you were the only man big enough for it. It may be that the manager was mistaken in you, or perhaps he took pity on you, or was interviewed by some friend in your behalf, or again he may have removed you from some other position to this one, and had not the courage to fire you. Don’t, now that you are in a position where you meet the public, assume an unnatural air. Don’t try to appear to be something that you are not. so you only make yourself appear ridiculous. Don’t, for the sake of being a good fellow, or for any other cause, let it be real or imaginary, allow a customer to flim flam you into doing that which you know is wrong, or not in the best interests of your employer. Don’t jump and grab the “rush” order bait, not unless you are a sucker, and are easily caught. Don’t forget that good fishermen are sometimes the most wily in- dividuals, notwithstanding that they may appear to be sleeping on the job. In no place perhaps, was there better “fishing” than in the lum- ber business during the past year and many “suckers” have been bag- ged by the astute buyer. By doing Don’t consider it a humiliating thing to consult the superintend- ent, or the foreman of the department interested, if it is possible to do so, before making rash promises concerning special, or large under- takings. Their position enables them to give you valuable advice as to what promises to make. Don’t forget that you are only a salesman, and cannot be expect- Consult — ed to know the position at the mill at all times by intuition. the mill as often as possible, if you would like to stay out of trouble. Don’t guess. Usually the man who is ready and willing to guess is not a good guesser. The fact that he would do so in business shows that his judgment is not good. Don’t introduce any cheap slang, or smart phrases into your re- pertoire when greeting a customer; it is often obnoxious. Undue familiarity too, has turned down more good prospects than the one responsible will ever know. Don’t countenance anything that bears the earmarks of what is commonly known as graft, or double-dealing. Show your customer that you resent even the suggestion, if made, and yet do it in such a way that if he has any manly principle he will respect you for your resentment. Don’t be contented with selling just what the customer asks for, but try to interest him in,something that has accumulated that you would like to move. You cannot always accomplish this, but some- times you can, and it helps to keep down undesirable accumulations. An ordinary clerk could sell a man what he wants, but a salesman, or sales manager should use strategy in showing his customer what he has in stock for quick shipment, and which he : might be able to use as a substitute for some part of his order, and thus not only get better delivery, but also save some money on the purchase. Try this. Don’t feel peevish with the mill if you have foolishly promised a 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER customer something bordering on impossible, and then find that the mill cannot get you out of it in the stated time. The mill is not to blame. You ought not to have guessed. Don’t tell your customer that the mill is at fault for his order net having been shipped on time. Tell him frankly that in the largeness of your desires to please him you had not mingled judgment. Don’t allow the idea to grow upon you that the only way in which to secure business is by offering the customer inducements by way of lower prices, or by juggling with the grades. Nothing shows your weakness more clearly than this. Use your personality, if you have any, and show your customer that you are in a position to give him prompt and superior service, if you are, and mention the good points of the goods you are handling, if they have any. Don’t lie to him, nor try to pump him up with hot air. Be careful about your promises, and then when you have carefully weighed them and then made them, be just as careful to see that they are not broken. Don’t expect to keep your promises when you are dependent upon others for their fulfillment, unless you have first consulted with those others and ascertained what position they are in for performing their art. ; Don’t accept an order unless it has come through a sufficient number of middle-men. Let your competitor take them at first hand if he wishes, but you remember that the midd!e-men have to live, and you stick to your principle of doing all the good you can, to as many people as you can, in all the ways you can, and as often as you can. Never mind the profit. Don’t use up all the company’s profits in telegrams in wiring car numbers forward before the car is loaded, to satisfy irate customers to whom you have made unwise promises. Such business methods be- speak frenzy. Don’t “fall” for the man who offers you flattery, but look out for him with a double watch. He may have a card up his sleeve, or fish- ing tackle in his pocket. Don’t be given overmuch to using the pronoun “I” when discuss- ing the filling of an order with your customer, but rather say “we” instead. It not only sounds better, but the customer will then under- stand that you are not the whole organization, and as one can natur- ally expect more from joint effort, he will be more likely to place the order with you. Don’t overlook the fact that though you may interpret some of this as ironical criticism, yet, of a truth, yours is a very important position, and one which none other than a good man can fill. Others can occupy the position for a while, but perhaps they do not fill it. A sad commentary might be made upon the filling of this position at more than one mill in British Columbia, but has enough not been said already in these talks to show that right here, as much as, if not more than, anywhere else, is the spot where the iniquity of the fathers is visited upon the children even unto the third and fourth generation The fathers are those higher up, and who made the blunder. The children are the men that are affected when a business is stranded. Don’ts For Buyers Don’t place your order with the mill that stands ready to make you the best promises, just for the sake of a slight undercut in price. They will probably get it out of you in some other way. Don’t specify special lengths when you can use random lengths just as well, for the random lengths can not only be bought cheaper, but you may also get your order filled more promptly by using them. Don’t order 16-foot lengths just to help the mill out, thinking that this is the easiest length to get, for nothing was ever further from the fact, as there is always a “run” on 16-foot lengths. If you want 16-ft. stuff order so, but if you are going to cut it into other lengths, you will confer a favor and advantage upon the mill if you will give this information. The same thing applies to any other special lengths. Don’t be afraid of giving the mill too much information as to the uses to which the lumber is to be put. Such information not only gives a double assurance against mistakes, but it sometimes saves the expense of costly telegrams, and makes it possible to fill your order more promptly. Don’t mediate for weeks upon the placing of an order, hoping thereby to save some paltry sum, and then finally wire the order in, and the next day begin wiring for the car number. Orders are always better understood w hen written out carefully and as far as possible, in detail. Don't be afraid to ask the mill for advice concerning anything about which you may be in doubt. It may prove to your advantage, as well as to the advantage of the mill if you will do this. Don’t place too much confidence in the mill that is willing to make you unusual promises. Promises are not always kept by some people. Don’t read the Canada Lumberman, unless you are looking for knowledge, and want to be posted along the lines of interest to lum- bermen. Don’t forget the mill that has been good enough to carry you over a period of hard sledding, and then when business improves go to the mill that offers questionable inducements. If you do you maya live to regret it. Don’t depend entirely upon wiring your orders in. That is not — economy. Letter postage is much cheaper when time will admit of it. Don’t be a bear and sleep all winter, and then want everything at — once in the spring. Get a few cars on the road now. Don’t run away from a man if he offers to give you a carload of — lumber. Keep at a safe distance though, and watch him closely while someone notifies the police. There have been some dangerous lunatics travelling the country during the past year or more. « Railroad sidings adjoin the property and cars are unloaded without rehandling, by use of rollers. Hardwood flooring is stored in heated — warerooms to insure a satisfactory condition, when leaving the plant. Equipment at Yard A At yard “A” the company also operate a planing mill and have a lumber storage yard. This yard is divided into two or three units” with space between, so that, in case of fire, only one unit is likely to be destroyed. The planing mill building which is connected with the dressed lumber shed, is constructed of solid brick walls and has w and gravel roof. The machinery at this plant is located in one cot of the bui!ding and protected from the dressed lumber by interior wal of brick. The entire building covers a ground space of 99 ft. x 200 The company are considering plans for important improvements at this yard and will probably purchase new machinery for this planing — mill and equip it in much the same manner as the plant at unit “B,” _ About 150 ft. from the mill at yard “A,” the company have sreca ed, on the corner of Duke and McAuliffe Streets, their head office — building. Adjoining this is located their warehouse — containing ac; stock of materials, such as doors, mouldings, roofing, Beaver board, etc., in which they carry on quite an extensive wholesale trade. This _ building covers a space of approximately 66 ft. x 99 ft. z =y The McAuliffe Davis Lumber Company, Limited, also operate a — planing mill at one of their other yards. At the fourth yard there are - ; only rip saws, which are used for sizing lumber sold from that point. — The fifth yard is used as storage for lumber which has been run through one of the company’s other planing mills. The British Columbia coast timber cut for 191% exceeded that for. 1912, according to a statement made recently by Mr. D. G. McKay, the Government timber inspector. Although the activity in the mills has not been as great as during last year there have been more actual log- ging operations. Forty-eight miles of horse trail were finished last Fall in the Campbell River and Salmon River Valleys, Vancouver Is- land. Telephone communication will be established by the Govern- ment in the early spring. The cable for the telephone from Heriot — Bay to Shoal Bay has been ordered, and will be laid early next month. The Government intends to extend me telephone communication next year farther north. MEATED SWED JER PARDW0OD FHioorine Hae = r © # baa —_—_ 9 fF —__. ____s DIWEWAY oe sa) b SlaTIN 1G Hor Clue Foom iy <— jf COIN TRIER, ya i “ y k aa i Daal sfice cB, COMP SISHES Bf Doors I —BENCVES Second floor plan at Yard B. Jrock MouDdin6s % DRESSED STOCKS, DWE WAY SHINGLES Driveway DIULWAL 200 fr ¢ ; i eel Plan of Yard B. “ht SAW MILL < N ‘ x ORIVEWAY LUMBER RACKS DRIVEWAY | LUMBER RACKS LUMBER RACKS DRIVEWAY Plan of Yard and Mill at Yard A. Faun bee Wr 4 aes CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 41 The Electric Tractor in Sawmill Service How a Large Southern Manufacturing Company Solved One of [ts Problems and Reduced Operating Costs by Using Electric Mules Electric Tractor in Saw-Mill Service—on the tramways Every manufacturer of lumber and many owners of large retail yards are keenly interested in the problems connected with the trans- fer of stocks from a mill to the yard or from one part of a plant to an- other. A great deal of the cost of the production of lumber is the re- sult of transfer expenditures and any plan which will either reduce these costs or make transfer operations more efficient is of great im- portance. For this reason, the accompanying illustrations will be in- teresting to many of our readers. They show how problems of this class have been solved in connection with a large lumber manufactur- ing plant in the Southern States. The Industrial Lumber Company operate a sawmill with a daily capacity of 300,000 feet at Elizabeth, La. The company have always adopted the most modern ideas in connection with their operations. To illustrate this we may mention that they utilize six large freight engines and 75 flat cars in moving their logs from the forest to the mill. The plant employs about 1,000 hands, nearly 50 per cent. of whom are negroes. Throughout all their operations “efficiency” is their watchword, from the felting of the trees to the moving of the lumber in the yards by their new electric “mules.” ven the bark and strippings from the sides of logs, which in most mills are carried to one end of the yard and burned, are, at this mill run through a “hog” (a large electrically driven, high-speed cutter) which shreds the material, which is then conveyed to turpen- tine boilers or vats where the turpentine’ is extracted from the wood by a process of steaming. This is mentioned merely by way of indi- cating what we mean by stating that “efficiency” is the company’s watchword. ‘The trees, after being sawn down are cut in half and pulled from the forest to the side of the track by a large steam derrick which can pull four logs from four different directions at the same time. From the side of the track the logs are loaded on the freight cars by a me- chanical loader which travels on the standard gauge track. The train of loaded cars is then run back to the mill, where the logs roll by gravity into the mill pond. From here they are carried to the mill by Electric Tractor in Saw-Mill Service—Side view of Tractor an endless chain. About 25 per cent. of the output goes to the timber docks where it is shaped abroad, or to American users requiring heavy timbers. The dry kilns take about 15 per cent. of the output. One of the accompanying illustrations shows lumber from the ki!n being towed to the storage sheds at the other end of the yard. The balance of the lumber is piled on the stacks and put through the planer. The moving of this lumber formerly required about 20 mules and a cor- responding number of men. This was an expensive operation and the company set itself to consider how to reduce the cost. The result was that an electric tractor was built for the work. The General Vehicle Company Inc., Long Island, N.Y., were en- trusted with the production of the electric tractor. Although it was not exactly a new proposition to them, it was the first time to their knowledge that an electric tractor had been adapted to operating con- ditions of this kind. The general specifications called for something which would handle quickly from 2 to 4 tons of lumber, something which would load and unload very quickly, and yet be simple in opera- tion and inexpensive to operate, at least from the standpoint of labor. Freedom from fire risk was also a consideration. The requirements were met by building a tractor of the following specifications : Chassis rating .. Two-ton. Battery ....... 44-17-G. V. Lead. Moter i. iat... G: Bl0z6--85'¥: Controller... .. S-35. Wheelbase... .. 54 inches. Brame... t 2 .. 4-inch rolled steel channel. Wheels... .. .. Artillery type on Timken. Pimes.:..7 0%. Front, 28 x 4 in.; rear, 28 x 3¥% in., dual. Countershaft . Housed type on Timken. Brakes ... Internal expansion on rear wheels. Springs ... Half elliptic, front and rear. As will be noted ‘from the illustration, the battery is mounted on the top of the chassis, the driver’s seat is at the rear of the battery, A Electric Tractor in Saw-Mill Service—Towing to Storage Sheds 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER the controller is at the driver’s left hand, while the brake lever is operated by his right foot and the bell by his left foot. The cradle is supported by a steel extension from the chassis frame and rests on a substantial revolving block held to the supporting members by a king bolt which passes through. The lumber is first loaded on the standard two-wheel lumber dolly and is connected to the tractor by backing the tractor under the load, a chain being thrown around the lumber back of the first crossbar on the dolly and in turn attached to the end of a cable which passes through a guide bolt near the king pin and around the drum of a stan- dard Sprague hoist. The driver presses a lever on his left and the hoist ‘operates the cable, which tightens the lumber to the dolly and ~ holds it securely to the rear bolster. In moving lumber from the mill to the lumber stacks the tractor has a capacity of 7% round trips (2,400 feet each) per hour, towing an average of 1,500 feet of lumber, or 3,375 tons. In this work one tractor replaces five mules and three men. This big mill has about 5 miles of tramways, running from the mill to all parts of the different yards. Tramways are from 16 feet to 20 feet wide and are floored with 3-inch timber. At the mill the tram- ways are about 20 feet from the ground, sloping to about 4 feet at the opposite end of the yard. The tramway lumber is worth $13 per thou- sand board feet and costs $5 per hundred for laying. These figures are important, as the mules’ shoes necessitated the renewal of this lumber every three years at a cost of $25,650. Obviously rubber tires will show a big saving in this item alone. After the lumber is dried, it is moved from the lumber stacks and dry sheds to the planing machines and then loaded into freight cars, located from 60 to 1,000 feet away, either by hand or by the tractor. This work is considered very hard on the mules and difficult for the truck, as the hauls are very short and the roads tortuous. The truck has to go between the p‘aners and in other narrow places and into the drying sheds, where it is necessary, sometimes, to back down a long narrow aisle. It is in this class of work that the tractor shows the largest saving, due to its flexibility of operation in the smaller spaces and the ability to load and unload quickly. In such work one tractor displaces 7 mules and 5 men, making 13 round trips per hour, with 1,100 feet of lumber per trip. The average distance covered per round trip is 2,000 feet. In transferring lumber from the dry kiln to the dry sheds, one tractor will do in two hours work that usually takes two mules all day to do. Tractors vs. Mules—Cost of Operation Three tractors and six men take the place of sixteen mules and twenty men, and the expense works out as follows: INVESTMENT. Mules | Tractors oomules ateS2:25veach 1.22 sr. 2 oe . $ 3,600 20 sets harness at $25 each... .. 500 20 2-wheel dollies, with shafts, at $25 ah Hey 500 3 electric tractors with (G. V.) batteries at $2, SOONEACH 28 Piece ate See Ae hore $ 8,700 Stable, grain, horse, biack=ancit shop, etc. 3,000 Garage, charging apparatus, etc. 1,000 Total: 22... © GLa ee wi Be ie, eee ran $ 9,700 FIXED CHARGES Mules Tractors petterest 80.40... Seo eee OE aoe $ 228 S291 Depreciation 1,140 1,020 Fire insurance ... 100 87 Total ‘fixed charges per year *y.2 52. <1 "2,468 $ 1,398 OPERATING COSES Mules Tractors Renewals of batteries (every year) $ 867 Renewals of tires (every year) 600 Renewals of chains, gears, etc. ... 375 Feed, shoeing, stable help: etcx. at $20 per “month per mule (16 mules) ; . $ 3,840 Labor : - 10,500 3,600 Repairs to tramwe ayers 8,550 4,275 Total operating costs per year .. $22,890 $ 9,717 Total costs per year : : . $24,358 $11,115 Saving per year by using electric tractors” eS ees . $13,243 No current has been figured in the operating costs of the three tractors, as the amount used is not considered of any consequence. _ Assuming that a mill were to buy current from the central station at 4c per kw.h., the cost would not average over $200 per tractor, or $600 in all. Operating costs of tractors are given with G. V. conservatism, as — the figures include battery, tire, gear and chain renewals each year. The load is towed, not carried, and this should favor tires and other parts which show rapid depreciation in heavy haulage. Three Fine Elm Logs The accompanying illustrations represent an interesting load of elm and basswood logs taken out by the Fassett Lumber Company, I'assett, P.Q. These logs were taken out before the fire, which des- ; 5 “ troyed the company’s former plant and the exact figures relating to A Fine Load of Elm and Basswood Logs—Fassett Lumber Co. 2 7 <2 them were destroyed in the fire. The company advise us, however, that according to recollection, the three elm logs shown in the illus- stration produced a total of 3,930 feet, 22 per cent. of which was No. 2 and No. 3 common, the balance No. 1 common and better. Of this Elm Lumber Produced from Three of Above Logs by Fassett Lumber Co ' total, 1,400 feet was sawed into 2-inch No. 1 common and better. “The top end of the smallest of the elm logs measured 42 inches in 4 eter, and the top end of the butt log measured 54 inches in Exports of forest products from Canada were smaller in 191 during the preceding year, although slightly larger than in 1911 tal exports of forest products in 1913 were valued at ae 875, 0 1912, $48,112,393 and in 1911, $40,654,422. The Canadian Northern Railway has taken a progressive connection with the prevention of fire along its lines by the a ment of Mr. William Kilby as Fire Inspector. Mr. Kilby is to general charge of all phases of the company’s fire protection This practically involves the creation of a new department in the pany’s organization. This includes right-of-way clearing, fire pa’ through timbered country, and the construction of fire guards thro: prairie sections in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba. The pro cution of these lines of work is required by the Railway Act and orders of the Board of Railway Commissioners. The Canadian N: ern is the first large railway company to organize a special ment to handle fire protection work. - 2a? Z ¥ : Cte 2 Sa ae Dit The sanitary conditions of the lumber camps in Ontario are of Eaterest, the operations being carried on mostly in unorganized ts extending from the Ottawa River in the east to the westertl of the province, covering a territory of about 1,200 miles r 200 or 300 miles wide. his territory there are each season from 500 to 600 camps n 20 to 30 to 100 men each—in all, between 20,000 and 30,000 large proportion of these employees, especially along the ore of Lake Huron, come from the Province of Quebec, r west, many of them are men from the Maritime Pro- stay over for the winter on their return from the harvest Northwest. These men, being far from home and the es of the settled portions of the country, must be supplied, ith the necessaries of life, by their employers, and among al or surgical aid in case of illness or accident. that illness may be lessened as much as possible, regula- er the Public Health Act are provided. These regulations n in existence for many years and have been amended from time, as found necessary, until now, under the recently re- Act they are very complete. \ reement of the regulations comes under the duties of lanager, agent or foreman of the camp, but has been ded to by the efficient medical and sanitary inspectors vineial Board of Health. For several years the work has ie Dr. R. W. Bell, Provincial Medical Inspector, and eorge E. Young, Provincial Sanitary Inspector; but since the ‘ment of District Officers of Health, under the new Act, these in the s territories mentioned will aid greatly in the work. PP stablishment of a camp, the owner is required to notify oard of Health of its location, name of foreman, means camp, average number of men in it, name and residence . contracted with and whether he is located in camp or contract and duration, also copy of contract, and whether ent a tent hospital is ‘provided. The Contract Physician’s Duties t physician is required to take sanitary supervision of id make at least a monthly inspection, reporting to the oard of Health, furnishing with his first report a pen or the camp, ‘showing the location of the camp build- part, location of water supply, slopes of ground with fhe contract may only be for sanitary supervision for by the owner, who is, however, liable for any ex- by any employee for maintenance and medical attend- on account of any illness developing in or traceable to Stat Pact to exceed one dollar ($1 00) per month can fa from each man’s wages to be paid to the physician ction,’ the camp owner providing hospital accommoda- itenance. form of contract is most usual. In most cases 50 onth is the deduction, especially in the eastern section of _ while farther west in the Fort William district 75 cents, Lake of the Woods district $1.00 per month is deducted. ases the physicians usually provide hospital accommoda- nicable diseases must, however, not be taken out of the ust be isolated in camp hospitals, and the same measures | to stamp them out as provided for by health authorities in ed municipalities. Every employee shall, when requested, > officer of the Provincial Board of Health with a certificate ul vaccination within the preceding seven years, and the be “quarantined until such certificate is furnished. Location of ‘Camps Ghali be erected nearer than 100 feet to any lake, other water, and the regulations provide for the proper con- and sanitary conditions of buildings, lavatories and closets, uses shall contain 600 cubic feet of air space for each bunks run parallel with the wall to prevent over- OM being raised about a foot above the floor. -and board or plank substituted and ice py a disinfectant being used. Joe CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 The Health of Ontario Lumber Camps Provisions and Working of the Provincial Public Health Act—How the Lumber Jack is Protected By John W.S. McCullough, M. D. Adequate lighting and ventilation are required, to the satisfaction of the inspector. A separate kitchen with dining room must be provided with pro- per conveniences for cleanliness and disposal of garbage at a safe distance (so deposited as not to create a nuisance nor to contaminate the drinking water). A separate building for wash-house or laundry is required and with it proper facilities for bathing. Stables shall not be within 125 feet of the kitchen, and farther if necessary in large camps. Latrines and closets shall be located to the satisfaction of the inspector and maintained in a sanitary condition. The necessity for these sanitary precautions is frequently ridi- culed by some older lumbermen, but is easily understood when we find that many camps start operations in September, or even in August, in warm weather, while in former years work did not begin until snow was on the ground and everything was frozen up. In carlier days the employees were mostly farmers or farmers’ sons from nearby settlements, and not many communicable diseases were brought in, but, with the present facilities for travel, a large majority come long distances and from cities where these are prevalent and greater precautions have therefore to be taken. On the first appearance of any of these diseases, the Provincial Inspectors at once step into the breach and see that every precaution is taken to prevent any further spread. Nearly all employers are awake to the necessity, in their own interests, of preventing illness amongst their men, and in few instances have the penalties of the Act to be enforced. As a result of their co- operation with the officers of the Provincial Board of Hea!th, the comfort and the health of the employees has been very much improved in recent years. Veneers Increasing in Favor At the recent annual meeting of the National Veneer and Panel Manufacturers’ Association, the president, Mr. C. T. Jarre!l, in his address, said there was no question that the use of veneers and built- up panels was greater to-day than ever before and that new avenues were constantly being opened up for their use. The idea that veneers and goods manufactured of veneers are inferior had been superseded by the knowledge that for quality, beauty and utility, products of the veneer mills must be used. Prejudice against certain woods that had formerly been considered practically worthless had a!most entirely disappeared, and buyers as a rule were willing to pay fair prices for satisfactory stock and were suspicious when abnormally low prices were quoted. Liverpool and Manchester Stocks H. W. Lightburne & Company, Liverpool, Eng., furnish the following re- port upon Liverpool and Manchester stocks on February Ist: Spruce and Birch Month Ending 31st January, 1914 Liverpool Import Consumption Stock 19fieoL912« 1913. 1911,.-1912... 1913, . 1911... 1912...4913, N.B. & N.S. Spruce & Pine, Stds. .. 2,640 1,880 1,660 3,480 3,040 2,650 4,730 2,590 6,740 Birch Logs, Loads 0 60 60 60 140 220 320 780 # 140 Birch Planks, Stds. 242 152 97 249 127 382 467 697 612 Manchester Spruce, Stds .. 1,330 2,380 750 4,460 1,650 4,280 9,740 8,350 14,310 Birch Logs, Loads 0 0 100 60 20 140 100 440 300 Birch Planks, Stds. 18 18 36 61 48 127 73 509 39479 Stocks in Manchester and Liverpool Combined Spruce 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. Manchester ee 11,040 10,380 9,740 8,350 14,310 LIVErpOOL.<..-... 2. _. 5,880 6,680 4,730 2,590 6,740 16,920 17,060 14,470 10,940 21,050 Stds. Birch Logs Manchester at 140 0 100 440 300 Liverpool ... 400 0 320 780 140 540 0 420 1,220 440 Loads. Birch Planks Manchester aC Liss 279 73 509 479 Liverpool! 4 612 261 467 697 612 1,745 540 540 1,206 1,091 Stds. oe Ph ie =e WANTED PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- than “Employment dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements of ‘‘Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. Ls Canada I.umberman box number is used, close ten cents extra for postage in aed: ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of ‘‘Wanted Employees” will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. Basswood Wanted No. 2 Common and Mill Cull. Winter cut preferred. Apply Firstbrook Rox Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. 7-tf Wanted 500,000 feet 1-in., 1%-in. Soft Elm. 700,000 feet 1-in. Basswood, Ash and Birch. For delivery as soon as dry this year. State what you can supply and lowest prices on cars. Box 945, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 3-8 Gt 6 eee eee ee Wanted Several cuts of good Maple and Beech to be sawed during Winter and Spring of 1914 in District between Georgian Bay and Toron- to, also stocks of Birch from Muskoka Dis- trict. Box 964, Canada Lumberman, cease Do You Want to Buy or Sell? to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit, or some second- hand rachinery, the CANADA LUMBER- MAN AND WOODWORKER will bring quick returns. Use our “Wanted and For Sale Department.” If you wish Wanted to Buy 500,000 ft. log run, sawn Hard Maple, vari- ous thicknesses, M. C. out. Must grade pro- per percentage 1S and 2S and No. 1 Common and not to exceed 20 per cent. No. 2. Will pay cash when loaded on cars; or will buy good Maple logs in the round, 12-in. and up diameter. Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Montreal, giv- ing best price and rate of freight to Mont- real. 2-t.£. Wanted to Buy 4/4 White Basswood. 4/4 12-in. and over wide Soft Elm. Round Rock Elm Logs 12-in. and up diam- eter, 20 to 35 ft. long—admit 10 per cent. good white gray elm. Any station in Canada. Also square Rock Elm timber. Highest prices. Spot cash. HALL BROS., Manufacturers and Wholesalers. 4-7 Toronto and Marmora. Hardwood Pickets Wanted leech, Birch and Hard Maple. 1x1 x-42. Lx 2 ox a8. Px 134 x 42. 1x 1% x 48. 1x1% x 42. 1x 1% x 48. Require Thickness, 1/16-in. Quality—Free from all defects. Can take delivery of green or dry stock. Apply to The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Ltd., Orillia, for full particulars, price, etc. 24-1-TF Plump. WANTED FOR FACTORY USE 1-in. Black Ash Lumber, No. 2 C. & B., and also take the Culls; also 1-in. Basswood. State whether the stock is dry, well manu- factured, and the piont where it would be loaded on the cars. Immediate shipping in- structions given. Apply immediately to Box 967, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 5 Wanted to Buy We want to buy 10 C/L Hemlock hds., clipped lengths; also merchantable spruce, 2 x3; 4, 6, 8.9) 10 and I2 sn se 2 ot es, and several Spruce frames. Cash business. We will contract with small mill with plane+ and matcher for entire output. IMPERIAL LUMBER COMPANY, Boston, Mass., U.S..4. | Red Pine For Sale Four carloads 2 x 4 and up; 18 ft. to 24 ft. P. O. Box 392, Ottawa, Ont. 3-t.f. For Sale 60,000 ft. 5/8 in. x 4 and up Common and Dressing Spruce. Close prices for prompt shipment. The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Co., Ltd., 5 Toronto, Ont. - For Sale Cut of Hemlock near Ottawa. facture to suit buyer. Will manu- HALL BROS., Manufacturers and Wholesale Lumber Merchants 4-7 Marmora and Toronto, Lumber For Sale 200 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 375 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, c Montreal, Que. Lath _ We have a quantity of hemlock and pine lath ready for immediate shipment. The Fletcher Pulp & Lumber Co., Ltd., 5 Sherbrooke, Que. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, 1-t.f. Janesville, Wisconsin. Cedar Poles Quantity of 25 ft. to 36 ft. Peeled Poles, ready for immediate shipment, F.O.B. cars, G. T. R., Sherbrooke, Que. The Fletcher Pulp & Lumber Co., Ltd., 5 Sherbrooke, Que. Wanted Half-inch boom chain. Schroeder Mills and Timber Company, Salines, Ont. 4-5 , A Bargain 44-inch Wick Gang for sale at a bargain. In first class shape. Apply, Fraser Lumber Company, Ltd., 2-7 Plaster Rock, N.B. For Sale Thirty Standard Gauge Flat Cars in good condition; will pass M. C. B. inspection; 30 ton capacity, equipped with air brakes. JOHN J. GARTSHORE, 5-6 Toronto, Ont. For Sale Waterpower, circular sawmill in Parry Sound District, 1% miles from railroad siding, to- gether with 300 acres timber land. Would be excellent site for manufacture of wood specialties. For particulars address Box 974, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 5-5 Mill Machinery For Sale Complete saw mill plant for sale including two single cutting band mills, gang, and all ‘equipment in first class working order. For particulars apply to the Dickson Company, Peterboro, Ont. 5-8 Straight Moulder For Sale One 8-in. Goldie-McCulloch Straight Mould- er and Matcher in perfect running condition. This machine is better than new, as the bear- ings and all the working parts have been tried and kept in good working order. The owner is replacing with a much larger machine. Price low. J. RODERICK & SON, 5-6 St. John, N.B. WOODWORKING MACHINERY: 3 24- in. Champion planers, matchers and moulders; 4 20-in. Ideal pony planers; 3 30-in. Ideal bandsaws; 1 No. 18 Hespeler combination rip and cross-cut saw table; 1 Cowan panel raiser; 1 2%-in. Waymoth variety turning lathe; 1 12-in. MacGregor-Gourlay four-side moulder; 1 54-in. Jackson-Cochrane resaw; 1 32-in. disk sander with boring attachment; 22 Cowan veneer press screws. H. W. Petrie, Limited, Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver. c Wanted Employment | Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 26 cents. Position wanted as band saw filer, double or single cuf. First-class references. Ad- dress Box 972, Canada Lumberman, ety a 6 Position wanted as Sawyer in Ontario or West on double cut or circular. Good refer- ences. Box 961, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 4:5 Position wanted’as Lumber Salesman for Province of Quebec and Eastern Ontario. Good references. Apply Box 971, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 5 Position wanted as Bookkeeper or general office work, with a lumber firm. Best of re- ferences. Apply Box 970, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. 5 Circular Sawyer (married), desires position for the coming season, strictly sober and _ re- liable. Long season desirable. Address Box 975, Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. 5-5 Situation wanted as Sawmill Foreman or Superintendent. 28 years’ -experience with high capacity mills. Expert mechanic. Band mills a specialty. West of Winnipeg pre- ferred. Box 958, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 4-6 FOR SALE DEPARTMENT Saw filer, band or circular, wants position, 25 years’ good experience. No booze fighter. Good references. Can give satisfaction. 300, Canada Lumberman, 119 Board of Trade, Montreal. Forest Engineer wants position as Forealae with lumber or pulp company. Graduate of Yale Forest School. Seven years’ experience in Eastern and Western Canada and United States. Highest references. Box 1000 Can- ada Lumberman, Montreal. 5-5 YOU will reach YOUR man in applying to Box No. 966, Canada Lumberman, Toronto, if YOU are in need of an accurate and re- liable Mill Accountant, for May ist next. Eleven years’ experience in lumber business. Highest references. Conversant with both French and English languages. Married. 5-6 First class right hand Band Sawyer wants to change. Now employed in one of the largest and fastest mills in Pennsylvania. Strictly sober and steady. 32 years old. First class recommendations. D. RAY COLE, 5-5 Norwich, Pa. BAND SAW FILER wants _ position. Twenty years’ experience in United States and Canada. Can furnish gilt edge references. Would go where quality and quantity is want- ed. Would expect highest wages. Single or double cut. Box 960, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 4-7 Wanted—Position By Experienced Manager To take charge of lumbering operations. Can get results and furnish the highest cre- dentials. Canadian. Box 973, Canada Lum- berman, Toronto, Ont. 8 Position wanted by experienced man as sawmill foreman. Could take entire charge of small plant. Understands handling men, and also lumber from stump to market. Have had twenty-four years’ experience. Married man. Can give good references. Would take contract of sawing by thousand. Address Box 656, Haileybury, Ont. 5-6 Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents Men for Sawmill Wanted—Engineer, fire- man, sawyer, jacker, setters, tail sawyer, lath contractor, pilers and others for Band Saw Mill at_ Kearney, Ontario, for summer sea- son. Cut is pine. State age, habits and firms previously employed with. None but men experienced in Saw Mills need apply. Apply J. J. Armstrong, Biscotasing, “ae oF party with from $25,000 to $100,000 cash to join the advertiser in the manufacture of a valuable timber property where the oppor- tunities for making large profits are excep- tional. Address Box 968, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. 5-6 For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hardwood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also saw and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Tor 19-t. x If You Have a Son For Sale Lumber Limits in Eastern Canada, 50,000 acres, large Sawmill, fully equipped going concern, on salt water. Correspondence so- licited. Will be sold right to close estate. Address, Timber Limits, care Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 22-t.f. Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. This is where buyers of timber property look for op- portunities to invest. If your “ad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. tf For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent log pond. Ten and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. 8-t.f. ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN Splendid opening for Planing Mill. Lumber Yard could be run in conunction with ad- vantage. 5,000 population; with large dis- trict to serve; cheap power, fuel, light, etc.; city growing rapidly, first-class business as- sured. Write immediately to the Secretary, Board of Trade, Estevan, Sask., Canada. 4-8 For Sale Fir and Spruce Timber Limits in the vicin- ity of Fort George. Price right and terms liberal. Will be sold in quantities as agreed upon up to 45 square miles. ‘Timber not ex- celled in British Columbia. If interested apply for further information to D. J. McEACHERN. 3-6 Alvinston, Ont. Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in _ timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. 1-t.f. Hardwood Limit and Saw Mill , For Sale On account of our having recently pur- chased a large Hardwood Timber Tract in Mississippi, we have decided to offer for sale our Hardwood Mill, Boarding House and all equipment situated a few miles from Kearney, Ontario, The Limit consists of 16 square miles and it has been cruised by the best rangers in the North, and on close estimate it contains the following merchantable timber: 7,700,000 ft. Birch. 2,000,000 ft. Maple, Elm and Basswood. 4,300,000 ft. Hemlock. 1,700,000 ft. Spruce. ~ 500,000 ft. White Pine. 750,000 ft. Cedar. ; 14,950,000 ft. Besides thousands of cars of Charcoal Wood. At present time we have: 450,000 ft. of Hardwood Logs. 500,000 ft. Hemlock and Spruce logs. cut and on skids in the woods. The mill is circular and fully equipped with 90 h.p. en- gine and 150 h.p. boiler, double edger and trimmer. Also large Boarding House with all equipment, Blacksmith Shop and _ tools, Oil and store houses and everything that is needed in a going operation. This is one of the best propositions in the North and ean be bought as running concern on most favorable terms. Here is excellent oppor- tunity for man who understands the busi- shar to make good profit without taking any risk, Terms, $5,000 cash, balance arranged to Suit purchaser, or would consider retaining part interest with right partner. Price and further particulars on application. WILSON LUMBER CO., LTD., Toronto, Ont. aneous = Miscellaneous | SAP SPADA, EMPAT TRANG LTE eta AH WASS virial Coal and Timber __ Will purchase in large tracts only, either in ‘Canada or the United States. We are prin- and only deal with owners. No agents ptions. Address “Cash,” c/o Canada erman, Toronto. 4-7 CANADA Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Also, Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, 22-t.f. Brantford, Canada. Axioms on Air A pile of lumber is dry only when the centre of the pile 1s dry. This is as true of the pile in the kiin as it is of the pile in the yard. The sides, ends, top and bottom of the standard pile dry more ra- pidly than the centre. The remedy is: Pile the lumber in such a manner that the centre gets as much circulation as the outside. Edge piling is the most posi- tive; and the side pitch pile is next in effectiveness. The medium for drying lumber is air, and this air, to be effective, must be in motion over the sur- face of the lumber. Stagnant air takes up moisture very slowly, while air that is in motion takes up moisture rapidly. Washing hung outdoors, even on a co'd day, with a breeze blow- ing, dries very quickly, while washing hung in a closed room dries very slowly, even though the room be hot. A pile of lumber through which the air can circulate freely will dry more rapidly and evenly than a pile in which the circulation is obstructed. Lumber, especially sap, will mildew in stagnant air just as old linen will mildew in a damp cor- ner. Therefore, the main requisite for drying lumber is freely circu- lating air—air freely circulating through the entire pile. Air cannot be confined in an in- clined flue that is open at both ends. Air will constantly move in an inclined flue that is open at both ends. _-- —-—- So Oe og aa} wa FOREST PRODUCTS. EXPOSITION brit CHICAGO. COLISEUM APR.SO-MAY 9 NY) NEW YORI GRAND CENTRAL PALACE MAYZ1 30 x tr >= - _ 3 >» oF - Montreal Engineering Co., Limited, 164 St. James Street, Montreal. Timber limits examined, cruised and surveyed. Waterpowers developed. Pulp and Paper Mills de- signed and _ constructed. Projects financed. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 FOR SALE 1—46-in. No. 1 Wickes Bros. Gang with divided press rolls and oscillat- ing slides, 20-in, stroke, 44-in. saws. Capacity 80 to 100 M. ft. per 10 hours. In first class running order. 1—54-in. x 22-in. Clutch Pulley for driving Gang. 1—30-in. x 22-in, Tightener with Boxes. 1—Wickes Bros. 9 saw Trimmer arranged to trim all lengths from § to 21 feet. No Saws. Only used one season and in good working order. 1—Heavy Allis Circular Saw Husk complete with 2 Parkhurst Saw Guides. All good as new. 1—Dunbar 2 Block 4 ft. rift Clapboard Machine with capacity 6 to 8 M. per 10 hours. 1—Dunbar double Clapboard Planer and Jointer. 1—Dunbar 2 Saw Trimmer. Clapboard Machinery only used one season. 2—Solid Iron Pulleys 84 x 13 in. face. SHIVES LUMBER CO., LIMITED Campbellton, N. B. Not altogether what we say but what users say ‘‘We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- sider them indispensable to lumbermen op waters of French River or similar streams.” Will move a bag containing 60,000 logs, in calm weather, 30,000 in a head wind. West & Peachey - Simcoe, Ont. Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season. Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timbe1 Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log Stamping, Hammers, etc. Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the lowest price. Write us for particulars and prices ARGALL BROTHERS Three Rivers, Quebec 46 CANADA. Review of Current Trade Conditions Ontario ‘ ‘he trade outlook in Ontario shows encouraging improvement. \Wholesalers report that they are booking a considerable amount of business already and that there are good prospects for steady trade expansion irom now on. Lath are practically off the market. B. C. shingles are firm. Although the yards throughout the country seem to be pretty well stocked in shingles, there is a fair demand. Mill cull pine is very scarce and the demand is good, so that prices continue arm. ‘he same conditions prevail in regard to dead culls. Hemlock is not showing any increased activity, as it is still obliged to face the strong competition of southern pine. It is holding its own in price however without difficulty. Spruce is quite strong, being held lirmly by eastern mill men, who are now finding a better market in the eastern States. The demand for spruce continues good. The lumber trade at Ottawa is still feeling the effects of the severe weather. A few good sales have been reported by Ottawa firms in Montreal and ‘toronto and in Northern New York. Prices in gen- eral are firm although pine box boards 1 x 4 in. and up, 6 ft. to 11 ft. are easier. Pine box boards 1 x 3 in. to 6 in., 12 ft. to 16 ft. are firmer. Eastern Canada The lumber trade at St. John and other New Brunswick points has been very quiet during the past fortnight, largely on account of the severe weather. This has been a favorable factor, however, in con- nection with logging operations and the present indications are that there will be plenty of water for the drives. The cut of logs on the St. John river this year will probably be about normal. Most of the mills have a fair amount of logs lett over from last season’s opera- tions, so there is every likelihood that the mills will be well-stocked for the 1914 cut. Most of the mills which saw English deals have sold their cuts for the coming season at a stight advance on last year’s prices. This advance will probably be used up however, in the pay- ment of increased wages in the woods and the cost of supplies which has been higher this winter than formerly. Specifications running 50 per cent. 7 and 8 x 3 in., balance 9 x 3 in. and up are bringing about $17 per M. No improvement is reported in the American market and buyers are not making contracts ahead for 1914. It is not expected that improvement will be shown in this market until the Interstate Commerce Commission has given its decision in connection with the application of the railway companies for an increase in their rates. Cuts of lath are selling at about the same price as last year. Bad weather conditions at Boston have interfered with trade of jate. Southern pine and North Carolina roofers are reported a little stiffer, but very hard to sell at the 50 cent advance. For 1%-in. spruce lath, the price is around $3.75 or $3.80. Shingles are weak, although prices are unchanged. Spruce frames are selling at $24 or $24.50, with an occasional report of a sale at $25. Hemlock boards at Boston are still moving slowly. _ The top price for eastern clipped hemlock is about $23, although some dealeis are asking $24. As low as $22.50 is sometimes being taken on car load lots. Stocks of hemlock at New York are low in the yards and en- quiries are coming in and steadying the trade situation. Red cedar shingles from Vancouver are selling at $3.65 to $3.75 at Boston and there are rumors of a probable advance. United States The spurt which developed recently in connection with retail yard buying received a rather rude check during the second and third weeks of February when zero weather gripped most of the Northern States and hung on for several days. In reality, however, this is only a temporary affair as it had become fairly evident that the retail yards are generally short of stock and are looking forward to an active spring trade. An adverse factor has been the postponement until September of the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission in connection with the application of the railroads for various increases in their freight rates. In the New England States it is reported that this has induced the railroads to remain out of the market. Reports from other districts, however, are to the effect that this will not have any appreciable effect upon the market as most of the railroads are buying in a quiet, but fairly steady manner, indicating that they are in reed of supplies and intend to buy whether the increases are granted or not. Reports of building operations show a natural falling off in the larger centres, but in some parts of the country there are encouraging indications of increased operations where building activity has been rather quiet for a considerable period. Weather conditions have been favorable for logging operations LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER in the north, but many mill men are still ignoring indications of in creased business, which in former years they would have considere sufficient to warrant increased production. There is a fairly gen tendency towards a restricted or at best a normal production. T does not apply however to the yellow pine districts, in which produ tion is going on steadily. There is not, however, the former exces over-production and there is sufficient firmness to the market to en some millmen to add 50c or $1 to their prices every now and These advances moreover, are as a rule willingly met by the co ing and distributing trade. 7 Hardwoods are continuing on their customary steady basis, price and demand showing little alteration. Prices may not be ali 'to- gether satisfactory, yet a tendency toward improvement is encourag- ing mill men to produca at a normal rate. Logging operations in the Northern pine districts have been : vored with excellent weather. Recent reports from Duluth tell of contract sate of 15,000,000 feet of No. 3 common and better, the largest deal announced in several weeks. This stock goes to the Boston mar- ket. There is no excess of northern pine stocks. An active spring building trade is expected, although yards have not as yet been buyin; a in a large way. Chicago dealers are expecting improved condition as soon as the cold spell passes. Building permits are about norma but much new building is in prospect. A feeling of confidence i spreading among the Chicago trade in general. : Pea Great Britain The simi business at London continues on a quiet, but steady basis. F.o.b. business is increasing and looks fairly promising. The present stocks of deals and battens appear sufficient for the demands — of the trade until about the end of May. At Foy Morgan & Company’s — recent auction sale, 3 x 9 in. third Montreal spruce was sold u £11 15s.; second Quebec up to £12 10s.; ; Quebec fourths at. $11 IC and 10 ft. and 11 ft. second Quebec brought x Le Ties ‘ The recent reductions in the bank rate gave quite a stimulus to trade. This is expected to result very soon in greater business acti ty. Business at Liverpool is progressing steadily in nearly — branches of the whitewood trade. There is no evidence of a s!u and the consumption of the most prominent articles is good, even compared with the boom period in 1913. Stocks of spruce deals st. John and Halifax have been reduced considerably and, at lat reports, stood at 6,700 standards. A large reduction was also reporte at Manchester. The position of this stock, however, is more fay« able than it was a few months ago. No transactions for next seaso shipments had been reported, at latest advices. Both importers and shippers appeared to be in doubt about the freight market, which. 55 the great factor in the future delivery business. - 3a Trade in Canadian pine deals is quieter than it has been many months. The consumption during January amounted to 550 stand- ards, while the stock on hand at Liverpool at the end of January was 8 690 standards. The stocks were held by about two houses. At Manchester, the import of Spruce in parcels from Halifax and St. John has been below last year’s figures, but the stock on hand very much larger than it was a year ago. A fairly satisfactory cor sumption however, is reported and.it was expected that by the end February the quays would be practically cleared of outstanding ¢ goes. ay oat at Glasgow has not been very active. Quebec shippers iT now in the market and a moderate amount of contracting is reporte to have taken place, principally in log timber and the lower gi of pine deals.’ H. R. Pousette, Canadian trade commissioner in South Ameri in Vancouver, B.C., to investigate the possibilities of extending lumber trade of British Columbia in the southern continent. ports that the best opportunity for Canadian lumbermen is in : Peru and Bolivia. Chile and Peru import a large quantity of Orege pine. The Mountain Lumber Manufacturers’ Association whose — offices have formerly been at Calgary, Alta., have selected qua for their new head office at Nelson, B.C., and will move there about tl middle of March. The offices will be in the Annable Block. A large amount of British Columbia Jumber will be used i interior finishing and in the construction and equipaiets the Provincial a, which i is to be ogee Jas ins CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER B. P. Bors, Pres. F. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Co., Limited Sarnia, Ontario y ahora ain 44 View of Mills in Sarnia. BEAR IN MIND That we saw all winter and always have large stocks of Norway and White = Pine Lumber = i | _Large timbers cut to order, any length up to 60 feet, from Pineand B.C. Fir. | ‘Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. en es bom at 8 , AS ee 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Market Correspondence Cold Weather Helps New Brunswick Loggers St. John, N.B., February 23rd (Special to the Canada Lumber- man): Lhe last two weeks have been a season of resting. The yards and tactories are only fairly busy. Of course one of the causes of the cessation of business is the excessively cold and stormy weather which we have had and which has intertered with work. Should this weather keep up during the next two weeks it will cause a consider- able loss to the building trades. While the cold weather and snow have been the means ot slowing up work in the city, they have been of great benefit to logging operators, all of whom are getting well along with their hauling. ty the first of March about all the logs will be ott the yards and on the banks of streams and rivers. The cut oi logs for St. John will be about normal. No calculations were made for any extra cut, many logs being held over by the mills from last season on account of the strike of the millmen which caused the mills to be idle for three months of last year. Prospects for driving look good. There is from 3 ft. of snow at the head of the St. John to 1% it. nearer the city, much of which is ice.. This should cause a good flow of water. ‘Lhe cost of logging during the past season has been somewhat.higher than last season, caused by increase in labor wages and in cost of supplies. About all the mills which sow English deals have sold their cuts for the coming season, at prices which, while a little higher than last season, will not net the owner any more than last year’s prices, as logs will cost enough extra to oftset the increased price. Specifica- tions running 50 per cent. 7 and 8 in. x 3 in., balance 9 x 3 in. and up are selling for around $17 per M., with scantling at $2.50 per M. less, and deal ends at two-thirds the price of deals. he larger proportion of deals have been sold to W. M. Mackay, who has purchased, it is said, Messrs. Randolph and Baker’s and Messrs. Murray and _ Gre- gory’s cuts. The balance of the cuts are held by John It. Moore and Geo. McKean. The American market does not seem to improve, especially for the cargo mills, the buyers being very reticent about making any contracts ahead for 1914. It is felt that business will not improve to any extent until the Interstate Commission allow the railroads to in- crease their rates. This they have now held over until September 12th, when it is supposed that their decision will be handed down. ‘The railroads are simply out of the market for lumber and are not making any purchases whatever. This is felt very much by the manu- facturers, as the railroads have been the heaviest buyers in the past. Cuts of lath are being bought ahead from the mills here at the same price as last year, viz., about $2.75 per M. for the season’s cut. About all the mills are now being made ready for the season’s sawing, which of course will not begin much before the first of April, but a large amount of repairs is always necessary. Improvement Continues in Montreal Trade Montreal, February 24th (Special to the Canada Lumberman) : During the past fortnight there has been a continued improvement in the lumber trade. Business is increasing in almost every department, and the outlook is very good, especially for lumber for residences and flats. So far, the projects for large buildings are not of great import- ance, but the probability is that contractors for houses will be very busy. On every hand there is a great demand for houses of the me- dium and cheaper descriptions, although to speak of cheapness in con- nection with Montreal houses is something like a misnomer. Prices of lumber continue very firm, and some dealers are of opinion that quotations will advance when the spring comes. Stocks are scarce, and it is probable that, before long, dry lumber will be practically unobtainable. There is almost a famine in lath, due large- ly to the short cut last year. The estate of the late Mr. J. H. Redfern is in the hands of a trust company, and is being gradually liquidated, in accordance with the terms of the will. The Owens Lumber Company, Limited, have just completed a small mill at St. Amade, near Montebello, P.Q., with a capacity of about 12,000 feet per day. The mill is manufacturing hardwoods, principally birch, on the limits owned by the company. It is understood that the pulp wood of the East Canada Power and Pulp Company, Limited, in liquidation, has been sold to the Donohue Company, Quebec. The pulp wood is in the yard of the mill at Murray Bay and also uncut on the limits on the Murray River and its tributaries. The sale was by tender, one of the conditions being - SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD that the successful bidder may ‘ive if desired, the use of the mill and mill property for the purpose of manufacturing the wood into pulp un- til the Ist September, 1914. Ottawa Trade Continues Quiet - Ottawa, February 23rd (Special to the Canada Lumberma ): The prolonged cold spell does not encourage immediate activity in the trade, but there are signs that when the weather breaks, things” will begin to move again. Locally, trade is exceptionally quiet. Some fairly good sales have been made recently by Ottawa firms in Mon-— treal, ‘oronto and an odd city or two in northern New York. Prices continue to remain firm with little prospect of changing in the near future. Pine box board 1 in. x 4 in. and up, 6 ft. to 11 ft. have gone off a dolar to $17 and $18, while the same class of boards in 1 in. x 3 in. to 6 in., 12 ft. to 16 ft. are a dollar firmer at $19 and $20. A verdict for $500,000 was given against M. J. O’Brien, of Ren- frew, the well-known millionaire lumberman and contractor, in the Quebec Superior Court at Bryson, last week in favor of R. Rainboth, of Ay!mer, Que. The dispute was over some timber limits in Pontiac County, in which Mr. Rainboth sought to acquire a quarter interest as the result of a contract he made with Mr. O’Brien. { Mr. Rainboth claimed that, by the terms of the contract he made with Mr. O’Brien, he was to have a quarter interest in the limits, which are on the line of the Transcontinental Railway, providing a certain figure could be secured for them. Twice the limits were put up for sale by public auction, but the price offered was not as large as re- quired. Later they were disposed of by private sale to Mr. O’Brien, and were pledged to the Merchants Bank for $750,000 and a sum amounting to $42,000 was paid out in Crown dues and other expenses. Seeing that the limits were pledged to the bank, which had power to dispose of them, Judge Weir, who tried the case, held that Mr. O’Brien had legally parted with the limits and as they are now valued at $2,000,000, Mr. Rainboth is entitled to $500,000, less his share of the $42,000 expenses. The case will be appealed. During the past week a controversy has been going on in the Ot- tawa newspapers concerning conditions in the lumber camps. Some lumberjacks, who have returned to the city recently have held that the camps are not sanitary and that the conditions in general are far from being as comfortable as they might be. The chief grounds of complaint have been poor food, low wages, and the high prices charg- ed for clothing, etc. Denials to these charges have been made by the heads of leading firms, all of whom claim that the conditions in the camps are infinitely. better than they were five years ago. As to the charges that the camps are not sanitary, the fact that they are under inspection of the provincial governments is cited. In short J. R. Booth, Shepard and Morse, and all the leading lumbermen say that — the charges emanate principally from men who expect to find a lum- ber camp as well fitted up and as convenient as a first-class hotel. H. M. Williams, of the Williams Lumber Company, is now in England on a.two months visit, during which he will combine busi- ness with pleasure. ‘ E. R. Bremner, local manager for Watson and Todd, left last -.week for England on business. = London Market Report Churchill & Sim, London, England, in their monthly wood cir- cular under date of February 4 th, say that importations from New Brunswick during January, 1914, were as follows :— S Pine deals. 2. ..... 3,000 pieces against Nil pieces in 1913 — Spruceideals® 30000 5 = against 27,000 < é Birch planks . 16,000 “ against 13,000 ‘ The trade in pine deals was a small one in January and prices show no variation. Spruce has been going into consumption slowly The stock is ample and buyers are holding off from further purchas at present. Some hardwood planks have been sold at about Decet ber rates, but the London demand generally leaves much to be de sired. No change is reported in the market for British Columbia and Oregon pine. A few sales of long logs have been arranged for at about the last prices, but the demand has been disappointing. _ Better Trade Situation at Liverpool Smith & Tyrer, Limited, Liverpool, Eng., in their monthly ket letter under date of February Ist say: The year has been ush« ys - a | | | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER SATISFACTION FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: John Fenderson & Co. . Incorporated Sales Office eee ilies \). Cede tel 0 ayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse F lace Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA 49 50 CANADA in with a period of quiet business, but some revival of activity has been shown towards the end of the month, and the situation gener- ally may now be considered on a better basis. Pitch pine-—Hewn timber is little enquired for. Sawn timber has firmed up somewhat as a reflex of the Pensacola troubles, but buyers are still shy, and some shippers are showing eagerness to realise their stocks. Freights continue very low. Prime lumber has gone much weaker; the slack- ness on the Continent has contributed to this. Lower grades are en- quired for only to supply special orders. U.S. A. hardwoods.—There has been a quiet business done, without much change. Spruce deals have been steady but nervous. Stocks at the liner ports are suffi- cient, and buyers are afraid of shipments arriving too freely. For- ward business has not yet seriously opened. Birch—There is a fair demand for logs, but planks are not wanted. Hemlock can only be sold at low figures. Pine is unchanged, with only a quiet demand. Pacific coast woods are dull. Liverpool Market Report Farnworth & Jardine, Liverpool, England, in their monthly wood circular under date of February 2nd report as follows :—In the business of the past month there is little change to report. Arrivals generally have been moderate, the deliveries compare favourably with the corresponding month of last year, but the demand is not active, and stocks of some of the leading articles are too heavy. Prices are fairly maintained, but contracting for next season’s supplies so far has been slow. Ocean freight rates quoted are moderate. Canadian woods.—Pine timber.—There is no improvement in the demand to report, but values rule high; stocks are moderate. Waney pine, Ist, class: One small parcel arrived in Manchester. There has been a high consumption, and stocks, though slightly reduced, are sufficient ; values are firm. Second class is only in limited demand; the present stock is ample. Red pine——No arrivals; seldom enquired for. Oak.—The import (delayed in transit) is largely balanced by the consumption; the demand is not active, but stocks are moderate, and prices remain steady. Elm.—No arrivals; the stock is firmly held, but the demand is quiet. Values rule on a high basis. Pine deals.— About 400 stds. imported to Manchester. The consumption has been disappointing. Prices are steady, but stocks are adequate for prob- able requirements. Red pine deals are only in limited request. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce and pine deals.—The im- port to the Mersey (including Manchester) was fairly moderate, viz., 2,410 stds., against 4,260 stds. in January, 1913, and chiefly discharged in Liverpool. Deliveries have been large, and the stock, although re- duced, is still too heavy. ‘Values are unchanged. Pine deals are only in limited demand. Birch.—Logs.—The import, chiefly from Quebec, 8,000 cubic feet, largely to Manchester. has been more enquiry. Prices are firm. Planks reached this market in moderate quantities. The consumption has been good. The stock is not excessive, and prices are well maintained. British Columbia and Oregon pine.—The arrivals amounted to 29,000 cubic feet, chiefly lumber. The consumption has been fair, but stocks are heavy. Prices are unchanged. Sales during the past.month have included the following :—Spruce deals from St. John, N.B., etc., liner parcels at from about £8 15s. to £10 per standard c.if. according to specification. In their “prices current,’ Messrs. Farnworth & Jardine quote as follows:— Quebec square yellow pine 2s. 9d. to 4s. per cubic foot; Quebec waney board board pine 3s. to 5s. 6d. per cubic foot; St. John pine 18 in. average, 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. per cubic foot ; red pine 2s. 2d. to 2s. 9d. per cubic fnot ; St. John birch 1s. 7d. to 2s. 2d. per cubic foot; birch planks 1s. to 1s. 6d.; St. John spruce deals £9 5s. to £10 per standard; spruce boards £85.to £9 5s. per standard. amounts to Stocks are light, and there Quiet Trade at Boston The Shepard & Morse Lumber Company, Boston, Mass., that trade is very quiet in Boston at present. The weather has been exceptionally bad for building operations. Prices on low grade Southern pine and North Carolina pine roofers, for instance, have stiffened a little, but are very slow sale at 50c advance. 1%-in. spruce lath are selling at about $3.75 or $3.80. Shingles have been quite weak, although market prices have not decreased. The top prices however, are difficult to obtain and can only be secured for particularly fancy brands. Spruce frames have sold in some cases at $24 and in others at $24.50. There is not much moving at $25 now. . report Trinidad Market Active Gordon, Grant & Company, Limited, Port-of-Spain, Trinidad, re- port under date of February 2nd as follows: Lumber—Our market being ready for further supplies, the recent arrivals of pitch and white pine will not in any way affect values. Active building operations af- ford a good outlet, and all descriptions are readily saleable. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “sent they are turning out hemlock and hardwood and report that the — oe oe. . Personal and Trade News Mr. J. K. L. Ross has been elected a director of Laurentide Limit- ed, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of his father. ' Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the Forest School of the University off ‘ Toronto, has been elected president of the Society of American For- | esters. Mr. William Price, president of Price Bros. & Company, Lim-— ited, Quebec, P.Q., expects that the present year will show a muci improved business in the lumber department, but that the pulp trade will not be so active. . Mr. W. Booth, for some time secretary-treasurer of the Camp- bell-MacLaurin Lumber Company, Limited, Montreal, has been ap- pointed secretary-treasurer of J. R. Baxter and Company, mill 7 plies, Montreal. Mr. W. A. Anstie, managing director of the Forest Mills « British Columbia, Limited, Revelstoke, B.C., recently made a bu: ness trip in Ontario and was a welcome visitor at the offices of t Canada Lumberman. Mr. W. E. Nitterauer, of the Munising Company, Munisi Mich., was in Toronto during the third week of February on a busi-_ ness trip. The Munising Company operates a sawmill, paper mills, mines, etc., on an extensive scale. They are considering important — increases to their lumber output, during the coming year. At pre- y , competition of yellow pine with hemlock in Michigan is very strong. At the annual meeting of Price Bros. and Company, which was — held recently at Quebec, the report of the lumber department showed © that it had made attractive profits on its year’ s operations. Satisfac- — tory prices were received for the company’s lumber output during the — year. The company’s total earnings at its various operations amount-_ ed to $512,527. After deducting bond interest and maintenance ~ charges, the net profits amounted to $338,739. ; Campbell-McLaurin Lose Valuable Employee F The death occurred recently of Mr. William Dic¢k, mill foreman of the Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Company, Limited, Drummond- ville, P.O. Mr. Dick was a Scotchman, and was at one time employed by Messrs. Muirhead and Sons, Grangemouth sawmills, Scotland, and | later as general manager of the ‘mill and yard of Messrs. Graham, Rox- burgh aud McLauchlan, Firhill Saw Mil!s, Canal Bank, Glasgow. In 1907 he came to Canada and was engaged by McLaren Bros., | Buckingham, and in 1908 joined the staff of the Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Company. ; - ? Moose Jaw Pioneer Lumberman Dead Hugh McDougal, a pioneer lumberman, of Moose Jaw, Sask., who went west from the Ottawa Valley in 1883, removing from the prairie city to the Okanagan Valley in 1902, died at Peachland, B.C., on February 18th, aged 80. Mr. McDougal owned a lumber mill at Peachland for some years and was well known in the Okanagan. H is survived by a wife and grown-up sons and daughters, and leave relatives in the Ottawa Valley, Moose Jaw, Vancouver and Victoria. ; nds echt be { Lumber Mutual Present Good Report oi s The Lumber Mutual Fire Insurance Company of Boston, Mass., ; in their annual financial statement for the year ending Decemb 31st, 1913, showed a net cash surplus of $538,502.11. The total amount of insurance in force is $19,810,579.49, upon which the pre- miums amount to $442,290.26. The total losses paid to policy holde rs to date is-$1,237,461.64, and total dividends paid to policy hol to date $1,139 203. 84. The rate of dividend to policy holders on minating policies is 40 per cent. The gain in the amount of insur- ance in force during the year 1913 was $1,622,666.83, and the gain | in premiums for the year was $34,520.75. ———— ae i .- New Brunswick Crown lands comprise an area of over 10,000 square miles, and the annual revenue to the province is over h million dollars. It is proposed, in view of the extensive areas of wood lands, to create a forestry branch in connection with the Cr Lands Department of the Province, which will be in charge of a tech nically trained forester. A Statistics issued by the provincial forest branch of the Depart ment of Lands at Victoria, B.C., show that the cost of timber fire’ P tection for the year 1913 was much less than for any previous y in the history of the department. The cost for fire protection du the first ten months of .1913 was less than $8,000, as compared » $30,000 in 1912, $100,000 in 1910, $45,000 in 1909, and $35,000 i in 1 There were 900 fires during the season, only 96 of which coul considered serious. , Lb ; Jet: le - a v4, ha oe pai i os e «66 King Street East, | Canada’s Largest Door Plant CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Canada’s Largest Saw Mill Douglas Fir Timber We manufacture and ship on short notice all sizes and lengths of merchantable timber up to 120 feet in length for derricks, scows, dredges, shipbuilding, bridge and structural timber. We dress timber up to 24 x 30. Dressed and Matched Lumber Write us for prices on rough or dressed clear fir and Sales TORONTO, ONT. Hugh A. Rose, Toronto L. D. Barclay, 66 King Street East, Toronto, Travel- ling Representative WINNIPEG, MAN H. W. Dickey, Lombard Street, Winnipeg British Columbia Red Cedar Shingles We make our own shingles and place our brand on them, which is our guarantee that they are manufactured fully up to grade with regard to quality of material, sawn to full thickness and tightly packed. We want your permanent trade. Let us ship you one Car. cedar. We make quick shipment of clear fir flooring, siding, ceiling, shiplap and boards, also red cedar bevel siding. Douglas Fir Cross Arms Douglas fir base casing and mouldings manufactured to standard patterns at close prices, shipped with doors or cedar shingles. Offices MANITOBA E. S. Malone, Lombard Street, Winnipeg SASKATCHEWAN R. J. Sullivan, Trav- elling Representative W. W. North, Trav- elling Representative ALBERTA A. Montgomery, Travelling Representative B. C. Fir Doors Are Perfect Doors We are now making 1000 perfect fir doors each day and can double this output on short notice. Our door sales are increasing rapidly and the reason is that we are making a perfect door with regard to quality of material and workmanship. Prices and information furnished on request. Three ply rotary cut fir veneer makes beautiful panelling. 5! 92 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Handling Mill Waste At the recent annual meeting of the Retail Lumber Dealers’ As- sociation of the State of New York, an interesting paper on the hand- ling of waste, was read by Mr. Henry T. Lumb. In the course of his remarks Mr. Lumb said :— We have made a number of tests and while some have shown 16 per cent. and 12 per cent. and even as low as 8 per cent. waste, others go up to 19 per cent., 25 per cent. and 27 per cent., and in many cases even higher. This is based on all first and-second grade lumber, which we have found best for our trade. The percentages have varied so that we have been using an assumed percentage of 25 per cent. ex- cept on North Carolina pine trim, where we use 15 per cent. as we get this out of stock widths. \ I have recently written a number of other firms to get their ideas on the subject and received replies from a few as follows: A—states: “We have not on hand now any data to furnish the in- formation which you request. Of course you and ourselves realize that it is a very important part of our industry; that is, the waste in cutting up lumber. There are a great many mills, it seems to the writer, who do not recognize this fact. on different kinds of lumber, and find the loss in cutting up amounts to from 20 per cent. to 40 per cent., depending entirely on the quantity of the lumber you cut up, and also on the character of the work that you are cutting for. In connection with cutting up lumber for trim, that of course de- pends upon what you are cutting up. Our idea as to the loss in cut- ting oak, for instance, is that there is about 30 per cent. loss, if one is cutting up a good grade, running about 50 per cent. No. 1 common and 50 per cent. 1’s and 2’s.” B—states: “Replying to your favor of the 19th, would say that the amount of waste in cutting lumber depends entirely on the quality of the lumber and we do not think that any fixed rule would be of avail.” C—states: “This depends largely on the kind of stock you use, and is rather a hard question to answer. We fine quite a difference in some of the cutters; that is, some of our cutters waste more stock than others, and to give a definite amount of waste we are not in position to do so. Some mills use a lower grade of material and think it is cheaper, while we find our experience has taught us that it is better for us to purchase a better grade of material in cutting trim, as we have much less waste. ' We find also that some orders cut to better advantage than others, as we work up small strips, etc.” D—states: “Answering yours of the 19th, will state that we manu- facture only veneered doors and buy only the better grades of lumber; _ in fact, we try to order our stock 75 per cent. 1’s and 2’s and 25 per cent. No. 1 common, for the reason that we have no way of working up our offals because we do not manufacture trim, blinds, sash, etc. Even taking into consideration the above facts, we allow 50 per cent. on practically all woods except quartered oak, on which we allow 60 per cent. This percentage of waste we add to the actual amount of lumber determined by the cutting sizes,” E—states: “We think that in all good trim where we use the best of stock our actual loss in cutting is about 15 per cent., and where we use lower grades of stock to make a fairly good output the loss is about 30 per cent. All this, however, is not lost. We sell some wood and we use core lumber and have a surplus as a rule. We have had experts here to try to tell us what it costs to produce our output but nobody has yet succeeded and we have never been able to definitely ascertain it ourselves. Formerly in manufacturing in a stock mill in Michigan which the writer owned, making all stock work, sash, doors, and blinds, our per- centage of waste figured 25 per cent. on the sash and blind work, but the total loss figured only 10 per cent. and we used only No. 2 and No. 3 shop. Of course lumber was very much better those days than it is now, that being about ten years ago.” F—states: “We only handle sash, doors and blinds and therefore can only speak as to the waste incurred in cutting these items. Our experience covering a period of some thirty odd years has been that 30 per cent. of the cutting up grade of lumber like No. 1 and No. 2 shop or cuts No. 1 and No. 2 common disappears, often being put in the mill to work up. This may seem high but it is actually so, as we have demonstrated to our complete satisfaction time after time. It is a little less on the higher grades but not much unless you use stock widths, which it is very hard to do. This waste matter is something that the average mill man does not seem to appreciate or does not feel that it is important enough to spend much time on, but we consider it a very” _ vital part of manufacture.” From the above it will be seen that there are many different ideas of the percentage of waste, and most of us are doing more or less guessing and are therefore probably not getting the price we should for our product. The point I should like to bring out before you is that all seem to be basing their waste on occasional tests, and I should like We have made test after test - ies to bring up for discussion the idea of keeping records for an extended — [ period, say a year, on the waste of all orders. Perhaps someone has done this and his experience would be of great assistance in planning a systematic method for other firms to obtain their actual waste. I have tioticed considerable discussion of cost keeping, pertaining to overhead charges and distribution of labor, but I have not seen anything relating to exact percentage of waste of lumber. We are generally getting so that we have accounting systems that give us overhead charges down to a tenth of a per cent., but in the matter of — material, which is by far the most important item, we are guessing. I think most of us are making tests of occasional orders and after th lumber is brought into the mill and cut into pieces and lengths re quired, we make allowance for pieces and strips left over which we expect to use again. This cannot be an exact basis, as we all kno some jobs cut to better advantage than others, and some waste works into other orders and some which we expect to use is finally put into fire wood. Most of us are basing our estimate of waste on these occa- sional tests and I think by a careful study of the subject with a sys- tematic method it can be improved on. Some firms charge all the ma- terial brought into the mill on the job regardless of the waste, but I do not think this is right. Probably we should not figure costs so close on our product that we should get much closer than either of the above mentioned methods, but I do think we should at least know exactly, as the records will help us in many ways in knowing the proper grades to buy and also how efficient our cutters are, and I do not think this can be obtained by occasional tests, but only by keeping records of all the material used for an extended period. I really think the successful dealer who is operating a mill in the future is going to be the one who knows when to buy goods already manufactured instead of making them himself and in order to do this he must know his costs, which must necessarily include an accurate percentage of waste on his lumber. My proposition is to keep a record of exact cut to size of all pieces in every job, taken from duplicates of all cutting lists, no cutter or any employee being allowed to use any material without a cutting bill or requisition. Our inventory at the beginning of each year with lumber purchased during the year will of course give us the exact amount of lumber brought into the mill, the difference between the two records being feet wasted on all kinds of lumber for the year. This wili re-— quire no tallying or red tape among the employees in the mill but sim- ply a clerk in the office. } In trying to apply this method to our own business, we think that in connection with our present system of billing our telephone girl could tabulate all the sizes from cutting bills systematically and not miss any. We thought instead of figuring the number of feet, board measure, in each piece, we would get up a card system with a card for all the different widths and thicknesses and different kinds of lumber and only put down the lineal feet. For instance, if there were 10 pieces of chestnut casing 1 x 5 7% feet long, it would be put on a card headed “chestnut 1 x 5” and entered “75 feet.” At the end of the month or year, if found necessary, we would reduce the total of all the lineal feet _ to board measure at one calculation. Now, the difficulty is going to — be in getting the waste on the different kinds of lumber when differeat grades are used of one kind, such as pine. For instance where No. 1 pine cuts are used for doors and No. 3 pine cuts for sash and blinds, the waste from No. 1 which might be used in with No. 3 for sash, the | clerk in figuring up the cutting bill of sash would not know whether to credit up as coming out of No. 1 or No. 3 cuts. I have thought this — might be accomplished by crediting up to No. 1 cuts or No. 3 cuts — what is known to have come from either of these grades and what — there is a question about could be credited to a miscellaneous pine ac- _ count. This would probably be such a small proportion of material cut that it-would give very nearly accurate figures. Of course in lum- — ber where all one grade is purchased, it would be simple. In connec- — tion with this, I might add that in return for the expense and trouble . of this system we might consider that we will always have a perpetual — inventory. After this method has been kept for a year with possibly a second year to check it up as to its relative accuracy, we could tell — at any time our stock on hand and in case of fire it would be valuable ~ to have. Lite Now, would it be possible to apportion the waste credited to the miscellaneous account to the different grades at the end of the year | according to the proportion of each kind used? Again, is it possible to work the whole matter of waste out on the cost of lumber basis? These are the two important parts of the proposition I haven’t heen able as yet to work out clearly myself, and I should like to hear some discussions from others on these two points and also the waste pro- | position on a whole. Zi A large amount of pulpwood and lumber is being shipped on the - Transcontinental Railway east of Quebec bridge. The line is not yet complete, but will be by May. It is estimated that at least 10,000 car- loads of lumber and pulpwood per annum will be carried. a = ee 2 , ae r= ‘ > S, - : ~ as 2 4 med ve _ - - — 4 ¥ « .. dete et an. Sk enc) ee ° . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 53 CATERING FOR Leading Firms i mm F eco and Camp a “Vere FAA TAYE span Ds nL were = A = ON nae anit Can be fitted to ALGONQUIN STEEL RANGE. burn wood, coal or coke. Special price to lumbermen. Writeus. NATIONAL MFG. CO.,LTD, Ottawa. NA it Any one of these spaces twice a month for a year (24 insertions) will cost $72 and may be changed every issue. Aid 7 = ai are . = _~ ee cece: nN abe — Aan 8 —— ae sant —_— “en new Seg RT Me) i re ine | WA Ae a Dake Dexter 0 Feed Made from crushed oats and molasses, with a little barley, corn and bran. ee ih: mnie a Geared Locomotives Steel Rails Flat Cars ALL SECONDHAND Correspondence solicited. SESSENWEIN BROS. Montreal an wn = sa, an Sw ne Sa-a —~! An excellent food for Lumber - and Logging Horses. The Chisholm Milling Co. -» Limited Jarvis Street, . . TORONTO = uN. a oe | a Sty Ae Wii RM fr Ta qi i Hi Pan ij aa a in an el NA ae | ~ i — Ley, neg , CAMP SUPPLIES ay N ou lh : The lumber field in Canada large, but it can be econom- Ically covered through the ‘ STAONAL ik Lumber Crayons Wat Will not wash permanent SUPERI Canada ronnerman & Woodworker “D3 Chant oggc0?_ LIMITED TORONTo, CANAD 93 Church Street, Takia, A \ No. 62 "$37. oy eee DT a ssanint Tr H. Borbridge PRT A ae h 5. vat Ont. aud yi ; yd Leyte TEAS pease ie { SEES. th es Si adit Ati re ‘a Hen me AF Ty i. H. Dwyer & Co., Ltd. OTTAWA, ONT. Offices also at Fort William and Montreal Largest Wholesale Dealers in Hay and Oats in Canada aa o> ia if Wither: MAY Write or wire us at any of the Ft if Mie es Arp hig 8) above offices. We do the rest. \\ ral} ye i aa “HE WHO SERVES BEST PROFITS MOST.” Ay v ; é wer ™: sp TST S6 tesa er eR Ee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Machinery and Equipment What Manufacturers of Logging, Sawmill and Woodworking Appliances are Doing Aerial Skidding By Jno. A. McDougall, Fernie Lumber Co., Ltd., Fernie, B.C. While undoubted!y there are minor matters in connection with the aerial skidder which we are operating which could be, and perhaps already have been, improved upon, we are of the opinion that this machine, owing to the comparatively small amount of rigging in con- nection with it, and the consequent minimum delay with which it can be moved around, is the most suitable machine for the class of timber and the rough mountainous country in which we are operating. It is a four-drum machine, one drum containing 3,000 feet of one- inch cable, being the main line: one drum containing 3,000 feet of 34- inch cable, being the haul-in line; and one drum containing 6,000 feet of 5%-inch cable, being the haul-back line. The other drum is intend- ed for loading the logs onto the cars. We have not used it for this purpose, but have used it and found it very handy for skidding the trees onto the rollwoys to be cut into log lengths. The machine is set up at the landing, the main line being run out and made fast to a suitable tail tree. In the event of the main line, after being stretched, sagging so as to come too close to the ground or striking the ground on account of the uneven nature of the country, one or more gin poles are put up and the main line is held up from the ground by one of the “C” hangers, the open side carriage being special- ly constructed so as to allow the bottom part of the “C” hanger to pass through it. We have found that we can cut a swath 150 feet wide or 75 feet on each side of the main line and handle it expeditiously, but our opera- tion being side-hill work we have not considered it advisable to try to go further away from the main line than that distance. We have oper- ated advantageously with practically speaking the whole length of the main line—that is 3,000 feet. The slack pulling arrangement is simple and effective consisting of some thirty feet of light chain hanging to the bull hook on the end of the haul-in line. The hook tenders carry a short length of chain, about three feet, with a swamp hook on one end and a chain hook on the other end; this is made fast to a suitable stump, handy to the main line, and as the carriage comes back from the landing the chain hang- ing from the bull hook is caught and made fast to the short chain, the carriage being allowed to go on into the woods until the necessary amount of slack has been secured. We have found it most advantageous to fall the trees so that they will lie as nearly as possible at right angles to and with the top to- wards the main line; the carriage is then held stationary until the trees are up to the main line and clear of all obstructions. The timber which we are handling with the machine runs about ten logs to the thousand and five logs to the tree. We pull in one or Aerial Skidding—Log nearing the landing Aerial Skidding—Log carried horizontally two trees at a time, according to conditions, the trees being cut into log lengths at the landing. The minimum 10 hour day’s work for the machine is 30,000 feet with a crew of 18 to 20 men, according to conditions, at a maximum cost of $2 per 1,000 feet, on average skidding distance of 2,000 feet. This includes all working expenses, from the falling of the trees to the decking or loading of the logs at the landing. We are not operating at all this season and have therefore not really given the machine a thorough try-out; it is new to ourselves as well as the men. But we are satisfied from careful observations made, that with a ‘crew of good live men, We can put in from 35,000 to 40,000 feet easily and thus cut the cost considerably. The country in which we have been operating the machine is too steep for horse logging to be practical, so that we are not able to make any actual comparison. Our average cost of logging with horses has been around $5 per Aerial Skidding—Showing character of the timber CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER . 55 B. C. FIR TIMBERS | Fir and Cedar Doors Finish Casing Base and Mouldings £ RED CEDAR SHINGLES Try Our “AAI Brand’’ Red Cedar Bevel Siding \E.H. HEAPS & CO., LTD. Mills at VANCOUVER, B.C. and RUSKIN, Jenckes Boilers WE make a specialty of large Tubular Boilers for regular or Dutch oven setting for saw mill service. Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. Hepburn Cranesand Derricks All kinds of overhead Illustration of cranes for : a cd. Electric er or elec- Derr ick tric power. 6 tons capacity. Boom 65 feet. = Steel Boom and Steel Mast. JOHN T. HEPBURN, Lid, TORONTO Iron founders, crane bawkers; machinists 56 CANADA 1,000 feet at the landing, and we are so well satisfied that, for the coun- try in which we are operating, the aerial system is the best method— being both cheaper and cleaner—that it is our intention to put in more of these machines and do away with horse logging entirely if pos- sible. ‘The system is liké any other innovation; it takes a little time to break. in the men and get them used to the work, and our experience when we first started to operate was anything but satisfactory, but they soon get the hang of it. One very important advantage of the aerial system is that you can operate almost as cheaply in six feet of snow as you can on the bare ground. Nearly a Mile of Single-Span Cableway A new overhead cableway skidder, which establishes a remark- able record for distance, has been instatled in the Great Smoky Moun- tains at E-Ikmont, Venn., by the Elkmont Contract and Supply Com- pany. The main cable stretches from the peak of the boom on a self- contained portable skidder, to the top of a hill three thousand five hundred and seventy feet distant, without any intervening support. Over this lengthy span they are skidding hardwood logs run- ning four to the thousand feet without troub’e or delay, having a daily capacity of about thirty thousand feet. The machine is of the type of the Clyde Overhead Cableway Skidder, but is mounted upon steel skids instead of upon trucks. It has also a powerful extra drum for moving the machine, which is effected by making fast the moving cable to suitable anchorage ahead of the skidder and throwing in the clutch connecting this drum with the engine. In this way the machine is dragged up to an elevation sufficient to make possible these immense spans. The main cab!e is 14-in. and is giving perfect satisfaction. At present the skidder is working from one end of a valley known as Coon Hollow, being located on an elevation at one end of the hol- low while the cable extends down the hollow to the opposite moun- tainside nearly a mile away. Logs are being skidded from both banks of the hollow. Six guys are used, all being of 1 in. cable, two of which are wound on steam-driven drums and run from the peak of the boom back to the rear of the machine. Another guy runs out directly in front of the machine, and the remaining three are used to balance the pull of the main cable. These. last four guys are all tightened by means of the skidding cable. The machine has eight drums in all, every operation being self-contained and under power. The main cable itself is wound up, under steam, on a special drum contained on the bed of the machine and is not separate as in all other types of cableway skidders. This enables the operator to wind off only as much cable as will be required, the balance being stored on the drum out of the way. Coal is conveyed to the machine by means of the skidding line (which runs through the buggy on the main cable) being lowered down into the valley where the buckets of fuel are made fast to it, raised and skidded in direct to the machine. Those interested can obtain further information from the manu- facturers, the Clyde Iron Works of Duluth, Minn. Atkins Pioneers Hold Annual Banquet E. C. Atkins & Company, Inc., Indiana, Ind., recently held their annual banquet of the “Atkins’ Pioneers.” This organization is made up of employees who have been associated with the Atkins Company for over twenty years. Twenty-five years ago the entire pay roll of the Atkins plant numbered about 200, and of this staff, 117 are still connected with the company. It is also interesting to note that among the members of the “Atkins’ Pioneers,” there are six new members who have been with the company for twenty years; 46 members who have been with the company between twenty-one and twenty-five years ; 37 members who have been with the company between twenty- six and thirty years; 21 members who have been with the company between thirty-one and thirty-five years; 3 who have been with the company between thirty-six and forty years; 3 who have been with the company between forty-one and forty-five years and one, Mr. John H. Wi'de,.Dean of the Pioneers, who has forty-nine years’ of service to his credit. Disston Salesmen Hold Convention Henry Disston & Sons, Inc., Philade!phia, Pa., held their semi- annual convention of eastern salesmen at their factory recently. The purpose of these meetings is to acquaint the men, who handle Disston goods, more intimately, with the methods of manufacture and also to get them better acquainted with one another. The attendance at the convention was large and the members are very enthusiastic over their work. New goods were shown and demonstrated and the superinten- LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER dents of the various departments gave the salesmen valuable infor- mation in regard to their manufacture. The salesmen also made fre- — quent trips through the factory to see the actual production of their goods. Meetings. held daily during the course of a week were ad-— dressed by various sepakers, including members of the sales force. ‘The convention was a great success and enabled the salesmen to go — out upon their duties once more, with even greater confidence than formerly, in the value of the goods which they handle. A Fine Pianer and Matcher Booklet The accompanying illustration is a reproduction of a very hand- some cover design used by the American Wood Working Machinery Company, in connection with an attractive and.extensively illustrated booklet recently published, describing their model 5 Amero seventy-seven planer and matcher. Apparently, the company have set themselves in their publishing department a standard equally as high as that which they have reached in connection with the woodwork- ing machinery. The booklet, by means of its descriptions and illus- trations must convince any interested reader that it will be to his own decided advantage to investigate this planer and matcher before making a selection. With the advent of the Kettle River Railway through the Hope mountains, there will be rendered accessible 32,000 acres of fir, cedar and hemlock in the Coquahalla watershed. Of this only 6,500 acres have been taken up by !ease, the remainder still forming part of the timber held by the crown. WHY you should install the Mahony Blower System in your Planing Mill Fifty per cent. higher efficieney than any other on the market to-day, uses % less power, costs less to install, no cyclone re- quired, eliminates back pressure op thefan, T will undertake to increase the coperits -- of any system nowinstalled 50to 100¢ by the { application of the Mahony Back Pressure j valve on your fan, without using a scrap more of horse-power. YOU NEED this apparatusin your plant Write to-day for prices A. Mahony, 512 Wellington West, Toronto CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 57 5 Fducational Talks on Jeather Beitinge. What Constitutes Good Leather Belting First—LEATHER, possessing in the highest degree possible the following characteristics : Good driving surface, to enable the belt to operate under minimum tension. Firmness, that the belt may remain straight, run true on the pulleys. , Pliability, that it may hug the pulley closely, securing a large arc of : contact. Little Stretch, that it will seldom need to be shortened. Elasticity, that it may easily take up and let go its load as it travels round the pulley. Good tensile strength, that it may carry its load without breaking. Resistance to external conditions, such as heat, moisture, chemicals, etc., that it may do its work in any place, at. any time, enduringly. Second—CEMENT of the highest quality. The cement must be powerful, elastic and immune to all the de- structive forces that leather itself is able to withstand. As a matter of fact, the cement, when properly applied, becomes to all intents and purposes a part of the leather itself. Third — WORKMANSHIP and INSPECTION. Careful and skillfull workmanship should go into every process of con- struction. Rigid inspection of each operation is absolutely essential. In short, high-grade leather belting can be obtained only from leather properly tanned, curried and finished; and that leather properly ce- mented with a suitable cement, all involving careful construction and rigid inspection of every process. Subject for next month :—‘* Progress Made in the Manufacture of Belting ”’ Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co. Unity Building, 46 Alexandra Street, Montreal, Can. Home Office and Factory : Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers 58 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OPPORTUNITIES EDGINGS The sawmill at Lakefield, Ont., owned by John McGrath, 697 Harvey street, Peterboro, Ont., was recently destroyed by fire. s It is reported that an agreement has been reached with the Ontario Goy- attractive terms a few especi- papier pec he, Backus Interests to proceed with the cre L ally well selected tracts of The sash and door factory and sawmill owned by J. R. McLaurin, Jr., < timber running from 50 million to one Vankleek Hill, Ont., was recently destroyed by fire. The loss amounted to billion feet that ° s $8,000 and the insurance to $3,000. J rere ready for immed Mr. J. J. McFadden, Renfrew, Ont., has purchased the White Pine Lum- late operation, having a good local de- ber Company’s limits in the township of Gough, Ont., and their logging outfit mand at high prices. at Webbwood, Ont. He has put in two camps upon the limits this winter and the logs will.be taken to his, mill at Spragge. X : J. R. Eaton & Sons, Orillia, Ont., are considering plans for the erection The timber on the Pacific Coast of a new planing mill. They have asked the town council to siget Ee a rad ; Ss and make them a loan. If satisfactory arrangements can be made a by-law is the last stand of the great for will be submitted to the ratepayers at an early date. The proposed building ests. Well selected timber in British will be 296 ft. x 150 ft., in addition to which there will be engine rooms, dry Columbia is the best investment on kiln and offices. tes Ae iy : " : 1 : : : Chas. Pedwell, Lions Head, Ont., whose mill was destroyed by fire t this Continent and offers especially at- fall, has purchased the circular mill formerly belonging to E. M. Miers, tractive inducements for manufacturers. Wiarton, Ont. and will cut stock there during the coming summer. The ; J mill has a capacity of 20,000 feet of one inch maple per day. It has steam feed and Mr. Pedwell intends to install a steam nigger and loader. Mr. E. M. ~ Miers will continue in charge of the mill. iS ee The Sudbury, Kepawa & Bell River Railway Company, whose chief in- corporator is Mr. John Lumsden, of Ottawa, is seeking to obtain incorporation at Ottawa. It will serve the timber trade in the district through which it will run and provide a facility much appreciated for the opening of new limits. The line is projected from near Sudbury, Ont., easterly to Kepawa Junction, Que., and thence northeasterly to Bell River, Que. Its head office will be in Ottawa. A. Ce Frost Company A large pulp paper and lumbering business, to be conducted, is to be es- tablished at Yellow Falls, in the vicinity of the Transcontinental Railway, in a Corn Exchange Bldg. short time, according to a report from Cochrane, Ont. The capital behind — the scheme is said to be largely English. The proposal is to erect a mill at CHICAGO Yellow Falls, fourteen miles south of the bridge which crosses the Mattagami River at Jacksonboro’, and it is also proposed to do all the manufacturing of pulp, paper and lumber on the site, the freight charges being too high to send the raw material away. The Wood-Mosaic Company, Inc., New Albany, Ind., report that they have given up, for the time being, their proposal for the erection of a plant at Stratford, Ont. The losses which they recently sustained by fire at Louis- C E D A R ville and Albany were much more serious than at first supposed and have involved the spending of much more money in re-building operations than was expected. For this reason they will not be able to go ahead with the Canadian undertaking this year and report that it will probably be twelve months before they can consider the matter again. The Welland Lumber Company, Limited, which was recently incorporated, with head office at Welland, Ont., and capital stock of $100,000, has the follow- ing officers:—President and general manager, John W. Rounding; vice-presi- dent, Frank Edwards; secretary, E. Teusley; treasurer, George Tufts; direc- E own and offer for sale on For further particulars, address tor, George W. Hodgson. The company’s charter authorizes them to carry on business as timber merchants, sawmill proprietors, etc., and to buy and sell and deal generally in timber and wood of all kinds, also in timber limits. The copmany have secured a site near the G. T. R. at Welland and will erect a modern sash and door factory thereon. The Sutherland, Innes Company, Limited, Chatham, Ont., report that they Campbell om MacLaurin Lumber Co. are over-hauling the plant at Chatham which they recently purchased from W. M. Drader and are putting in some new machinery in the heading depart- Limited ment and in the hoop department. They are also over-hauling the sawmill boilers and engine and making the plant a first-class one in every respect. Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL They will manufacture a full line of staves, hoops, heading and heading liners. _ They have taken over Mr. Drader’s contract to manufacture barrels for the T. H. Taylor Company, manufacturers of Beaver Flour. The company will thus be manufacturing flour barrels for both of the large flour mills in Chat- ham. They also advise us that there is no foundation for the report that they — will build a plant at Corinth, Ont. ; The John Carew Lumber Company, Limited, Lindsay, Ont., have made a number of important alterations to their plant, with the object of increasing their capacity. A new Diamond 5-foot horizontal resaw has been installed, — together with new slashers and new lath machinery. The floor of the mill has been rearranged and it is expected that the capacity will be increased by adding extra boilers and another 110 h.p. Wheelock engine. A number of — new live rolls and conveyors have also been installed. A new railway siding has been put in to improve the yard and increase the shipping facilities. The company’s tugs “Arthur C” and “Charlie L” have also been overhauled. A new boiler of 225 pounds per square inch pressure is being installed in the | MERRITT MFG. CO., Lockport, N.Y. Veneer Machinery HE “MERIT” LINE of Veneer Cutting, Dimen- sioning and Drying Mach- Merit Veneer Lathe “Arthur C.” The company report that they expect the coming season to be inery is designed first, for ven- In addition to Lathes, Clippers, one .oF the: basiess that tes are) £veieame sores. if eer mills cutting high grade and Driers, the line, includes _, rhe Abitibi Pulp and Paper Company have reorganized their finances Rhee itd Gommnarenl veneer Knife. Grinders, [og Flomts with the object of completing the plant at Iroquois Falls. With the proceeds | Mc icnsive tial d d Troll ’ fCrateHead of $3,500,000, securities sold to a Chicago house, the ground wood mill will BesP. imber, and sec- and | rolleys, a set ofCrateMea be brought up to a capacity of 225 tons per day, and a sulphite mill of 60 ond, for basket, crate, box and Machinery, a set of Barrel and tons capacity as well as a: four machine news print mill will be constructed. barrel factories using cheaper Basket Hoop Machinery, Basket A new company, with the name of the Abitibi Power and Paper Company, veneer cut from the less expen- and Hamper Bottom Round- Limited, will be formed to take over the assets and liabilities, the capital be- ca iwondk: ra Nailing Fons ae ing $7,000,000, with first mortgage gold bonds and debenture stock of $6,000.- 000. The plans for the paper and sulphite mills have been prepared by M George F. Hardy, of New York, and contracts for construction and machi — CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 59 will be called for early in March. It is expected that the newspaper plant will be finished and in operation by the first of April, 1915. . Eastern Canada W. & R. Walsh, Wellington street, Chatham, N.B., have nearly completed ante d plans for the erection of a sash and door factory. The estate of the late J. H. Redfern, Montreal, has been placed in the hands of a trust company and is being gradually liquidated in accordance with the terms of the will. A small mill has just been completed at a Amade, near egy a Al d t b P.Q., by the Owens Lumber Company, Limited. The capacity is about 12,000 feet per day. The mill is turning out hardwoods, particularly birch. rea y sawn or tO be sawn E. Neale, of Chatham, N.B., who formerly represented the English firm, : Frank Harrison & Company, has returned from England after making arrange- aE, ments to represent several large British timber houses, and he will continue Cuts of I’ and 2" Hemlock his shipments from the Miramichi. Cuts of l and 2 Spruce = The paper mill owned by the New Brnnswick Paper Company, of Miller- 5/8” Cull Spruce or Norway ton, N.B., on the Miramichi, is reported to have reduced its staff and output. 5/8” Merchantable Spruce The explanation given is that the output of the kind of paper they produce t le B d was larger than the market could absorb. 5/8” Merchantable Basswoo The stock of pulpwood formerly belonging to the East Canada Power 1” Cull Elm : and Pulp Company, Limited, in liquidation, has been sold to the Donohue 1” Dead Cull Birch Company, Quebec, P.Q. The pulpwood is in the yard of the mill at Murray Bay and also uncut at the company’s limits on the Murray river and its tributaries. A = ema ee oe ae ee States that ae a eB hen sae eure? Write us at once, giving estimates of quantities, best judgment for R. Rainboth, civil engineer, agains cafe rien, contractor, 5 ‘ Oo : for $500,000, The action related to timber limits, in which the court held that cash prices f. o. b. cars, shipping points, and full par- the plaintiff had large interests, but dedeucted his share of the $42,000 for ticulars of above kinds or of any other lumber you expenses in works and materials furnished by O’Brien. may have to offer. 1” Merchantable Birch, 3 to 5 feet long The Papineauville Lumber Company, Limited, Papineauville, P.Q., .are erecting a mill for the manufacture of cheese box veneers and cheese box headings. They are just completing the installation of the machinery, all of which is of Canadian production and they expect to start operations early in March. The hardwood logs necessary for the operation of the mill are now ed ros, e being taken out in the woods. The company expect to make a large quantity 9 of veneers during the coming season. They will also be equipped to make cheese boxes for direct shipment to cheese factories. When completed the mill will be thoroughly up-to-date. Pine, Hemlock, Mr. W. B. Blair, formerly connected with the lumber firm of the late S Mr. J. H. sable Montreal, has formed a partnership we Mr. ase Rolland Saas q as wholesale lumber merchants, under the name of air & Rolland, with offices at Room 234 Coristine Building, Montreal. Mr. Rolland formerly and Hardwoods carried on business as Louis Rolland & Company. The new firm will stock lines recently handled by Louis Rolland & Company. The pulpwood limits, controlled by Messrs, Blair & Rolland, situated on the Gaspe Coast, have been sold to an English firm, who intend to start operations immediately, having taken possession of all interests with the idea of exporting the pulp- Lumber and Lath 43 Victoria Street Toronto, Ont. wood to the United States. The new stave, heading and shingle mill recently erected by the Sydney Lumber Company, Limited, at Dalhousie, N.B., to replace the one they lost by fire last year, is very complete and up-to-date. The main building is 110 x 36 ft., the sides and roof being covered with asbestos and galvanized iron. The mill contains four stave bilge saws, two double stave jointers, two stave crozing machines, four shingle machines complete, two heading mach- ines complete, one small rotary and one machine for making barb wire spools. The engine room is 20 x 30 ft. and contains one large Robb-Armstrong engine. Two large boilers are operated with brick furnaces having return draft. The plant also includes a large dry kiln. The Jacquet River Lumber Company are manufacturing boards, planks and deals for the Sydney Lumber Company at their long lumber mill on limits owned by the Sydney Lumber Company on the line of the I. N. Railway. @ - _- The timber flume which has been under construction recently on Robson Creek, B.C., for bringing timber down to the Little Slocan River, whence it will be run down to Mr. W. C. E. Koch’s mill, has recently been completed at an expense of $29,000. Six million feet of logs will be brought down the flume during ne Be pring and summer. Ces construction of the flume was a matter of much difficulty as it involved blasting, piling in swamps, etc. The flume, which is V-shaped and about a mile and a quarter in length, has Should be on the desk of every sides which, with the exception of the first 500 feet, are four feet in depth. The grade varies from one to seventeen per cent. The flume is constructed Lumber Dealer of the best class of cedar to be obtained. The timber on Mr. Koch’s limits ; on the Little Slocan will take five years to clear and the land, when cleared, will be excellent for ranching purposes. Mr. Koch intends finally to put the land up for sale. ' We carry a large stock of a e Red and White Pine The Vancouver Lumber Company, Limited, are considering plans for _ making alterations to their cedar mill at Roche Point, B.C. The intention is . e to install a large amount of new machinery. The president of the company L b d T b ‘is Mr. J. E. Tucker and the managing director is Mr, E. C. Knight. um er an Im er a4 The B. C. Sulphite & Fiber Company, which has a pulp mill on Howe Sound, B.C. has bought 1,070 acres of timber on Sutlej Channel from the rovéernment, and is to have the area cleared in three years. The holdings rise 6,000,000 feet of hemlock, 2,000,000 feet of larch and 3,000,000 feet of edar, the hemlock and larch bringing 10 cents a thousand, in addition to the Os aC are #) ‘oy: fine the cedar 25 cents a thousand. For 950 acres on Broughton e ® d 40 cents for the cedar, in addition to the royalty. The timber con- Montreal Ottawa Western Canada Tenders are being received by Percy S. Howard, assignee, 607 Dominion Trust Building, Vancouver, B.C., for the purchase of the mill buildings, ma- chinery, logging plant and equipment of the Sunset Lumber Company, Lim- ited, of Bradner, B.C. 60 A Adams Launch & Engine Co. ... American Engine & Boiler Wks. Anderson ec. CosuiG. 4G.ae Argall Bros. Atkins Company, E. i Atlantic Lumber Co. .. aac PAIL yOL SOM 2) ocsyen 2%) aie eens oe Baldwin Locomotive Works .. .. Bartram Brothers, Limited .. Batts, Limited .. ae Beath & Son, W. D. .. Berlin Machine Works .. Beck Mig. Co., C. .. Benson & Bray .. Borbridze, S.) Genkie (tee te Bradley Lumber Co., E. C. .. Brennen & Sons, M. .. Breeze, Denison & Co. Bromley, William H. .. Burstall &"Co.; J: 1.: C Caflisch Bros. .. 2. Cameron & Company .. Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Co. . Canadian Locomotive Co. Canada Sales Company .. Canada Wood Specialty Co. Ltd. Can. Mach. Corporation, Ltd. Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. Can. H. W. Johns-Manville Co. . Can. Linderman Company .. .. Canadian Office & School aan ture Company Can. Western Lumber Co. Cane Company, J. G. .. (aitisGr CMT, omc re renee toe oe Capital Wire Cloth col Carborundum Company .. Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. .. .. Chisholm Milling Co. .. Christy-Moir Company Glarkevé,ConvA UR. |.) 8. : Cleveland-Sarnia Saw Mills ©. : Climax Mfg. Company Cling Surface Company .. Clyde Iron Works .. Coghlin Co., BJ... Colonial Lumber Co. .. Dalhousie Lumber Co. .. .. .. . Dawkins Lumber Co., W. H... .. Dixon Crucible Co., Jos. .. Diver, J. M. oe ae Defiance Machine Wicuks p OY cae Disston & Sons, Henry .. hauling costs. ployed. Besides avoiding accidents and eliminating sand hilling this brak- ing device can greatly reduce your Larger loads may be handled and fewer men em- Our catalogue fully explains Ryther & Pringle Co.. Carthage, N. Y. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dom. Mahogany & Veneer Co. . Dominion Timber Regulations . Donogh & Co., John .. Dwyer Company, W. H. .. E Eable Lumber Co. .. East Kootenay Lumber Co. .. .. Elgie Jarvis Lumber Co. Ellicott Company, A. M. .. F Fairweather, A. W. Fassett Lumber Co, Ltd. .. .. 2. Farnworth & Jardine .. Federal Engineering Co., Fesserton Timber Co. .. Fay & Egan Co., J. A. .. Fenderson & Co., Inc., John .. .. Forest Mills of B. C. .. Fraser Bryson Lum. Co., Ltd. .. Fraser Limited .. Brostitts Cae G Garrett Lumber Co. Gartshore, John J. Georgian Bay Shoat iviia: =e". Ltd. Gerlach; Petegir iat nthe ee Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Gillespie, James .. Gillies Bros., Ltd. .. Goodhue & Co., J. L. .. Gordon & Co., Geo. .. .. .. .. .. Graves, Bigwood Co. .. .. .. Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. .. Greening Wire Co., B. Grand Rapids Veneer Works .. Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. H Haeberle Lumber Co. .. .. Ball weAtdama 22- cny meee Hamilton Co., Ltd., Wm. .. Hardinge Bros. .. Hay, Peter an (> i ae. a Hleapside.Gor evasubs Eb. mee pee Heisler Locomotive Works .. Hepburn, John T. ee - Heyser Lumber oo — e Hobart & Gompany: .24.: 57... 2. Hocken Lumber Company .. Hoffman Bros. Co. Hoyt Metal Company .. .. Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Co I Inglis Company, John .. .. .. .. J Jenckes Machine Co., Ltd. Johnston, eAsdEIts. 5, ptitemcignacwws Ltd. , Inc. K Kent Cordwood Splitter Co. .. .. Knight Mfg. Company .. .. .. L Lacey, Jas. Diass oat Laidlaw Bale Tie ee Lamontague Limited .. Lauderburt, De E73. neste Laidlaw Lumber Co., R. . Larkin Company, C. A. .. Leak & Company .. .. Leonard & Sons, E. .. .. Long Lumber Company .. Long Mfg. Co., E. anaes Louisiana Red Cypress hn z . M Mackarell & Co., Thos. .. Mack Axe Works .. Mahoney, A. .. Maritime Fouudey . "Machine Works .. .. Mason, Gordon & Co. i eaieht es McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Co... .. . McGibbon Lumber Co. .. McKinnon Chain Co... .. .. McLaren Belting Co., J. C.... McLennan Lumber Co., Ltd. Mereen-Johnston Machine Co. .. Merritt Mfg. Company .. Mershon & Co., W. B. .. # Millers & \Go;,Ac ~agousde at ee Montreal Engineering Co. .. .. . Montreal Lumber Co. .. .. .. Morris Crane & Hoist Co., Her- Bert ses see as Montreal ieaeae Werks ‘Ltd. Morin & Co., Dr. Ed. Morgan Machine Co... .. Morse Lumber Co., Fred S. Munson-Whitaker Co. .. National Elevator Co. .. .. ..... National Mfg. Company .. Newman, John P. sis New Ontario Colonization Co. Nicholson -File"Co.-- 4...) ar be ae oO Ormsby Cos Wtd Aes. ee ete P Parry Sound Lumber Co., Ltd. . Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency .. Payette & Company, P. .. te Philadelphia Textile pine Company .. Perrin & Coban Was. R. Pink Company, Thomas .. arg 69 21 Brake Your Load and Save ae Horses Barienger Braking Device for letting heavy loads down steep hill and mountain roads. Saves horses and expense of sand hilling. Q Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Company .. .. ae Quincy Adams Lumber Gm SANRE R Radcliff Saw Company .. .. .. Rat Portage Lumber a Lidl Read Bros... . wee Reddaway & Co., Ce Rideau Lumber Co., ‘Ltd. Rimouski Industrial Co. .. fn Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. .. .. River Ouelle Pulp & Paper Co. . Rogers & Co., Samuel C. .. .. .. Russell Bros. .. .. 2 Russell Wheel & Foundry yom Ryther & Pringle .. Ss Saw Mill Owners Sales Ce: Sessenwein Bros. P Sewall, Jas. W. Sheldons Limited . Shives Lumber Gal ale Shimer & Sons, Samuel i Shurly-Dietrich Company . Siemen Bros. Ltd. pe Simonds Canada Saw Co., it: Smart-Turner Mach Co., Ltd. Smart-Woods, Limited .. . Smith Foundry & Machine ea. Smith Paka Re Snowball, J. B. ; Snowdon, C. C. Mere cy Spears & Lauder . ot oh ee SIR dar Spencer, C. A. ee Standard Chain ‘Company . Stearns Salt and Lumber ss. e. St. Gabriel Lumber Co. .. . Superior Manufacturing Co. . ely Tessier, Alphonse .. Thurston- Flavelle Lumber Co. + Timberland Lumber Co. Timms, Phillips & Co... . Turner & Sons, J. J. . 2h Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. . Ww Walters & Sons, H Waterous Engine Works ¢ Co. Ltd. Watson & Todd .. .. Webb Lumber Company Webster & Bro. Ltd., James... West & Peachyiin.+.e-ee ee Wickes Bros. Wisconsin Lumber Co. 54 Wistar, Underhill & Nixon. ne x Wuichet, Louis .. .. .. .. -. ». Y Young Company, W. F. .¥ ront cover 4 iq 24 59 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 When You ‘Overhaul Your Mill HERE are wet places in every saw and pulp mill where nothing but the highest class belting can ‘‘make good.” It is for those wet places that we recommend what most mill-men swear by—our “ACME WATERPROOF” BELT This belt is especially made for a rough and trying service. It has less stretch than any other belt by 15 to 25 per cent. When you are overhauling try a Goodhue ‘‘ Acme Waterproof” belt. Other Goodhue belts are ‘*Extra” and ‘‘ Standard.” Prices and Particulars on Request. J. L. Goodhue & Company, Limited DANVILLE - QUEBEC A New Saw Sharpener United States Patent For Sale This new and adequate saw sharpener is designed to give a keen cutting edge to the.saw teeth. No part of the mechanism is interfered with by emery dust. Every provision is made to enable this machine to do its work, thoroughly, quickly and accurately. The sharpener was invented in Canada by us and at present we are sole manufacturers. It is patented in Canada and the United States. The patent rights for the latter country are for sale. If you are interested write us for further particulars. Newburgh, | Breeze, Denison & Company, ““s:: 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Sun Never Sets on Disston Brand Goods Once a similar phrase might have been applied to ancient Rome. Later it described the vastness of the widespreading dominions of the British Em- pire. Today, it carries its full meaning as applied to Disston Products. The mechanics and householders of the world know them. The great majority possess some Disston Saw or Tool. The fame of Disston Goods goes wherever civilization penetrates. Into the wilderness the explorer sometimes carries the handy Chain Saw. The lumberman clears the way for civ- ilization with his Cross-cut Saw. The millman, with his Band and Circular Saws, converts the rough timber into commercial lumber. Then the carpenter arrives to use his Hand Saw in building habitations for the incoming settlers. The various mechanical trades that follow, each find some Disston Saw, Tool or File to aid them. Even the surgeon who accompanies the settlers has his saws of delicate structure and special design from the Disston Works. And so we find it—in new countries and old; in the United States, South America, or the faraway Chinese Republic. Wherever you go, you find that the name of Disston carries its message of quality and efficiency to all mechanical trades. HENRY DISSTON & SONS, LIMITED Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works TRADE Branch at Vancouver, B. C. cr Knig ht Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- - quirements of thresher and saw mill men operating in small j tracts of timber, as both husk Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- TORONTO, CANADA Established We Size Husk ... ... ... ... 8 feet by 6 feet 3 inches Width. of ‘Carriages oni). ssc secley wale) joes eee) 0) SDCUCS Diameter and Length Mandrel . 2 3/16 by 55 inches Trucks ... ... ... ... T-inch wheels and 1%-inch axles tween the standards of a wagon Size Drive Pulley ... :.. ... 22. «oe 20 by 10-duches Tiength ‘Track ¢-00 0-5 Gee) ee en oo aan when moving from one setting Feed per Revolution of Saw ... ... ... 0 to 3% inches Style and Opening of Blocks ... ... ... C1-36 inches another Feed Belt i... sce wos ele spe Meee ep AGE GEnay Style Mill Dogs ... ... ... ... ... Pony Excelsior to Largest Diameter Saw ... ... ..+ «+s «ee «+ 56 inches Style Set Works ... ... ... ... No. 1 Single Ratchet Length of Carriages ... ... ... 12, 16, 20 or 24 feet Write jor the catalogue of the Knight With each complete size “S” mill we furnish one Saw wrench, cant hook, feed belt, pulley with boxes line of saw mill machinery. ‘or tightener and foundation bolts for husk. THE KNIGHT MFG. CO., Canton, Ohio. Canadian Distributors :—R. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver, B. C.. E. Long Mfg. Co., Orillia, Ont. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 63 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS LONDON, CANADA Agencies and Warehouses :—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. TORONTO, ONT. ; ; WINNIPEG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. VANCOUVER, B.C. Locomotive Boiler on Skids | Atkins? Inserted Tooth Cutoff Saw McLean Pattern A sensation in the Saw World. The smoothest cutting saw. Requires less hammering. Wears longer. Necessary set isin the teeth. No change in diameter of Saw. Teeth do not break out. Short teeth, holds Tension. Made in sizes from 20 to 86% inches. 9g to 5 gauge. | Order now if you expect shipment within sixty days. | Our capacity already overtaxed. Manufactured exclusively by | i E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will withstand the severest kind of service. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. *' The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty 64 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER What I Can Do For The General Planing Mill You don’t have long runs on a few kinds of patterns, the kind that requires a ‘333’? — your work is mostly short runs, different kinds, different sizes, different patterns—the kind that need me. Here’s what I can do for you: I will take care of all your matching and sizing up to 24” x 8”. I will do all your double surfacing up to my full rated width. I will run all the flooring you need. I will serve you as an inside moulder carrying formed cutters up to 1%” projection. [am readily accessible in every part, so that changes can be made quickly, easily and economically, I have all the conveniences, all the time-saving adjustments and all the grade-raising value of the latest fast-feed matchers. . I have a mechanically perfect drive that makes every ounce of power count. I run at a low operating cost, both for power consumed and upkeep expense. I am medium in weight and size. I am also medium in price, so that any mill can afford to put me in. I am making money—big money—for hundreds of successful planing mill owners, men who, like you, are operating a general purpose mill. I will do the same thing for you. I invite you to write today—now—to my designers and builders. J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 465-485 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. caowerr 275) a3 ai asi ~ "EGAN G YA.FAY & EG | CINGINNAT! © | U.S.A. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 65 The Steam Tension Band Mill HE top guide on this mill, as well as the upper wheel, is operated by a steam cylinder. This means that the guide can be moved up or down instan- taneously, which in one day’s work means quite a saving of time over the ordinary mill. This goes a long way towards paying for the mill by the end of a year. But this is not all—with this steam operated guide it is just as easy to keep the guide close to the cut as it is to set it for certain size logs and keep it there. This can be done without loss of time, and so by bringing the guide down close to the cut, vibration of the saw is done away with and the quality of the lumber is improved. No form of tension yet devised is as easy on the saws as the steam tension—several of the users of this mill have run through an entire season without cracking a single saw. These are some of the reasons why our steam tension band mill is the most economi- eal mill to buy, and there are others which you will find in our catalogue. When you are tuning up your mill this winter for next season’s operations, remember that we can serve you promptly whatever your requirements may be. | . William Hamilton Company, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO 66 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER TORONTO, ONT. - “t = ae E a chev 5 dg wipes ss oS By ag aan, pier 2 average 2 Soft maple, 1sts an nds, ats ie aint 5 and quality, 30 to ¢ ee Car Lots Soft maple, com. and bet., 4/4 ...... 28 00 Soft maple, 6/4 & 8/4, Ists and 2nds. 35 00 Ash White Pine: llard maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ..... 37 00 13 inches and up, according to aver- 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 57 00 Hard pede common and pete baad rs oa age and quality, per eu ifs “ave oo 30 1% inch No. 1 cuts and better 64 00 68 00 Hard maple, 12/4, & 16/4, Ists and 2nds. 46 00 Average 16 inch ........ ceeeeeee 30 40 = 7 Red oak, plain 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4 70 00 2-in. No. 1 cuts and better. 67 0U 72 UU . 1 . Red oak, plain 1st and 2nds, 4/4 ... 62 50 Bynin, ONO, oC, Bi ans. 50 00 52 00 Red K, ; aio 13/4 2-in. No. 2 cuts and better 56.00 6000 Red oak, plain 1sts and 2nds, 12/ 44: Ineli. dee Meee 22 474 No, Dicuts.: 3 - ah wea tot 45 00 wand 16/4 sine s Hee ae Feet ee © OCs iacte per eee 26 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 cuts ..... S bd White hag eer ae re ae i, oe 16 inch, per cu. ft 30 18/4 No, 1 cuts 22... 2 5. y 2 18 inch, per cu. ft 35 BLING. 2UCUES 2 o10:+ «0: aperaieiote 36 0U and 2- ri tein take ee 0 00 ov, ar ‘ ists and 2nds 12/4 5/4 and 6/4 No. 2 cuts ..... 42 00 White oak, plain, , Gnebee- Spruce Wekid 7 ‘ and) 16/4. ;.< pecisiiagiie on 0 0) Beieteterace . 7 00 ne ee 45 00 White oak, 34 cut, ists and 2nds, 4/4) 85 00. 12 ft. and up x 3.x 9 and up. $20 00 21 00 Sr i 6/4 No..3 cuts . fe 2 32.00 White oak, % cut, 5/4 and 6/4, Ists Qddments .. sntvee basen nee -. 1700 18 00 8/4 No 3 cuts ae oh re 33 00 and 2hds eee sce ec esc eee Ce eeeses 8 00 Boards, 1 and 2 in. ferewe see 16 00 18 00 43 Po er Re aie aa ae White oak, % cut No. 1 common 55 00 pin: Gog Soro dedressinie oe a ca pe Hickory, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 70 00 Birch Planks " = en eae 27 00 29 00 Hickory, 6/4 and 8/4, Ists and 2nds. 7500 1 to 4 in. ...... ceeeee -. 1700 19 00 1 x 8 common and dressing .. 27 00 29 00 ——_ : ¢ ressi y SARNIA, ONT. elie conmon aud-drcasine... BE 100, Gago OTTAWA, ONT. Ving, Common gad elie! 1 x 10 and 12 mill cull stocks. 24 00 Manufacturers’ Prices 1 x 6 andySiin hss. nbese eee $54 00 l-in. mill cull sidings ...... a4 4 Pine good sidings: eo ae Bp: wie See Sr e id 5/4 and 6/4 x 4 m.r., m.c. out. 1-in. -X 7-in,, and iis eu 2s« 85 $52 00 54 00 4 an 4 in. and up wide ........ 5/4 and 6/4 x 5 m.r., m.c out. 2600 1%-in. & 1%-in. x Sin. & up 55 00 5800 2 in. and up wide ...... ...... - 70 00 Fi =o ei x ¢ m.r., ™.c. cats Bs bed 2-in. x/f-in.tand up ......... 58 00 62 00 candice ieee an x S m.r., m.c. out. No. 2 cuts 2 x 8-in. and up .. 40 00 45 00 uts an etter Fr os Hye o ASO PENS 6 3 zs Ripe good strips: 49.06 4/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 55 00 an pee ee Lee AM, cece cee see tere e eee G/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 65 00 2 x 10 common ...... ..-..- 26 00 14%-in. and 1%4-in. ......... 52 00 54:00 48/4 x & and up No. 2 and Betters...-.2 65 00 2 and 3 x 12 common.. ..... 30 00 32 00 2-in. ©. vase Saha w eb aia 5200 5500 6/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better ...... 52 00 1 x 8 box and common ...... 23 50 2450 Pine good shorts: 8/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better ...... 54 00 1 x 10 inch box and common. 25 00 26 00 l-in. x 7-in. and up ........ 4200 4400 6/4 x 6 and up No. 3 and better ..... . 46 00 1 x 12 inch box and common 27 00 29 00 din, x. 4-in. toGin. ig) .. 32 00 35.00 8/4 x 6 and up No. 3 and better .....- 50 00 1-in. ee run sings Pe 38 fee. 25 00 a pe 134 sin and! 1%4-inl ©... .d3..4¢ 50 00 oe 00 l-in. mill run shorts ........ DOIN) ajc anions” helenae Meco y No. 1 Cuts l-in. mill run Norway . 23 00 7-in. to 9-in. A sidings .... 25 00 27 00 : : . 2-in. mill run Norway ...-.... 25 00 ‘Pine, No, 1 dressing sidings .. 30 00 3800 7,iu, 5 it, and UD WKS va-sss sas-ee BE OO peren c ead ey ae © 636 09 bine, No. 1 dressing strips .. 2900 3000 47 in” gin’ and up wide --.... sss sss 57 00 orway, c. and cf. 14%-in. 35 0) Pine, No. 1 dressing shorts .. 2200 2600 377, 235 dna up wide 60 00 Norway, c. and cf, 2-in. ..... 35 00 36 00 Pine, l-in. x 4-in. s.c. strips .. 22 00 23 00 2, pe Sanaa as dip “wi 75 00 Spruce mill-colls ....0. sesicice 20 00 Pine, l-in. x 5-in. s.c. strips .. 2400 25 00 . Hemlock No. 1: Pine, 1-in. x 6-in, sc. strips .. 2800 2409 = i» Sim aegwide 3 a 85 00 oc o. ine, 1-in, .. 2 154 ond G-in. x9 to Gift.” .... 20 00 Pine, 1-in. x 7-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 24 00 No. 2 Cuts Oita LG) Sb ssc 23 00 Pine, 8 s.c., 12 ft. to 16 ft. ... 26 00 27 00 cs 3 sis i ein 58 to16 23 00 Pine, 1-in. x 10-in, M.R. 27 00 2800 1 in, G-in. and up wide ae 1 x 8-in. x 9 to te 22 sien y ine, l-in. x 10-in. M.R. ..... ae ne eo ae 08 d 12 9 to 16 ft. 25 00 Pine, s.c. sidings, 1% and 2-in. 28 00 3000 1% in, Gin. and up wide ...... i ee Omed nite x9 to 16 ft. 25:00) Bing Res aims ein. s2 ee. 20 00 2200 1% in.; Gin. and up wide ...-.. --... 44 00 lin. No. 2, 6-ft. to 16-ft. 17 50 149 14 rand §2-ind) ssn oe one 2400 2600 2-in., Gin. and up wide ...... ...--. 47 00 2x 4 to 12, 10 and 16 ft. .... 24 50 Pine, s.c. shorts, 1 x 4 to 6 in. 2000 °2%, 3 and 4 in, 6-in. and 2x4 to 12-in., 12 and 14 ft. .. 23 50 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, as 4 21 . = Pe up Wide «1+... cesses veewes 62 00 65 00 y 2-in., 18 in Waaorioeee daa 25 UU Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1x6 21 2 ; oes ai o Di ing 20) ftrenecccs.. 28 00 Pine, s.c. nee 6’-11’ 1”x10” 24 00 25 00 a , No. be hr sp Dos 14 8to 12-in:;) Seeites cients ccs 27 00 Pine, box boards:. 1 in., 6-in. and up Widereseess (enka 4.tovl2 rin’) USsfts encase <\. 23 50 LY” x47 “and? up)6" = 10" 17 00 1800 1% and 1% in. 6in. and up wide.. 33 00 3 : 4 +6 12-in, 24 itt etn stele 30 00 LS tO: BM RAR SIG” aes aie 19 00. 20 00° 2-in.; Gams ‘and® upiwides as. ss eeeee 33 00 -in. 4-in. and u in- Pine mill culls, strips and sid 24%, 3 and 4-in,, 6-in. and up 2-in. No. 2, p width, 16) foe 16 Sit. Sow aebure 8 00 ings, ie x 4-in. and up, a armas wide, j.<2 505, sree aie ees 43 00 48 00 in B.C. ced kiln dried. 55 50 65 50 te And tip’ , yee” ee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LTD., OTTAWA, CANADA Fir ° e “ S | one Everything in Timber yetow Pine | Hemlock _ (EITHER ROUGH OR DRESSED) Oak | Eastern Agent. THE NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., LTD., Barnet, B.C. Write, Wire or Phone for Prices. Radcliff Shingle and Band Saws The ability to produce high grade saws is a manufacturing fine art in which we are well informed. Saw With Radcliff saws are without a superior. They are made in all types and sizes. With The Our shingle and heading saws are of an extra fine grade of steel, made ex- The pressly for the purpose, unexcelled for toughness, temper and cutting qualities. Send for our catalogue. — using Radcliff Saw Mfg. Co., Limited ling Edge” Toronto ne a SM MS Hog) Allkindsof overhead Illustration of cranes for Electric hand pow- F er or elec- Derrick tric power. 6 tons capacity. — Boom 65 feet. - Steel Boom and Steel Mast. JOHN T. HEPBURN, Ltd., TORONTO Iron founders, crane cokers machi gine CANADA LUMBERMAN INCREASE THE VALUE OF YOUR PRODUCT Figuring in all the elements of ‘“‘DEFIANCE”’ Spoke Making Machines You will find they comprise all the qualifications for the production of the highest grade of wagon, carriage, automobile, and auto-truck spokes in their various sizes and shapes. We have left nothing undone to incorporate in allour tools every advantage to. guarantee per- fect satisfaction in every respect. “DEFIANCE” Woodworking Machines stand for all that makes for economy,.speed, accuracy and rigidity and we strongly advise youto investigate AND WOODWORKER 33 Automatic Spoke Lathe their adaptability to your requirements. Write us for full information and prices. No. 1 Spoke and Handle Blank Saw Solid The Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. and Inserted Tooth Circular Saws We make a specialty of these lines We remake old Solid Tooth Saws into new Inserted Tooth Saws Write to us for quotations. Our saws have been before the public of Can- ada since 1855, and have won a reputation far excelling any other make of saws, combining as they do so many points of marked superiority. By the old method the tempering of circular saws was to a great extent a matter of chance. By our Patent Process that uncertainty is en- tirely avoided. Being tempered and straightened by ‘heat and pressure in air-tight ovens at a uniform heat between heavy revolving plates, we produce a perfectly even temper throughout the plate, and being free from that uneven strain or tension caused by so much unequal hammering they are not so liable to buckle, which was a great source of trouble and expense in the old style of saw. These saws will stand up to their work better under all circumstances, and being made of a higher quality steel than it is practical to use by the old method, they hold an edge longer and will do more work than any other saw on the market. We are prepared to make. prompt deliveries of all Saw Orders—Rush Orders by mail or wire receive immediate attention. R. H. Smith Co., Limited The Standard Tools *. Send tor Catalogue and Price List | § Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants i umbering Tools Saw Manufacturers, ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Finest Quality Split Maple Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto Thos. Pink Co., Limited, Pembroke, Ont. 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Stedaa Tension Band Mill THE top guide on this mill, as well as the upper wheel, is operated by a steam cylinder. This means that the guide can be moved up or down instan- taneously, which in one day's work means quite a saving of time over the ordinary mill. This goes a long way towards paying for the mill by the end of a year. But this is not all—with this steam operated guide it is just as easy to keep the guide close to the cut as it is to set it for certain size logs and keep it there. This can be done without loss of time, and so by bringing the guide down close to the cut, vibration of the saw is done away with and the quality of the lumber is improved. No form of tension yet devised is as easy on the saws as the steam tension—several of the users of this mill have run through an entire season without cracking a single saw. These are some of the reasons why our steam tension band mill is the most economi- cal mill to buy, and there are others which you will find in our catalogue. When you are tuning up your mill this winter for next season’s operations, remember that we can serve you promptly whatever your requirements may be. William Hamilton Company, Limited PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 ARC Brand Lumbermen’s Gloves OU can’t hold the trade of lumbermen for 62 years unless you ‘‘ Deliver the Goods.” It is just 62 years ago that ARC brand clothing was put on the market. Today it is the biggest and best line of lumbermen’s clothing to be had. The ARC brand includes Gloves, Mitts, Moccassins, Sox, working and outing Shirts also Coats and Trousers of Leather, Duck, Corduroy, Mackinaw, Beaver and Sheepskin. We would like to send you our Catalogue—Write us. ‘| A. R. Clarke & Company Limited | MONTREAL TORONTO QUEBEC 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER SIMONDS Inserted Point Saw Works Well Winter or Summer Cuts all kinds of logs. Saws smooth, easy, and fast. Saves time, lumber and labor. This saw is not less expensive in the first place than other brands, but there is less trouble or expense in its up-keep and you will find that the ex- perienced Sawyer makes this the particular point to consider when putting in a new saw. Let Us Tell You More About the Saw, Quote Prices and send es Our Factory is in Montreal. Simonds Cusine Saw Company, Ltd. VANCOUVER, B. C. MONTREAL, QUE. | ST. JOHN, N. B. In the United States—SIMONDS MFG. CO. B.B.L. DOORS In the manufacture of B. B. L. Doors on thoroughly well seasoned lumber is used. Our plant is new and modern so that we are able to make prompt shipment on all orders. Special prices quoted on large orders or shipments from stock. We will be pleased to send you particulars and prices of B. B. L. sash, doors and trim. WRITE COS=> Benson & Bray, Limited Box 207 Midland, Ontario Telephone 141 | eee 2 see .< ’ wait * 4 . LPs ‘|@mada {umberman Wood Worker Issued on the Ist and 15th of every month by HUGH C. 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It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, and invites free discus- sion by its readers. Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, pulp mills, etc., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. Vol. 34 Toronto, March 15, 1914 No. 6 The Mississaga Timber Problem The problem presented by the timber which was blown down in the Mississaga Reserve, in Northern Ontario, last fall is one which calls urgently for solution, if the province is to save the valuable cim- ber already down and reduce the risk of fire sweeping through the reserve and destroying one of the most valuable stands of white pine now remaining on the face of the globe. Attention has been cailed _ to the situation already in these columns, and we believe that the government has done what it considered best under the existing conditions, but unfortunately, the efforts of the government do not yet give evidence of bringing about satisfactory results. A sale was recently advertised of some of this timber, in the hope that by having it removed the government would realize its value and reduce the fire tisk. But the offers were so small that no sale resulted and the ques- tion still remains to be solved. We would draw the attention of our readers and especially the attention of the government to the letter _ published elsewhere in this issue, written by a residént of Thessalon, Ont., who is in close touch with the situation and whose opinion is representative of the opinion of those in the district who are in a position to appreciate the circumstances. The writer of this letter, Mr. J. B. Dobie, estimates that the tim- ber is worth $7,000,000 at least, and that the government could build = a railroad into the reserve for $500,000, thus giving the district the advantage of a railroad and also saving the timber. ‘Mr. Dobie makes out appears so reasonable, that the government _ ought to give it immediate attention and to announce its plans, one The case which Way or the other. From the information furnished by Mr. Dobie, it CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 the result largely, of the absence of railroad facilities for taking in supplies to the camps which would be established in the reserve. With this handicap removed, he asserts that the government would be able to obtain bids for the timber which would represent, by the increased value, the total cost of the railway. Moreover, he believes, that it is quite feasible to build such a road and have it ready for operation by next fall. These statements make out an exceptionally strong case and lumbermen in Ontario would like to see the government act upon it without delay. In a nutshell, Mr. Dobie’s case is simply this: the timber is there; it is very valuable; a large portion of it is on the ground, in danger of destruction and causing great fire risk; the district needs a railroad and gives fair promise of supporting one through its extensive timber and mineral wealth. Previous to the storm of last fall, the govern- ment was well-advised in holding this timber for future operations, but to-day the situation is completely altered. The Trade Journal and the Trade Association There is a remarkable similarity between the mission of a trade journal and that of a trade association as evidenced in such conven- tions as that which was held recently at Buffalo, by the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association, which is reported elsewhere in this issue. First of all, we wish to impress our readers with the importance of the convention referred to from several points of view, and then to say a little about the trade journal and its work. This convention at Buffalo was the outgrowth of the association spirit as developed and brought into effective existence by a great body of wholesale lumber dealers in the United States and a number of them in Canada. Its foundation is based upon the fact that “in union there is strength.” Its activities are wide-spread and of great value. It promotes good fellowship among the members of the trade. It en- ables them to avoid many of the troubles and losses which are so diffi- cult to avoid without co-operation. In a word, it is a “clearing house” for trade problems, and by its means, the course of trade is simplified to a wonderful extent. Having laid its foundations upon the principles of good fellow- ship, it is not surprising that the association should have extended its boundaries so as to take in its fellow-traders in Canada. Nor was it surprising that, in the course of time, the feeling of international goodwill thus engendered should have resulted in the appearance of a member from Canada, upon whom the choice of the association should fall, as a fitting man to occupy the important position of president. Circumstances have worked naturally towards this end and Canadian lumbermen will feel that they have been personally complimented by this generous conferring upon one of them, of one of the greatest honors in the gift of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Asso- ciation. The growth of this association and its great increase in useful- ness leads to the second suggestion made at the beginning of this article; that the trade journal has in some respects a field of useful- ness quite similar to that of the trade association. To point the way out of difficulties, to bring about a feeling of good fellowship among members of the trade and to increase the opportunities for trade for its readers, are among the chief objects of a trade journal, just as they are for a trade association. Perhaps these'facts could not be more clearly or more interestingly put forward than in an article, also ap- pearing in this issue, by a contributor who has been doing his share through a series of articles to assist our readers in British Columbia in their trade troubles. The last of this series of articles, written by one wha, on account of his modesty prefers to be known under the pseudonym of “Douglas Fir,” deals with the trade journal and its readers. Caustic and critical as this article and its predecessors have been in their references to lumbermen in western Canada and their business methods, the criticisms have been tempered with good nature and probably have sunk in deeper on that account. They should be read and analyzed carefully, as they contain many homely and im- portant truths which will repay minute study. 28 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER National Wholesalers Annual Meeting Matters of Much Importance Dealt With—An International Love Feast—Gordon C. a gph ok of Ottawa, Elected President—Reports of Year’s Business The twenty-second annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association, which was held at Buffalo on March 4th and 5th, although one of the most successful business meetings ever held by the Association, developed early upon the first day into a remarkable international love feast, which had its fitting climax on the afternoon oi the second day when Mr. Gordon C. Edwards, of Ot- tawa, Ont., the former vice-president of the Association, was borne into the convention hall upon the shoulders of his friends, to accept the honor of having been elected to act as president of the Association during the year 1914. ‘Lhe business sessions of the meeting were characterized by that snap and vigor which have always been present at these meetings, and the result was that a very long and important business bill-of- fare was dealt with expeditiously and effectively. The attendance at the convention was very large, members being present from all parts of the United States, and many parts of Canada. The president, Mr. N. H. Walcott, Providence, R.l., occupied the chair and called the meeting to order at 10.30 a.m., on Wednesday, March 4th. From then on, until about 4 p.m., on Thursday, March 5th, the business af- fairs of the convention were put through in rapid order. After the preliminary matters had been attended to, the president delivered his annual address, in which he referred briefly to the work of the year, which had been a very trying one. The various depart- ments of the Association had increased in usefulness, especially the Bureau of Information, the Legal Department and the Transportation Bureau. Through these departments, they had been able to save many thousands of dollars for their members during the year and he believed that any wholesale lumber dealer, who was not a member of the Association, would immediately become a member, if he could see the work done by the executive committee and Board of Trustees. In looking about for some means of increasing the usefulness of the Association, the president had come to the conclusion that the large number of lumbermen’s clubs throughout the country ought to be brought together under the leadership of some such body as the Na- tional Wholesalers, who could represent them in all questions relat- ing to the lumber industry and trade. The Secretary’s Report The secretary, Mr. E. F. Perry, in his annual report stated that the past year had been one of greater activity than any year since he had been’ appointed secretary. “This had been caused undoubtedly by the seeming unrest and uncertainties in the business world, and more especially by the unusually marked inconsistencies of business, which he believed had been brought about by unnatural causes. The lumber business was an erratic one and responded to changing conditions, seemingly without much regard to scientific reasons, and consequently, was slow to readjust itself. Among the subjects referred to by the secretary was that of “terms of sale.” This matter had engaged much of the attention of the Association during the year. Experience seemed to indicate, be- yond any possible question, that lumbermen were becoming more and more convinced of the importance of having sales contracts include technical terms of settlement and realize more than ever the fact that the terms and results of settlement had a serious effect upon pro- fits. The report of the superintendent of the Bureau of Information stated that the results of the year’s work had shown more closely than ever before the worth of the Bureau as a specialist in lumber credits. It had revised on an average 35 reports daily. In order to do this, at least 13,000 requests for statements of assets and liabilities had been made, and approximately 22,000 special enquiries were made of lum- bermen outside of the Association. Over 26,000 names had been placed on the Association’s tracers and 48,000 special enquiries had been sent to members. Not included in this were hundreds of special letters required in investigating in a manner different from the formal enquiry. An examination of the reports showed a larger percentage of statements of assets and liabilities than formerly. A hard process of education was bringing many a retailer to the point where he would find it to his advantage to give complete information. If the Associa- tion could insist upon each subscriber furnishing a list of his cus- tomers, it would do so, because of the great value of such information. During the past year, 73 new lists had been sent in, and many in- stances could be pointed out in which they had saved a doubtful or back account. The year had been started with claims on hand amounting to $260,000. New claims had been received amounting to $272,000. Statements and adjustments had been made to the extent of $300,000, leaving in the course of settlement $232,000. “No man’s Judgment is infallible,” said the report, “and if you find an account reaches the point where it requires action, we believe, the Bureau offers the best possible facilities for collection. Numerous instances could be speci- fied where the Association obtained results when others failed to do so, and this is not accomplished because of any particular trick or sys- tem, but for the simple reason that our demands for payment are backed by an organization prestige which the unscrupulous debtor fears, and knows he must respect if he would continue in business. “An ordinary attorney cannot give you this benefit. He can dun or sue, but many accounts are collected more expeditiously by moral suasion than through the courts, and our experience shows a much larger percentage of collection through the Association by de- mands and careful handling of each individual case, than through at- torneys.” Overproduction and Restricted Credit The Committee on Trade Resolutions presented an interesting report, in the course of which the following reference was made to trade conditions :—‘‘Our trade is suffering, with all lines, in the coun- try, from .the tremendous liquidation we are passing through. The overhead expense of many firms is eating into their surpluses, and in many cases lumber is being made and sold at prices which admit of no profit, a proceeding which is, if it is anything, a disgrace to busi- ness enterprise and intelligence. The ambition of some of our larger institutions to indefinitely increase their output has brought some disasters. One north-western lumber magnate confessed that they were trying to run three mills where two would produce all the lum- ber they had been able to sell. Over-production and uncalled for de- velopment of all kinds have been carried to such a degree that great demands have been made and banks have given unusual loans. There is a shortage of money the world over and we cannot hope for better conditions, “until (ina “sound manner) credit takes the place of cash.” “You may be able to see in your own observation of trade condi- tions,” said the report, “and in the information which the Association has desseminated among its members, that there is need of closer co- operation of the manufacturer, wholesaler, retailer and the wholesale ~ consumer, to the end that unfair practices and discrimination be elim- inated by mutual consent, and a better basis of business established by a universally distributed acknowledgement of the benefits of strictly enforced principles. “The administration of some phases of the lumber business is — Group showing some of those attending National Wholesalers’ Convention at Buffalo, at which Gordon C. Edwards, of Ottawa, Ont., was elected President for 1914. iG carried on with only a partial improvement over what it was 50 years ago. In fact, in some sections and some lines there has been no change. This has resulted in stocking lumber from habit instead of accurate facts and prospects. It seems to me that under the auspices of our organization a monthly bulletin could be sent to our own mem- bers and the secretaries of similar organizations, in which significant and important reports could be placed i in the hands of those who need them. It has become a custom for secretaries of Chambers of Com- ‘merce and Board of Trade to keep in touch with other secretaries by correspondence or meetings so that any improvement or economic nciple may have the widest and quickest application possible. This -operation is simply adding to the strength of the fabric of which are all a part, and every factor of strength in the field we work in, is to the possibility of our own success. Properly carried out, and _ points intelligently selected, a great deal can be done along this e with but little cost. “The lumber business, like all others, is in a state of transition. _ Organization i is simply an element of business. Its tendency is, not to ‘a e the place of individual effort, but to protect the fruits of such ort. Co-operation does not offer anything in the way of artificial ‘ops, but simply insures harmony among factors related to each * ity whether in close proximity or not. Association has the func- tion of encouraging individual eftort and not discouraging it, and it is especially needful in this period of adjustment, that each one look well to his own affairs and as far as possible increase his own inde- pendence and thus make himself a dependable support to the new structure which we are inevitably forming.” Railway and Transportation Report _ The report of the traffic manager contained a great deal pf de- tailed information regarding the important work carried on by the Railroad and Transportation Committee during the past year. ” The _ disputed railroad claims handled during the year numbered 857 and involved sums amounting to $17,683. Collection had been effected in connection with 346 claims, totalling $7,036. Claims to the number of 382 remained unsettled on March Ist, 1914. They involved $7,688. The report dealt in detail with a large number of important transpor- tation questions which had come up for consideration during the year, and in connection with which the interests of the Association had been : carefully represented and watched over. A number of other reports were presented dealing with matters of interest to members of the Association and were dealt with in errs manner, becoming accepted and adopted. They will all appear 1 the printed report of the annual meeting. An interesting discussion took place in connection with a proposal made by one member that the Association should support the railroad npanies in their application for a general increase of 5 per cent. in the rates which they are permitted to charge for carrying freight. The object of the proposal to support this application was to enable the lway companies to make a profit consistent with the increased cost operation. It was felt by those who supported the proposal, that early decision by the Interstate Commerce Commission upon this t, in fayor of the railroads, would enable the latter to go into the set again as extensive consumers of lumber and would place them on a far more certain financial foundation. Considerable criticism of this proposal was presented by other s, some claiming that high freight rates were already prevent- n from conducting their logging operations in such a manner event leaving valuable timber in the woods. A suggestion was de that it would be more fitting for the railway companies to a good deal of water out of their stocks before being permitted e their freight rates. The result of the discussion was that tior Be imission upon this point, but not committing the Asso- © an expression of opinion as to the advisability. of the ad- ‘ per cent. he Resolution Committee also brought in resolutions support- orest Products Exposition; favoring a tax upon the yield of sad of on the land; and opposing any charge by the railway for placing and removing cars upon private tracks. Election of President the convention session on Thursday, March 5th, the pre- - N. H. Walcott, introduced the proceedings which resulted ‘tion of Mr. Gordon C. Edwards, of Ottawa, as president wing year. It was customary, he said, to call for an ex- d opinion from those present as to who should be appointed that the matter should then be left with the Board of : then called for an expression of opinion upon this cock, ‘Pittsburgh, Pa., after a few introductory re- the man dpe seemed to occupy their consideration CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 one who embodied all its necessary qualifications. He had been for ten years or more a member of the Board of Trustees and had been most efficient in every manner in connection with his efforts on behalf of the Association. He had attended every meeting of the trustees, and when he was on the executive committee had allowed nothing to interfere with his obligations in connection with the Association. He was a man of rare ability, who had the interests of the Association at heart at all times. Furthermore, he came from their sister country— Canada—so that his appointment as president would assist in estab- lishing the Association as one of international scope. It gave him a great deal of pleasure to recommend that Mr. Gordon C. Edwards, of Ottawa, be their president for the year 1914. Mr. C. H. Prescott, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, seconded the motion and stated that he had known Mr. Edwards from the time of his earliest connection with the Association. He had always been loyal and cap- able, and was able, in every way, to represent the Association pro- perly. Mr. Gordon C. Edwards in replying to the retiring president’s announcement that he had been honored with the position of presi- dent for the present year, expressed his deep appreciation of this honor. He felt sure that the honor was one which would be greatly appreciated by all his Canadian brethren in the lumber trade. New Trustees Appointed The Committee of Nominations reported the following members as their recommendations for the vacancies upon the Board of Trus- tees :—W. W. Knight, Indianapolis, Ind.; M. E. Preisch; North Tona- wanda, N.Y.; B. J. Betts, Philadelphia, Pa.; Alex. Wilson, Pittsburgh, Pa.; C. F. Treadway, New Haven, Conn.; A. L. Stone; Cleveland, Ohio, and C. H. Hershey, Newark, N.J. In the evening of Wednesday, March 4th, an excellent smoking concert was given by the Buffalo and Tonawanda lumbermen. Splen- did talent had been engaged and the event was most enjoyable. A musical entertainment for the ladies was also given on Wednesday evening. A Splendid Banquet On Thursday evening, March 5th, a banquet was held at the Iro- quois Hotel, at which there was a very large attendance. The ban- quet was remarkable for the enthusiasm of all present and the jovial manner in which they entered into the musical proceedings. Many specially prepared songs were sung, practically all present taking part. For this purpose a programme of the songs containing the words had been distributed at the commencement of the banquet. A large num- ber of ladies were present at the banquet and added greatly to the pleasure of the evening. The toast list was arranged with much skill. It included three excellent speakers and the toast master, John Arch- deacon Murphy. The first was by Hon. Thos. Upton Sisson, Con- gressman for the 4th Mississippi district, whose address was entitled “Shall We Mortgage Posterity.” The address was an excellent one in which the speaker denounced the present day policy of increasing war expenditures. These would saddle upon posterity, a debt which they could not pay and which the present generation had no right to impose upon them. It would be impossible to do justice to this address in any other manner than by a verbatim report. Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux, ex-Postmaster General of Canada, was ~ the second speaker and he delivered a most eloquent and inspiring address upon Canada. The final address was delivered by Mr. Edward F. Trefz, field secretary of the Chamber of Commerce of the United States, who explained in a speech of great force and conviction, the work of the Chamber of Commerce. Senator W. C. Edwards, of Ottawa, Ont., was one of the guests at the table of honor at the banquet and spoke briefly when called up- on, expressing the pride he felt in the selection of his nephew, Mr. Gordon C. Edwards, as president of the Association. The greatest commendation is due to those who had in charge tl:e preparation of the details in connection with the banquet. The menu for the banquet was inserted in an attractive leather-bound note book, containing specially arranged pages and index for jotting down memo- randa of a trip to the United States. Election of Officers At the meeting of trustees following adjournment of the annual meeting, the following officers were elected: President, Gordon C. Edwards, Ottawa, Ont; First Vice-President, W. W. Knight, Indian- apolis, Ind.; Second Vice-President, jay bs Stone, Cleveland, Ohio ; Saal Ee ae, Perry, New York; Treasurer, Henry Cape, New or Among the Canadians present at the convention were Gor doh e. Edwards, Ottawa; A. H. Campbell, of the Campbell-MacLaurin Lum- ber Company, Montreal ; W. A. Filion, of E. H. Lemay & Company, Montreal; Guy H. Long, and J. M. Donovan, of the Long Lumber Company, Hamilton; R. G. Cameron, of Cameron & Company, Ot- tawa; Frank Hawkins, secretary of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Asso- ciation, Ottawa; D. McLaren and C. W. Wilkinson, of the Union Lumber Company, Toronto. 30 A Courteous Compliment to Canada National Wholesalers Elect Gordon C. Edwards, of Ottawa, as President for the Current Year The election of Mr. Gordon C. Edwards, Ottawa, Ont., to the important position of presi- dent of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association, is an international courtesy which will be greatly apprecia- ted by the lumbering industry in Canada. Lumbering inter- ests on both sides of the inter- national border are so closely interwoven, on account of the extensive movement of stocks to and from Canada and the United States, that many of the most prominent lumbermen in both countries are almost equally prominent when they cross the boundary. This is especially the case with many of the important firms in the Ottawa Valley district, and one of the most noticeable in- stances of this nature is the firm of W. C. Edwards & Company, Limited, to which the new presi- dent belongs. Mr. Gordon C. Edwards has taken a very active interest in lum- ber association work for many years and has been one of the most energetic members of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ As- sociation. The active interest which he has taken in this association naturally marked him out for a prominent executive position and he has advanced by annual stages until, during the present year, he has achieved the highest office upon its executive. ‘There is no question that the association will benefit greatly by this appointment and also that the mutual goodwill existing between lumbermen of both coun- tries will be materially increased by this courteous evidence of bro- therly feeling. Mr. Gordon C. Edwards was born at Thurso, Que., on November 12th, 1866, a son of J. C. Edwards, of Ottawa, and a nephew of Sen- ator W. C. Edwards. He comes, therefore, from one of the best known lumbering families in the Ottawa Valley. Although a large lumbering business had already been built up in the Ottawa Valley, under the name of Edwards, before Gordon C. Edwards came into the world, he is a notable example of a self-made man. He started in the lumber business with W. C. Edwards & Company, Limited, at Rockland, Ont., in the spring of 1885, and from the very first, set himself to master all the intricate details connected with the busi- ness. His first occupation was measuring lumber. Then in the fall of 1885 he went to the woods for the Canada Lumber Company of Carleton Place, Ont., (a company with which he was connected, being one of its directors). During the winter of 1885 and 1886, he was engaged in scaling and inspecting logs for this company and in the spring of 1886 he entered the company’s yard at Carleton Place and measured and shipped lumber for that season. In the following winter, that of 1886-7, he accompanied one of the inspectors of W. C. Edwards & Company, Limited, in their woods operations on the Nation, Blanche and Gatineau Rivers, his main object being to ob- tain a thorough knowledge of the woods operations. In the spring of 1887 he took charge of a mill for the Canada Lumber Company at Mississippi, Ont., and in the fall of the same year was appointed secretary-treasurer of the company and took up his quarters at their head office at Carleton Place, where he obtained a thorough know- ledge of the books and accounting department of the business. In _ the year 1892 he joined the Ottawa Lumber Company of Ottawa in the wholesale lumber business. In 1895, when W. C. Edwards & Company, Limited, purchased its New Edinburgh plant near Ottawa, Mr. Gordon C. Edwards re- turned to the employ of this company, first in the capacity of sales- man and shortly afterwards as manager, a position which he still holds. The company at New Edinburgh carry on a wholesale and retail lumber business, in addition to operating planing mills, hard- wood flooring mills, sash and trim factory, etc. In 1892 Mr. Gordon C. Edwards was elected a director of W. C. Edwards & Company, Limited. Mr. Gordon C. Edwards, although in charge of one of the largest lumbering concerns in the Ottawa Valley, extends his interests to many other companies, clubs, and charitable institutions. He is a past president of the Canadian Club of Ottawa; past president of the G. C. Edwards, New President of National Wholesalers CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Y. M. C. A. of Ottawa; member of the Council of the Ottawa Board of Trade; president of the Capital Planing Mill Company, Ottawa; secretary-treasurer of the Library Bureau of Canada, Limited, Ot- — tawa; president of the Ottawa Construction Company, Ottawa; vice- president of the Dominion Warehousing Company, Ottawa; director of the Imperial Realty Company, Ottawa, and director of the Ottawa & Hull Power & Mfg. Company, Ottawa. He is also connected with the following companies outside of Ottawa, in each of which he is a director: Robinson-Edwards Lumber Company, Burlington, Vt.; Manufacturers’ Lumber Company, New York; Cascapedia Manufz turing & Trading Company, Cascapedia, Que., and Simplex Floor 4 Finishing & Appliance Company, Limited, Montreal, P.Q. His club interests include the Rideau, Laurentian, Country, Ot- tawa Hunt and Royal Ottawa Golf, of Ottawa, together with the York Club of Toronto, the St. James Club of Montreal and the Tran - portation Club of New York. In addition to these Mr. Edwards 1s also a member of several fish and game clubs. e Mr. Gordon C. Edwards’ interests in association work induced — him to be one of the most active promoters of the Canadian Lumbe:- — men’s Association, of which he was the first president and is still a member of the Board of Directors. The largest mills operated by W. C. Edwards & Company are situated on the Ottawa River at Rockland, Ont., some 25 miles east of Ottawa, where the company operate two sawmills and a planing mill. Their Ottawa plant consists of a sawmill, three planing mills, hardwood flooring mill, sash, door and trim factory, cutting-up mull and box factory and five retail yards. They are also holders of large quantities of spruce, hemlock and hardwoods. In addition to the interests already mentioned they are interested in the Cascapedia Manufacturing & Trading Company, Cascapedia, P.Q., and the Bath- urst Lumber Company, Bathurst, N.B. ~ Cannot Export Shingle Blocks The Court of Appeal has decided that sawn cedar blocks can not be exported from the province of British Columbia under the guise of “sawn lumber,” thus upholding the judgment of Mr. Justice Clement in the suit of the Minister of Lands vs. Excelsior Lumber Company. The judgment of the Appeal Court was handed down at Victoria re- cently. This decision is of great importance to men employed in the shingle-cutting trade, for it will prevent any of the business of shingle- cutting passing to the shingle mills of Washington. The suit arose over the action of officials of the timber and lands department seiz- ing several carloads of sawn cedar blocks en route for Washington in Great Northern Railway cars. These blocks were capable of being used as shingle bolts, and under the section of the act which prohibits the export of shingle bolts, the consignment was. declared confiscated. In claiming replevin of the goods, the Excelsior Lumber Company did not deny that the blocks were intended to be used for the manu- facture of shingles, but relied on the portion of the act which exempts “other sawn lumber” from the general prohibition in regard to export. Mr. W. B. A. Ritchie, K.C., in his argument, pointed out that the blocks were sawn on every face, and had been manufactured as such in this province. Mr. A. D. Taylor, K.C., represented the province in the argument, which resulted in Mr. Justice Clement refusing to order. replevin. His Lordship held that the blocks, though sawn, were really shingle bolts, and that the sawing done to them did not alter — their character to the extent of causing them to be classified with the schedule of manufactured lumber as “other sawn lumber.” The Ex- — celsior Lumber Company entered an appeal, which was argued by — the same counsel who appeared at the trial. With the exception of Mr. Justice Martin, who dissented, the full court upheld the judgment of Mr. Justice Clement. The cars of cedar blocks seized by the gov-- ernment were returned to the Excelsior Lumber Company as an act of grace following the decision of Mr. Justice Clement, with the un- derstanding that no further export was to be attempted pending the © result of the appeal. Duty Wrongly Exacted The board of United States general appraisers decided to-d; that wood pulp and newsprint paper produced from wood cut Crown lands in the Province of Quebec had not been assessed by tl Dominion Government with countervailing duty when exported to this country, and that, accordingly, free entry should have been grant- ed when imported here under the Canadian Reciprocity Act of July 2, 191. The action of the collectors of customs at Detroit, Buffalo, Bur- lington, Plattsburg and Port Huron, in exacting duty, was reversed. The importers included the Laurentide Paper Company, Limited, William A. Bird, the Central Vermont Railway Company, and others. A somewhat similar claim was made by the News Pulp and Paper Mill Company, but overruled for lack of evidence. ee ms = ; CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 , i ‘ ° | ~ New Brunswick Receipts Show Increase 3 Crown Land Department Reports Greater Payments on Licenses, Renewals and Royalty—Large , Sum Received for Bonuses—Results of Year’s Operations : The fifty-third annual report of the Crown Land Department of _ the province of New Brunswick for the year ending October 31st, _ 1913, has just been published. The receipts of the Department for _ the year amounted to $773,274.74. After deducting $271,720.69 whiuch was received for land sales and bonuses and goes to the sinking fund, the net revenue is shown at $501,554.05. The revenue of the Depart- ment, which is of interest to the lumbering industry is as follows :— Receipts Year 1912 Year 1913 Sales of Timber Licenses... ... $ 3,145.00 $ 18,169.50 Renewal of Timber Licenses .. 80,708.00 81,236.00 Bmmpape ... ... 339,604.18 305,818.62 Sr 4,649.70 13,510.39 Transfers of Timber Licenses . 4,037 .00 1,472.00 Bonuses Timber Licenses .. .. 255,335.76 Record Receipts for the Department The Minister of Lands and Mines, in his preface to the report - says that all records of receipts from territorial revenue were broken during the year. The principal increase was derived. from the borus on the timber licenses authorized by an act of the legislature last year. This legislation was probably one of the most important measuzes ever placed upon the Statutes of the Province and settled for at least twenty years the tenure and conditions upon which lumber is to be cut upon our Crown, Lands. It was a matter that received the utniost consideration and the best thought of the Government, and the result has been a great source of satisfaction to your Executive and myself in the manner in which it has been received by the public and the satis- factory way its stipulations have been met. A constant demand had been made by lessees during the last few years that the Department should disclose some policy with regard to the future disposal of the Crown leases and while many projects were put forward by the lumbermen, none of those had the approval of the Government, whereby the public would reccive a fair return for the granting of these valuable privileges. I was fairly convinced the lessees were making a reasonable re- quest even five years before the expiry of the old licenses (1st August, 1918) when they asked to have a future tenure fixed in order to aftord a guarantee for the large amount of capital invested in the lumber in- _ dustry and particularly to afford security to the Banks and Trust Com- _ panies who are called upon to make large advances in the carrying on _ of the lumber business. We therefore brought into existence the “saw mill license” which provided that every lessee would have the right to renew his license for a period of 20 years provided he agreed to pay _ a reasonable bonus according to the value of the land and also agreed to pay such a revised rate of stumpage and mileage as might be fixed from time to time by the Lieutenant-Governor-in-Council. To arrive _ at this valuation I took the best means at my disposal to have the _ lands placed in four classifications, viz., A, B, C, D, the respective _ bonus rates being $100 for Class A, $75 for Class B, $50 for Class C and $20 the present upset price for Class D. While I do not claim the classifications made were perfect, I do maintain, that, as a whole, an _ equitable arrangement was made and satisfactory on the whole to the _ lumbering community of the Province. Under the provisions of the Bill I have taken steps to procure a - more detailed classification of the public lands to be completed by the _ Ist August, 1917, setting aside the tracts suitable for agriculture aud _ segregating lands only fit for the growth of lumber. ____ The provisions of the Bill respecting pulp and paper licenses wil tee to every fair minded person as legislatign in the interests of the | + rovince, whereby fifty per cent. of the lumber cut under this class of __ license must be manufactured into pulp and paper in New Brunswick. Out of a total quantity of 10,147%4 square miles under license | last year, 965414 square miles have been renewed under the saw mill license; 116 square miles have been renewed under the pulp and ‘Paper license and 377 square miles were renewed under the Old Act which expires Ist August, 1918, when the latter licenses will be put ip for sale or otherwise dealt with as the Lieutenant-Governor- in- Souncil may decide. __ The outcome has certainly been very gratifying to the Govern- ment and settles one of the hard problems of the past. __ Owing to the stringency in the money market and in order to make the provisions of the Bill less onerous to the licensees I saw fit 9 divide the one ha!f payment due on August Ist, 1913, accepting one if of the bonus in cash and the other half by noté at 5 per cent. pay- t August, 1914. This arrangement was largely accepted and s nN _ by the licensees. Considerably more than half has been | The Cut of Lumber Referring to the cut of lumber during the year the report says :— In comparing the stumpage receipts with last year there will be ob- served a falling off of nearly $34,000 which is perhaps a matter of some congratulation. For some years it has been considered by the Depart- ment that we were cutting very nearly up to the annual growth and possibly may have been exceeding it, leaving nature to battle against these adverse conditions. Stringent regulations have been made from time to time to prevent undersized cutting and in some localities more drastic conditions will have to be enacted in order to perpetuate our forests. There is no doubt a policy of thinning might be advantageous- ly carried out if conducted under competent men, but a general policy of that kind might not give the necessary results. These and other matter with respect to the forest growth are receiving my best atten- tion. i From the present outlook the cut of lumber this year will not be up to the aggregate of last season but while this may result I anticipate a larger revenue from stumpage dues. ; For a good many years the rates of stumpage have not increased with the same ratio as the increase of the price of lumber or the in- creased value of lumber lands generally. While there was a disposi- tion on our part not to place unjust burdens on the lumbering com- munity, we thought with all fairness stumpage rates could in some in- stances be advanced, commensurate with these increased prices. A new schedule of stumpage rates was approved, and became effective August Ist last. I am quite satisfied the increases so made have been fair to the lumbermen and justly due the Province. Notwithstanding the dullness of the money market the stumpage dues and renewal rates were well met on the first of August. There were few complaints of overscaling which in a large measure is due to the very satisfactory system now in force, over the 10,147%4 square miles under license. The only fire of any considerable importance was that which occurred at the Head Waters of the Tobique on lands under license to Messrs. Stetson, Cutler and Company. New Brunswick, was fortunate during the past year in having so few fires of a serious nature. Pre- cautions were taken, however, and orders issued to every warden in the Province to be alert at the first appearance of forest fires. A time will come, however, when these fires will menace the forests and large grants must be annually set aside to provide for this service and a necessary force must always be kept in hand to fight the fire demon. _ A recapitulation of timber licenses shows that 10,145%4 square miles were renewed during the year and new applications were granted for 92 square miles, making the total now under license 10,23714 square miles. ; "OM =) Statistics of Crown Lands Operations “i oS The quantity and kind of lumber cut from Crown Lands, for which stumpage bills were rendered during the year, with the amount charg- ed thereon is shown in the following table :— Kinds of Lumber Ouantity Stumpage Spruce and pine logs ... .. 173,106,846 S. Ft. $222.991 .80 Pir lees...) oi." 2% 58,492.475 “ 46.793 .98 Seca ne Ot 725 578 27.156.97 Hardwood logs ... ... ... 2,399,765 “ 1,919.81 Fiemlock logs.” ..'.. ... 11:194.195, 4,477 .80 Hemlock logs peeled ... .. 7? 5 ee a RE Ee SS - Poptart logs’s5.".~. 550,000 “ 400.00 270,221,155 S. Ft. Wood (fire and pulp) .. .. 1,015 Cords 631.80 emote bark... ds sa. 7 586.40 Sleepers ... 334.319 Pieces 8,357.97 Posts . Relea) Mee dl 1250 «* 27.75 Weleprapm poles... ... ... ao ™ 9.00 Room polege... 2... 6,000 “ 120.00 Add old accounts ... ... ... .... $3,405.80 ak: aa Less allowances... ... ...... .:, 1,552.42 ——_ 1.853.38 15 326. Deduct unpaid accounts... . od oleae Paid Provincial Treasurer . $305,818.62 The appendix to the report SaeMeeihe new timber regulati ons passed on August Ist, 1913, and the Forest Fire Law of the province. 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER St. Maurice Timber Well Protected Annual Meeting of Association—Report Shows Successful Record During a Very Dry Season The excellent work which is being done by the St. Maurice Forest Protective Association, with headquarters at Three Rivers, P.Q., was reviewed and discussed at the annual meeting and dinner, held on Feb- ruary 24 at the Place Viger Hotel, Montreal. Mr. J. M. Dalton, of the Gres Falls Company, presided at the annual meeting, and those pre- sent were: E. J. Graham, James MacLaren Company, Buckingham, P.Q.; Mr. O’Niell, of the E. B. Eddy Company, Hull, P.Q.; W. C. Hughson, of Gilmour and Hughson, Hull, P.Q.; Carl Riordon, 7. White, and E. Read, Jr., of the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company, Montreal, Ge TE, Rothery, of the J. MacLaren Company, Buck- ingham, P. Oe P. MacLaurin and Alex. MacLaurin, of the Gres Falls Company; J. Sutherland, of the Department of Public Instruction; J. M. Spaidal, Quebec and Lake St. John Railway.; J. H. Dansereau ; W. H. Parker, of the Laurentian Fish and Game Club ; S. L. de Car- teret, of the Quebec and St. Maurice Industrial Company; R. F. Grant, of the St. Maurice Lumber Company; F. L. Ritchie, of the Waya- gamac Pulp and Paper Company; Ellwood Wilson, of the Laurentide Company, Grand Mere P.Q.; and L. E. Parent, of the St. Agathe Mills. In his report, the President pointed out that the association, the only one of its kind in Canada, had during the past season demon- strated its usefulness and the value of the principle of co-operation. Although the summer was the driest since 1908 the actual fire damage was less than 1/1000 of one per cent. of the value of the timber on the territory patrolled. The association has had a steady growth, 102,000 acres having been added to its territory in 1913, and, so far this year, over 266,000 acres have been added. The Hon. Jules Allard, Minister of Lands and Forests, and Mr. W. C. J. Hall, of the Forest Protection Branch, had heartily co-operated, while the manager, Mr. Henry Sor- gius, and the inspectors had worked loyally in the interests of the members. The extension of telephone lines and the erection and equipment of look-out stations were recommended. The greatest need at present was the better education of farmers and settlers, and the president suggested that the association request the co-operatiou of the Minister of Education, asking him to distribute suitable litera- ture in the schools and to send lecturers, equipped with either lan- terns or moving picture machines, to the small towns and schools. The Work of the Year It was stated in the manager’s report that during the past season a fourth division, comprising railway patrols, was established. The area patrolled pertaining to members of the association was 7,279,053 acres, or 11,373.52 square miles. This figure does not include Govern- ment lands not under license or lots taken up by settlers, which latter were the greatest source of danger and the scene of 50 per cent. of the fires. The area patrolled pertaining to members was equivalent to 16% per cent. of one-sixth of the lands under license in the Province. This area was divided into four divisions and twenty-five districts, sixteen of which were each patrolled by two men in canoe; five, each by one man on horseback or on foot; and four, each by two men on motor car. Of the fires, totalling 306, settlers started 115, 51 settlers were fined; 17 fires were started by river drivers; eight by fishermen and sportsmen, and 17 by railways. The railways under the jurisdiction of the Board of Railway Com- missioners of ‘Canada and the Quebec Public Utilities Commission were required to patrol their rights of way at their own expense. The National Transcontinental Railway, being still under construction, did not come under either of the above, so was patrolled by the associa- tion, the cost being borne equally. by the Transcontinental Commis- sion, the Provincial Government and the Association. The part pat- rolled was from’ Lake Mesquetsy to Parent, a distance of 167 miles. Five motor cars were used—four in continuous service on regular beats, the fifth being kept ready in case of emergency. The report also stated that as- the result of their experience, it was demonstrated that the spark arresters are not spark-proof and do not give the pro- tection which is claimed. As the cost of extinguishing fires fell large- ly on the limit holders, the government should be asked to pay half a actual cost, instead ‘of the present contribution of $1 per man, per a Eight lookout stations and fifteen miles of telephone wire were constructed during the past season, but more lines are needed to form an adequate system. Two hundred miles of trail and portage were cut. The patrols travelled 60,805 miles. The manager made the following recommendations :—That the association request the Provincial Government to:—Amend the For- est Laws, to require all persons desiring to burn clearings or debris in the vicinity of the forest at any time of the year, to obtain first a written permit from the ranger in charge of the district; that the government pay half the actual cost of fighting fires ;+that it be made obligatory for every citizen to respond to the “call of fire rangers for » Lig * 44 assistance to fight fires; that the association confer with the Superin- tendent of the Forest Protection Branch and the Superintendent o f Public Instruction in regard to the free distribution of literature rela- tive to Conservation and Forest Protection, in both languages, to the school children throughout the province. In the course of a discussion, Mr. E. Read, Jr., gave details of! the telephone lines at the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company’s limits at St. Jovite, P.Q. Mr. J. C. Sutherland stated that the Provincial Department of Public Instruction was anxious to co-operate with the association in educating the children on questions of conservation, the value of for- ests, and protection from fire, and any suggestions from the associz tion would be very sympathetically considered. Two years ago the Department issued to every school in the province circulars in Eng lish and French dealing with conservation ,and also took steps to impress on the minds of the scholars the importance of fores subjects. * The Chairman referred to the important part forest protection held in the educational programme in the west, where literature on the subject is furnished to all the schools. The question of permits given by government officials to sel ttle: to burn slash was also briefly discussed, and complaint was made that in one instance a permit was eranted during the close season. It was suggested that the government should place the autho ar issue permits in the hands of the association, which would safegua the interests of limit owners. More Assistance Asked from Government It was decided to request the government to give further assist- ance in protecting the forests, such additional money to be spent in fire protection and not in appointing additional inspectors. The reso- — lution pointed out that the provincial revenue from forests last year had been $1,760,466, with an expenditure of $327,383, while there — had been appropriations of $18,000 for fire protection, $90, 000 for forest service and inspection, and $5,000 for forestry education. Tehy there- fore asked that the amount voted for fire protection be increased to. $50,000 at least. - On the motion of Mr. Ellwood Wilson, it was agreed to ask tt 1 Dominion Government to require the Transcontinental Railway to patrol and clean their right of way at their own expense. A committee will be appointed to call, at Ottawa, a meeting of aif! limit holders in the province with a view to forming protective asso- ciations for the Ottawa, Gatineau and Lievre Valleys, and also to form- ing a federations of such associations. It was decided to continue the present plan of assessing all mem. bers for the cost of emergency fires, and a new by-law was passed in — substitution of the one putting such cost on individual members. § The balance sheet showed an income of $23,779, and an expendi- ture of $23,054, $725 being the back balance. The following new members were admitted: Tourville ‘Lambers Company, Charlemagne and Las Quareau Lumber Company, and St. Gabriel Lumber Company. Election of Officers a The following officers were elected: President, Mr. S. L. deCar- teret; vice-president, Mr. Ellwood Wilson; manager and secretary-— treasurer, Mr. H. Sorgius; directors, Messrs. J. M. Dalton, S Ei dee Carteret, Charles Le Brun, R. F. Grant, F. L. Ritchie and eee Wilson. At the dinner in the evening Mr. Ellwood Wilson presided. ‘hash was only one toast—“The King”—and with the exception of the speech of Hon. Jules Allard, Minister of Crown Lands and Forests the proceeding’ were more or less informal. Mr. Wilson referred the assistanee given to the association by Mr. Allard, and to the fo most place of the province in forestry work. Mr. Allard expressed the appreciation the Provincial Governm entertained for the work of the association in aiding its efforts prevent the destruction of the forests of Quebec by fire. The p vince had many resources, but amongst the greatest were its ¢ related riches in forests and water powers. The government had, ing the past few years, put into force a system of forest protect which had proved so effective that it had been. followed by Ontai with the result of a co-operation in this work between the two” vinces which had proved of great economic advantage. It was policy of the government to educate the public to the necessity : doing everything possible to prevent forest fires, and to show th that any negligence which might cause such a fire was really a crime As to the demand of the association for $50,000 a year for forest. pro- tection, he was not so certain as to whether it would be acceded to, as the government was pretty generous as it was, but he promised” that everything possible would be done to protect the forests. Mr. Clyde Leavitt, chief fire inspector of the Railway Commis- sion and forester for the Conservation Commission, gave some details of the work of the former body in preventing fires. Fe Board had a 3 ae ad Cas PEN oe oe ee >: Fea : 2 a A f red the railway companies, subject to their jurisdiction, to take ble measures to protect the forests, special patrols being the hing in view. During 1912 arrangements were made for pre- ons in the West, and these had worked admirably. The situation | in fact greatly improved. The co-operative arrangements made itario, Quebec and New Brunswick had also worked out well, ally in Quebec, with the result that there was not a single seri- ire due to railways during the past season. While the system s not perfect, the results showed that the idea of co-operation was le right one. The inspectors’ staff was to be increased and they 2 r better results. The Federal Government realized that their 10uld be adequately protected from fire. The association might s take a broader view than protection only sstion of perpetuating quality as well as quantity of forest pro- e methods which economic conditions forced lumbermen to ‘destructive ; there were very heavy dep!tetions of white pine 1 comparison with inferior lumber, such as hemlock, and it nt that they should find uses for these inferior species in did not seem feasible at present. ‘Sutherland, Mr. W. H. Parker, and Mr. Carl Riordon also Biecritory, where no patrol could be made. He Sita mn of a mutual insurance company in Canada and the , Which would pool its interests to insure the limits. If % of 1 per cent. were levied on the value of the standing lat, during the past ten years, the fire losses on patrol'ed exceeded Y, of 1 per cent. and this was being gradually and 1% of one per cent., while in the case of their own loss was 1/1000 of one per cent. Such an insurance the appointment of boards of valuation throughout the e thought % of 1 per cent. would be a v ery reasonable rate, to pay all expenses. In one instance in the Province of any had insured its limits with Lloyds, but no damage unless the loss was $30,000, and there were other restric- experience of their association was a basis for the forma- ‘ance association. Lawler, secretary of the Dominion Forestry Associa- asked for the assistance of the association in connection to be held in Halifax in August. sion of the speaking Mr. Ellwood Wilson showed a des illustrating the destructive effect of forest fires in of Quebec. on Company’s Annual Report r ended December 31 the profits of the Riordon Pulp y were $309,679, an increase of $2,845. The net profits 28,073, and, after payment of bond interest and pre- vends, a balance of $68,073 was added to profit and loss a total of $157,301. Mr. Carl Riordon, the president, states that improvements and additions to the plant , were completed during the year, but owing to the sssion prevailing in Canada and the United States ist year, the company were unable to market the full vith the result that total sales during 1913 fell short of $98,946. The directors propose to reduce the current the sale of bonds when the market is favorable, and, y was able to sell the full production during the last “months, it was reasonable to expect that when spring would be able to market the surplus product now on 84 per cent. of, the company’s production for 1914 was at satisfactory prices. The outlook for the company’s + the current year was very good indeed. The produc- hite pulp was increased at both mills by 30 to 40 per : was proposed to increase the output of the principal lum- season by running the mill at night as well as in the day ces obtainable were the highest ever received. report in these columns of the annual statement present- o-Newfoundland Development Company, for the year an unfortunate error which made it appear that the ed to carry out further extensions of its operations ent Newfoundland tariff conditions. The statement been to the effect that “no further extensions” of the com- Te will be made during the continuance of the present of ae C. A. Larkin Lumber Company, Limit- tona months’ Be to Europe, accompanied — CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 7 ae Talks With Lumbermen of British Columbia On Trade Papers and What They Mean No. 7—By Douglas Fir I wish to tender you my hearty appreciation of the hearing which you have given me. If I were to judge the earnest- ness ot your attention by your silence, or lack of interrup- tions throughout this series of talks, then I do not know what more any man could desire in the way of attention. But being something of a student of human nature, | feel quite safe in venturing the as- sumption that there are many subscribers of the Canada Lumbermen who have never read these articles at all. I know of people who actually think that they have not time to read their own rade Jour- nal, and | pity them, and God only knows what the world will do when they are gone. A ND now friends, we are coming to the close of our talks, and I once knew a stationary engineer, and a very good man he was too, but awfully narrow in his ideas. He knew absolutely nothing about his work except that which he had worked out himself. He would not learn from another, and | have many a time heard him scoff at the man who would read with the hope of acquiring know- ledge that he could convert to practical use, and indeed, more than once did this man call me the “Scientific American Man,” because I used to read that paper. Now life is to short for any one man to ac- quire all the knowledge that there is going on these days, by his own personal observations, and this is why an exchange of ideas, a dif- fusion of knowledge is necessary, and yet there are men in our busi- ness who will go many miles, and spend much time to be present at an association meeting, who think they have not time, or that it would be a waste of time to read the ideas of others in their trade paper. Personally I look upon the pen as being a mightier weapon than the tongue, though, of course, I know that there are some who take the opposite view. There are those who, if they were asked why they take there trade paper, would probably reply that they considered it good reading for the boys in the office, or perhaps others of their em- ployees, but personally they had passed out of it. The man who knows it all in these days, and who does not want to swap information by the way side, as it were, with others who have perhaps been over the road which he may be just starting out upon, may waken up some- time to find himself mighty near the precipice at some turn where he least suspected danger, and then he will wonder at his plight. The danger sign may have been there in its proper place, but he either didn’t have time, or else was too sleepy to read it. The man who does not read his trade paper is riding past the danger signals and does not know it, and then if he goes too fast at some point where he should have gone slow, and gets a tumble in consequence, he is loath to take any of the blame to himself. There are many valuable articles appear- ing in the Canada Lumberman from time to time, other than those from my pen, and the man who does not read them either is not able to appreciate them, or thinks that he carries such a superior store of - knowledge himself that he has no need for more. In this series of talks | have endeavored to point out to you many of the errors that are being made in the conduct of the business by some of those engaged therein. I know that in some cases I have gone from the sublime to the ridiculous, but not un-intentionally. Then I have directed your attention to one hundred things which ought not to be done. This also must be read with comprehension broad enough to cover the subject, if you would get the true meaning. I have given you about two hours and thirty minutes talk, at the rate of one hun-. dred words per minute. The editor of the Canada Lumberman has been good enough to give his valuable space for the publication of these articles. Neither the editor nor the writer have anything to gain by this, except that you read, and you first are benefitted. We know that many cannot be benefitted without benefitting the business as a whole, and this is where we hope to come in for our little share. If we can only be instrumental! in bringing about a few of the many, much needed reforms, we will feel amply repaid for all the effort we have given to this subject. ~ I might say that we did hope that we might have had an exchange - of ideas upon this subject, and perhaps it is not time yet to abandon our hopes in this direction. It is a big enough subject, and important enough for a dozen writers, and still there might be important things to be said, so come along friends, and let us have your ideas. And now thanking you for your tolerance, and the Editor for his vale space and co-operation, I bid you adieu. Mr. F. M. Dixon, who was for some years with Smart-Woods, Limited, and Grant-Holden-Graham, Limited, has opened an office in the Beardmore Building, Montreal, for lumberman’s supplies. - j 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN The Commercial Importance of Beech Third of a Series of Articles upon Native Canadian Woods—A Wood with a Wide Range of Miscellaneous Uses By R. G. Lewis Canada, and in some parts of the United States, manu- facturers often speak of birch, maple and beech as “the hardwoods.” ‘They do not dis- tinguish between the three woods, but group them in a_ separate class from oak, elm, basswood, cherry, mahogany and other hard- woods. The properties of beech are very similar to those of maple and birch and in many cases their 31 ce - - — L the Maritime Provinces in uses are identical. Maple is stiffer and birch stronger than beech, but otherwise there is a general similarity in their physi- cal properties. Sargent gives these properties for beech as fol- lows: Weight of dry wood—44.71 Ibs. per cubic foot of dry wood. Specific gravity—0.6883. Ash—0.51 per cent. of weight of dry wood. Fuel Value—92 per cent. that of white oak. Breaking strength (modulus of rupture)—16,100 pounds per square inch or 128 per cent. that of white oak. Factor of Stiffness (modulus of elasticity)—1,697,800 pounds per square inch or 128 per cent. that of white oak. Generally speaking the wood of American beech (Fagus grandi- folia) is very hard, tough, strong and heavy. It is moderately stiff and has a close, straight grain in old trees (young trees are often cross grained). The wood splits easily but is difficult to season; warping, twisting, shrinking and checking during seasoning. Once properly seasoned it holds its shape fairly well but is not durable in contact with the soil. The wood is both tasteless and odorless. Lumber Takes a Good Polish The finished lumber takes a good polish and wears smooth under friction. The heartwood is usually dark in color, and the sap- wood nearly white. The sapwood is undesirable for most purposes. Many manufacturers claim that the use of beech would increase ii the sawmills were more careful in separating heart from sap lumber. The color of the heartwood varies greatly according to soil condi- tions. Trees growing on deep, well-drained soil produce darker col- ored lumber which is claimed to be much superior in its physical qualities. This is often called “red beech” although it is not a sep- arate species.’ In fact. there is only one species of beech in America. The tree commonly called “blue beech” or “ironwood” (Carpinus caroliniana) belongs to another genus. Some manufacturers say that “red beech” is merely the result of steam drying ordinary beech. Others call the heart of mature trees “red beech” and the sapwood “white beech.” Considerable con- fusion seems to-prevail in the use of these terms which should be con- sidered merely as describing the color of the lumber and not the tree from which it is cut. Beech in Canada ranges through the three Maritime Provinces, Southern Quebec and Ontario. It is not found north of a line running from Bay Chaleur westward, crossing the St. Lawrence in the neigh- borhood of Rivier du Loup and running a few miles north of the St. Lawrence and Ottawa rivers to Lake Temiskaming. From here the line dips south westward to Sault Ste. Marie. Beech is not found in Canada west of this point. -In the United States the tree is found as far west as Wisconsin and Texas and southward to the Gulf of Mexico. Canada cut a total of 15,417,000 feet board measure, of beech lumber in 1912. Ontario produced two-thirds of this amount, Que- bec about 14 per cent., Nova Scotia 12 per cent., New Brunswick 6 per cent. and Prince Edward Island the small remainder. A Valuable Railroad Tie Material Canadian railways purchased in 1912 over 104,000 beech ties, and of these at least 90 per cent. while not white, were treated chemically before being laid in the roadbed. While beech possesses the strength, Typical Beech Tree growing ina close stand. fe ee ee AND WOODWORKER stiffness and spike-holding qualities necessary for a tie material, it decays rapidly in contact with the soil and makes preservative trea- ment imperative. More ties of creosoted beech are used in European railways than of any other wood. Creosoted beech paving blacks have the strength and hardness necessary for an ideal wooden paye- ment. The wood is easily treated with creosite and the treatment — usually resutls in an increased life of from three to four hundred per cent. Beech in Canada has always ranked high for slack cooperage, coming sixth on the list for staves and heading. It is also used occa-— sionally for tight staves in fish barrels on account of its lack, of taste and odor. The use of this wood has been restricted in the past because of — the difficulties encountered in its seasoning. These same difficulties — have given rise to unjust prejudices against many of our native woods. We import large quantities of red gum and oak from the United States and neglect our own birch, beech and poplar. Red gum is one of the most difficult woods on the market to season. It requires careful steam drying from the saw to overcome its tendency to warp and twist. The same careful treatment applied to some of — our native woods would result in a lumber of at least equal quality. Beech is stronger than oak in many ways. It has a finer and more even grain and costs about one-third as much. At the present time in Canada beech is probably used for fire wood more than for any other purpose. It is usually sold mixed with — maple or birch and large quantities of the smaller and more inferior trees are used in this way. Apart from its use as fuel, beech is used in greatest quantity in Ontario for the manufacture, by destructive distillation, of charcoal, wood alcohol and commercial acetates, although little wood is used for this purpose that could be sawn into lumber. An average cord of wood yields about 46 bushels of charcoal, 7 gallons of crude alcohol and 130 pounds of acetates. The uses of charcoal are well known. Wood alcohol is used chiefly as a solvent for varnishes and shellacs. The acetates are converted into acetic acid (wood vinegar), ether and acetone. Large Quantities Used for Flooring The manufacturers of hardwood flooring use large quantities of this wood and often sell it mixed with birch for floors in dwellings. The wood is hard and close grained and takes an excellent polish. In factories and warehouses it makes an ideal floor which stands the wear and tear of truck wheels and other hard usage better than any other moderate priced flooring. This industry probably consumes — the greatest quantity of sawn lumber of this species. In the manufacture of furniture, beech has always been a popular material for framework and “inside work.” It is seldom used for “outside work” in expensive furniture, although quarter-cut material exhibits a striking silver grain. The value of the wood for this pur- pose lies chiefly in its strength and the fact that when subjected to friction the surface tends rather to wear smooth than to develop inequalities. It is greatly prized for the manufacture of drawer slides, © sliding parts for filing cabinets, extension table slides and all parts — of furnituré subjected to friction. The wood does not swell or shrinl = with changes in humidity and its use reduces the annoyance due to. drawers and other parts becoming jammed. It is used in greates quantity by furniture makers for “inside work” and framing on ac- count of its strength and its ability to stand irregular strains and twists. It is also ‘used extensively for “outside work” in the manu- facture of the cheaper grades of furniture, especially chairs. Beech washes well and is free from taste or odor, and is prized for kitchen table tops and kitchen furniture on this account. : For interior finish, beech is valued more for strength than beauty of appearance, as the wood has little or no pronounced grain or fig except on quarter-cut material. It goes chiefly into door sills and stair material. Slack-cooperage manufacturers use beech for staves and heading in barrels used to contain products that would be spoiled by a wood with a strong odor. Its strength recommends it for nail kegs and hardware cooperage. Beech is noted among our native woods for its ability to with- stand friction when under water. The axles and shafts of old fash- ioned water wheels were made entirely of this wood. The knowledge x of this quality in the wood has lead to its use in laundry machin where the wood is subjected to friction and is constantly moist. is not constant moisture which causes a wood to decay, but alternate wetting and drying. { In the Maritime Provinces of Canada this wood is used in great- est quantity for the manufacture of brush backs and handles, and its use in other parts of Canada for this purpose is also extensive. ‘The wood is tough and resists splitting when nailed or bored for bristles, and is consequently valued for rough unpolished scrub brushes, stabie brooms, kalsomine and whitewash brushes and paint brushes. Extensively Used for Handles Beech is used to a great extent in the manufacture of tool handles __ where great toughness and elasticity are not essential. For hammer and axe handles hickory will always be the favorite wood, but for the handles of wrenches, screw drivers, chisels, gouges, gimlets, cork- screws, awls and for plane blocks and spirit levels, beech is one of the best woods available because of its hardness and its quality of wearing smooth under friction. This wood is often used as a sub- stitute for apple in hand saw handles. Two handles are cut from a pattern with a scroll saw from a piece 44% x 14x12 in. The use of this wood for broom handles is very extensive in spite of its weight and dark color. The handles are turned from 2-inch squares about 5 feet long. For agricultural implements and vehicles, beech is a useful wood, but is used more extensively in the Maritime Provinces than in On- tario. For all parts of framework where elasticity combined with toughness are not essential qualities the wood can be used to ad- vantage. It is used in the Maritime Provinces for heavy spokes and gear stock. For all articles requiring a wood free from taste and odor, beech will always be a favorite. Boxes to contain foodstuffs, butter pails, lard tubs, ice cream freezers, meat and bread boards, packing house tables, butchers’ blocks, skewers, kitchen furniture and wooden- ware, wooden plates and refrigerators are all examples of uses of this wood, due partly to its strength but mostly to its tastelessness. Bakers’ woodenware such as peels, proofs, troughs, trucks and racks are often made of beech for the same reason. Beech produces a strong, tough veneer that is used for a large number of commodities. This veneer is usually “rotary cut” or “peel- ed” veneer. The logs are steamed for several hours and then revolved in a veneer lathe against a heavy fixed blade which peels off a thin sheet of wood. The standard thicknesses run from 1/50 to 5/16 of an inch, The more usual thicknesses are 3/16, %, % 5/16 and 1/20, the great bulk of the product being of the 3/16 thickness. This ve- neer is not used to cover cross banding or core stock for ornamental | purposes like mahogany or oak veneer, but is used for what are called | “built-up” products. Two or more layers of veneer are glued to- gether usually with their grain at right angles, and the resulting pro- duct is used for chair seats and backs, drawer bottoms, panels, trunk boxes, vehicle body panels and packing cases. This “built up” lum- ber is stronger and lighter than solid material of the same thickness and is less likely to warp or split. Single layers of veneer are made into baskets, crates, berry boxes, butter boats and wooden pie plates or “picnic plates.” Sawn veneer which is in reality thin lumber sawn with a special saw of large diameter is made into dry measures, cheese boxes and rims for sieves. Good Material for Dowels One of the most important uses to which this wood is put is the manufacture of dowels. The wood is sawn into squares of the proper size and kiln dried. It is then run through a machine which turns out the finished product. These long cylindrical rods of various diameters _are bundled and sold to manufacturers of furniture, sash, doors and interior finish, who cut them to the lengths required for their work. _ They are used in place of metal to hold joints together and are often threaded. The dowels are driven into holes bored in the wood and are held in place by glue. Large quantities are used in Canada and _ there is also a large market for dowels in England. Birch forms the bulk of the dowels made in Canada at the present time, but beech is also used to a great extent. Coopers’ pegs and tree nails for ship building are manufactured in a similar manner to dowels. The uncut dowel rods are often made into coops for poultry. Numerous Miscellaneous Uses ____ Beech lumber has many miscellaneous uses which do not con- sume large quantities of wood, but are useful as suggestions for waste utilization. Wooden shoes are used in America in greater quantities than most people imagine. They are used by men employed in damp laces such as tanneries, breweries, bakeries and laundries, as they light and waterproof. Leather shoes with wooden soles are used steel mills and glass factories to protect the workmen’s feet from : hot floors. Most of this wooden shoe material is beech, as the closeness of the grain of this wood, and its density, fit dt particularly i he purpose. Clothes pins are made almost entirely of beech and Their cheapness is due to the perfection of the machinery used manufacture, which is practically automatic. The rough ma- ~The . a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | gs terial is fed into a hopper and the machines turn the pegs, cut out the slots and polish the finished article with soapstone in large cylinders, with practically no handling whatever. Bobbins used in textile fac- tories are made of beech and birch and are also manufactured by specialized machinery. Most spools are made of birch, but beech is otten employed for this purpose to advantage. The wood is harder than paper birch and does not hold its shape quite so well, but it turns smoothly and is easily polished. Spoolwood in the form of bars from 4-in. to 2 9/16-in. square and from 24 to 4 feet in length is pur- chased by spool manufacturers, and must be clear stock free from all defects. The wood in Quebec is cut in winter and sawn to size in small mills where the spoolwood is piled in open piles for thorough air drying. It is usually shipped early in the following summer to the spool factories. The machinery is very complicated and highly specialized. Other miscellaneous uses for this wood are in the manufacture of whip stocks, umbrella handles, wooden spoons and bowls, rulers, shuttles, bails for pails, barrel bungs and faucets, coat hangers, hames and pulley blocks. Beech is a slow growing tree like yellow birch and maple, but grows to an advanced age. Its seeds, however, are heavy nuts which are not carried by the wind like the seeds of birch and poplar. Heavy seed years occur only at long intervals so the reproduction of this tree is not very rapid. ‘he smooth heavy bark resists fire and the tree is not liable to attacks of either fungus or insect. The tree is shade en- during and can thrive under the shade of others. In close stands it develops a long straight trunk free from branches, as is shown in the illustration. lt is not likely that this tree will ever be a commercial possibility from the standpoint of forest planting after the present supply is exhausted. Sasgen Derricks and Winches The handling of lumber manufacturers’ stocks by derrick and hoist has reduced the cost per thousand greatly and has effected an important saving in time and labor. The Sasgen Derrick Company, 13 Jarvis street, Toronto, are patentees and manufacturers of lumber derricks and winches of the most practical and up-to-date type. These derricks are all fitted with steel and malleable castings which make the machines light, at the same time adding materially to their strength. The Sasgen Peerless circle swing steel derrick is claimed by the makers to be the most practical and convenient derrick for hoisting building material of various kinds. It is a full circle swing, portable steel derrick with self-lubricating bearings, folding mast and bottom, and can be used by hand, horse or power without changing the boom. This progressive firm also manufactures single and double drum geared winches, which are made from malleable and crucible steel, including gears, and are equipped with band brakes, the double drum having a special lever for shifting pinions into or out of large gears, by which means both pinions are worked simultaneously. The Sasgen Derrick Company will ship these machines to reliable or rated lumbermen on trial. A special illustrated pamphlet and price list will be mailed upon request. Dominion Timber Cutting Regulations Altered The timber-cutting regulations in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Northwest Territories and parts of British Columbia have been amended by order-in-council issued by the Dominion Government. As a result of the new regulations licen- sees are now required to pay the following dues on timber cut on li- censed berths: Sawn lumber, 50 cents a thousand b.m.; lath, 15 cents a thousand; shingles, 15 cents a thousand; piling and cribbing, % cent a lineal foot ; railway ties, 8 feet long, 14 cents; railway ties, each foot over 8 feet long, %4 cent; shingle bolts cut within the British Colum- bia railway belt, 25 cents a cord; cordwood, 15 cents a cord; and 5 per cent. royalty dues on all other products of manufacture not enumer- ated; none on slabs or sawdust, however. Saw logs cut in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, the Northwest Territories and the Peace River tract, British Columbia, on Crown lands, shall be paid for on the product of manufacture thereof and those cut in the British Co- lumbia railway belt on the feet board measure according to British Columbia log scale. The new regulations also provide that permits may be issued by the Minister of Interior in Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta and the Peace River tract in British Columbia, to owners of portable sawmills. ; Mr. Arthur E. Foulds has just opened a sales office in the Can- adian Bank of Commerce Building, Brantford, Ont., as manufacturers’ sales agent. He will carry a line of building materials, specialties and contractors’ equipment. The experience with building supplies which Mr. Foulds has already had places him in a position to give good service, he having been for the past ten years on the executive of the Schultz Bros. Company, large contractors, of Brantford. 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Splendid Growth of a Young Concern Long Lumber Company, of Hamilton, Ont.,—Founded on St. Patricks Day Ten Years Ago— Turned Over Thirty-Five Million Feet Last Year Ten years ago, on the 17th of March, there was started at Hamilton, Ont., in a very modest way the foundation of the busi- ness now known as The Long Lumber Company, the founder being Mr. Maurice S. M. Long, whose untimely death in May, 1910, was deeply regretted by the whole lumber trade of the coun- try. From this modest begin- ning, on St. Patrick’s Day, the company has grown year by year, until to-day it occupies a promin- ent position in the Canadian lum- ber world. In 1913 the turnover of the company was over thirty- five million feet, the business hav- ing doubled itself during the past five years. The Long Lumber Company are wholesalers in white and red pine, hemlock, spruce, birch, yellow pine and cypress, shingles, lath, cedar posts and and “Klimax” doors. They handle the complete output of several large mills including that of the Standard Chemical Company, of Longford and South River. The trade mark of the firm “The Bull Dog” is now widely known and stands for reliability, prompt ship- ment and quality. The successful growth of the business has been due to Mr. Guy H. Long who is one of the best known men in the Ontario lumber trade. Mr. Long was born in 1881, and is the son of the late George Long, who, for many years conducted a successful coal and wood business in the city of Hamilton. After a preliminary education, he attended the Canada Business College from which he graduated at the age of 15. Shortly afterwards he obtained a situation as a junior in the office of a Hamilton lumber company. After receiving a grounding in business methods with this company, he sought to ex- tend his activities and entered the wholesale lumber business. When seventeen years of age he was sent out upon the road. During this work he saw much of the lumber industry in Ontario. His ground was the Northern division and the majority of his larger customers were lumbermen. During the early part of 1905 he abandoned the road when the Long Lumber Company was formed, and entered into partnership with his brother the late Maurice Long. On the death of the latter in 1910, Mr. Long took into partnership Mr. Frank Bur- ton, who, for several years previous had been in their employ. Mr. Burton may possibly be better known to the Ontario public as “Dutch” Burton, so prominently connected with football activities and captain of the Tigers Football Team in 1913. Guy H. Long, Hamilton, Ont. In addition to his connection with the Long Lumber Company, Mr. Long is also president and principal owner of the Consumers Lumber Company, Limited, of Hamilton, which does a large re- tail lumber business in that city. He is also vice-president of the Vincent Company of South River; director of the Barton Binbrook Telephone Company ; president of the Centennial Park Company, of Hamilton; president of the On- tario Basket Ball League Asso- ciation, and is prominently con- nected with sports of all kinds, in which he finds time to take a keen interest. The growth of the Long Lum- ber Company has been steady and sure. They commenced busine-. ee 8 os en CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ee |: SATISFACTION FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From . the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office na @ dar Hall, Q Sayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse P lace Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN Fancy Woods and Veneers A Question of Veneer Trimming One of the questions of the day which is pushing itself forward noticeably is that of veneer trimming—when and how often veneer should be trimmed between the time of cutting and its final use, says the Hardwood Record. Usually the veneer user passes this question by on the theory that it is no concern of his when or how often veneer is trimmed just so he gets the material in shape and size to suit his need at the time of using. It does interest the veneer user, however, as well as the veneer maker, mainly because it is a question of utility or efficiency in utilizing timber, but also partly because there is in- volved a matter of getting the veneer to be used in exactly the shape that he wants it. To understand this matter of trimming veneer, what it means and all its aspects and the when, why and how of it, we must go back to the time and place of its production and then follow it through to the finishing room. Usually when rotary veneer is being made there is a part of the end of the block that is trimmed off in ‘the process of cutting, being separated from the main sheet by what are termed score knives. This gives a veneer product which consists of a straight sheet or ribbon of veneer uniform in width or length and with the ends trimmed exactly square with the cutting and parallel with each other. It naturally makes a more presentable sheet of veneer than if the score knives were not used and the entire face of the block were peeled off because then there would be some irregularity in the width of the ribbon or the length of the veneer, and this is objectionable in a way. Usually when the veneer is peeled out in this way it is cut up into dimensions of some kind. One may make it a business to cut to a size that will allow for shrinkage in drying and the final trim- ming to the exact dimensions required. Another may clip his veneer out in long sheets, as long as can be handled, and dry these sheets before clipping to dimensions. In following this process the first noticeable feature about it is the waste incident to the end trimming by the score knives. This waste varies from one inch at each end to as high as three and four inches, sometimes, and in the course of a day’s run it counts up con- siderably. If the logs are brought into the veneer mill in long lengths _and are freshly cut with a drag saw before working, it is practicable, by careful attention, to reduce this end waste to a minimum of ap- proximately one inch to each end. Where the logs are cut to short lengths in the woods, however, there is some checking in the ends and for this reason a more liberal allowance is made for end waste, the allowance being approximately three inches for each end. One might well argue that it is immaterial whether this extra end length is trimmed off and thrown in the waste pile at the veneer ma- chine or afterward. Indeed, one might urge that the sooner it was trimmed off and disposed of the better because it saves the handling of the waste through the driers and the trimmers and so on; but an- other factor enters there, which concerns the veneer user as well as the veneer manufacturer. It is the factor of shrinkage. Veneer does most of its shrinking, though not all of it, sidewise. This is well known and understood. But the side shrinkage is not always uniform. There is some end shrinkage and there is also enough irregularity in the side shrinkage to draw the ends out of square and make another trimming necessary to straighten them out. There have probably been wrangles galore over this matter of end shrinkage in veneer, mainly because we are too much in the habit of taking the attitude that end shrinkage is small, insignificant ,and therefore needs but little attention. It is a known fact that where men are cutting drawer bottoms or other single ply stock to fit into grooved spaces neatly and cutting to exact dimensions with score knives at the veneer machine, it often turns out that the stock fails to fit. It will be short in length, it will be found so out of square that the sides and ends will not fit up at the same time. Then will come the charges from the user that the veneer manufacturer did not cut to specifica- tions, and the veneer manufacturer will accuse his veneer cutter of carelessness in following instructions as to length. The only way to get exact dimensions in veneer is to make those dimensions after the veneer is thoroughly dry. Cutting to specific dimension in either length or width before drying will result in dis- appointment if the requirements are very exacting. To give satis- faction where the requirements are exacting as to dimensions, the trimming to size must be done after the veneer is thoroughly dry, and generally it is best to do it with saws. Some thin veneer is cut AND WOODWORKER THEIR ORIGIN, VALUE AND USE—COMMENT AND VIEWS ON AN IMPORTANT BRANCH OF THE TRADE. both crosswise and lengthwise with knives but to get the best res lt in trimming veneer to size the ideal way, either with thin veneer ¢ thick, take it in bulk and trim it with saws. , This being true, the question naturally rises as to whether vene should be trimmed twice or only once, whether it should be cut t length with score knives and made long enough for a re-trimmi ing or whether the score knives should be abolished and one trimmin; made to do it all. The answer to the question depends somewhat on circumstance Some trimming is quite often essential before drying. This is especially of side trimming. Sheets of veneer must be cut to s sort of dimensions so that they can be handled, and in cutting to dimensions notice must be taken of the final size requirements allowance made for shrinkage in drying and for the final trimmi size. It requires the exercise of some care in making this allowar to prevent unnecessary waste on the one hand and to prevent an m - usual amount of culls through lack of width on the other hand. The usual allowance for shrinkage in width is ten per cent.— one inch for every ten. Some woods, notably maple, will not Shri ‘4 this much, but gum will come very near it. The shrinkage allowz would be the same whether the veneer sheet is cut up into individuz sizes or into sheets of two or three sizes. Ii the final dimensions ; small, however, a saving in trimming allowance may be effected by handling the sheets in multiples of the final size. In the end shrinkage and allowance for trimming we might argue : that since there must be a final trimming after drying, the score knives should be taken off and let the full length of the block into the shect with all its variations in alignment with the sheet. This argument is good, too, where the veneer is being dried, shipped and handled single ply. It involves only the drying and shipping of that extra length, aud d in return the extra length insures better stock after the final trimming and more room to do the trimming. If the veneer is to be worked up into panels or built up lumber, however, there is the factor of glue, which cuts some figure. The economy in glue is just as important as economy in veneer, conse- quently the gluing up of two or three inches of extra length of veneer on each sheet and then finally trimming it off and throwing it away means the waste of quite a lot of glue, which is objectionable. The ideal plan here would seem to be that of using the score knives to reduce the sheets to something near the end length desire¢ and to eliminate the burden of the waste, while at the same time leav- ing enough length for the final trimming to exact size. If the right kind of efficiency and utility were practiced at veneer cutting and logs brought in in full length and carefully squa to length and as carefully handled in the machines, it should be p sible to so reduce the allowance for end waste that it would not necessary to use score knives and no trimming need be done on the veneer until after the final drying, other than that of chopping it ip into sheets of a size that can be handled. ‘ There is to-day a pretty strong disposition to abolish as aval S practicable the trimming of green stock to exact dimensions w score knives and clipper and to run out the full sheets, dry them then trim to exact dimensions. Where the veneer user is buyin stock in plain sheets that are to be trimmed to exact dimension be! using he is perhaps better off in buying stock that has not been cu length with score knives for it will give him room for trimming, enable him to get a degree of precision in length that is not possi in trimming green stuff with score knives. Arrangements for Hoo-Hoo Annual at Winnipeg “ Canadian Hoo-Hoo, including Senior Hoo-Hoo Tenant, Vic ent Snark Dutton, of Manitoba; Vicegerent Robinson, of Western. tario; Vicegerent Cooke, of southern Saskatchewan ; Vicegerent ning, of northern Saskatchewan; Vicegerent Birnie, of Alberta, several former Vicegerents recently met at Winnipeg, Man., to mulate plans for the twenty-third annual meeting of the Conca ated Order of Hoo-Hoo, which will be held in that city Septemb 1914. The meeting was called to order by Vicegerent Snark Dut who, in the course of his remarks, eulogized those who went to Louis last year and secured the annual for Canada. He called esp attention to the fact that the meeting would be of international est, members from the United States and eastern and western Cana¢ participating in the event. : | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Mr. Lumber~-Dealer Mr. Car-builder Mr. Ship-builder THE PIONEER MAHOGANY MILL OF CANADA | __ Door Stock in Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Birch cut to size or Log e Run, Several Hundred Thousand Feet of Good Dry Mahog- | | any in all Grades and Thicknesses Ready to Ship. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR 1914 CONTRACTS | Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Company Montreal West, P.Q. Teak, Black Bean, and all kinds of Mahogany in Lumber and Veneers. 49 5° Retailing Lumber at a Profit By C. L. Wright, Fairfield, Ia. One of the most important reasons why so many high-class men and so much capital are engaged in the retail lumber business is that when rightly conducted it pays a very fair profit. The making of a profit is no mysterious, elusive thing. Not only must first cost or purchase price be known, but also the cost of con- ducting the business, before it can be definitely known that a profit is being made and just what that profit is. Frequently sales price is made up by adding a percentage to purchase price. Goods sold on such a basis may or may not show a profit. An expense book with all items paid out entered, totaled for the year will give the cost of doing business and the relation to first cost gives the percentage. Only two of these costs will be considered here. If the owner is manager he should add to the total expense a fair amount for his salary and figure interest on his investment. Sales price made up in this way consists of three factors: Purchase price, operating cost and margin, added for rofit. 3 When once determined upon, sales price should be the same to all alike. It is both fair and easy to make quantity discounts. Do not hesitate to ask and get a fair price and when price has once been given abide by it. Allow neither competition nor customer to make the price for you. Certain interests have been very carefully keeping before the public the idea that the lumber industry is a highly organized business and that organization effected solely for the purpose of taking exorbi- tant profits. This idea has been fairly prevalent and the lumberman himself has frequently unconsciously lent his efforts toward convinc- ing his customers of the truth of that view. Especially is that the case where the lumberman is timid or over anxious. A customer brings in a bill and intends to buy as cheap as possible. Of course he makes every effort to foster the idea of keen competition and low prices to get the business. Should the knife be lifted upon prices and a cut be made possibly several times, the bill may ultimately be sold at no profit or even at a loss and the customer be absolutely convinced that a fair profit is left and that the first price asked was a holdup. If good material is kept in stock and a fair profit is added, em- phasis may be placed on quality and by showing the lumber to the prospective purchaser attention is focussed on value instead of price. Two cases coming to my notice will illustrate. The customer came into the office with a small bill and stated that he already had figures on it and wanted the best price this lumberman could make. The bill was figured, the customer was taken out to inspect the material, and then the price was made. “Too high” said the buyer. “Can’t you cut it?” He offered to cut both price and quality but staid by the first price made on the list submitted, though several attempts were made to get a reduction, and finally sold the bill, because, though the bill was high the material was good and just what he wanted. He was satisfied that the material was worth the price asked and the lumberman’s re- fusal to lower the price helped fix that idea. The second case was that of a large barn bill brought in by a farmer who usually traded with another dealer. The lumberman sell- ing the bill has one price for all with quantity discounts. The bill was figured on this list and the price made with emphasis on value. The bill was finally sold on the first price made though it was higher than the other dealer’s price. When urged to meet the lower price the lum- berman replied that he was selling his own goods, that he knew the cost and the price was very fair on this grade of material, that he never attempted to fix a price on another man’s lumber or take any man’s price on his own goods. “You have seen the material and know it is good” he added. “Bring in your teams and haul it out,” and the bill was sold. The man was not only satisfied but became a permanent customer. Too low a price must be unfair to some customer because it means an added amount later to balance up. To sell too low is as morally reprehensible as to get an exorbitant profit. The fact that bills are usually sold on a closer margin than yard trade has led to fixed terms on estimate business. Yard trade is sold on the list. When cash it is profitable. If it is credit trade however it costs heavily in attention, bookkeeping and collection. This credit trade does not pay as it should and is frequently sold on very loose terms or on no stated terms at all. The customer comes in with a list of his needs and the statement that he can’t pay for the material just now only to be told that it is all right, to take the goods along and pay whenever it is convenient. On such terms he may justly feel grieved if a statement comes along in thirty or sixty days. And why not? He was given all the time he wanted and is now asked to pay. If $25 be obtained at the bank the terms are fixed and clear as if the loan were $2,500. Regular terms tend toward cash purchases and the habit of early settlements. It ought not to be difficult to learn when the cus- tomer expects to settle and to state the terms of sale. Fixed terms of sale help to make collections much easier than when the terms are loose or there are no terms. A policy of cash or early settlements affords apportunity to check up the new customer CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ——_t , who may have a tendency to over-extend his credit. A clear system of records aids on collections by helping to keep out errors and also in making the dealer know just where he stands. There is no golden rule for collections but there is a great deal to be said in favor of doing your own collecting. Do not turn your accounts over to a collection agency. Be just as free to ask for a settlement as your customer was to ask for the credit. P There is a collector in this district who has an enviable record. Hi plan is to collect one account at a time and to forget all others whil making this collection. In order to make his debtor feel his particul account must be settled he never presents a statement but carries tl amount in his head. When he has not met the man before, he go out alone and introduces himself as representing his company whi usually brings about an opening. Settlement is asked because count is due and in a large majority of cases he succeeds. Ct by my own experience, I know that taking out a number of stat I would be satisfied beforehand if I made 65 to 75 per cent. of lections and that would be about what I would collect. Too credit sometimes actually results in a loss of business. A cu will buy along until he has quite an account. It isn’t conver settle the whole account and he knows it ought to be paid. D ing that he will be asked to settle in case he goes to the lumber he owes, he will go to his corfpetitor and pay cash. This loss of ness should be figured in as one of the costs of credits and there several others. Credit on small trade will amount to a fair perce: of the year’s business. Were all business cash, bookkeeping would be greatly reduced while collections and losses from unpaid counts would stand no cost at all, and the profits from the turn o by virtue of having this money actively at work should be largely in- creased. Conversely with many credits these profits become losses. © Good clear records help to keep down outstandings and to make settlements easier in the case of disputed accounts. Let me sugges loose leaf double entry ledger with transfer binder, as simple a jou as will serve your needs. It should show itemized sales both cash a credit, receipts and expenses, and may also show profit balance and stock sheet, and a daily sales book with duplicate or triplicate ca bon copies, one page to each customer. In the case of credits or paym ent on account, the original is to be filed in an envelope filing system al- phabetically arranged and the duplicate filed in a dated envelope, i statement is to be sent out in 30 days. Such a system by collec credits and debits will reduce the work of statement making fully. per cent. Cash terms filed in dated cash envelopes would make system and records complete. Outside of the line yard concerns t seems to me to be one of our greatest weaknesses as business men, the keeping of a poor set of records. Between a good and a poor sys- tem of records there is all the difference between a profit and a van tends toward knowing while no system leads to confusion and oss. Of the several ways of making more profit theoretically the easi- est way is to increase the margin. Practically that may not be advis- able. Reducing operating expense will affect the balance at the end of the year’s business in the same way and not offend the trade. The cash discount should always be taken. It will amount to a very con- siderable sum. When not taken it means an added expense of at least 12 per cent. Demurrage is another loss which is equal to a profit when saved. Not only unload so as to avoid demurrage payment but help others by unloading and releasing the cars in half the time allowed whenever possible. One very great saving has generally been given little consideration. The trade papers touch upon it but many of the suggestions have failed to get into actual practice, and that is a time study of every operation from unloading the car to stacking and get- ting the material on to the job, looking to an elimniation of all waste motions and effort and a standardization of the world. The savi this one association could not be estimated. A similar study of methods and records and stock arrangements would be as valu I hope some time to see’such a study made. It would mean a tren ous saving in time, effort and expense. Careful analysis of the community served, its needs and po lities will frequently open up new and profitable avenues of The dealer should be a good roads and better farming enthusiast prices on live stock where they have been for the last decade. raising is not only much more profitable than grain farming but stock raiser is a heavy consumer of lumber. Material is needed barns, sheds, feed yards, feeding racks and bunks. Whatever hel develop stock raising and its attendant increase in profits to the fa also leads to more sales of building material and a corresponding p fit to the lumberman. Then there is the matter of too many yards a given territory which must be settled by lumbermen or have the matter settled by others. I have not attempted to cover the whole field of profit making and expense reduction but have endeavored to touch upon some co mon place, but nevertheless important means of bettering the busi Pocket planers should be used wherever the business will jt + =~ —« J; yi | ; CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER het. DON'T buy from TEN firms: ONE WILL DO! Clothe the men in your camps properly: From Head to Toe, get them the Best. Wool Warm and Wearable Fine. Made in all patterns SHIRTS Cotton Cool and Comfortable PANTS Heavy. Hard to beat Wool Wears Wonderfully ‘* Woods Boss of the Road”’ UNDERWE AR Cotton Cool and Clean OVERALLS Wear like Armourplate SOCKS Stee a eery MITTS, Etc. Any style you need Smart-Waoods Ge LIMITED > CANADA . Orders shipped same day as received Ottawa Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Jenckes Boilers WE make a specialty of large Tubular Boilers for regular or Dutch oven setting for saw mill service. Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. | The Jenckes Machine Co. . ; Limited 1 | Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland . | Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. . 52 and profitable lines should be pushed of course. Specialties where they do not require too much effort and pay a good return may well be given attention. Especially is that true where their sale means more and better business. Almost every suggestion made depends upon the yard manager for its development and perfection. He is largely responsible for the business being what it is. He must be an all round business man with very complete knowledge of credits, materials, grades and meth- ods. He is his customer’s advisor and friend. ‘The business fails or succeeds as he fails or succeeds. To be sure, some men would not get by in the best possible situation and with the best training while others succeed in any situation. However, the man who surmounts every difficulty makes his greatest success where his training has been thorough and complete and where the system he follows is the best. Here’s to him. May his outstandings be low and his profits corres- pondingly high. The Live Lumber Yard A number of interesting addresses were.delivered at the recent meeting of the Northwestern Retailers’ Association. One of these, which was made the subject of much discussion by those present, was an address by E. W. Mayer, who talked about “The Live Lumber Yard.” As a result of some remarks which he had heard at a pre- vious meeting, he had decided to advertise his yard as a “Live Lum- ber Yard.” ‘Lhe address which he delivered was an explanation of his methods of advertising. ‘““No doubt the value of having a good name is the biggest asset a yard can have,” he said. When a customer calls, he usually makes up his mind to one of two things, that a yard is either a poor or a good one. In order to give our trade no chance to class us among the poor ones, we have laid down these rules, and stated briefly, they are: Our customers will always find us at work; Our ads will change every week; Our bookwork shall always be up-to- date, and Our lumber piles always in order. The fact that a customer always finds the yard manager and yard help at work, gives a strong hold on his trade. People like to trade with the man who is busy. Friendship and salesmanship are all very well to bring business, but if you are known as a hustler people will trade with you who might never do so if you were to depend on their friendship. During dull days, my helper, who is a carpenter, makes such things as hog-troughs, hayracks and the like. Whenever I find no other work to do, 1 make a round of the slow paying customers. By our policy in changing our ads every week we make another strong bid for being known as a progressive yard. By the use of an ad clipping book, this part of our work is made easier. In this book we keep a copy of all our own ads and also other ads that we run across which we think may give us some ideas for a future ad. Our ad clipping book is a fund of ideas always at hand to help us when hard pressed to write an ad. In writing our ads. we make as complete a change of copy each week as possible, and never allow our printer to set up our ad. the same way every time. Very often we do not say anything about lum- I will read you two ads. which we have used to show how we en- deavor to interest peop!e so that they will look up our ad. each week. The first ad. has the head line, “Do You Know?” and underneath in separate paragraphs this: That the richest land in the state is right here at Triumph? That if you emigrate the chances are two to one you will come back? 'That the average person is richer, healthier and happier in this county than the average person anywhere? Probably you are putting off building, why not have all those ad- vantages you are looking forward to now? You know you are here but a short time and a long time somewhere else. Yours in a hurry. THE LIVE LUMBER YARD The second ad. has simply the head line “1913” and the ‘following subject matter: Do you realize that neither the Democrats nor the unlucky num- ber “13” seem to be able to stop this busy building year of 1913? Everyone is planning and boosting, buying and building. However our yard has been “Johnny on the spot” with material when wanted. The year 1913 still finds us without having a delayed job. As the busy season is coming on, our yard, the largest stocked yard in this county is well prepared to serve you. A plan we use to keep in touch with the lumber needs of our cus- tomers is, whenever we can, we find out ahead of time which of our customers intend to build or make repairs and make a memorandum, of all the information, in a book for this purpose. When the time is ripe to sell the lumber we send the prospective builder a letter re- minding him of our desire to secure his trade. We have three separ- ate letters ready to use for this purpose. Each of the letters is differ- ent from the others and we keep sending them until the customer buys his bill. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Converting the Slabs =) The best way to convert slabs of pine and soft wood, or any other wood for that matter, is to first determine the produce they are to be converted into and then follow whatever method makes the shortest and best route to that end. In some of the work, however, there is choice of several methods, and sometimes it is a little difficult to decide which is best or most convenient. In converting slabs into short length lumber, box shooks and things of that kind, there is a choi between using the old circular slab saw and the modern horize resaw and also between sawing the slabs full length and slicing thet up into short lengths before working. -s The old circular slab saw was and is still offered in various size and for working slabs of varying lengths. It seems, however, tha preferable order of business is to cut slabs into comparatively s lengths. Even if the slasher is not used, the feathery end is generally with a cross-cut saw and only the thick part of th made use of. _ It is seldom that slabs are thick all the way through, thick en to make lumber or box shooks. It is usually a swell in the end bow in the centre of the log that makes a heavy place in the slab in either case the light part of the slab might as well be cut ¢ first as last, unless it increases the task of handling the heavier that does contain some good stock. 7 Then, the short length of slab can be worked on a short special mill for this purpose with a circular saw, or it might handled with the modern type of horizontal resaw. This is one point of advantage of the horizontal resaw over old type. The standard upright resaw generally has rolls bet which the lumber is fed for resawing and it generally presumes the lumber being uniform in thickness and not slabs with only face. It is, of course, practical to rig a slab carrying outfit to an right resaw and resaw slabs in this way. The horizontal resaw offers a simple method of handling sla however ; that is, the horizontal band resaw. With a flat feeding b it offers a natural rest for the face side of the slab, and whatever thic ness of stock is wanted can be sawed off and the slab returned it is worked down and every bit of good stock in it obtained. Whether the slabs are worked up right at the tail end of the mil as they are made, or the slab converting department is made a s ate institution off to itself, the preferable time to work slabs is w! they are fresh and green. This is true, too, of cull timbers and pari of framing and other stock that it seems best to work up into | shooks and short length lumber. It is not always practical to them green and it is possible to work them when they are half but the work is nicer and the results better if all of this stock can handled while it is comparatively fresh. c It is perhaps better, too, if one can operate this slab convert business independently of the regular flow of the lumber through th mill. No matter whether the slabs are trimmed up on a regular cros cut or run through a shaper, let them go on out of the mill and s this slab converting department to one side down below, or s where so as to get it all out of the way and free the mill itself of - encumberance that might interfere with the regular running. In a way this is pretty much the same order of business as m shingles as a side issue to a cypress mill, where certain block or t bers are cross-cut and sent to a separate department for conve into shingles. : ; It may be practical in some mills, and desirable, to put some of resaw right in the back end of the mill so as to handle the sl and reduce them to some special thickness of lumber just as th come from the mill and save the extra handling required to run off to a separate place. It depends soemwhat on the character of work it is desired to follow. If one has a call for shooks or a stock running uniform as to thickness and the run of slabs is f regular, one may be able to arrange either a modern horizontal or a circular slab saw so that it can be operated practically as of the mill, just as the edger and trimmer and other mill floor ment is operated. Then let the stock from this resaw be ta its proper place and either piled and dried before trimming be trimmed and converted into shooks, whichever is the order day. j Where this scheme can be carried out successfully it is p the most economical method for converting slabs. It keep cleaned up all the time and saves handling and the accumulatio: piles now and then. It has the one disadvantage, however, thai inconvenient for bringing stock back out of the yard stock or cul bers and framing, and things of that kind, that may need han through the same system. Other mills, of course, will find it more advantageous to do extra handling and make this slab converting business a separate stitution from the mill, and perhaps combine it with a shook or ¢ making compartment.—St. Louis Lumberman. _ us 7 on — mI “sr b. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER : 53 B. C. FIR TIMBERS Fir and Cedar Doors Finish Casing Base and Mouldings RED CEDAR SHINGLES Try Our “AAI Brand’ Red Cedar Bevel Siding E. H. HEAPS & CO., LIMITED Mills at Ruskin and Vancouver, B.C. | HEAD OFFICE: “Vincower,c. Correct Application and Design of a Shaving Exhaust System. Has Developed into a Highly Specialized Engineering Project There are only a few Slow Speed Systems in Canada ' Our installations conform to the latest and best practice New Systems designed to Fit Your Present and Future Requirements. Old Systems Overhauled and Corrected. A dust collector on one of our large Our installations are Z00d investments The Boiler Feeders of the same sys- Canadian factories. This en- ‘ . tem illustrated on the other tire system was put in by us Our service is complete side of the page. a few months ago. The A. B. Ormsby Co., Limited, Winnipeg, Toronto Associated with The Metal Shingle & Siding Co., Limited, monet sutton“ Coises _ Blow Pipe Department Consult Our Expert RUSSEL | LOGGING CARS Mr. Lumberman It’s the Russel Car you will be interested in. The Russel Car is unsurpassed in quality, service and capacity. Built for any capacity and to accommodate any length of log desired. -—Canadian Representative— Vancouver Machinery Depot Limited Vancouver, B. C. 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OPPORTUNITIES a I E. own and offer for sale on attractive terms a few especi- ally well selected tracts of timber running from 50 million to one billion feet that are ready for immed- iate operation, having a good local de- mand at high prices. . The timber on the Pacific Coast is the last stand of the great for- ests. Well selected timber in Bnitish Columbia is the best investment on this Continent and offers especially at- tractive inducements for manufacturers. Oe For further particulars, address A. C. Frost Company Corn Exchange Bldg. CHICAGO Everything in Spruce Dressed and in the Rough Campbell - MacLaurin Lumber Co. Limited Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL New RAILS Relaying 12 to 80 pounds per yard. LOGGING CARS Jno. J. Gartshore 58 Front St. West, Toronto EDGINGS Ontario The sawmills and office of Foley Bros., at Foley’s Lake, Ont., near Sud- bury, were completely destroyed by fire on February 23rd. The McAuliffe Davis Lumber Company, Limited, Duke Street, Ottawa, have secured the contract for furnishing the city with lumber for which it recently called for tenders. West ‘& Jackson, Tilsonburg, Ont., are seeking information regarding e best class of flooring and woodwork to use in the new library building. De- tails of the materials required can be secured on application to West + Jackson. 7 John Harrison & Sons, Owen Sound, Ont., started operating their saw- mill day and night on March 2nd. The company have a large quantity of hardwood logs in the yard, which they intend to cut, so as to have them out of the way before the rafting season commences. The Classic Furniture, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital oi — $200,000, with head office at Stratford, Ont., to carry on business as furniture manufacturers. The provisional directors are G. McLagan, D. McK. Wright, J. G. Davies and H. S. Robertson, manufacturers, all of Stratford, Ont. The London and Petrolia Barrel Company, Limited, has been incorpor- ated with a capital of $500,000, with head office at London, Ont., to carry on a cooperage business. The provisional directors are J. P. Forristal, manu- facturer; Sir George Gibbons, K.C., and G. S. Gibbons, barrister, all of Lon- don, Ont. The John C. Gilchrist Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated — with a capital of $200,000, with head office at Toronto, Ont., to carry on business as lumber merchants. The provisional directors are J. C. Gilchrist, G. H. Gilchrist, and S. M. Gilchrist, lumber merchants, and G. C. Paterson, all of Toronto. The Canadian Handle Manufacturing Company, Limited, London, Ont., whose factory at Strathroy, Ont., was recently destroyed by fire, report that they intend to rebuild as soon as conditions are favorable. The new plant — will be much larger than the old one and the sawmill will be in a separate — building from the factory. The Canada Pole and Shaft Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $400,000, with head office at St. Catharines, Ont., to carry on business as manufacturers of poles, shafts and vehicles of all kinds. The provisional directors are J. K. Kernahan, J. S. Campbell, and Vernon Moyer, all of St. Catharines, Ont. The Northern Ontario Pulp and Development Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $150,000, with head office at Toronto, Ont., to carry on business as pulp and paper manufacturers. The provisional direc- tors are H. E. Manning, B. H. L. Symmes, R. H. Green, P. W. Beatty and W. L. L. Gordon, all of Toronto, Ont. The Bertrand Lockhart Lumber Company has been incorporated with a capital of $75,000, with head office at Port Arthur, Ont., to carry on business as lumber merchants, etc. The provisional directors are A. G. Beaman, J. H. McLennan and J. P. Bertrand, lumbermen; H. A. McKibbon, financial agent; and W. Marrigan, contractor, all of Port Arthur, Ont. : Sealed tenders are being received up to March 18th, at 12 o’clock noon, by F. C. Clarkson, 15 Wellington Street West, Toronto, for the purchase of the goods of the H. & A. Ogilvie Company, Limited, Kelso Mines, Onz., including a sawmill and equipment in the township of Walker, one and one- half miles from Monteith Station on the T. & N. O. Railway. The mill is located one-half mile from the tracks and is 24 x 90 ft., of two storey frame construction. It is valued at $5,200. Tenders are also being received for 80,000 feet of lumber and 180,000 feet of logs. ! The Windsor Lumber Company, Windsor, Ont., acquired five acres of ground with railroad sidings on Wyandotte Street and Cameron Avenue, and will operate a wholesale and retail lumber business. It will have ample facili- ties for handling lumber economically and will carry a large, diversified stock ready for immediate delivery, and will install machinery for manufacturing special work. James C. Scofield, formerly of Woodstock, is manager of the company. He is especially well known through his ten years’ connection with the Paine Lumber Company, of Oshkosh, Wis. The Windsor company is ex- pected to_be ready for business early in the spring. Eastern Canada La Compagnie J. P. Dupuis, Limitee, lumber dealers, Montreal, P.O. has been registered. The Montreal Pile Driver Lumber Supply Company, Montreal, P.Q., has been registered by Euclide Cote and Donat Cote. sf Kirk & Cook, contractors, North Sydney, C.B., are reported to b the market for a quantity of cedar poles and timbers for their railway struction work. : The Thos. Bell Lumber Company, Princess Street, St. John, N.B., re- | cently secured a contract for furnishing the city with a supply of lumber fo: - which it called for tenders. J Pulp and Lumber Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $100, 000, with head office at Montreal, Que., to carry on business as pulpwood ané¢ lumber manufacturers. The provisional directors are H. Lampard, engineer, of Westmount, Que.; H. M. G. Bellew, and B. C. Bellew, of Montreal, Que. — La Compagnie Electrique Des Rivieres has been incorporated with capital of $40,000, with head office at Notre-Dame de Stanbridge, Que. i. carry on business as a power company and manufacturers of furniture, sas doors, etc. The provisional directors are H. Renaud and A. Bombardier, o —— opal alle oe laa CANADA LUMBERMAN Notre-Dame de Stanbridge, Que.; A. Desautels, Saint Gregoire, Que.; A. Fournier, Notre-Dame de Stanbridge, Que., and A. Lemire, Lachine, Que. La Compagnie Industrielle de Joliette, Limitee, has been incorporated with a capital of $12,000, with head office at Joliette, Que., to carry on busi- ness as lumber manufacturers, etc. The provisional directors are Z. Bacon, C. Ladouceur, N. Boucher, manufacturers, and Louis Trudel, joiner, all of Foliette, Que. At a meeting of the bondholders of the Ouitachouan Falls Paper Com- pany, which was held in Montreal last week, arrangements were made for the transfer of the former company to the Chicoutimi Pulp Company, of Chicoutimi, Que., who already owned a controlling interest, so that the two concerns are now operated as one. The St. Lawrence Pulp & Paper Company, Gaspe, Que., have awarded a contract to the Canadian General Electric Company for the supply of two 1.000 kw. turbo-generators. The Structural Steel Department of the Can- adian Allis-Chalmers, Limited, will also supply the steel necessary in the erection of the pulp and generating buildings at present under way. The Quebec Harbor Commissioners are calling for tenders for the sup- ply of square hewn spruce timber, to be delivered during May, June and July next. The timber is not to have more than 1%-in. of wane. It musi be sound, straight and free from cross gum seams, and must be 18 ft, and up in length, the average length to be not less than 24 ft. Twenty per cent. of the total quantity is to be from 10 x 10 in. up to 11 x 11 in. The remainder is to be from 11 x 12 in. up to 13 x 13 in. Delivery is to be made at Indiaa Cove or at the Louise docks, as may be directed. The Bathurst Lumber Company, Bathurst Village, N.B., have completed plans for the erection of a fifty-ton sulphite pulp mill at Bathurst. Work will be commenced at once, the organization having been completed already. The plant will be in a position to place its paper upon the market by May ist, 1915. The output will be the highest grade of thirty-hour cook sulphite. bleached electrolytically. The mills will be operated under the name of the Bathurst Pulp & Paper Company, Limited, with a capitalization of $3,000,000. Mr. Angus McLean, general manager of the Bathurst Lumber Company, will be president of the new company, while A. G. McIntyre, former editor of the Pulp and Paper Magazine and superintendent of the Forest Product Laboratories, a recent graduate of McGill University, will be the manager. The mill is to be situated on Bathurst Harbor and the Nepisguit and Tete- gauche rivers, which empty there, contributing materially to the economical operation of the plant, which is also favored by the vicinity of adequate trans- portation advantages and a good labor market. The Bathurst Lumber Com- pany owns 2,800 square miles of limits.extending from the plant itself. Western Canada The A. J. Burton Saw Company, New Westminster, B.C., lost its plant by fire recently. The Alberta Lumber Company, Limited, has increase its capital from $50,000 to $200,000. The Northwest Lumber & Commission Company, Limited, Winnipeg, is applying for permission to increase its capital stock from $20,000 to $100,000. The Shushartie Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $250,000; with head office at Vancouver, B.C., to carry on busi- ness as lumber merchants. The Vancouver Cedar Mills, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $750,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C., to carry on business as timber merchants, etc. The Canadian Wood Distilling Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $100,000, with head office at Cranbrook, B.C., to carry on business as distillers, wood preservers and lumber merchants. The Westminster Woodworking Company, Lulu Island, New Westmin- ster, B.C., has lost its plant by fire. The loss, which included equipment and three freight cars on a siding, totalled $75,000. Damage to the plant and stock amounted to $47,000, with insurance of $40,000. The plant will be rebuilt at once. The Brgoks-Scanlon Lumber Company, of Vancouver, has bought the shingle mill at Burrard Inlet of the Howe Sound Timber & Logging Com- pany, of which C. S. Roray is president. The latter company will develop its limits on Dakota Creek, and if the shingle market continues to improve they will erect a mill. Moose Jaw, Sask., capitalists have organized the Kootenay Mills Limited, to take over the sawmill and sash and door factory at Kaslo, Kootenay Lake, _ formerly operated by the W. E. Cooke Lumber Company. J. W. Sifton, presi- dent of the Executors & Administrators’ Trust Company, Moose Jaw, is president; R. H. Fulton, general manager of the Bank of Saskatchewan, secretary and treasurer. Fire burned out the two operating mills on Koote- may Lake, and the new concern at Kaslo should find considerable local busi- ness. Some exceptionally interesting logging work will be carried on during the coming summer upon scrub lands on the outer fringe of North Pacific Islands. The timber on these areas is mainly pole cedar. This will be a new industry for the north and the local conditions will probably call for the exer- cise of considerable ingenuity in connection with the methods adopted. The ground is soft and marshy in most cases and will not permit of the use of horses. The timber, moreover, is too light for the profitable working of the regulation steam “donkey.” sealed tenders are being received by the chief forester, Victoria, B.C., until noon on March 26th for the purchase of license X126, to cut 1,355,000 feet of Douglas fir and cedar on an area adjoining P. R. 2330 Pendrill Sound, _ New Westminster district. Two years will be allowed for removal of the timber. Tenders are also being received until noon on April 20th for the irchase of license K129, to cut 4,760,000 feet of Douglas fir, hemlock and ar on an area immediately west of lot 105 Valdes Island, Okishollow Chan- Two years will be allowed for the removal of the timber. Tenders are being received until noon on March 26th for the purchase of license , to cut 1,354,000 feet of Douglas fir, cedar and hemlock on an area ad- ing Lease Lot 24, Range 1, Coast district, located on Mayne Passage. fo years will be allowed for the removal of the timber. . AND WOODWORKER ‘ 55 Lumber Wanted Already sawn or to be sawn Cuts of 1” and 2” Hemlock Cuts of Ll” and 2” Spruce 5/8” Cull Spruce or Norway 5/8” Merchantable Spruce 5/8’ Merchantable Basswood 1’ Cull Elm 1” Dead Cull Birch 1” Merchantable Birch, 3 to 5 feet long Write us at once, giving estimates of quantities, best cash prices f. o. b. cars, shipping points, and full par- ticulars of above kinds or of any other lumber you may have to offer. Read Bros., Ltd. Lumber and Lath 43 Victoria Street Pine, Hemlock, Spruce and Hardwoods Toronto, Ont. Have You A Copy of Our Stock List? It includes some splendid ‘Tots of lumber in Red and White Pine Spruce Lumber and Timber Thos. Mackarell & Co. Montreal © Ottawa CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER elifile: | ADAMS TOWING MACHINE This machine installed in our pointer will do the work of a steam tug as well as many things a steam tug cannot do. The machine is strong and amply designed, burning coal-oil as fuel. Machine starts direct off coal-oil. The pointer is particularly well built. Ribs and frame are bolt fastened; they are made of well seasoned white oak, steam bent where necessary. The planking is Louisianna Red Cypress. Rubbing streaks are of hard maple. The Adam’s Pointer has proved a good investment for many lumbermen. Write for catalogue and testimonials. Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER - 57 Leading Firms CATERING FOR ‘ Ss Ps 1 io _M ull, F i an d C ont Bust as mana COHN ) \G MINE RAINY Gite: gee nies wane rave if ( ihe AL i i My $ Th Tan , ate: : MF a if i | A Lye ys) { ft 5i9y! ted to ALGONQUIN STEEL RANGE. burn wood, coal or coke. Special price to lumbermen. Write us. NATIONAL MFG. CO.,LTD, Ottawa. fi) inh AY ‘ 1} Wet tt Dy il iPme, ts, ; iwi iy esi ae Ra 7, Nan aa i Hi Mi, iN AUPIRUAT LI A) ih He MN Pea nN aM i ; Hh vi uted Ge i wake gary Lahbbesk i ty Canuck oe Oats f Geared Locomotives i fit Package or Bulk = k" a OATS, HAY ] ‘Any one of these spaces Steel rape ei i ‘i hind F E ED ee a month for a year Aone solicited. i “ Insertions) will cost IN BROS. 4 F SESSENWE \" reer, MS Ce Lined BY $72 a ray be chara Montel i every issue. by aM na ne Th om aa Ae ae aah nN, } ? rat 3 ; i 4 ay Ly 13) yan eaves We ie ny thy any 2 AAV ATTY sae A el $3 ‘A DARE \ peerage aT — HA CAMP SUPPLIES | i uO | Le ny i HR) The lumber feld in C : vi gs? i STAONAL At MENS 1 da ‘ ay is large, but it can a - Kanthurt' Lumber Cr ny ‘ oy ply covered thr a te Hee cone WaictProot Bs an | i Hus nese ou al not was rub off. ' eM 4 a ies celle WY SUPERIOR Uc. Co. timrem i " No. o amber ry 0 doz. \ reet, Toronto j be Tar . Ata : 4 e addlery & Tecoaaniiel Care p>, , F Hi Ty faye PT é = tn Borbridge fa: ns 3] ave ND tip : iF Me ey if ae Ast Sttawa, Ont. Bet AT ey sg Hee "Ve R ni AY, Nia ve ¥) Nf yar A RU ee ep tint AY aes aye , ea wil ie th ‘ Ai } PNM Be 4 iA Aigner Be ae ARNES* a } W. H. Dievte sensi — < Horse ec) 2 OTTAWA, ONT. F. i Offices also at Fort William and Montreal Largest Wholesale Dealers $$ —— errr caters in Hay and Oats in Canada —————e eee Write or wire us at any of the above offices. Wedo the rest. “HE WHO SERVES BEST PROFITS MOST.” ere SBE Smite. Mm uP a. A> 58 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds Leaner Repaired and Recovered Two Ton, 30 Ft. Boom, Sasgen Stiff-Legged Derrick Equipped with double drum winch for load and boom, also power. $185.00. including all necessary blocks, ready for use with the exception of cable. i; ‘i These derricks are Vf especially adapted for piling, loading or un- loading logs. Our Stiff Wea Danicke are fitted throughout with Crucible Steel fittings and have a split mast and boom, making them light in weight and strong in operation. Write for circular ‘“‘L’’ for prices on different lengthed booms in the two and three ton Stiff Legged Derricks and other makes. EACH ENQUIRY IS GIVEN PERSONAL AND PROMPT ATTENTION. SASGEN DERRICK COMPANY 13 Jarvis St. TORONTO, ONT. LOAD TO LIFT, STUFF TO SHIFT ? THE ANSWER IS— MORRIS BLOCK, TORONTO STOCK. THE HERBERT MORRIS CRANE & HOIST CO. LIMITED, EMPRESS WO°KS, BRANGH OFFICE, PETER STREET, CORISTINE BLDG., TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL, QUE. Lanco Balata Belts should be used on your belt drives, if there is any dampness. They can be made endless at our warehouse. Write for our book on complete Belting information. Other Lines :— Scandinavia Teon High Speed Leather Belts Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. Toronto - Montreal BEATH DERRICKS Steam—Electric—Hand f Latticed Steel or Timber Construction If you handle Lumber Timbers or Logs you can do it cheaper with a BEATH DERRICK than by any other means. Write for Catalogue ‘‘D’’ W. D. Beath & Son, Limited Engineers and Manufacturers Toronto, Canada CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 59 This is Our 74th Year in Business : The familiarity with mill requirements, and our experience in manufacturing products to meet those requirements, which has been gained in this long period of time assures every purchaser of DISSTON Brand Goods that the saws, knives or tools which he obtains from us are not only abreast of the times, but lead in both efficiency and quality as a result of this long experience. _ Our guarantee is strengthened by the exceptional reputation we have attained through the continued merit of our products Booklets and Catalogs of our various goods furnished free on request. Henry Disston & Sons, Limited | Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works ee : TORONTO, CANADA : | Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Branch at Vancouver, B. C. 13.57, TRADE MARK PEG. U.S. PAT. OFF: Are You Protecting Your Profits or are you indifferent to the fact that they perhaps are being consumed by unnecessary expenses ? Do you consider transmission troubles, power losses, and shut downs for repairs as being natural occurrences in a Saw Mill or Planing Mill? Are you endeavoring to get to the root of R these troubles, or are you of the belief that they cannot be helped > T These all too common and unnecessary expenses are largely due to the use of beltin which is incapable of meeting the exacting conditions under which it has to work. NEPTUNE and SPARTAN Leather Belting will not only protect your profits but will assist greatly to in- crease them. These two brands will give the maximum power transmission throughout your plant and will outwear any ordinary belting used under the same conditions. Neptune and Spartan Belting is backed by sixty-three years’ belt building experience and a thorough knowledge of the conditions under which belts have to be used. This knowledge N has enabled us to produce in the NEPTUNE and SPARTAN Brands, belting which has proved to be unequalled for the efficient and economical transmission of power. Why not investigate the superior qualities of Neptune and Spartan Belting ? Write for the NEPTUNE and SPARTAN booklets. ~ The Graton & Knight Mfg. Company ‘ Sie Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers, oe RTAN Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal, Can. SPARTAN Home Office and Factory: Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. 60 A Adams Launch & Engine Co. ... Amer. Woodworking Mach. Co.. Anderson & Co., C. G. .. Argall Bros. Atkins Company, E. C. Atlantic Lumber Co. .e PAS EL Cl, SOM hs,5. cee es as ene Baldwin Locomotive Works .. .. Bartram Brothers, Limited .. acts, luimited ... 2. .. Beath & Son, W. D. .. ee Berlin Machine Works .. .. .. Becks ite. Con Gest) ss) rs kee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations .. Donogh & Co., John .. Dudley, A. N. .. in aie Dwyer Company, W. H. .. E Eagle Lumber Co... .. East Kootenay Lumber Co. .. .. Elgie Jarvis Lumber Co. Ellicott Company, A. M. .. F Fairweather; AL NVe 3... Baaomee- Fassett Lumber Co., Ltd... .. .. Farnworth & Jardine .. Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. Fesserton Timber Co. .. K Kent Cordwood Splitter Co. .. .. Knight Mfg. Company .. .. .. .. Lacey, Jas. D, ees. - Laidlaw Bale Tie Co. Lamontague Limited .. Lauderbittn, (Oe. 32 25 nee Laidlaw. Lumber Go. Rive neeet Larkin Company, C. A. .. Leak & Company... .. Leonard. & Sons, E; .._. Long Lumber pati sie ze Long Mfg. Co., ‘ Louisiana Red A ae ‘Co. : a en Perrin & Company, Wm. R. .. .. Pink Company, Thomas .. .. .. Q Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Company .. Quincy Adams Lnaibiar Co. fe R Radcliff Saw Company .. .. Rat Portage Lumber Co., Ltd. Read Bros... =. : : a Reddaway & Co., F. , eae Rideau Lumber Co., ‘Ltd. oc oe Rimouski Industrial Co. .. .. .. Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. ie River Ouelle Pulp & Phi Ca x Rogers & Co., Samuel C. Ss peason Re Bray wn seve se 1 ae BG aie Manas Jae res Oe M Russell Bros. .. .. eee Borbridge, S. & H. .. .. -- -- 57 Penderson & Co., Inc.; John.:.: 4i) | MackarellMi2Gon Wins, .. shee be Russell Wheel & Foundry Co. .. Bradley Lumber Co. E. C. .. .." 1" Forest Mills of B.C... .. .... a8 | Mack Ale Worked <. 0.) 00000 tei (tse Breeze, Denison & Co. .. -. .. 61 Fraser Bryson Lum. ah Ltd. .. 6 - Mahoney, A. .. 69 s Bromley, William H. .. .. -. .. 7 Fraser Limited .. Avie Maritime Fosadty. ‘~e Machine Sasgen Derrick Co. .. JA eupstall. & Co, J... 2s snore 360 Reget Age 2 we eee ee Works .. . 77 Saw Mill Owners Sales Co, .. .- Cc G , Mason, Gordon & Co. ++ +s oo eo» 45 Sessenwein Bros: <2 sss Caflisch Bros. .. .. .. .. .. .. 19 Garrett Lumber Co. , 6 McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Co... .. . eco ys Ww. oc nel Ban foe Cameron & eotpene: -i se +s «» 28 ‘Gartshore, Jobm J. We ae McGibbon Lumber CON aie eee ro senit ‘imited .. i. or Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Co. ._ 54 Georgian Bay Staak mie .. 1. . 9909 McKinnon Chain Co... 2 ws oe 1 Shurly-Dietrich Company .. Canadian Locomotive Co. .. .. . 75 Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Ltd. 6 McLaren Belting Co., J.C... .. 89 Siemen Bros. Ltd. ‘ Canada Sales Company .. . 12 Gerlach, Peter.............. 7% McLennan Lumber Co., Ltd. .. 15 Simonds Canada Saw Co., Ltd. Canada Wood Specialty Co. Lad. 10. Gillespie, James... ..i¢eteeeeeene Mereen-Johnston Machine Co. .. 74 ome ee pert Ltd. Can. Mach. Corporation, Ltd. .. 70 Gillies Bros., Ltd... .. .. .... 6 Merritt Mfg. Company .. .. .. 63 Smith Foundry & Machines Ca ; Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. .. 1 Goodhue & Co. J. L... .. ... 61 Mershon & Co., W. B. .. Smith Commie R. Hi Sees Can. H. W. Johns-Manville Co. . Gordon & Co., Geo... ........ 3 Miller & Co,A............. 11 Snowball, J. Be seeeen eens Can. Linderman Company .. .. . Graves, Bigwood Co. .. .. .. .. 11 Montreal Engineering Co... ... 43 Snowdon, e. S . Wee Canadian Office & School Furni- Graton & Knight Mfg. Co... .. 59 Montreal Lumber Co... .. .. .. 10 ss & Lauder . Sete ee ee we ne ture Company .. fe : Greening Wire Co., B. .. .. .. 20 Morris Crane & Hoist Co., Hite dae Chain Compan ae Can. Western Lumber Eo. . ee Grand Rapids Veneer Works DErt wc. a * Stearns Salt and) ana ex Cane Company, J. G... .. .. -. 20 Gytta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. Montreal Lecosioaies Work® Ltd. 74 St. Gabriel Lane Cant & Kemp .. .. ag eae ee H Morin & Co.,-Dr. Ede 272 eet Superior Manama Ca: es “ Capital Wire Cloth roe ear Ramey Heubudeanenic@s és Morgan Machine Co.......°.. s+ Wt T Carborundum Company .. 5. 405 bea oe aa Munson-Whitaker Co. .. .. .. . 11 Tessier, Alphonse .. Casey-Shaw Lumber Co... .. .. 8 : . Thurston-Flavelle Lemiee! Co. . ae Hamilton (Co; Ltd), Wm:>. .. ) ee @hisholm. Milling Go. J4..... . 57 ‘ Watieesi Timberland Lumber Co. ce Hardinge Brosiss,.; -. -. steve, a0 atronal ElevatoreGo.:.. pean Ge ; Phillips & C Christy-Moir Company .. .. .. 10 ’ Nati 1 ‘s e Timms, illips Geer ete Hay, Peter . : ational Mfg. Company .. .. .. 57 ‘Toronto Blower Co. .. . Clarke & Co., A. R. aie : oe Heaps & Co., Ltd., E i. 53° “Newastian, John P: .. .: Gee. 5.) SOT pee Sons; Jy Joe Cleveland-Sarnia Sarr “Mills ‘Co. . 45 Ciuc Mecaeee Works “ "Us New Ontario Golthinciic: Co. Vv pemeeedtig. Companys: «on ons IB Hepburn, John T... .. .. .. ... 22. Nicholson File Co... .. .. .. .. 1 Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. .- Cling Surface Company .. .. .. 68 d w Giede Tren: Wotks 71 Heyser Lumber Company .. .. 19 Oo pe = Coghlin Co, B. J... .. .. .. ., .2, Hobart & Company .. .. .. .. 1. 42 Ormsby Co, Lid, A Bes Wateraes En cine awieie aaa : } Hocken Lumber Company .. .. 4 Colonial Lumber Co. .. RN ct Pp Watson & Todd . a nee D Hoffman Bros. Co. .. .. -. .. 18 palmer Company, John .. .. .. . 21 Webb Lumber Company . peg Dalhousie: Lumber’Co.,..-:. .. . 9 Hoyt Metal Company .. .. .. 80 Palmer Medical Company ay -:. 21 Maes pene Ltd., James ; Dawkins Lumber Co., W. H..... 18 Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Co., ine 69 Parry Sound Lumber Co., Ltd. . 17 pews Bras aa ee. oe. Dixon: Crucible.Co., Jos. .. .. .. 69 I Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. 9 ‘Hisstenaie lanes ca = Driver, J. Nire., ... nth sio 8 6 U4lnelis Company ohnhs wen oe Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency .. 20 Wistar, Underhill & Ricca * Defiance Machine Works Ps oe J Payette & CompanyjcPoes sn (yer se Wuichet, Louis’... see Disston & Sons, Henry .. .. .. 59 Jenckes Machine Co., Ltd. .. 51 Philadelphia Textile Machinery Y Company .. 77 Young Company, W. F. .. Dom. Mahogany & Venetr Co. .-"49 "Johnston Ay He oe .ee et ene Brake Your Load and Save Your Horses Barienger Braking Device for letting heavy loads down steep hill and mountain roads. Saves horses and expense of sand hilling. Besides avoiding accidents and eliminating sand hilling this brak- ing device can greatly reduce your hauling costs. Larger loads may be handled and fewer men em- ployed. Our catalogue fully explains Ryther & Pringle Co. Carthage, N. Y. : CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 A Good Belt Saves Money HE money wasted in keeping a stretching belt taut amounts to a surprising figure. If you use ‘‘Goodhue Belts’’ in your mill or factory you can save most of this money because ‘‘Goodhue Belts’’ stretch less by 15 to 25 per cent. than any othcr belt. They are made from skillfully selected hides with the stretch taken out of each section before it is made up into the belt. \ oe ¥ er ge mmm cnt! According to the conditions under which the belt is to run, we recommend ‘‘Extra,’’ ‘‘Standard’’ or ‘‘Acme Waterproof”’ belts. Send ‘for further particulars and prices. aye 7? HUE BELTS J.L. OODHUE & CO. Limited. a see W/ mW DANVILLE — QUEBEC. A New Saw Sharpener United States Patent For Sale This new and adequate saw sharpener is designed to give a keen cutting edge to the saw teeth. No part of the mechanism is interfered with by emery dust. Every provision is made to enable this machine to do its work, thoroughly, quickly and accurately. The sharpener was invented in Canada by us and at present we are sole manufacturers. It is patented in Canada and the United States. The patent rights for the latter country are for sale. If you are interested write us for further particulars. Newburgh, Breeze, Denison & Company, “6: 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Men of his type engaged in ake lumber bus: never use a Seventy-Seven Planer and Matcher; but if you will consult the Red Book you'll find that those __ fellows who hang onto slow and antiquated planing mill methods are the ones who drop out of that book, because, ot course,—they drop out of business. ; a There are hundreds of 77’s in the mills of the South and West and else- where, and every machine is a marked success—and not only that, the firms employing 77's are successful. a4 \ These are actual facts--subjects for serious reflection. J Let us send you a catalogue of the 77” Model 5. | | 7 Incidentally, did you ever hear of a “77 for sale on a second-hand list?) you never did. Sales Offices : F Sales Offices : new rock je W W Cc so aN erican ood orking M achinery Uo, Fonte CHICAG N. 19th and Wilson St. Sharples Bide Executive and General Sates Offices: SPOKANE, WASH. ontgomery an earl Sts. NEW ORLEANS M d Pearl S Consl-T4.'Bank Bldg, Rochester, N. Y eines ea CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ENGINES and BOIV ERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries eo Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS LONDON, CANADA Agencies and Warehouses :—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. ; WINNIPEG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. eevee TORONTO, ONT. VANCOUVER, B.C. Locomotive Boiler on Skids > an Sh dee Bt ans 2hem sedi: go> Vo bis —? = ae Atkins’ A sensation in the Saw World. The smoothest cutting saw. Requires less hammering. Wears longer. Necessary set isin the teeth. No change in diameter of Saw. Teeth do not break out. Inserted Tooth Cutoff Saw McLean Pattern Short teeth, holds Tension. Made in sizes from 20 to 86% inches. 9g to 5 gauge. d Order now if you expect shipment within sixty days. T Our capacity already overtaxed. Manufactured exclusively by E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. PEAVIES | Ce Veneer Machinery | Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs HE “MERIT” LINE of oT It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing seascn. us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timber 8, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log amping, Hammers, etc. ur products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- ements and we can offer the best equipment at the est price. Write us for particulars and prices ALL BROTHERS Three sitios Quebec Veneer Cutting, Dimen- sioning and Drying Mach- inery is designed first, for ven- eer mills cutting high grade furniture and commercial veneer from expensive timber, and sec- ond, for basket, crate, box and barrel factories using cheaper veneer cut from the less expen- sive woods. Merit Veneer Lathe In addition to Lathes, Clippers, and Driers, the line, includes Knife Grinders, Log Hoists and Trolleys,a set of CrateHead Machinery, a set of Barrel and Basket Hoop Machinery, Basket and Hamper Bottom Round- ers, Nailing Forms, etc. 64 a o ain oe J. =. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER What I Can Do For The General Planing Mill You don’t have long runs on a few kinds of patterns, the kind that requires a ‘333’? — your work is mostly short runs, different kinds, different sizes, different patterns—the kind that need me. Here’s what I can do for you: _ . I will take care of all your matching and sizing up to 24” x 8”. I will do all your double surfacing up to my full rated width. I will run all the flooring you need. I will serve you as an inside moulder carrying formed cutters up to 114” projection. 1 am readily accessible in every part, so that changes can be made quickly, easily and economically. CR dle a i I have all the conveniences, all the time-saving adjustments and all the grade-raising value of the latest fast-feed matchers. 7. I have a mechanically perfect drive that makes every ounce of power count. 8. I run at a low operating cost, both for power consumed and upkeep expense. 9. Iam medium in weight and size. 10. Iam also medium in price, so that any mill can afford to put me in. 11. I am making money—big money—for hundreds of successful planing mill owners, men who, like you, are operating a general purpose mill. 12. I will do the same thing for you. 13. I invite you to write today—now—to my designers and builders. J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 465-485 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. vie “sO | "FAY & EGAN GO | i PINGINNAT! O | ] U.SAs__ Tu : ay Ce ~~ ‘wa vv < i a oT ae Te" sider them indispensable to lumbermen op waters of Potato Scale Boiler Cleanser This compound is a deadly enemy to scale and not only removes scale from tubes but if used regularly in the feed water prevents the formation of scale. It contains ncingredients that can in any way harm metal. Potato scale is sold under a guarantee— thousands are using it and are perfectly satisfied. Write for sample keg. C. C. Snowdon Box 1384 Calgary, Alta. Not altogether what we say but what users say “We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- ” French River or similar streams. Will move a bag containing 60,000 loge, in calm weather, 30,000 in a head win West & Peachey - Simcoe, Ont. st at 5 a a om wy - e - . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The wheel that holds its shape— keeps a free cutting face—is the wheel that holds its place in the sawmill. Aloxite Saw Gumming Wheels and little mills almost every- where to better saw service— better gummed saws in less time. They cut free, fast, and cool—they do 95 Axe helping the filers in vere big not case-harden the saw—you can feed _ them right into the gullet as fast as you will, and they stand up on the job. A trial wheel will show you their real efficiency THE CARBORUNDUM COMPANY : WORKS: Niagara Falls, N.Y, ,, Reisholz Diisseldorf, Ger. Manchester, Eng. STORES: ‘ New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia Pittsburgh _ Cleveland Cincinnati Grand Rapids Milwaukee 66 CURRENT LUMBER PRICES—WHOLESALE TORONTO, ONT. Car Lots White Pine: 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 14% inch No. 1 cuts and better 64 00 2-in. No. 1 cuts and better.. 67 00 1%-in. No. 2 C. & B. ....0. 50 00 2-in. 4/4 5/4 8/4 No. 2 cuts and better .. 56 00 INO. eb fctitiwa.aecidtmparney ale and 6/4 No. 1 cuts ..... IN Os. 78 SEES cic aye fesse ore Rte nie INO;72 GREG. ciece wraralein arene ING OWOSSO ow a, rete ule, ae ING) OS CGUE Se aye te epielnie ste oes and 6/4 No. 3 cuts ...... Was, ON CUES! bose iaiviel tip ah teta tae UPGood! (SHOLtS! -<).j0:.,ci0.sniel 40 00 4 and 5 com. and dressing 25 00 6 common and dressing .. 27 00 8 common and dressing .. 27 00 10 common and dressing .. 32 00 12 common and dressing.. 36 00 10 and 12 mill cull stocks. mill cull sidings ...... and 6/4 x 4 m.r., m.c. out. and 6/4 x 5 m.r., m.c out. and 6/4 x 6 m.r., m.c. out. and 6/4 x 8 m.r., m.c. out. Py and 6 /4x 10 m.r., m.c. out 5/4 and 6/4 x 12 m.r., m.c. out Bx 0: ‘common occ ee: ve ware nie 2 and 3 x 12-common.: ...<.. 30 00 1 x 8 box and common ...... 23 50 1 x 10 inch box and common. 25 00 1 x 12 inch box and common 27 00 1-in. 1-in. 1-in. 2-in. mill Settin Sidings eas oes) 25 00 mill, run “shorts! <<. cen mill run Norway ......-. mill run Norway ......-- Norway, c. and cf. 1-in. ..... 33 00 Norway, c. and cf. 1%-in. ... 35 00 Norway, c. and cf. 2-in. ..... 35 00 Spruce! mill culls) <1...) sacs Iiemlock No. 1: 1x4 and 5-in. x 9 to 16 ft. .... ” pe KK PKK SK tty & NNNYYNN EERE Ginx Ol to 26) {t.> jccce Sin; x09 to 16. ft. ann 10 and 12 in. x 9 to 16 ft. 7,9 and 11 in. x 9 to 16 ft. ul No. 2: Gt. to 16-ft ao. “width, 6 to 16 eee Serer Clear in B.C. cedar, kiln dried. 55 50 Douglas Fir Dimension Timber up to 32 feet: 8x8, 10x10, 10x12, 10x14, 12x12, 12x14, 14x14, 14x16 up to 32 ft. 6x10, 6x12, 8x10, 8x12, 10x16, 12 x16, 16x16, 16x18, 18x18, 20x 20) wp “to, B2it. sesmuel or een 6x14, Pie: 12x18, 18x20, up to 82 6x16, 8x16, 10x18, 12x20, 14x20, 16x20 up to 32 ft. .....6 wo» 16x20; upto 82) ffi Nae ese sem» 6x18, 8x18, up to 32 ft. ...... 6x20, 8x20, up to 32 ft. ........ Timber in lengths over 32 feet take the following additions: 83 to 35 ft., 50c; 36 to 40 ft., $1; 41 to 45 ft., $3; 46 to 50 ft., $5; 51 55 ft., $7; 56 to 60 ft., $9; 61 to 65 ft., $12.50; 66 to 70 ft., $15; "71 to 75 ft., $18; 76 to 80 ft., $22. Fir flooring, edge grain Sisiets = No. 1 and 2 clear 1-in. Fir rough No. 1 and 2 clear 1%, 1% and Din Sir) TOUR o<.s,c.csaiees 14-in. No. 1 4-ft. pine lath.. 1%-in. No. 2 4-ft. lath ........ 1%-in. 82-in. pine ....:..-.- 1%-in. No. 1 4-ft. hemlock lath 1¥-in. mill run hemlock lath ».4 pine or cedar shingles .... XxX pine or cedar shingles.. XXX pine or cedar shingles .. XX_B. C. cedar shingles ..... XO 16 butts tos Sind iene XXXX 6 to 23-16-in. ........ XXXXX Ash, Ash, Ash, Ash, Ash, Hardwoods—Per M. Feet, Car Lots white, 1sts and 2nds, 1% and 2-in. white, No. 1 common ........ brown, ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... brown, common and better ..... 3 brown, ists and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4. Birch, 1sts and Qnds, 4/402.2 en rece Birch, No. 1, com. and bet., 4/4 .... Rirch, Birch, Birch, AIsts and 2nds, 6/4 and 8/4 .... 1sts and 2nds, 19/4 and 12/4.. 1sts and 2nds, 16/4 .......... Basswood, ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... Basswood, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4. § Basswood, No. 2 and 3, common ... Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, ists and 2nds. Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, com. and bet. Rasswood, 4/4, No. 2 com. and bet. § Soft elm, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ........ Soft elm, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4 .. § Soft elm, No. 2 and 3, common ...... Soft elm, 6/4 and 8/4, 1 and 2 ...... Rock elm, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 x 8/4. Rock elm, No. 2 com. and bet. 6/4 and CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER (I, MI Ces attr PIG Pesan. Soft maple, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... Soft maple, com. and bet., 4/4 Soft maple, 6/4 & 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. Iiard maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 Hard maple, common and better, 4/4. Ilard maple, 12/4, & 16/4, Ists and 2nds. Red oak, plain 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4 Red oak, plain Ist and 2nds, 4/4 ... Red oak, plain ists and 2nds, and 16 3/4 eer abaeve pene aiotatar Meigen White oak, plain, 1st and 2nds, 4/4. White oak, plain, ists and 2nds, 1% amd)” 2-inl, Fessrletel) nclexn ele tetas White oak, plain, Ists and 2nds, 12/4 and, 16AE 5. stam «netic Sane White oak, % cut, ists and 2nds, 4/4. White oak, % cut, 5/4 and 6/4, ists and 2nds cen sieie, Selzinmiaie eine demieitieta te White oak, % cut No. 1 common . IJickory, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ........ Ilickory, 6/4 and 8/4, Ists and 2nds. OTTAWA, ONT. Manufacturers’ Prices Pine good sidings: 1-in, - dere ces White Cedar Shingles: pe 6.0 Spe lon boop ees SPC Pm Ae Clear butt, 18-in. ...... VR KCK 5c ovis etree Spruce logs (pulp) ...... QUEBEC, QUE. White Pine—In the Raft First class Ottawa waney, 18-in. av- erage, according to lineal ..... 7 Oak—Michigan and Ohio By the dram, according to average and - Quality: oss) tectatents By the dram, according to average and quality, 40 to 45 feet .... 80 By the dram, according to average and quality, 30 to 35 feet & 13 inches and up, according to aver- age and i per cu. f . Average 16 inch ss ee 14 inch, per cu. ft. 15. inch, “per cu, ff) eiccees 16 inch, per cu. ft. . 18 inch, per cu. ft. &SE8 Quebec Spruce Deals 12 ft. and up x 3 x 9 and up. ah ween ee wee eee wees jaa ojata lie wine RET Birch Planks Boards, 1 and 2 in. SARNIA, ONT. Fine, Common and Better 1 x 6 and 8 in. = 1 in., 8 in. and up wide ........ «..- 1% and 1% in. and up wide ........ 2 in. and up wide S&S S883sss sss Co RCO 0D 09 Cuts and Better 4/4 x 8 and up No. 6/4 x 8 and up No. 8/4 x 8 and up No. 6/4 x 6 and up No. 8/4 x 6 and up No. 6/4 x 6 and up No. 8/4 x 6 and up No. SSBRaA 1 in., 8 in. and up wide ... 1 in., 8-in. and up wide . 1% in., 8-in. and up wide ... 8-in. and up wide ‘.,... suse 2% ‘and 3 and 8-in, and up wide... 4 in., 8-in. and up wide ... gaease S8Ss588 1 in., 6-in. and up wide ........ 1% in., 6-in. and up wide 1¥% in., 6-in. and up wide ... ree 6-in. and u i & ARE $888 s ee ee ee ey 1 in., 6-in. and up waite 1% and 1% in., 6-in. and up wide.. 2-in., 6-in. and up wide ...... ei and 4-in., 6-in. and up yA BKK x 13 in. and S005 wee wiate i "1% and 2-in. coccceee SL 00 14, 1% and 2in. haga biuiehhs pal Aan a 1% and 2in. 2% and 3-in. 88S Saas No" ce a; 1%, 1%, ies eee 1 1% Sax fe ace 88 88 888 8888 Mill run culls, 1-in. .. a 1%, 1% and 2-in. eSs s3s coccvece AZ 00 9.09 A asasa WINNIPEG, MAN. No. 1 Pine, Spruce and Tamarac Dimensions, at or S. 1S. and 1 8 ft. 10 ft. 14x tery Rw nwt SS3R aks SSS ° > 2 PINE, SPRUCE, TAMARAC & LARCH Mountain Stock es i eae eee 2 x6, ‘8 to 16 Wis. suet “cee 2 x8, 8 to 16 cccnes evow asics mene Pa, No. 1 Common Boards _ 4 inch eee ees cece veeees seesnee Giinch, .)... diem ile ae tee ae 8 inch .c5". eee see cecum! coma 10) inch, £5... 5 iis sab nities ein 12 inch. “gncis os woes senses 'o a inn Flooring Shiplap—Finished 4 inch is; ca: (n0bnip “sae @itichiweassee ee ee ee ee 8, 10, I2sinch \ssside easter Siding @ inch No. 1 ...-.. -s00e 6 inch No. 2) ...é.5 The “Shimer Limited ” Cutter Heads, with Expansion, Fig. 627 and Fig. 628, For the High Price, with one set of Bits, net ...$40.94 These Heads have a chucking device which self-centers them on the spindle Extra Bits, per set of (8) . 16.64 and grips firmly thereto when the device is drawn up, overcoming the objectionable set screw as a means of fastening the Head to the spindle. It is reliable and practically perfect in results. The Bits carry a larger areal surface and the Bit chambers are of greater depth to compensate for the new acute angle given to the Bits for greater relief Ship Lap Heads 88 and 39 are made of steel forgings, Figs. a to the parts coming into contact with the lumber. : : ; : th . x . . in solid section, designed especially for heavy ey pee They are simple and strong throughout, have no delicate parts to break down far ae eg Lap ae 5-5 oe _ ©r get out of order, and are safe and efficient tools for matching flooring, etc., | (uty- Sega) veve: (CRE atedee MApraver qT Matcher at high speeds. slants to provide free cutting edges, and we Price, net, for Flooring, $72.46 the set complete. sell them at the following low and net prices: Heads with one set of Bits to work 15/16 to 1%4-in. thick, net ... . $34.84 Extra set of Bits ... . 11.96 The Shimer Combination Door, Sash and Coping Tools | — © | mouldings or Door and Sash patterns and change work several times a day. Where a mill runs on Coping sBitsyeschiies ... ...-28e.2, 2s. 28 = stock or has much work to do we advise running the Shimer Heads with Circular bits on account , oo * of the greater wear and the fact that the Heads are always ready to be slipped on the spindle. This particular outfit consists of one Combination Head with one set of Sash Bits, one set of Door Bits, one set of Cope Heads with Door Cope Bits and two Sash Cope Bits for the lower Door Cope Head. The outfit is sent complete for the low price of $47.31. 4 The Bits are quickly changed and set to the gauge, when the Door and Cope moulds or the 7 Sash and Cope moulds will match to a nicety. There are no complications to puzzle or annoy oper- ators. As the Bits are moulded on the back at an angle, they work with perfect clearance and main- tain standard patterns. Bits can also be adjusted for different thicknesses of Door and Sash mould. This Head is very strong and durable and with its combinations is applicable to every class of The Shimer Box Board Matching Heads make a uniform cut and close fit, as well after years of use as when new, with no friction upon the Bits. For thicker material the Bits can be expanded. work. It will take Bits to make Door, Sash and various other mouldings and these Bits are quickly a +4 25" ey aah FE and accurately changed and adjusted by the use of a gauge. “ » Pad.to. € guarantee these tools to be of the best material and workmanship, and will send them on We also furnisl she oe ~~ 80 days trial to any responsible lumberman returnable if not satisfactory. Mandrel seth | auitobitet heae Mian ahr Send measurements at once. ey $1105. xes, ; .0.b. i & Sons Galt, Ontario, Can. Samuel ilton, Pa, U.S.A. J. Shimer = - . 68 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CURRENT LUMBER PRICES — Continued ‘ No. 2 Mouldingva/40: aon. eee < 47 00 SAP BIRCH No. 2 Cuts, 14% to 2 in 48 00 50 001%-in. spruce laths No. 2 Moulding 6/4 .....2 .see00 cess 47 00 4/4 8 - 26 _ of i “eae 74in. spruce lathe 2a. -s8 No. 2 Moulding 8/4 00200 200) vo 47 00. S/Adaduip.,.40 240. 28 0 eee le de tonne air eminem i A ok) Dare Cera 208 . ace siete ete : aoe ie “ F Nps dyHarn ds duand’@ 01s eee 34 00 SOFT ELM No. 1, ba. 5. 37 00 New Brunswick Cedar Shingles Not Barn'dx, 4.0.25. ot lee 36 00 4/4 38-40 27-29 18 - 20 No. 2,1 x 12 .. 4000 4200 Extras ...... No: 2 Barn: 1x Bland’8 sae ees 32 00 5,6&8/4 40-42 29-31 20 - 22 No. 2, 1 x 10 .. 35 00 3600 Clears ...... Mo.2 “Barnes xg) * eae. Medes . 84 00 BASSWOOD No. 2,1 x § ..184 00> 85.00 Second: ‘cleare b.5oaee ee. No. 8 Bara.) «98 Gnd. 8) ise¢.4 teseae 26 00 4/4 86. 8B Sh O Pee BL No. 3, 1 x 12 .. 32 00 3300 Clear whites gt No» 3 Barn 1°xeiOles eae ose . 27 00 Thicker 88 - 40 29 . 31 21 E 23 No. 3, 1x 10 .. 29 00 30 00 Extra 1s (Clear whites out) Moxy 1x48 ‘andbapee-ceeewickide Bene 23 00 PLAIN OAK F No. 3,1x8 .. 2900 Extra 1s (Clear whites in) .. Bax ax LOW ito ne Neila cals 25 00 4/4 54 - 56 35. 87 23 - 25 Canadian spruce boards ........ 25 00 Red Cedar Extras, 16-in, 5 butts TSI NS cei LZ yr rar cise ner tins atte. Rinus 26 00 5/4to 8/4 56 - 58 37 ‘ 39 25 i oT Spruce, 10 20, dimension. 28 00 tO Qaim. .oss00 seevee sapscs Boxed x, dO atl ups atuse ee ss aohe 30 00 ; ig chs, Spruce, 12 in, dimension ... ... 2900 Red Cedar Eurekas, 18-inch The following quotations on hardwoods re- ASH, WHITE AND BROWN Spruce, 9 in. and under dimen, 26 00 5 butts to 2-in. ...... ...2-+ present the jobber buying price at Buffalo 4/4 48 - 50 30 - 32 21 - 23 Spruce, 8 in. and under dimen. 25 00 Red Cedar Perfection, 5 butts “ and Tonawanda: 5/4to 8/4 55-57 382-384 22 - 24 10 and 12 in, random lengths, to 254. taenmohe vines Wage ooegie 80 10/4andup 64-66 42-46 24 - 26 10 ft. and up ...... +... 26 00 Washington 16-in. 5 butts to 2- “ih, MAPLE . | 2x8, 2x 4, 2) x 6 2G 2 eT in. extra red clear ....-. - 850 860 4s &25 \No.1Com. No.2Com BOSTON, MASS. and 8 x 4 random lengths, 10 The Pearl City Veneer Company, James- 4/4 33 - 35 03 . 95 17 - 19 White pine uppers, 1 to 2 in... 96 00 98 00 feet and UP ..sseeee seeeee 21 00 2200 town, N.Y., report prices of veneers as fol- 5/4to 8/4 36 - 38 25 - 27 17 - 19 Selects, 1 to 2 inch ..2... .... 80 00 8800 #£All other random lengths, 7-in. lows. 1/30-in. maple, $3.75 per M. feet; 1/24- 10/4t016/4 40-42 30-32 22- 24 Fine common, 1 in. .....+ +++. 68 00 70 00 and under, 10 ft. and up .. 2100 2150 in maple, $4.00 per M. feet; 1/20-in. maple, Fine common, 1% to 2 in, ..... 70 00 7200 5-inch and up _ merchantable $4.25 per M. feet; 3/16-in. 3-ply maple, sand- RED BIRCH No. *1s Cuts 1inniee aeearese a 55 00 boards, 8 ft. and up, p 1s .. 23 00 ed one side, 3%c. per ft.; %-in. 3-ply maple, 4/4 44 - 46 30 - 32 18 - 20 No: 1 (Cuts “34 to Zumt ese es 60 00 6400 1x 2 and 1 x 8 furring, p 1s sanded one side 4c per ft. All F.O.B. Jame: 5/4to 8/4 46 - 48 82 - 34 20 - 22 No. -2i'Cuts," Lim. See bie > 40 00 clipped and bundled ........ 23 00 town, New York. . “7 The belt in this photo- ; graph is3-ply; it is transmit- ting 220 horse power; is un~ der a tension of over 1445 \ pounds on the pulling side; | and yet THE | t. TOP SIDE ; RUNS SLACK. \ Cling- Surface a Pay for Bags, Sacking, Freight, Handling, | Cadging on light dirty oats, when the above items of cost are the same on Heavy, Clean, Does When this belt was photographed (in the plant of the Wilkes-Barre Light Co., Wilkes-Barre, Pa.), it was pulling 220 horse power. Looks as though it were pulling nothing, doesn’t it? Increase the load to 268 h.p., the rated capacity of the generator, or even higher, and it will act equally well—Makes no difference to a Cling-Surface-treated belt—the greater the load the further it lies down on the pulley and pulls, for it is the contact that counts. Treated with Cling-Surface a belt can’t slip, especially if it is pro- vided with a fairly liberal arc of pulley contact as above. The belt isn’t made the least bit sticky, but rendered pliable and slipless by the penetrating and lubricating action of Cling-Surface. Above Cut shows a piece of 9~32 inch Chain proof tested to 3 1021 Niagara St New York Atlanta But coming back to the Wilkes-Barre plant above, the speed of the fly wheel is 240 r.p.m. and its diameter is 80 inches. The generator is 200 kw., 3-phase, 2300 volt, 60 cycle, and its pulley is 32 inches in diameter. Distance between centres, 24 ft. When the belt was new it was not treated for three months. It became oily and dirty and began slipping. Even the tightener would not prevent slip. Then Cling-Surface treatment began, and they write, ‘Followed Cling-Surface in- structions on first application and since then gave an occasional application with brush. Result—no trouble whatever on account of belting.’”? We have thousands of installations doing equally well. Send your trial order now. We quote f.o.b. Toronto. ge Cling Surface Co Buffalo N Y Denver Ete Chicago Toronto Boston Memphis 76 H Write or wire for quotations National Elevator Company, Limited | WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Port Arthur, Ont. “Ajax” Loading Chain is made from special steel of highest tensile strength and toughest wearing qualities. ‘¢ Ajax” Chain inspected before shipment, | Calgary, Alta. and every weld guaranteed perfect. GET OUR PRICES AND PARTICULARS 000 Ibs. Showing the same pulled to destruction, breaking at 7,800 Ibs. (See how this Chain stretched before breaking,) Standard Chain Company | Pittsburgh, Pa. The World’s Largest Chain Producers. Montreal: Alexander Gibb, St. Nicholas Bldg. Winnipeg: Bissett & Loucks. Vancouver: John Burns, 329 Railway St. Every link of | “National” Oats | purchased direct from producers and shipped from our elevators in the heart of the best oat sections of the Western Provinces. 4 a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 69 | AUTOMATIC FEED KNIFE GRINDER This cut represents one type only of our line of automatic knife grinders. We make all sizes from a small $65 bench grind- ertoa130in.machine. We also manufacture a complete line of automa- tic Saw Sharpeners for both circular and band saws. No millis complete with- out one or -more of the Rogers-Buffalo Ma- Dixon’s Graphite Axle Grease ule GREASE Yersey CitX One application of this grease will ag cTAPFecren a wear ORO last two or three times as long as any wy other grease. That means a saving ww of grease and time and trouble. The Dixon’s Flake Graphite in the grease is the secret of its lasting qualities. Send for sample and Booklet No. 238. Made in JERSEY CITY, N. J. by the =—— = ae So A chines. Type “ B,”’ range from 5%’ to 130". Price—From $220 to $395. . rie cee Joseph Dixon Crucible Company Established 1827 SAMUEL €. ROCERS & GO. is Lock st. BUFFALO, N.Y. IRE and IRE PRODUCTS for Lumber Shippers, Pulp Mills, Shook Mills, etc. We stock Extra Strong Annealed Wire for Car Stakes, etc., Bundling Wire for Box Shooks, Laths, Pickets, Boards etc., and Wire Ties for Barrel and Keg Heading and Staves. Veneer Press and Dryer Hydraulic and other Presses for mill and factory use. Built in all sizes or to suit special conditions WRITE FOR PRICES AND QUOTATIONS William R. Perrin and Company, Ltd. TORONTO, CANADA Wire Bale-Ties, Single Loop and Crosshead Patterns, Wire Nails, Wire Staples, Wire Barrel Hoops. Write for Prices. Sole Manufacturers for Canada of the Carnegie Steel Company’s Patent Steel Hoop for all slack cooperage. The Laidlaw Bale-Tie Co., Limited Winnipeg HAMILTON, Vancouver Harry F. Moulden & Son ONTARIO George W. Laidlaw HUTHER BROS. PATENT GROOVER OR DADO HEAD For cutting any width groove from one quarter inch to 2 inches or over WHY you should install the Mahony Blower System in your Planing Mill Fifty per cent. higher efficiency than any other on the market to-day, uses % less power, costs less to install, no cyclone re. quired, eliminates back pressure on thefan, I will undertake to increase the capacity of any system now installed 50to 100% by the application of the Mahony Back Pressure valve on your fan, without using a scrap more of horse-power. ! YOU NEED this apparatusin your plant Write to-day for prices A. Mahony, 512 Wellington West, Toronto | Can be used on any Circular Saw Material. Will cut a perfect groove with or across the grain, | This is the only Dado Head on the market that gives entire satistaction on all classes of work. No Screw adjustment. For difterent width grooves, simply remove or add inside cutters. Sold by builders ‘and dealers of wood working machinery in all parts Oe the United States. Will send on approval, in Competition with any other make on the market; if not the best return at our expense. 'HUTHER BROS., SAW MFG. CO., Inc., 1103 University Ave., RocuesTeR, N.Y., manufacturer _ Circular Saws, Morgan Pattern Lock-Corner Box Cutters, Concave Saws, etc. No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users-of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will withstand the severest kind - ao of service. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, — Wis., a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. *'™ The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER — eS — a, sal ail, No. 317 Sash Sticker With Boring and Grooving Attachment ‘ $ : } be ] be i] A very convenient sticker for sash factories. 4 of P * For making stiles, bars and mullions in one operation. Supplied with or without boring and _ grooving attachment. This machine is strongly built throughout and the feed is by four corrugated rolls. The parts are all readily accessible; all adjustments being made from the working side of the machine. Bulletin No. 317 particularly describing this machine sent on request. Our moulder catalogue describing the complete line of moulders we build, to be had for the asking. Canada Machinery Corporation, Liited Galt, Ontario : Largest Builders of Wood-Working Machinery in Canada SHAVING EXHAUST FANS for the Planing Mill 10 The Sheldon Shaving Exhaust Fan is specially designed to give the best results in the Planing Mill, having a saving in power and speed of 257% to 40%. Write for particulars Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building AGENTS: essrs. Ross & Greig, 412 St. James St. Messrs. Walker's Limited, 259 Stanley St 3 Montreal, Que. Winnipeg, Man. Messrs. Robt. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Bank of Ottawa Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Messrs. Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Ltd., Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N. Y. - Box Board Matchers, | Box Board Printing ene. a chine Company for latest le aon in feorinees a for the Box Industry i Morgan Machine Company as ROCHESTER, N.Y. - CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ; 7! WICKES GANGS ‘‘As Staple in a Saw Mill as Sugar in a Grocery.’ FLAT GANGS Unexcelled in the manufacture of Flooring Strips Cedar Siding Shiplap Silo Stock Door Stock Box Lumber Boards from cants and flitches, froin either hard or soft woods. ROUND LOG GANGS JUST WHAT THE NAMIC IMPLIES —taking all your small logs just as they come from the poud and culling them up into boards or dimensious, getting every board there is in the log, never over-slabbing (wish we could say this of all head sawye1s.) Built to handle either one or two k gs at once, up to 14 in. diameter, KEEP THE SMALL LOGS AWAY FROM THE HEAD SAW and CAR- RIAGE entirely, raise your cutting capacity, and install eecomony by the same stroke. Not an EXPERIMENT, but an ECONOMIO NECESSITY. Think it Over Carefully, then Write us for Details. “The Gang cannot Overslab.” “Wickes Brothers 410 White Building m ~ SEATTLE, WASA. Head Office, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. A. A Mixeti no for every FOODS opera | CLYDE IRON WORKS Duluth, Minnesota.USA. 72 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Knight Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the. re- quirements of thresher and saw mill men operating in small tracts of timber, as both husk Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- Size Husk ... -. «.- 3 feet by 6 feet 3 inches Width of Carriages ... . ... 83 inches Diameter and Tepe Mandrel . 2 3/16 by 55 inches TESRICES) 5 < lan wie: setae ohare da aniclt eheale oad 1%-inch axles tween the standards of < wagon Size Drive Pulley ... ... ... ... ... 20 by 10 inches Length Track ... ... ... ... ... 82, 40, 48 or 56 feet when moving from one setting Feed per Revolution of Saw ... ... ... 0 to 3% inches Style and Opening of Blocks SDs oleate Cl1-36 inches to another. Feed’ Belt’.5...9° 3. y ees vow wos oes 4ineh Gandy Style Mill Dogs ... ... ... ... «+. Pony Excelsior Largest Diameter Saw SMe me icKe oe ees ov OG inches Style Set Works ... ... ... ... No. 1 Single Ratchet eength) of (Garriages) 6, (sins “42, 16, 20 or 24 feet Write Jor the catalogue of the Knight With each complete size “S” mill we furnish one Saw wrench, cant hook, feed belt, pulley with boxes line of saw mill machinery. ‘or tightener and foundation bolts for husk. THE KNIGHT MFG. CO., Canton, Ohio. | Canadian Distributors :—R. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver, B. C.. ie Long Mfg. Co., Onl Ont. 28,390 Laths cut in ten hours of 128,350 four foot laths, — 14% in. by 3 in., counted, tied and piled. - We also make a full line of Lath-Mill and Picket-Mill Ma- chinery, for mills, both large® and small. A Few of the “400” whe § use Payette’s Lath- Machinery : Graves, Bigwood Co., Byng Inlet, Ont. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Victoria Harbor, Ont. Georgian Bay Lumber Co.. Waubaushene, Ont. Colonial Lumber Co., Pembroke, Ont. Theo. A. Burrows, Grand View, Man. Wm. Milne & Sons, North Bay, Ont. C. Beck Mfg. Co., Penetanguishene, Ont. Manley Chew, Esq., Midland, Ont. Chew Bros., Midland, Ont. P e P ayette & Company, James Playfair Co., Midland, Ont. Engineers and Machinists PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. \ Our Lath-Mill and Bolter have made a test | [ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER "3 On Berlin Band Sawing Machinery Are Improve- | ments That Cannot Be i Bought Elsewhere at any ' Price. WHY BERLIN RESAWS ASSURE LARGER PROFITS Which kind of a resaw are you operating? A built-for-service resaw that starts readily at 7 o'clock and consistently produces at fast feeds all day? Or one that produces at slow feeds, lacks efficient saw protection, feeding power and convenience of operation? We want to prove to you that Berlin built-for-service Resaws are the most efficient Band Sawing machines in the World. They are better constructed, better designed. Berlin Re- Saws assure larger profits because they embody improvements and _ labor-saving operating devices you cannot buy elsewhere at any price. Mill men who have used other resaws, now using Berlin, tell us that Berlin Resaws do more and better work, are more easily operated, give less trouble and require less power. Blades on Berlin Resaws endure longer runs at fast feeds, assuring larger profits, because the improved Berlin Knife-edge straining device renders constant efficient protection to the blades under all working conditions. If you intend to modernize your equipment, or install another rip or resaw, it will pay you to investigate the efficiency and economy of Berlin Band Sawing machinery. There’s a Ber- lin Band for every purpose; for whatever rip or resawing you wish to do. And the Berlin best adapted to your work will do it at the lowest possible cost to you. Berlin No. 342 Short- Saw Sawmill Resaw This close-coupled resaw, carrying 64-inch wheels, 8-inch 18-gauge saws, is especially adapt- ed for heavy service in sawmills and planing mills where accurate, fast-feed resawing is demanded. The short, stiff blade, efficiently protected by our sensitive knife-edge straining device, is fast and stiff in the cut. The “342” has large capacity, and powerful feed, and will manufacture accur- {79 itely sawn lumber from cants and planks at cost f hat assures profit. he Nia) ( The large-diameter, powerfully-driven rolls ¢ open 8-in. inside and 14-in. outside of the saw line. Roll setting with our Pilot Wheel set works is quick and accurate. The variable speed device provides eight speeds of feed from 30 to 200 feet per minute; a range of feed covering every need. Let us send you complete information regarding the No. 342 and other equally efficient Berlin Resaws. The Band Saw Book illustrates and ‘| describes the line complete. We'll present you a copy free, if you'll accept ¥ oe a Request It on Your Letterhead. te: ane BERLIN MACHINE WORKS, LIMITED, Hamilton, Ontario Largest Manufacturers of Woodworking Machinery in the World United States Plant - - - - Beloit, Wis. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Ra] ») ane a + Horizontal Slab Re-Saw A Horizontal Slab Re-saw will increase the capacity of | a saw-mill from 15 10 25M | ft. at a less cost for equipment — and a less cost for operation, — than can be accomplished in | ~ any other way. ; One customer in Canada has purchased 7 of our Re-saws, another 4 and another 3. Catalogue gladly furnished without obligation to you. It also illustrates many special Box Factory Machines. The Stuart Machinery Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. Agents for Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Mereen-Johnson Machine Company, © tsa The locomotive illustrated was built for MacKenzie, Mann & Co., Contractors, Montreal, Canada, and represents the latest development in this type of locomotive. It is suitable for logging contractors, quar- ries, mines and industrial service. It will haul 1,875 tons on level, and 160 tons on 3 per cent. grades. — Consult us when in the market for new locomotives. Let us help you select the locomotive best suited to your needs. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA ' CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 75 CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES FR j¥00D 4NO A 62-ton Climax Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp Curves. Any weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog “‘ H.” CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD. VANCOUVER, B.C. Mikado Type Locomotive, Polson Logging Co. The Mikado is a good type for heavy hauling, where runs are fairly long and high steaming capacity is needed. The locomotive illustrated traverses 30 degree curves, and can be used on rails weigh- ing 45-50 pounds per yard. It is simple in construction, strongly built, and rides we'l on uneven tracks. Especially adapted for heavy hauling t on steep grades, TROUT CREEK [= ae sharp curves and | pene £0 if uneven tracks. For logging, switching and pulling on main lines, mills, fur- Maces and _ indus- Engine being operated by the Trout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. trial purposes. of Trout Creek, Canada When in need of a logging locomotive, consult The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. Just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. Heisler Locomotive Works ERIE, PA., U.S. A. Whitnsy Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wash., North Western Sales Agent Economy in Logging Operations Fifty years experience has taught us how to build logging and industrial locomotives that will give the greatest amount of power for the lowest fuel consumption, The simple and sturdy construction of our locomotives is also a notable feature. They are easy to control and economical in repair. Our Logging and Industrial Locomotives are specially designed to meet the conditions under which they are expected to operate. We are also builders of stationary boilers suitable for contractors and industrial plants. Send for specifications. Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, Kingston, Ont. 76 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on either side of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of the Dominion Timber Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by a duly qualified Dominion Land © Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each of such berths shall then be thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. The Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sold at less than the price so fixed. Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time of sale. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in cash at the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and ~ not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in the city or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, or by a draft issued bya chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If default is made in any payment required by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square mile except for lands situated to the west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acre. The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :— ‘Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. Railway ties, eight feet long, 1% cents each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each. Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. And 5 per cent. on the sale of all other products of the berth. Timber Permits 4 Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine operators and others on application to the Dominion Timber Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. W. W. Cory, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Deputy Minister. December 20th, 1912. - i a" aT: White . In Transit 5 Cars B. & B. Steam Dried Short Leaf Yellow Pine Finish. \ 1 x 6 to 12” equal proportions of each width. SN 5 Cars 3 X B. C. Shingles A. Cotton Brand. N The Long Lumber Co. < ~~ Hamilton, Ont. 5; a ; ttt fr) « Yellow Pine Timber And Lumber Rough or Dressed Car Material and Long Timbers a Specialty Canada Lumber Sales Co., Limited want to buy BASSWOOD 20 cars 4/4” x 3” and up random length 8 66 5/4” x 6” 66 66 8 ‘“ 6/4” x6” ‘“ * random length winter sawn, white stock. Delivery May and June. We are also open to buy Hemlock and Spruce boards—any quantity. PROMPT SHIPMENTS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. ae Cag Cincinnati, Ohio 145 St. James Street - Montreal Spruce White Pine Banksian Pine Birch ae Get our stock list and prices. | QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, _ Portland, Maine CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER JOHN GILLIES DAVID se J. S. GILLIES “SCG LL BROS. BRAESIDE, ONT. | Limited Manufacturers of WHITE PINE _ RED PINE SPRUCE New York City: Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway Georgian Bay Lumber Co. Limited Fraser brysom Lumber Co., Ltda. Wholesale Lumber Dealers Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario White Pine Red Pine Spruce | Lumber ana Lath Manufacturers of High Grade Lumber Laths Office, “Hs2N" Ottawa, Can. | r H. Garrett Lumber Co. | | Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. “Everything in Lumber’’ Large Stocks of Sized or Rough Hemlock and Yellow ine, in the Rough Cedar Telegraph and Electric ee Poles 20 to 80 ft. Write for pric Long Leaf Timbers, Short Leaf Finish © Melton, La. and Waukegan, Tex. : ‘ Buena Vista, Ark. Railroad Material Send your inquiries and orders to :— General Sales Office 4 Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. | Timber seh ohn Constructi on and Cc ie Ss Ity. a My ——E —_—_—__—_- = —= = SS = = = eS —— |< rZODe CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | Spruce ana Hemlock Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave.. MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office The Best There is Red and White PINE Wm. H. Bromley Pembroke, Ont. avitie Ta CO. OLD-FASHIONED SOFT YELLOW POPLAR ASHLAND, KENTUCKY CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 19 THEW. E. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods 15,000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. Write for prices. Sell Hardwoods in Canada Reach the furniture factories, piano factories, sash and door factories through Canada’s National lumber medium. Published semi-monthly. | Write to-day for rates. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker ia. Toronto, Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS HARDWOOD LUMBER Wholesale rns Yards and Mills at— Sales — Union City, Pa. Monticello, Ky. JAMESTOWN, N. i Hambleton, W. Va. Ross Point, Ky. | | : Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, | Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. § STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS. IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. 20 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER If in the Market for 1 in., 1/2 in. and 2 in. White Pine Good Sides send us your inquiries, also your requirements in Spruce and Norway. JAMES G. CANE & CO. - Wholesale Lumber | 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO, Ont. < RUBBER GOODS ’’ FOR LUMBERMEN Belting Our long experience in the making of Rubber Belts enables us to specialize ———__ on this line.- ‘‘ Monarch,” ‘‘ Red Strip” and ‘‘ Lion” are our leading brands for power transmission. (Write for Booklet B-1.) Packings ‘‘Redstone” High Pressure Sheet Packing has proved by test that it will outlast any other similar packing on the market. We make Spiral and Ring Packings, etc., that are equally reliable. (Booklet P-1.) Hose {or Steam, Water, etc., etc., in various grades, made especially to give satis- x : factory and economical service under different conditions. (Booklet H-1.) Fire Hose One or more of our twenty brands of Fire Hose will be found, not only ——————— in the best equipped Factories, Mills, etc., but in almost every Fire Department in the Dominion. (Booklet H-1.) Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited Successors to | The Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto, Limited TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG CALGARY VANCOUVER James R. Cameron, M. E., Manager. Phone North 5831 Mechanical Engineers Patent Attorneys om, ; PATENTS OBTAINED AND SOLD IN EVERY COUNTRY. Send sketch for true report on your invention. WRITE FOR PRICES AND TERMS. ’ Address: SUITE 301-302, 22 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT. ; | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 NO LOSS OF TIME, LABOR OR MATERIAL will be experienced when “DEFIANCE” WOODWORKING MACHINES are used for doing your work. They are designed and built for quickly and accurately producing Hubs, Spokes, Rims, Carriage, Wagon, Automobile and Auto-Truck Wheels and Bodies, Shafts, Poles, Neckyokes, Single-trees, Hoops Handles of every description, Spools, Bobbins, Insulator Pins and Brackets, Balusters, Newel Posts, Golf and Hockey Sticks, Chair and Table Legs, Indian Clubs, Dumbells, Gun Stocks, Oval Wood Dishes and for General Woodwork. We can offer you very profitable suggestions for doing your work, and will be pleased to serve you. ———__ The DEFIANCE MACHINE WORKS, Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. 724in. Automatic Turning Lathe No. 4 Double Spindle Shaper 24-in. Hand Feed Planer and Jointer MAPLE LEAF SAWS APLE LEAF SAWS, “THE PROVEN BEST,” absolutely guaranteed. Be M sure and specify Improved Racer Cross Cut Saw when ordering your camp sup- plies. They are made of Razor steel and tempered by our secret process, which gives the best results under actual working conditions in the bush. | Shurly-Dietrich Co., Limited, &':... ' Branch: VANCOUVER, B.C. Pink’s Lumbering Tools wc: ou The Standard Tools Split Maple Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto ‘Send atalogue and Price List _ e e ° terete Denti on Thos. Pink Co., Limited, Pembroke, Ont. 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER alilifai san aint sith i SE ADAMS. COAL-OIL POINTERS A big advantage of the Adams Pointer is that coal-oil may be used as fuel in- stead of gasoline. This oil is found in every camp in the country, it is cheaper, safer and more convenient than gasoline and is just as satisfactory. Adams Pointers reduce your river costs. Adams Pointers do the work of from six to ten men. One man operates all machinery. Adams Pointers carry your men to work and leave them fresh for the day’s work. Adams Pointers draw themselves over rapids and portages. Adams Pointers can be used for warping and sweeping logs out of corners that an Alligator could not reach. Our literature gives full particulars Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario ( REGISTERED) Watson & Todd, Limited OTTAWA, ONTARIO Dry Norway and White Pine All Sizes and Grades Mack Axes The World’s Best—— HERE are six styles of axes that are made from special crucible steel bit and cap- able of retaining an edge longer than any other axes made. FELLER, MAXAX CHIPPER BEAVER 66 66 9 OTTOWA CHIEF Our motto of “ Quality and Workman- ship” is the foundation of our success and every axe we make can be depended upon to make good our motto. Get our Prices and Particulars. ‘The Mack Axe Works Beaver Falls, Pa., U.S. A. “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers 1 4 ; Manufactured in Ottawa by the "| Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. 3 Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds — Repaired and Recovered CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont.; and other Lumber Equipment, including boom chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Shawanaga, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 1 3-block right hand steam feed carriage fitted with steam set works, made by Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right lan 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 110 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. 1 left-hand steam nigger. 1 Log-loader. 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. 2 Roger Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber. 1 Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2 2-saw trimmers. 1 16-ft. Slash table. 1 20-ft. Slash table. 1 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. 1 Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, made by Diamond Iron Works. 1 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. 1 Lath Mill with bolter. 2 Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM 1 Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. S.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. 1 Hand Machine for cut-off saws. 1 Lap Grinder. 1 Set Band Saw Rollers and levelling blocks, with rior ge | swedges, a num- ber of second-hand band, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT 1 24 x 36 Slide Valve Engine with 40-in. x 12-ft. extra heavy double arm split fly wheel. 2 Double Duplex, high pressure Water Pumps. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 Ibs. steam. 2 125 h.p. Water Wheels. 1 Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. 110 h.p. Engine. 1 Mitts & Merrell Hog. 1 Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. 1 Wood Machine for 16-in. wood. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, not in- stalled. 1 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. 1 30 light arc generator. There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, .pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and rails and turn-tables, particulars of which may be had on application. Also, contents of machine ak contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and achinery, with tools necessary for repair work, All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. Limited 26 Ernest Avenue, TORONTO, CANADA 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Rat Portage Lumber Co., Ltd. With Mills at Winnipeg, Man. Vancouver, B.C. Harrison River, B.C. Kenora, Ont. Rainy River, Ont. and Banning, Ont. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Sash and Doors And all kinds of Woodwork and Interior Finish. Also Box Shooks and Packing Cases. White and Red Pine Lumber, Maple Flooring, Hardwood Lumber, Turned and Band Saw Work, Cedar Posts and Poles, Tamarac, Piling etc. awone Fhe Rat Portage Lumber Co., Limited D. C. CAMERON, President and General Manager. Winnipeg, Man. Two Ton, 30 Ft. Boom, Sasgen Stiff-Legged Derrick Equipped with double drum winch for load a eae boom, also power. $185.00. including all necessary blocks, ready for use with the I New Ontario Colonization Co. LIMITED Lands, Lumber, Lath iad Pulpwood Planing Mill Work ae Clay Belt Lands for Sale Located in Townships of Kendry and Haggart, District of Temiskaming, Ontario exception of cable. These derricks are especially adapted for piling, loading or un- loading logs. We have the following on hand ready for shipment: 4 Mercantile Spruce so ANOOMBNAU DD et et et ee mA OK OM OM Od OO 4/4 and 8/4 Mill Run Tamarack 4/4 Balsam 4/4 No. 2 and Better Whitewood 8/4 No. 2 and Better Whitewood 4/4 No. 3 and Better Poplar Our Stiff Legged Derricks are fitted throughout with Crucible Steel fittings and have a split mast and boom, making them light in weight and strong in operation. Write for circular ‘‘L’’ for prices on different lengthed booms in the two and three ton Stiff Legged Derricks and other makes. EACH ENQUIRY IS GIVEN PERSONAL AND PROMPT ATTENTION. SASGEN DERRICK COMPANY 13 Jarvis St. TORONTO, ONT. . Sales Office: New York Telephone Bldg. BUFFALO, N.Y. Mills: JACKSONBORO, ONT. B t F t Woodmen, construction camp workers, sawmill hands es oOo wear and others whose work takes them into wet places and rough going, need footwear out of the ordinary. We have been over thirty years making special footwear or our Work for such kinds of work. This line we put on the market under the name of PALMER’S “Moose Head Brand’ It represents what we have aimed at producing during our whole history in business—the best oil- tanned waterproof footwear in the world. We selczt the highest grade Chicago Packer Steer Hides and oil-tan them ourselves by a secret process that produces the finest leather in the world, known as Skowhegan leather. Palmer’s “Moose Head Brand” footwear fits better, looks better, wears better. In making them with a gba to unusual wearing qualities, we have not overlooked the important points of appearance, fit and comtort. Write for booklet to-day. Free to you by return mail. John Palmer Co., Limited, Fredetitom: N. B. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 USE THE SHIMER CUTTER HEADS For Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Ship Lap, Jointing, Double Ceiling, Doors, Sash, Blinds, etc, Made of steel Forgings, they represent the greatest possible strength in compact.and workmanlike manner, -em- bodying the vital principles of clearance to all leading Bit Points. The alternate and shearing effect of the cut reduces to a minimum the tearing-out tendency of cross-grained lumber. Cutters have exact shape in their ex- terior circles, and uniform product is maintained indefinitely without extra trouble or expense. The Shimer Limited, with Expansion, Fig. 628. Groove Head with 8 Bits and self-centering and _ spindle Price $36.23 clamping features. each, complete. The Shimer Limited in solid section, Fig. 625. Groove Head with 8 Bits and the self-centering and spindle clamping features. Price $33.50 each, complete. Fig. 203, Popular Expansion Groove Head with 4 bit seats, complete, net $20.48. Made also with 6 and 8 Bits to each Head. Save the filing to shape at each sharpening of the cutters. They are made per order, carry in their outline the perfect counter- part of the work, thus by simply filing the Bits and setting them to the gauge the fitting of the manufactured parts is assured. A solid Door Head with Bits to work 1 to 1% inch Doors costs only $18.03, and an Expansion Head only $20.63. A solid Sash Head to mould 1 to 1% inch Sash, complete with Bits, costs only $16.91—an Expansion Head fitted out complete only $19.51. $62.87 will give you an excellent solid section outfit, in- cluding Door Cope Heads and Sash Cope Heads. If you want the very best with Expansion the cost will be only $68.07. Double the Ca- pacity of Your Matcher or Moulder By the use of the Shimer Double Ceiling and Double Flooring Heads. Run your stock with double tongue and groove and then re-saw. 100 per cent gain in output for an investment of only $40.94 and upwards. The Bits on the Shimer Double Heads mark the saw cut line of division on the stock so that the sawyer can at once detect any variation of the saw and correct it as the board is passing through. These Heads are not an experiment. We have made them for years and they are in daily use in the best mills of this and other countries. You will find them very complete and practical tools, carrying the Shimer guarantee to do as represented or no sale. Heads for making Ship Lap The Shimer Cutter ‘Heads for Ship Lap are so proportioned in the Bits and their seats that a perfect draw cut is made. They work interchangeably with our matcher Heads and always produce good work. Price, per set, complete, $33.64 to $38.48, according to thickness of cut. Extra Bits for making Wainscoting on these Heads $1.95 each. ‘ Fig. 23, a Popular Solid Groove Head with 4 bit seats, complete, $17.87. Also made with 6 or 8 Bits to each Head. Groove Head, Fig. 2. matching or tongue For at _and groove joint, complete with Bits, $13.00. plain Jointer Head, Fig. 55, with 4 Bits in line of work. Also made with 6 and 8 Bits to each Head. With 4 Bits $16.64. Our Bedee Knives, recommended by users as the best thin steel knives on the market, can be furnished in any length or thickness on short no- tice. Write us about your require- ments. Samuel J. Shimer & Sons, Inc. Galt, Ontario, Can. wre. U.S A =o. 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER é HL a b “T Tell You It’s A Great Band Saw ” sed Hill Nene: Simonds Wide sir mesey Our Log Bands and Band Resaws are made so accurately that Filers can level them perfectly and ten- sion them evenly. Even tension, you know, eliminates one great cause of cracks. Saws that are carefully ground require less swage than saws ground with lumps in them which are difficult to level properly. For the best saw value be sure and specify the Simonds Brand. Write us for prices on Saws of all kinds, Planer Knives, or Files. imal HH 2 ru ui i an = Hh Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited St. Remi St. & Acorn Ave. VANCOUVER, B. C. MONTREAL, QUE. ST. JOHN, N. B. B.B.L. DOORS In tie manufacture of B. B. L. Doors on” thoroughly well seasoned lumber is used. Our plant is new and modern so that we are able to make prompt shipment on all orders. Special prices quoted on large orders or shipments | from stock. We will be pleased to send you particulars and prices of B. B. L. sash, doors and trim. —=——— WRITE ip ee Benson & Bray, Limited Box 207 Midland, Ontario Telephone 141 [umber Issued on the Ist and 15th of every month by HUGH C. MACLEAN, LIMITED, Publishers HUGH C. MacLEAN, Winnipeg, President. THOS. S. YOUNG, Toronto, General Manager OFFICES AND BRANCHES: Telephone A. 929 - - 220 King Street West (@nada Wood TORONTO - - VANCOUVER ~- Telephone Seymour 2013 - Hutchison Block ¥4 MONTREAL - - Telephone Main 2299 - - 119 Board of Trade __ WINNIPEG - Telephone Garry 856 - Commercial Travellers’ Bldg. “NEW YORK - - Tel. 3108 Beekman - - 931 Tribune Building SSCHICAGO -- Tel. Bay dolph 6018 - - 659 Peoples Gas Building _ LONDON, ENG. - - - - - - 3 Regent Street, S.W. "i he TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION Canada, United States and Great Britain, $2.00 per year in advance; other foreign countries embraced in the General Postal Union, $3.00. ft a> *y Single copies 15 cents. aa a “The Canada Lumberman-and Woodworker” is published in the interest of, and reaches regularly, persons engaged in the lumber, woodworking and Zz allied industries in every part of Canada. It aims at giving full and timely Pid _information on all subjects touching these interests, and invites free discus- sion by its readers. Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade g, at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. t Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, re pulp mills, etc., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. om ; é Vol. 34 Toronto, April 1, 1914 No. 7 . 7, b] _ A Lumbermen’s Club for Toronto One of the most important events which has taken place for a _ long time in connection with the lumber industry in Toronto, was the _ formation, on March 13th, of a Toronto Lumbermen’s Club. [rom B attendance at the meeting at which the organization was formed, .< _And the enthusiasm of those present, it becomes a matter of wonder why a club of this nature was not formed at a much earlier date. The _ idea of such a club has been discussed from time to time by several i Either: of the trade, and the meeting which resulted in its organiza- tion was really called for the sole purpose of discussing the matter, _ with a view to bringing it definitely before the trade and preparing the way for organizing it at a later date, if found advisable. That the _ members of the trade who were present should not only have favored the proposal, but have acted immediately upon it, is a most encourag- ‘ing g augury for the success of the club. No detailed explanation of such a club is necessary. Its principles are well understood as they : ha ave been put into practice in connection with many other industries and trades. Briefly speaking, a club will provide a place of social ‘intercourse for members of the trade, where they can meet and have tt ch, or where they can make engagements to meet one another the discussion of business. It is possible, and even probable that value of the club will be so clearly apparent from the first, that activities will be increased so as to make it additionally usetul to e trade in a number of other directions. tence, affording a central place of meeting, results ought to be seen early date, in the way of an improvement in the general condi- $ Surrounding business affairs. There is no reason for instance, ’ every member of the lumber trade in Toronto should not be on terms of acquaintance with every other member. One would that this would already be the case, yet the Canada Lumber- requently seen that it is not so, even in cases where firms, With such a club in ex- . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 profitable business. An example of this was afforded at the very meeting at which the club was organized. A prominent wholesaler and a very large consumer of lumber came to the meeting and were introduced to one another, for the first time. The surprising thing was that they had not formerly become acquainted, although their offices are both in the same building. With a lumbermen’s club in existence and every member of the trade taking an interest in it, such a thing would quickly become impossible. Growing out of the better acquaintance with one another which such a club will develop, will come a better general trade relation- ship. It is not so very long ago since one heard far too many com- plaints from retailers in regard to the treatment they received from wholesalers and manufacturers, and at the same time one heard far too many complaints from wholesalers and manufacturers to the ef- fect that retailers were too often in the habit of “kicking on prin- ciple” in the hope of securing price concessions to which they were not entitled. These complaints have not disappeared entirely, al- though fortunately, they are far fewer than they were a few years ago. The members of the trade have unquestionably come closer to- gether in their relationships with one another of late years, and a great deal of good has resulted. There is, in fact, a fine feeling of business trust among the chief members of the trade in Toronto, but there is room for still further development along this line and the club will provide the most natural means towards this end. The fact that this improvement in trade relationship has occurred is direct- ly responsible for the organization of the club. Members have come to know one another well enough to feel that they would like to sit down with one another at a meal, and to meet, not only in a business way, but in a business and social way combined. The success of the club will depend largely upon the manner in which the members of the trade support it at the outset. It is a movement in their own interests which can be made just as useful as they desire to make it. The way in which those who were present at organization meeting, took hold of it, makes the chances strongly in favor of success. The details of the organization have yet to be worked out. Quarters have to be secured and members have to be enrolled. Two committees have been formed to attend to these mat- ters. So far as quarters are concerned, it is likely that they will not present any difficulty. The membership question rests entirely with the lumbermen themselves. Their response to the request to join will give an early indication of the results to be expected. Prominent members of the trade are in charge of this matter and will call upon every member to enlist their assistance. Those who or- ganized the club felt that there would be little difficulty in securing membership from practically every member of the trade in Toronto. It looks, therefore, as if the club will soon be an active factor in . lumber trade life in Toronto, and it cannot then help being an im- portant factor also in the lumber trade affairs of the whole pro- vince, as members of the trade from outside points will quickly be- come acquainted with the club and its doings. already come up, in fact, how outside members shall be admitted. It is probable that they will be admitted at a reduced fee and that in this way the influence of the club will soon be felt in all parts of the country where lumbermen are interested in the Toronto market. Reliable Information a Valuable Asset Reliable information regarding customers and their requirements is the best foundation for business success. Upon it depends not only the extent of the business secured, but also its profitableness. When one has at his finger ends information as to the exact class of material required by an important customer, and when that custo- mer is found to be coming into the market with requirements for an important order, the chances are that this information regarding de- tails will enable its possessor to secure the business. Everyone who is in the business of selling anything whatever, must pay attention to this elementary fact in order to succeed, yet it is strange how many opportunities for securing information: of this nature are neglected even by the most up-to-date firms. There are some forms of busi- ness which depend entirely upon information of this nature and The question has’ a 28 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER which could not exist without it. A case in point is a general invest- ment broker and promoter, who, when a young man, commenced to keep a scrapbook containing information about business opportuni- ties of various kinds, devoting a good deal of attention to oppor- tunities for investment in timber. This information was pasted away in index books and filed in cabinets. The result was that in the course of a few years it became a practical business directory con- taining information of the greatest value, thus enabling its owner to build up a unique and very successful business and to make himself and his services indespensible to a large number of wealthy clients. Why should not this plan be adopted also in connection with the lumber selling business, both wholesale and retail? It is a simple matter involving merely the filing away and indexing of in- formation which comes into one’s possession in the course of daily transactions, and which, to many business men are in the habit of considering as valuable only in connection with the particular deal in regard to which it is secured. Such information, in many cases, is simply borne in mind for a time after the deal has been put through, and by the time it becomes valuable again, it has been lost. A scrap- book for such information, or a system of card files upon which it may be entered in abbreviated form is an easy matter to arrange and keep up. Its value is many times greater than the little trouble in- volved in its maintenance. Apropos of such a plan, an instance illustrating it clearly is afforded by the case of a dealer who makes a specialty of lumber for mining purposes. Recently he received a requisition for timber from a large mining company, which, to the uninitiated contained such a mass of intricate details that it would be a very difficult matter to arrive at a safe estimate of the price of the material. But this par- ticular dealer merely had to look up the information which he had on file and from it ascertained, at a glance, how much he could under- take to supply the material for. The result was a big order. The requisition was on a regular form and covered timber, lagging and wedges for 200 feet of main shaft. The information on file showed a The Panama Canal A great deal has been written of late about the effect which the Panama Canal will have upon the lumber trade of Canada and the United States. To the manufacturer upon the Pacific coast and the consumer in the east, this question is one of the greatest importance, and it will probably not be settled definitely until actual conditions have been worked out. The articles which have been published up- on this subject, have, in many cases, taken either one side or the other of the question in a controversial manner. A very conservative estimate of the results of the opening of the canal, however, is con- tained in an article recently written by Mr. R. C. Bryant, professor of lumbering at Yale University, published in “American Forestry.” In it, the writer expresses the opinion that the effect upon the lum- ber trade will be brought about slowly and that lumber from the Pacific coast will only take the place of the eastern and southern pro- ducts, in measure as the supply of the latter dwindles; also that there will be no reduction in prices of lumber as a result of new competi- tion, but a more gradual increase in prices than would have taken place without the influence of the canal. Professor Bryant’s pre- sentation of the case is, in part, as follows: ' There are some who feel not only that the lower water rate which will prevail when the canal is open should permit Pacific coast operators to enter the eastern tidewater markets but who also foresee the possibility of delivering lumber, without rehandling, to canal boats at Albany, New York, at the terminus of the Erie Canal from which point it may be distributed to the large consuming districts tributary to it. This would not only open a large rural market in New York state but would permit them to invade the famous strong- hold of eastern white pine, namely, the Tonawandas at the western end of the canal. By reloading at this point, lumber could be for- warded by an all-water route from Pacific coast points to the large lumber consuming centers on the Great Lakes, including Chicago, the largest lumber market in the United States. plan of a three compartment shaft, giving the net inside dimensions for each compartment, the depth of dado for end and cross sills, and notations giving the dimension and net length for each timber in the set. A list was also included giving the quantity and details of material required for 5 feet of main shaft. All this information ha been secured in connection with previous orders, to obtain which, i had been necessary to expend a great deal of time, trouble and money in estimating upon individual items and running about to othe dealers for material which was not in stock. Knowing thereafter ju what this company required, and realizing that its business w worth being prepared for, the dealer with the information filed aw is now able to quote on a requisition without a moment’s delay. T! order in question was for 200 feet of main shaft. The informatic showed how much was needed for five feet. The dealer merely to multiply this by forty and send in his quotation. The whole action works like clock work and involves the least possible of expense. So successful was this plan that the dealer sent o his best employees to visit all the other mining companies in district for whom he could hope to furnish material, with ins tions to secure similar information regarding them. He now ha this information. filed away and the result, on the volume of busi- ness secured, is surprising. c This plan, put into practice more generally would result in a revolution in many offices. It would do away with well-meani but incompetent firms or individuals who rush after business, prices and bring about disaster to themselves and loss of business to others, simply because they are not furnished with the required facts that are essential to success. Greater competition would result if everyone followed the same plan, but it would be competition basec¢ upon knowledge. Even competition based upon knowledge of tl is sort, and carried on by individuals who may indulge in sharp prac- tices, is preferable to the old-fashioned variety of competition based upon well-meaning ignorance. In other words a well-informed knaye is a much safer competitor than an honest fool. and Lumber Prices That this dream of conquest will materialize in the next de- cade seems doubtful, although it may well come true when the sup- ply of eastern woods is reduced. : 7 q The territory west of the Mississippi river is the fighting ground of the yellow pine and Douglas fir trade, with some competition in the north from white pine products. West of Denver the Pacific coast products have but little competition, but east to the Missouri river the competition grows more keen as the freight haul from the West increases. Beyond this point the territory is given over chiefly to southern yellow pine and to white pine. Freight rates are the dominating factor in determining the ter- ritory in which a product can be sold profitably. As illustrating this, the rates for Douglas fir from Washington and on southern yellow pine from the South may be cited. The all-rail rate on fir produ is 75 cents per 100 pounds from the Pacific coast to New York, whi on flooring, per thousand board feet, amounts to approximately $ on dimension and common boards from $18 to $19.50, on timbers, : green about $22.50, and on rough green lumber and timbers ab $24.75. The all-rail rate from points in Louisiana which ship ye pine lumber to the same point as that mentioned for fir is 35 ¢ per 100 pounds, which is approximately $7.75 per thousand b feet for longleaf pine flooring, $9.50 on dimension and common boat and $15.75 on heavy timbers. This gives the yellow pine manufacturers an advantage in fr rate alone of $7.25 on flooring, from $8.50 to $10 on dimension a common boards, and $9 on timbers. This handicap for fir timber is so great that only a very limited amount of the better grades can now be sent by the all-rail route. Within the last year or two a very limited quantity of fir lumber has found its way into the eastern markets via the Isthmus of Pan- ama, due to a combination rail and water rate from 40 to 50 cents per 100 pounds from Puget Sound points to New York. This rate was igurated by a steamship company operating on the Pacific coast. umber has been reshipped from the Atlantic seaboard as far west Buffalo at a cost of $125 per car less than it could have been sent yan all-rail route. The amount of lumber sent by the water route has been small because of the limited facilities available, so that this means of transport, has had no effect on transcontinental rail rates. ep the question of what water rates will apply from the West ‘oast to the eastern seaboard, via the Panama canal, is yet undecided, - has been estimated that American ships will charge from $11 2 per thousand board feet for this service. It is doubtful if the nt of lumber traffic through the canal from west to east will e large proportions, at least for some time after the opening of al, because of the lack of suitable American bottoms in which arry the product. While there are some new lumber carriers under construction for the canal trade, the total carrying capa- will not be such as to make a very strong impression on eastern 1 arkets. other important factor is the lack of adequate lumber handl- lities at many of the Atlantic coast ports. A large part of the shipments which now come both from Canada and from the y Ww pine region of the South are in comparatively small cargoes made up of parcel lots which are delivered at various docks. The ‘ The Board of United States general appraisers has sustained the rotest of F. W. Myers and Company, of Burlington, Vt., holding that ain lumber, known as novelty siding, imported from Canada, is en- d to free entry under paragraph 647 of the Tariff Act. the first decisions in classification cases under the Underwood-Sim- ns law, to be handed down by the Board. The lumber in question was assessed for duty at 15 per cent. ad valorem under paragraph 176, providing for house or cabinet furniture, and manufactures of wood. e general appraiser, who wrote the decision, reversing the collec- *s assessment, said: “It is difficult to conjecture upon what theory the collector classified this lumber under paragraph 176.” According to opinions expressed by a number of British Colum- Shingle manufacturers, the removal of the duty upon Canadian igles entering the United States has resulted in great increases in he exports of shingles to that country. It is reported that most of ‘ agle mills in British Columbia are shipping almost their entire t to the United States. One prominent shingle manufacturer nat 95 per cent. of the shingles now manufactured in British bia are crossing the border, and that the demand for these es in the United States has been gradually increased since the s removed. 80 per cent. of the shingle mills in British Colum- now operating, according to this report, and the output is preference in a great many parts of the United States. Under onditions it is expected that the shingle trade during the com- imer will be very active. The invasion of British Columbia _ has not been received with any pleasure by shingle manu- in the State of Washington. One British Columbia manu- claims that circular leters have been widely circulated i in the It is at ate oh whether ge manufac- very now and then one hears discussion in regard to the neces- t the importance, of considering both sides of a board in con- with feces. This is a matter which becomes of much in- e CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER This is one > at lumber is also often in mixed lots destined for interior rail trade. Large vessels carrying cargoes of from four to six million feet, will find few ports where there are sufficiently large receiving yards to permit of the rapid unloading of the vessel, and there will be little encouragement for the owners of lumber carriers of large capacity to engage in lumber transport until this condition is remedied. It is not to be expected that the opening of the Panama canal will either be a panacea for all of the troubles of the Coast lumbermen or the means of giving the people of the eastern part of the United States cheaper lumber, since it will take some years to build up a trade in western lumber and to develop shipping and terminal facili- ties so that the movement of large quantities of fir lumber will be possible. In the meantime the advancing price of stumpage and the reduction in the annual output of southern yellow pine, its greatest competitor, will have reduced competition and the territory now con- trolled by the pine manufacturers will gradually be absorbed by the Coast manufacturers without any marked reduction in lumber prices —probably at an increased price. We need not expect cheaper lum- ber on the eastern seaboard because of the opening of the canal but we may reasonably hope to have a more gradual increase in lumber values than we would be warranted in expecting if the products of the great forests of the west were not to be made available to us at a transportation cost much lower than now prevails: Editorial Short Lengths for Busy Readers the board looks like, so long as the material which is to be exposed is clear. Therefore, there is no reason why such a consumer should pay for lumber that is clear on both sides. Hardwood Record, in a recent article upon this subject says that many lumbermen are now taking advantage of the ability of consumers to use lumber with refer- ence to one side only, and have been specializing in the sale of “one- face Ists and 2nds.” The description of lumber in this manner, it says, is different from the term “select,” even where a definite select grade is provided, for in the rules. The select board is good on one side, of course, but the usual provision is that the worse side shall not be below a No. 1 common. In the special grade, known as “one-face Ists and 2nds,” the other side may be anything whatever, as nobody cares how many defects it carries. Certainly, this plan is a good one for the consumer, who gets what is to all intents and purposes good lumber for less than lsts and 2nds prices, and for the lumberman, who can select his common stock so as to make good lumber out of it, as far as one-face only is concerned. Moreover, this selection means service to the consumer, for which he should certainly be willing to pay. An observer with excellent opportunities for observation and a knowledge of the conditions in a recent letter from the Pacific North- west to a U. S. lumber trade journal writes: “I am not seriously con- cerned about competition from British Columbia. In the first place, stumpage values are, as a rule, higher in the Province than in the States ; the carrying cost is practically the same, and the cost of manu- facturing is greater. We cannot hope to compete with British Colum- bia in the shingle business, because British Columbia manufacturers who have behind them such a vast quantity of cedar are willing to _ convert their best logs into shingles, whereas on this side of the line we make our best logs into boards and convert the waste into shin- gles. Asa result, the Province turns out better shingles than we do. The reputation of the product is already established throughout the States and particularly in the New England market. On the other hand the Province has a very heavy percentage of so-called inferior species and low grade timber to be disposed of in the face of our com- petition with better timber. The balance of the trade in lumber as be- tween Canada and the United States is greatly in our favor. In fact the British Columbia lumbermen are constantly complaining against the large shipments made into the Prairie Provinces by us. The Gov- ernment of the Province is busy right now in seeing to it that a large percentage of the increment shall flow into its treasury. We need have no fear of serious competition except as it shall be made possible through the operations of our absurd shipping laws in their relations to the trade we will some day have along the Atlantic seaboard. 30 Toronto Lumbermen Organize Club Hold Meeting and Appoint Committees to Work Out Preliminary Details—Directors and Officers Chosen A meeting of lumbermen of the city of Toronto was held at the Queens Hotel on Friday afternoon, March 13th, for the purpose oi discussing the advisability of forming a Toronto Lumbermen’s Club. There was a good attendance and all present were heartily in favor of such a step. An informal discussion took place for some time, dur- ing which several of those present described the clubs which already exist in a number of United States cities, such as St. Louis, Cleve- land, Chicago, Detroit, etc. Practically all these clubs are run upon similar principles. ‘They provide a suitable place of meeting for lum- bermen, where it is possible to take visiting members of the trade and also where luncheon is served daily. ‘hese clubs are enthusi- astically supported by the trade and, every day, a lumberman can depend upon meeting at the club a number of other members of the trade. This makes the club exceptionally valuable from a business point of view and also introduces a social feature which goes a long way towards developing among the members of the trade a com- mendable spirit of good fellowship. Some of the clubs also make a feature of having periodical meetings o1 a general nature at which the members partake of a luncheon, or evening meal and are then en- tertained either by a smoking concert or an address by some promi- nent business or public man. Many members of the trade in Toronto have been considering for some time the advisability of forming such a club, for the Toronto trade. The result of the meeting was, that after a very interesting discussion, a motion was presented by Mr. W. J. MacBeth and sec- onded by Mr. J. G. Cane, to the effect that the meeting be considered the first meeting of the Lumbermen’s Club of the city of Toronto and that a membership list of those present be drawn up. This motion was carried unanimously, after which a motion was introduced by Mr. W. J. Lovering, seconded by Mr. L. F. Strickland, that Mr. G. . Wilf Boake be appointed treasurer of the club. ‘This motion was also carried. A third motion was carried that Mr. H. Boultbee (Can- ada Lumberman) be secretary of the club. On motion of Mr. J. G. Cane, a list of those present was drawn up, each member signing his name to an agreement to become a mem- ber of the Toronto Lumbermen’s Club and to pay a provisional mem- bership fee, which, on motion of Mr. W. J. MacBeth, seconded by Mr. L. F. Strickland, was placed at $10. _In order to proceed: immediately with the carrying out of the preliminary details connected with the formation of the club, two committees were formed, one to act as provisional directors, consist- ing of Messrs. J. G. Cane, W. J. MacBeth, R. A. Rastall, G. Wilf Boake, H. Boultbee and A. E. Eckardt. The second committee, con- sisting of Messrs. Jas. Lauder, J. G. Cane and W. J. MacBeth, will look into the matter of securing quarters for the club. In this con- nection, the opinion of those present was in favor of securing a suit- able room or rooms in connection with some hotel or restaurant, where meals may be secured, preferably upon the American plan. It was at first suggested by Mr. W. J. Lovering that the club should confine it- self for a time to the holding of weekly luncheons, with a view to getting all the members of the trade thoroughly interested, before expanding into a regular club with fixed quarters for daily use. This idea was discussed at some length, but those present thought that the best way to place a club immediately upon a working basis would be to secure fixed quarters where luncheon could be served and where members could meet one another daily. At the same time, it was decided that a few members of the club should call upon lumbermen in the city immediately and sign them up as members. This idea proved acceptable to all present and it was agreed that Mr. W. J. Lovering, Mr. G. Wilf Boake and possibly one or two others should take this work in hand. After further informal discussion which indicated strongly that the members of the trade in Toronto would support a club of this nature with enthusiasm, and would find it extremely valuable to them in many ways, the meeting was adjourned. A further meeting will be held in the near future, as soon as the committee upon securing quarters and the committee upon securing members are ready to make their report. Those who were present at the meeting were W. J. Lovering; J. R. Chelew, Chelew Lumber Company; A. E. Eckardt, R. Laidlaw ‘Lumber Company; R. B. Elgie, Elgie & Jarvis; J. A. Detweiler, “Quincy Adams Lumber Company; Ross A. Rastall; Jas. Lauder; W. J, MacBeth; Thos. Gray; Geo. H. Hager, S, A. Hager @ Son; ar Strickland, Canada Lumber Company; Harold W. Thompson and H. Boultbee, Canada Lumberman; J. M. Donovan, Long Lumber Com- pany and G. Wilf Boake. In addition to these, letters and messages indicating approval of the proposal to form a club were received from many of the Toronto trade, who, on account of their business engage- ments, were unable to attend. Among these were Robert Vestal, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER lined in these columns, is nothing short of grotesque. If pa Atlantic Lumber Company; W. J. Hetherington, Wm. Laking L ber Company; H. J. Terry, Muir, Terry & Gordon; D. McLaren, G. McDermid and C. W. Wilkinson, Union Lumber Roe ce ; A Manbert, Graves, Bigwood & Company; and Hugh A. Rose, Ca r Western Lumber Company. The Workmen’s Compensation Act The Workmen’s Compensation Act introduced into the ture of Ontario, received its first reading on March 17th, a reading a little later and was then submitted to committee. T cations at the time of this writing were that the bill would through by the government with very little additional ch become the law ot the province. The whole situation is a most u tunate one, leading to the feeling, on the part of manufacturers employers, that their interests have been betrayed and that : entitled to very different treatment from that which they have They believe that the bill, for reasons which have already b present form, it means that the administrative board to be under the Act will have almost unlimited powers to draw wu ure for themselves, which will be practically a new one. F manufacturers’ point of view the whole bill is an impossi Certain lines of action must be definitely prescribed for For the successful working out of so important a measur: should be very minutely settled in practically all its details, outset. A single illustration of the bill’s impracticability is afi the proposed method of assessment. The board is empowered, end of the year to assess for the accidents which have occurred ¢ the past year. How will it be possible under such a system to the contributions of such firms as may have come into existeé gone out of existence during that year, whose contributions n less, to the general fund, would be of great importance? T practical method would be based upon an assessment upon the esti- mate pay roll at the beginning of each year. This is just one instances that could be cited in criticism of the bill as it stands. M facturers and employers throughout the province are so much ¢ cerned in regard to the situation which is likely to be forced them, that a movement is at present on foot for holding a ri vention to protest against the measure in its present form. Forest Product Laboratories Being Increased — Not quite six months ago, the Federal Government establ: the Forest Products Laboratories at McGill University, with vi conducting scientific investigations which will assist the mor for forest conservation, particularly in the matter of preventing and utilizing products which are now allowed to decay or are ed owing to lack of knowledge of how they can be profitably util The work is divided into seven branches, each having a distine ing on the economical utilization of lumber. The laboratories ar branch of the Forest Branch of the Department of the Interior. I now proposed to increase the work, and application has been m the University for use of the Nelson building on University Montreal, and this will be granted, provided repairs can be out. Later, the laboratories will be housed in one of the new ings which are to be erected. At present the department is locé part of the old medical building and the experiments. are carr O in the laboratories in the engineering building. It is proposed te crease the staff during the present year, and when the departn of wood preservation and wood distillation are added, the : have to be still further augmented. The department is in c Mr. A. G. McIntyre, but on his leaving to take up the duties ager of the Bathurst Pulp and Paper Company, to which he been appointed, he will be succeeded by Mr. John S. Bates, Buz Move Toronto Offices The Atlantic Lumber Company has removed its Toronto of which Mr. Robert Vestal is manager, from 211 Kent Bu 110 Manning Chambers. The Atlantic Lumber Company are mez facturers and wholesale dealers in southern hardwood lumber head office at Boston, Mass., and mills at Knoxville and Wall Tenn., and Franklin, Va. Log production in February totalled 26,410,998 feet in the. : district of British Columbia. This is approximately 5,000,00039 e more than in January, and is still very low. The Great Western Railway Company of England has rece placed a contract with Herbert Morris, Limited, for the supply o the Chain-Blocks which may be required during the year 1914. 1 is the thirteenth successive year in which the Great Western Railw Company has decided to purchase Morris Chain-Blocks. | a a ol ay E. I. Harrington now with Boake Mfg. Co. About a year ago Mr. E. I. Harrington, whose portrait is published herewith, being 1im- bued with an ambition to find a larger field for work than the onc in which he had been engaged in the United States. came to Can- ada and accepted a position as sales manager for the Canada Lumber Company of Toronto. After a year of very successful work in this position, Mr. Har- rington is making another change and ‘taking a position with the Boake Manufacturing Company of Toronto as manager of their sash and door department. Mr. Harrington comes from Colum- bus, Ohio, where he attended the Ohio State University. He re- ceived his early business training with the Cole Manufacturing Company of Memphis, Tenn. Re- turning later to Columbus, he was appointed general buyer of the sash and door department of the Cussins and Fearn Company, a position which he occupied with much success until his removal to Canada. Mr. Harrington is a sash and door specialist, and an authority in his line. During his year in Canada, he has become forcibly con- vinced of the great prosperity which is in store for this country, with its great extent of territory, unlimited resources and independ- ent and progressive people. Mr. Harrington, in short, has become an enthusiast on Canada and can see nothing but prosperity ahead for this country. | Mr. Harrington succeeds Mr. Kenny S. White who has worked up an excellent trade for the Boake Manufacturing Company in sash and doors during the past five years and whose retirement from the retail end to take an important position with the Payne Lumber _ Company of Oshkosh, Wis., will be regretted greatly by many buy- ers of doors and sash. Mr. Hartington, however, will do his utmost to fill this gap successfully. Mr. E. I. Harrington. _ Kenny S. White to Represent Paine Doors Mr. Kenny S. White who has been in-charge of the sash and door department of the Boake Manufacturing Company, Toronto, for the past five years, has accepted a position with the Paine Lumber Com- 9 pany, Oshkosk, Wis., and from April 1st will represent them on the _ toad throughout Canada. His headquarters will be at Oshkosk. The Paine Lumber Company, as most lumbermen know, specialize in ve- neered hardwood doors. Mr. White has not only had valuable ex- _ perience in connection with the sash and door business with the Boake _ Manufacturing Company, but also was, at one time, a very success- S ful traveller for the Gilmour Door Company of Trenton, Ont., so that the Paine Lumber Company are securing, as their Canadian traveller a man who knows the trade thoroughly and who is a specialist in their line. British Columbia’s Royalty Bill Widely Approved La Many compliments have -been received by the Hon. William R. Ross, Minister of Lands, for British Columbia, in regard to the Tim- ber Royalty Bill recently passed, in which the principle of profit- _ sharing in the timber resources was a feature. Prominent Canadians and residents of the United-States, including members of the Cabi- . net of that country, have sent letters warmly commending the new | Bec. | Henry S. Graves, Chief Forester of the United States, writes: “y have just learned of the recent action by British Columbia with _ reference to the royalty on public timber. I want to express my _ pleasure at the great progress which has been made in your country ‘and to extend my heartiest- congratulations. The recognition of the tight of the public to share in the increasing value of public timber is, in my opinion, a vital one.” _ The Secretary of the Department of Agriculture of the United States writes: “The plan of readjusting stumpage values of timber at stated intervals in sales from public lands whereby the public Il derive a fair share of the increase in lumber values is one with ch I am in hearty accord. You will doubtless be interested_in ning that a provision of this character is included by this De- ment in all contracts for sales of timber from National Forest where the period of contract is in excess of five years, and that n accepted as equitable by timber operators. I feel that e heartily congratulated on this progressive legislation.” CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 Hon. Clifford Sifton, President of the Canadian Commission of Conservation, writes congratulating the Minister of Lands and says: “TI have repeatedly said during the last year that British Columbia was the most advanced province in the Dominion so far as atten- tion to the question of forest protection was concerned, and I may now say the saine thing in regard to the question of disposition of timber belonging to the province.” St. Lawrence Company Has Large Plans The St. Lawrence Pulp & Lumber Company of Canada, whose incorporation, financed and controlled by William Whitmer & Sons, Inc., lumbermen, and Chandler & Company, Inc., and W. IF. Fuqua & Company, bankers, all of Philadelphia, was recently reported in these columns, is one of the most extensive propositions of its kind ever started in Eastern Canada. The company obtained under Crown grant a tract of some 640 square miles of spruce, balsam and cedar and pulp-wood, located in the counties of Gaspe and Bonaventure, Province of Quebec. Its mills will be located on Chaleur Bay (an arm of the Gulf of St. Lawrence) at the mouth of the Grand Pabos River, which of itself forms a spacious bay. Prior to the present ownership of the property, the interests affiliated with its organization had the tract cruised by Messrs. Lemieux Bros. & Company, New Orleans, La., expert timber estimators, who reported the tract superior to any they have ever estimated in the Province of Quebec, Nova Scotia or New Brunswick. The timber along some of the streams has never been touched. é The timber, they state, consists of spruce, balsam, cedar, white and yellow birch, and scattered white pine. Disregarding the pine and birch they estimate the quantities of timber on the tract, log scale, Quebec rule, as follows: Balsainimer sss eee’ cSt wet 1,212,000,000 feet SiMe. ole AOE. 969,600,000 feet LCE Eee) BDSG ee die Oar a A 121,200,000 feet Total merchantable timber ... ... ... 2,302,800,000 feet PRUE WOGE Via-. Saale a ds oe Be 4,040,000 cords These totals the estimators consider very conservative, especially the pulp-wood, which they have stated to be 10 cords an acre. Prac- tically there is an almost unlimited supply of pulp-wood on this land, enough to turn out easily 60,000 to 100,000 cords a year. The prop- erty, they say, could easily support three saw mills of a capacity of 100,000 feet a day each. The transportation facilities are specially good, as the tract is traversed by four main rivers, the Grand Pabos, the Little Pabos, the West River and Port Daniel River. The timber is all easily accessible by water and the topography is such that logging by railroad is also very convenient. | As to shipping, the property is accorded the double facilities of railroad and ocean transportation. It is four days distant by water and two or three days by rail from New York and nearer in point of time to that city than the timber fields of West Virginia. The company will have a saw mill of 150,000 feet daily capacity; a sulphite pulp-mill of 100 tons a day, and a standard gauge railroad, © connecting with the Atlantic, Quebec & Western railroad. About 9% miles of the railroad, including terminal trackage have been com- pleted, and it is now in operation into the timber limits, reaching Camp No. 1. The mills and town site are located on the northeast shore of the Grand Pabos bay and are ideally situated from an operating stand- point. The saw and pulp mills face each other on the sides of two ad- joining hills. An arm of the bay runs between them and is being dredged to form a hot pond, into which the logs will be dumped, and drawn out by the two mills as required. The present equipment now on the ground consists of one 70-ton Shay locomotive, an American Locomotive Company direct drive line engine, five steel flat cars for logs, an American log loader, with steam shovel attachment, tug boat, barges, etc. Thirty additional steel log cars have been ordered. Will Permit Export of Pulpwood Temporarily A bill has been introduced in the Ontario Legislature by Hon. W. H. Hearst, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, to permit the ex- port of pulpwood, temporarily, during the present year. So much timber was blown down in Ontario by the severe gales last fall, that it has become of great importance to have it moved quickly, so as to avoid loss and danger from fire. For this reason the government has decided to remove “the manufacturing condition” in connection with pulpwood logs. A bill has also. been introduced by Hon. Mr. Hearst to amend the forest fires prevention act, to enable the Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines, upon application from any municipal coun- cil, to order the owner of land within the limits of the municipality or adjacent thereto which is a source of danger from fire on account of unfinished clearing, to clean up the land properly within a fixed time. In case the owner fails to do so, the bill provides that the Minister may have the work done and the cost charged to the owner. 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Valuable Report upon the Trent Valle Government Management Could Still Make it an Extensive Producing Area—Interesting Comparison of Cut To-day With Thirty Years Ago. A valuable report upon the Trent Valley Watershed in Ontario, prepared by C. D. Howe & J. H. White of the Faculty of Forestry of the University of Toronto, on behalf of the Canadian Commission of Conservation has been published by the Commission. The report also contains an introductory discussion by Dr. B. E. Fernow, Dean of the Faculty of Forestry, of the University of Toronto. The report is elaborate and unusually complete, when one considers that it is the result of a field survey carried on during the course of one summer. It presents the problem of the Trent Valley in clear and very definite form, and outlines a method of solution which, if carried out, will re- sult in incalculable benefit to that part of the province of Ontario. Dr. Fernow, in his introduction, after dealing with the Trent Val- ley problem in general, discusses the causes of deterioration which have led up to the present situation. At the present time, he says, the pine timber, at least, is practically gone from this watershed. A for- est cover still exists, but, with the present commercial value almost entirely extracted, interest in its condition is gone; fires have swept through it repeatedly, each time causing further deterioration of the forest cover, until, finally, the bare rock condition or man-made desert is the result. At present, only beginnings of these conditions can be seen here and there, yet in the three townships of Methuen, Anstruther and Burleigh alone, nearly 150,000 acres of such desert exist. And, if the present policy of indifference and neglect continues, what might have been a continuous source of wealth will become, not only a use- less waste, but, through the changes which the water conditions will undergo, may also prove a menace to industries which have been de- veloped to utilize the water-powers of this watershed. Here is an area similar to thousands.of square miles in other parts of the eastern provinces, and the conditions in this watershed are by no means extraordinary. They repeat themselves wherever axe and fire have been permitted to destroy the original growth in the Archaean rock country, that is to say, wherever lumbering under the license system has been permitted, without safeguarding the property as a producer. The sequence of this mismanagement is everywhere the same. The removal either of the best or of all timber, without disposing of the debris, leaves a slash which is invariably subject to fire; after this, a loss of interest takes place on the part of the licensee and, what is still worse, on the part of the government. Nature then attempts to reproduce the forest and this is followed by a repetition of the fires, which kill the seed trees and seedlings of the better kinds. The ground is then re-covered by aspen and birch for a time; but, through repeated conflagrations, it is finally rendered useless for any productive purpose. Recommendations Discussing the methods to be adopted for improving the situa- tion, Dr. Fernow says: Nobody who has studied the conditions pre- sented in this report will hesitate a moment in agreeing that the bulk of the country involved should be placed in, and managed as, a per- manent forest reserve for the growing of timber. The only question can be: How this is to be brought about? There are at least five in- terests to be considered or reckoned with and to be brought into co- operation in building up such a territory—the Dominion Government, the Provincial Government, the municipalities in which the territory is situated, the private owners of properties and of timber licences, and the public at large. Besides the general interest which the governments naturally have in the economical condition and development of any portion of the commonwealth, the Dominion Government has a special interest in maintaining the canal. The Provincial Government still controls about one-third of the area. partly under timber licenses, partly in - cancelled or abandoned lots. The municipalities are naturally most closely interested in seeing as much of their land as possible put to profitable use, in order to reduce the individual tax assessments and, at the same time, to permit of a higher degree of civilization through increased industrial activities and educational facilities. Private landholders will be benefited by better protection. Their property will increase in value owing to the improved environment, particularly if a continuous improvement of conditions is assured in place of the present tendency towards deterioration. With manage- ment for perpetuity, instead of exploitation for a short time, perman- ent manufactures can be established, industrial development will in- crease, and the public at large will gain in prosperity. Co-operation of all these agencies will be necessary to carry through any far-sighted, persistent policy. The co-operation of the three administrative agencies, the. Dominion, Provincial and Muni- cipal governments, is especially needed to develop anything like a Tae e y 7 ? . 4 permanent forest policy, for forest growth is slow, and financial r sults from timber growing, the only incentive for private enterp: rise are slow in coming, so that only persistent entities like government can be expected to carry on the business of timber growing. policy, then, should be to bring all the lands which are not s farm lands as rapidly as possible under the control of one, or a these three agencies. These lands should be combined into more forest reserves, and a forest administration should be proxy for. For the management of these properties with a view to obt ing a substantial yield, Dr. Fernow says that the co-operation « financially strong government, with its superior credit and é tion, is needed. If, as appears probable from the appoin provincial forester, the provincial government assumes its bility for the future of the timber resources of the prov region offers a most promising first field for action. A plan s ; drawn up for recovering licensed lands and for dividing them into units to facilitate management, some to be managed by the province and some by the municipalities. The plan should allow for the pro- vision of technical advice for their management, and for the furnish-" ing of such financial assistance as may be necessary through a muni- cipal and state bonding scheme. The rights of supervision and Par- ticipation in eventual returns should be retained by the province. Some such plan of co-operation should obviously be elaborated ; the province selecting for transfer to the municipality such tracts as en- tail merely protection, and undertaking the management of the mone complicated tracts as its own reserves. The first step for the province to take would appear to be to re- possess itself of the licensed lands which have practically ceased to produce the quantity of logs contemplated under the original licenses. The next thing would be to impose upon the timber limit holders ers, who have still some valuable timber left, such conditions as would prevent the jeopardizing and the destruction of the property itself. — If the province assumes the responsibility of such a conservative — forest policy, the Dominion might well be relieved of participation in it, for its interests would then be subserved. If, however, it is not the intention of the province to protect, recuperate, and manage these forest areas efficiently, the Dominion should, by control of the water- sheds, be p!aced in a position to protect its water rights. An efficient forest management, especially of cut-over lands, can be satisfactorily carried on only if compact properties of “sufficient size are placed under one management. It is a great advantage that such conditions are found here, namely, compact areas of land in the hands of the Province, which could be placed in one reserve under one manager. The man in charge of such property must be a real and circumspect manager, continuously active on the ground. His first duty would be to make a careful survey and map of the property, | showing conditions in detail, at the same time, organizing an effective service for protection against fire, building watch-towers, and, where roads or ready means of travel do not exist, he should provide trails, gradually perfecting the protective service. Next, he must make it his business to encourage the establishment of small woodworking manufactures that can utilize the mature hardwood timber, as well as the minor forest products now going to waste. The small values” that can be secured by an efficient local manager so far as possible, must be made to pay the cost of recuperation. He must also en- courage private enterprise to develop the tourist travel and foster fish and game resources as a not unimportant asset of the forest. serve. Then follows the improvement of existing stands and natural regeneration by thinnings, the proceeds of which should, t gether with the profits of such logging of mature timber as may be done, pay for the operation. As to financial outcome we can quite reasonably figure thé 500,000 acre reserve, half the present forest area, managed in manner indicated, even in the poor condition in which it is fou could almost from the beginning pay for its maintenance by the sak odds and ends of available timber at the rate of 5 cents per acre, $25,000 per year. Within a decade, when the first 750,000 cords of po; lar pulpwood become available this would yield, if cut off in 25 ye at least $100,000 per year, or 20 cents net revenue per acre, from this source alone. By the time this is exhausted and replaced by a young pine stand, further pulpwood areas and some pine would have become ready for the axe, wood values would have increased, and an annual income of not less than $2 per acre from a sustained wood yield may be assured forever. This would be less than one-third of the net revenue derived from a forest Mag ae of approximately | 1€ -. - as 2 rane ‘same size in Germany, the State Forest of Wurttemberg—not an un- ‘reasonable expectation! The natural reproduction on the areas that are kept free from fires is found unusually favorable; it would therefore not be too san- _ guine to expect eventually an annual increment of 100,000 M. feet of saw timber besides other materials; that means an annual business ‘in growing, harvesting, transporting, and manufacturing, of not less than $5,000,000 to $6,000,000. Lumbering Conditions _ An interesting section of the report deals with lumbering condi- tions which existed in the Trent Valley in earlier days, comparing ‘them with those of the present day. In former times, the report states, ‘the region under consideration lay within the southern fringe of the vast pinery that covered the southern slope of the Laurentian shield. In nearly all the townships, licenses had been issued in the early “sixties,” and by the “seventies” the lumbering industry was one _ of the first magnitude. During the season of 1872-73, the cut of pine _ from this watershed amounted to some 120,000,000 feet; last season _ probably less than 10,000,000 feet of pine were cut. The same season saw the close of operations by the largest pine lumbering concern # of the region; probably but four concerns remain able to scrape to- gether a million feet of pine yearly. Five years will see the end of Fisie pine so far as commercial quantities are concerned. With the ex- _ haustion of*the remaining softwood stands, mainly hemlock, in cer- tain portions of Stanhope, Sherborne, Galway, Cavendish, and An- __ struther, the lumbering of coniferous species will be practically at an end, and this will be within a decade. The present limit holders _ realize this and are buying all they can from settlers. One mill was _ found whose sole supply of logs came from discarded logs of former operations and pine “rampikes” dead many years. 7 At present there are ten lumbering concerns whose operations _ within the watershed exceed one million feet of logs a year each. _ The total cut in 1911-12 was in the neighborhood of 40 to 45 million a feet, distributed approximately as follows: pine 40 per cent., hemlock -___- 20 per cent., with small amounts of spruce, basswood, ash, elm, cedar, _ birch, balsam, maple, tamarack and beech. Probably 10,000,000 feet of this came from the semi-virgin townships in the north owned in fee simple, with which we are not here concerned. As already inti- _ mated, the 1912-13 cut will show much less pine. The bulk of the _ logs are sawed at Marmora, Peterborough, Lakefield, Lindsay, and _ Coboconk. 2 Besides the saw-log industry there is a small-production of cedar _ poles, posts and cross ties, shipped principally from Coehill, Kin- _ mount and Haliburton. But the opinions of those engaged in the business confirm the fie!d observations that the cedar swamps are nearly exhausted. Cedar is a species of such slow growth that its extinction, commercially, is unavoidable. A small amount, probably not over 3,000 cords, of spruce, bal- _ sam and poplar, cut by settlers, is shipped out of the region, mostly _ from Kinmount and Gooderham, for manufacture into pulp and paper. Some of this goes to Campbellford, Thorold, etc., but the bulk of it _ goes to Pennsylvania despite the long transportation. This is prob- _ ably owing to the fact that the majority of the Ontario mills possess _ their own limits. During the past season the average prices paid the settlers were $4 per cord for poplar, and $5.50 for spruce and balsam. mo In addition to the pulpwood, there is a small trade in basswood and poplar for excelsior, and cordwood for fuel, to various Ontario _ towns and cities, as well as a small quantity of tanbark, which is F shipped to factories at Acton, Toronto and Omemee. An example of close utilization is seen in the shipment of fire-killed pine, with cull _ pine and hemlock, to Toronto brickyards, from certain points along the Haliburton branch of the Grand Trunk Railway. There are also _ The future of the lumbering of the region lies mainly in the util- ization of the poplar and maple. Some of the lumbermen, when dis- Ssing the possibilities of future industrial development, claimed t the maple, owing to seam and black heart, is unprofitable. But t must be borne in mind that the handling of hardwood is a proposi- ion of so different a nature from pine lumbering that success cannot pected where it is treated as a minor adjunct to a softwood busi- Hardwoods as a whole are more defective, and the closest tion of every log, not of maple only but of all the species, for rticular product for which it is best suited, is necessary to proper returns in the hardwood business. The field for the of local minor wood-using industries, especially the be a an ’ 4 , * CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 manufacture of small woodenware, has not, as yet, been developed, although waterpower is available everywhere. The other species, poplar, now covering some 560,000 acres as a result of past fires, will, in the course of 15 to 20 years be mature, and ready for manufacture into pulp, matchwood, etc. It represents a forest resource of great value, not only owing to the great quantity in almost pure stands, but also on account of the favourable condi- tions of transportation and water-power manufacture. Despite the deterioration during the last forty years in the char- acter of the forested area of the Trent watershed this region still possesses much forest wealth—one worthy of conservation by pro- gressive methods of treatment. An appendix to the report contains the following interesting tabular comparison of the present cut of pine and that of thirty-one years ago. Cut of Pine, Season 1872-73 Operators Mill Cut Ft. B.M. Galmour a Company. ¢.. «4. 20>.<) 1 POMPOM sn, «s,0 2le om es « 22,000,000 BowldsS Bross...t si 2.0 6 aes Piast in a> ei, LOOOLOO McDougall & Ludgate...... Harwood .:. -..:...<. 10,000,000 Ullyott, Sadler & Company ..... Harwood ... ... .. .. 12,000,000 Dickson Company ... ... Peterborough ... .. .. 5,000,000 Geo. Aulliard =. =... a... Peterborough ... .. .. 4,000,600 John McDonald ..°..... Peterborough ... .. .. 1,509,660 ISS. BeOS rail jn al ncst s,<'* x) SASDDErOawy -. 1,009,930 Boyd, Smith & Company ... ... NaSSall .... 5, 2% « i ene 8,500,000 Peterborough Lumber Co...... Peterborough . ... _ 300,000 Alfred McDonald Estate... .... Peterborough...) (OD Rae Pearce. Company. «d-..: Marmora-.-si- 3: 450,00y PHU S sc 5 Burnt River ... 110,000 10,160,000 Long Lumber Company Celebrates Tenth Anniversary On Tuesday, March 17th, Mr. Guy H. Long, of the Long Lumber Company, Hamilton, Ont., celebrated the 10th anniversary of the foundation of the company by entertaining its employees at a very successful banquet which was held at the Commerican Club. It was just ten years on St. Patrick’s day that the first .bill of $5 for office rent and use of typewriter for 2 weeks was paid by the Long Lumber Company. From that date until the present, the company had made wonderful strides, and is now one of the most successful and exten- sive lumber selling companies in Ontario. At the banquet there were present about forty guests, the follow- ing being a list:—Guy H. Long, H. N. Kitson, J. S. Hossack, J. W. Stairs, Jos. Thwaites, W. R. Bennett, Jas. McNaught, Jas. Bethune, Tom Allen Jr., Jas. Bryers, A. Stewart, R. Press, F. Depew, John Poag, Bert McKay, Chas. Kilgour, Guy Montrose, J. J. Evel, Mr. Elliot, A. Tory, Alex Milne, H. W. Thompson, Toronto, T. J. Rous- sell, C. A. Hunter, Roy Stewart, J. M. Donovan, Geo. Wisner, H. P. Brierley, D. G. Webster, F. R. Burton, Roy Anderson, Frank H. Harris, Toronto, Theodore Christman, Oliver Burke, W. E. Gallo- way, Bob Hysert, R. G. Wilson, E. M. Faulknor, Fred Williams and Frank Maw. Mr. H. N. Kitson presided and acted as toast-master. The after dinner speaking consisted of proposals and replies to toasts to the King, to Mr. Long and to the guests. Several excellent speeches were delivered in connection with these toasts. An interesting musi- cal programme was also carried out and when the speaking and music had been concluded the guests were entertained by various social games. One of the most interesting events of the day was a presentation by the staff, to Mr. Guy H. Long, of an exceedingly handsome gold wrist watch, suitably engraved, which was greatly appreciated by Mr. Long. 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Douglas Fir Timber For ‘Toronto Harbor Order for 24,000,000 Feet Secured by Empire Lumber Company—Contract Involves Over $250,000—Timber to A despatch from Victoria, B.C., states that the Cameron Lumber Company of Victoria in conjunction with the Empire Lumber, also of Victoria, has secured a contract from the Dominion Government for the production of 24,000,000 feet of timber to be used in the construc- tion of the new harbor works at Toronto. The contract involves over $250,000 and delivery must be completed within four years. This is a contract which constitutes a record in the lumber business and it is considered to be a direct result of the approaching opening of the Panama Canal. According to the despatch from Victoria, the manner in which the contract for the timber finally reached the Cameron Lumber Com- pany and the Empire Lumber Company is interesting. The despatch states that the contract from the Dominion Government for the con- struction of the harbor works was originally let to the Canadian Stewart Company of Toronto. A branch of the James Stewart Con- struction Company of New York. This firm sub-let the contract for the supply of timber to the Robert Dollar Steamship Company of San Francisco, who operated a line of tramp steamers from the Paciiic Coast. The Robert Dollar Steamship Company sub-let the contract for timber to the Empire Lumber Company, which has recently coni- menced to develop its large holdings in the neighborhood of Cowichan Lake on Vancouver Island. The Empire Lumber Company is planning to build one of tie largest mills on the coast, at Crofton, B.C., in the near future. They have sub-let the contract to manufacture the timber, to the Cameron Lumber Company. Messrs. J. O. & D. O. Cameron of this firm are the owners, together with Messrs. R. T. & G. R. Elliott, of the Genoa Bay Lumber Company, whose plant is located at Cowichan Bay, on Vancouver Island. The timber will be manufactured at this mili, which has a capacity of 125,000 feet in ten hours and is one of the most efficient mills to be found in Canada. The equipment of the mill is such that it can take timbers up to 100-foot lengths. The contract includes over 35,000 timbers 40 ft. long and 12 in. square. Work upon the contract will be commenced without delay. The mill at Genoa Bay was recently closed down temporarily so as to undergo a thorough over-hauling before commencing upon this con- tract. The timber will be taken from Cowichan Lake to tidewater on a be cut at Genoa Bay Mill new line of the E. and N. Railway which has recently been com- pleted. It will then be towed around to Genoa Bay, a distance of about 12 miles. The timber limits of the Empire Lumber Company are located near the north end of Cowichan Lake and contain many thousand acres of the finest timber on the Pacific Coast. Information recently secured is to the effect that the first ship-~ ments of these timbers from the Genoa Bay mill will be brought across Canada by rail. As soon as the Panama Canal is opened the balance of the shipments will come by that route. The Dominion Government already has an inspector on the ground whose duty it will be to pass upon all the timber before it is shipped from the mill. The Empire Lumber Company, from whose limits the timber for this contract will be secured acquired their limits, amounting to 53,- 000 acres, from the E. and N. Railway in 1909. The company is a sub- sidiary corporation of the American Finance & Securities Company of New York City, and is capitalized at $7,500,000. Mr. W. E. Marsh of New York is president of the Empire Lumber Company, and Mr. C. C. Yount is vice-president and general manager. A meeting of timber licence holders of British Columbia was re- cently held at the offices of the British Columbia Lumber and Shingle Manufacturers’ Association, at which Mr. M. S. Logan, who repre- sented the licence holders at Victoria during the progress of the recent legislation affecting royalties on timber, made a report. The meeting was private, but it was stated subsequently that those present ex- pressed their approval of the bill as finally passed. Although they had not secured everything they desired, they felt that the government had dealt fairly with the industry and that the result of the new regu- lations would be beneficial to the industry of the province. The new tariff for trans-Pacific lumber freights from Victoria, Vancouver, Puget Sound and Portland became effective on March Ist. It represents a reduction of $1 per thousand feet. Lumber 1 in. x 12 in. x 40 ft. will be carried at $8 per thousand feet. For 14 in. x 14 in. not exceeding 40 ft. in length, the rate is $9 per thousand feet. For timbers between 40 ft. and 50 ft. in length, the rate is $10, per thousand feet and for lengths exceeding 50 ft., $11 per thousand feet. Where Toronto Harbor Timbers will be sawn—Genoa Bay Lumber Company’s plant at Cowichan Bay, B. C. 2 The advantages of electrical drive in lumber mills have of late een more general'y recognized by millmen, and it has been adopted in many of the lumber mills erected during the last few years. Experi- ence shows that it possesses the advantages of efficiency and economy and practically eliminates line shafting and belting, thus reducing the up-keep expenses to a minimum. ‘lhe important features in con- nection with e'ectric drive are the ability to locate the machinery where most convenient to avoid rehandling the lumber, and to oper- _ ate any group of machinery or any individual machine at any time. That isolated electrical power plants in connection with lumber mills, where fuel is available at practically no expense, have proven a commercial success, is an undisputed fact. A suggestion a few years ago that met with a good deal of incredulity was that in the near future the central station would be supplying power to operate lumber mil's. This phase of the question has received an increasing amount of attention, however, and judging from the number of mills already receiving power from central stations, it is fair to assume that, where an uninterrupted service is available it possesses many advantages worth investigating by millmen. Model Plant and Equipments A description of the modern electrically-driven saw and planing ‘mill erected by E. H. Heaps & Company, Limited, at Ruskin, B.C., tends to substantiate the statement that the central station has enter- ed the field and is apparently meeting with success. The plant and town site, occupying an area of 152 acres, enjoy an extremely favor- able location, having frontage on the Fraser River and being bound- ed on the east by the Stave River which affords absolutely ideal faci!- ities for holding logs. The plant commenced cutting early in 1913, ‘Tunning in the main side only. When completed it will have a daily cutting capacity (10 hours) of approximately 250,000 feet of lumber, 500,000 shingles and 50,000 lath. _ The sawmill is housed in a three-storey building, which is 402 feet long and has a width of 110 feet in one part. Its narrow portion is 64 feet wide. One side was operated for several months last sea- son, and the second side will be fitted up in the near future as a short log mill, the machinery for which is now on order. The sawing ma- chinery at present installed consists of a 10-ft. Allis single cut band, an 84 x 12 heavy Allis Pacific Coast edger, 7-foot Mershon band re- Sawing machine, automatic air trimmers, slab slashers, etc., and a ‘Stetson Ross automatic sizing machine. The mill is also equipped with the latest Simonson log turners, kickers, automatic transfers, ete. The planing mill occupies a building measuring 121 x 134 feet. Arrangements have been completed for the construction of the shingle mill, 35 x 120 feet, and a lath mill, in time to cope with the early sum- mer trade. The erection of the shipping-shed 70 x 120 and a large _ dty stock shed, will also be proceeded with during the early spring. t dry kilns will be required to handle the mill output, three of these being now almost completed. The kilns are of the North Coast type, ‘and will occupy a total space of 720 x 120 feet with stone foundations, brick walls and concrete roofing. Source of Electric Power Supply The Western Canada Power Company at the time plans were epared for this mill, were supplying the power for 11 motors aggre- { a « w oI ” ei CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 'Blectric Drive in a Large B. C. Sawmill Plant of E. H. Heaps & Co. Fully Equipped for Operation by Electricity— Detailed Description of Machinery and Buildings Slasher Z.H.?teaps ag Fim ahi Slasher with Direct Connected Motor Drive gating 335 h.p. in connection with the E. H. Heaps & Company’s new planing mill at Cedar Cove, Vancouver, B.C. The power at Ruskin is also bought from the Western Canada Power Company, who have erected a fireproof sub-station on the company’s mill premises. The power is received here from the generating centre, about 7 miles dis- tant, at a potential of 12,000 volts. It is controlled by a hand operated automatic overload G.E. oil circuit breaker, mounted on an iron frame work. From here it passes to three 12,000/400 volt Allis, Chalmers, Bullock o.i.w.c. transformers of 333 1/3 kw. capacity each. Space 1s also provided for another bank of three transformers of the same capacity. The power is transmitted from the transformers to the main switchboard in the mill by temporary mains consisting of three 1,000,000 c.m. cables. Switchboard and Panel Equipment The main switchboard is of special design and was built at the mitl. It consists of four panels of 2-in. blue Vermont marble. Two panels are each 24-in. wide and two are 30 in. wide, giving a total width of 9 ft. The board stands 7 ft. 6 in. high and about ’5 ft. from the outside wall. On the first panel, which is 24 in. wide, are mounted :—one 7%- in. Wagner, 110 volt, a.c. voltmeter; one 7%-in. Wagner, 500 a., a.c. ammeter; one 400a, 250 v., d.p.d.t. knife switch; eight 50a, 110 v., d.p.- s.t. knife switch. On the second panel, also 24-in. wide, are mounted: —one 7/%-in. Wagner, 600 v., a.c. voltmeter; one 7%-in. Wagner, 2000 a., a.c. ammeter; one 2000a, t.p.s.t., type E “Condit” oil switch. On each of the two 30-in. panels are installed two 500a, t.p.s.t., automatic, “Condit” oil circuit breakers. There are at present four distributing panels. Panels Nos. 1 and 2 are each controlled by one 500a circuit breaker on the main switch- Edger, with Direct Connected Motor Drive PhS” Peay), ) ae ” @ = aT => ‘ - @ 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER board. Panels 3 and 4 are contro!led from one 500a circuit breaker, leaving one circuit breaker for future extensions to the mill. Panel No. 1 consists of the following fuse blocks,—2 sets of 401- 600a ; 2 sets of 201-400a; 4 sets of 61-100a; 8 sets of 31-60a; 2 sets of 0-30a. This panel is of l-in. marble, is 8 ft. 8 in. long and 2 ft. 6 in. high and completely enclosed in steel cabinet. All the fittings on same are polished copper and back connected. There are at present controlled from this panel the following motors, all belt connected to their machines,— H.P.qgBePshe Type What Drive 300 900 Slip ring 10-ft. Allis band mill. 40 1200 Squirrel cage 54-in. jump saw. 30 1200 Squirrel cage Log haul. 20 1200 Squirrel cage Conveyor. 15 1200 Squirrel cage Conveyor. 10 1200 Squirrel cage Roll case. 10 900 Slip ring Conveyor. 7% 1200 Squirrel cage Trout set works. 7 1200 Squirrel cage Canting gear and rock saw. 5 1200 Squirrel cage Filing machinery. Panel No. 2 is also of 1-in. marble, 4 ft. 8 in. long and 2 ft. 6 in. high. Fuse blocks are polished copper and back connected and con- sist of the following sizes :—1 set of 401-600a; 1 set of 101-200a; 4 sets of 61-100a; 2 sets of 31-60a. The following motors are at present con- trolled from this panel; the first two machines are direct connected,— f2P Rob ae Type What Drive 200 1200 Squirrel cage 84-in.Allis-Chalmers edger. | he 860 Squirrel cage 10-48-in. slasher saws & chains. 20 1200 Squirrel cage Transferer. 20 1200 Squirrel cage Transferer. 10 860 Slip ring Conveyor. Panel No. 3 is of l-in. marble and front connected; fuse blocks are as follows,—1 set of 401-600a ; 3 sets of 101-200a; 2 sets of 61-100a; 4 sets of 31-60a. The following motors are at present controlled from this panel; the saw trimmers are direct connected,— Fa ReP.M, Type What Drive 150 850 Squirrel cage - 7-ft. Mershon resaw and transfer chain. 50 720 Squirrel cage 24-in. saw trimmers & transfer chains. 20 1800 Squirrel cage 2 cut-off saws. Y ‘A HEAPS BRICK C9 LT. ee CANADIAN PACIFIC RY. os 2 E ‘= iS Iv ER Layout of E. H. Heaps & Company’s Lumber Mill and Brick Plant at Ruskin, B. C. 15 1200 Squirrel cage Roll cases. P 10 1160 Slip ring Conveyors. Panel No. 4 also of 1-in. marble and front connected, contains,— 4 sets of 201-400a; 7 sets of 61-100a; 2 sets of 31-60a; 1 set of 0- The following motors are at present controlled from this panel; th sizer and pony edger are direct connected,— HP. Kee Type What Drive 50 900 Squirrel cage Stetson & Ross sizer. 40 1200 Squirrel cage Roll cases. 30 1200 Squirrel cage Roll cases. 30 1200 Squirrel cage Roll cases. 30 1200 Squirrel cage Fan. 20 1800 Squirrel cage Pony edger. 20 1200 Squirrel cage Roll cases. 20 1200 Squirrel cage Sorting table. 10 1200 Squirrel cage Conveyor. The Planing Mill The planing mill, which is situated some distance from t mill, is supplied direct from the 440 volt busbars in the sub Current is controlled by an 800a knife switch and fuses. The are installed under the gangway to the planing mill, entering through an 800a knife switch and fuses to a slate panel 8 ft. | 4 ft. high, front connected and containing the following fuse 1 set of 401-600a; 1 set of 201-400a; 4 sets of 101-200a; 2 se 100a; 4 sets of 31-60a; 2 sets of 0-30a. The following 1 connected from the panel; the matchers, moulder, sticker and saws are direct connected,— OLOTS HPs ee ee Type What Drive 7h) 800 Squirrel cage Blower fan. 50 1200 Squirrel cage 6 x 15 matchers. 40 1200 Squirrel cage 6x 15 matchers. 40 1200 Squirrel cage Berlin resaw. 30 860 Squirrel cage 15-in. wood moulder. 30 850 Squirrel cage 12-in. sticker. 10 1200 Squirrel cage Rip saw. " a 1200 Squirrel cage Grinding machinery. — 3 1800 Squirrel cage Swing cut-off saws. 1 1800 Squirrel cage Knife grinders. All wiring for power and lights is in conduit, and is carried 7%) ro As) q OQ 0) : fe) )) O\ }}} a wv 2s SIDNEY St ————— LATH MILL SHINGLE| Ca ima a MILL leonsk = [Jj House a ee ak ) | apul oi , i 4 ‘ neath the floor wherever possible to avoid interfering with machinery repairs or alterations. Distribution panels are placed at the most momical points, viz.—close to the largest motor or group of largest otors that each panel controls. The lighting is 110 volt a.c. mul- le. Eight distribution panels are carefully located on the different floors, each controlled by a knife switch and fuses on the switch- board of the lighting panel. Each circuit is controlled by a knife witch and fuses and 8-16 c.p. lights is the maximum per circuit. Over ting tables, carriage edger, slasher, trimmer and live rolls, lights ced in an inverted trough painted white. The mill having . The efficiency of the lights is thus greatly improved. 1 motors in the sawmill are of Allis-Chalmers-Bu!lock make. and mill motor is a three-bearing type. The motors in the plan- over 5 h.p. are of Allis-Chalmers make. Starters are pro- vith no voltage release. Motors of 5 h.p. and below were sup- the Canadian General Electric Company. Every single mo- 1 both mills is protected by a Conduit oil circuit breaker. ! ouis Brodeur, electrical engineer and contractor, of Van- charge of the complete installation. Mr. G. Lewthwaite, lectrical engineer, is now in charge of the steam and elec- Some Additional Items of Interest exceptionally heavy type of construction followed in the the sawmill building is an outstanding feature. The main e 14 x 16 in. with 10 x 12 in. brace supports. The clear- n floor and ceiling of each storey is 12 feet. Hundreds driven for the foundation, thus assuring the utmost dity and stability. room, which is located in the third storey, is 64 x 69 al intention was to erect a large water-jacket burner haul to consume the mill refuse, but this plan was dis- yor of an overhead conveyor which will carry all mill the furnaces of the brick-making plant about two hundred thus solving the problem of cheap fue!—a vital point in on of this class of building material. ning mill is located on the lower floor of the sawmill, r may be taken off sorting table and handled quickly Aly. ast of Stave River side of the mill, space has been pro- equipment required to cut blocks "from the log for the The blocks will be dropped into the refuse conveyor y to the shingle machines. received from the trimmers is first handled in the ex- the east side of mill. The stock then passes to log haul and thence out to the sorting table. er decks at the rear end of the mill are specially equip- quick handling of all lengths. After passing through the er the timbers are delivered alongside of the car loading umber of years past E. H. Heaps & Company have main- oarding house and general store on the waterfront at convenience of their employees and residents of the 1 RE ee gS REE Tee ge RR alate i tela Im SS i ANS Ie Ie will [be close to 1000, which will neceSsitate the erection of a premnes. Several streets in the townsite were graded was made last fall on the work of levelling the ground awmill, brick plant and other buildings. A steam shovel y cut down the half:dozen hillocks, the soil from which hollows elsewhere. truction of a government wharf at Ruskin has been will prove a great convenience to the company and resi- wharf will be erected on the Fraser River frontage below general store, and will be a substantial structure. The y's railway line will be extended from the mill yard to that that lumber may be shipped on barges to New Westminster, r and elsewhere. s. some of the best in the province. . The timber is de- the mill boom over the line of the Ruskin Logging Railway, ned by the company. Already having a considerable mile- rd gauge track, a large amount of money was expended in line betterments and the construction ‘of branch lines ar, as well as the addition of new equipment. Oil burners talled in the locomotives and several of the donkey en- ratifying results. Over 350 men are employed in the mps when operating at full capacity. Edward Heaps of this important branch of the firm’s business, as kin plant. of the new plant the route of the railway es , + ad - “a ab » = CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 through the mill site was changed materially. Tracks now serve the brick plant, as well as the loading platforms of the sawmill, shingle mill, planing mill, shipping shed and dry stock shed. The switching of cars to and from the C. P. R. main line, paralleling the townsite, will be done by one of the company’s locomotives. Spruce Waste Available for Pulp Two Bangor, Maine, men, one a civil engineer and the other a sawmill operator, have perfected a process for the removal of bark {from mill waste, which they claim will render the vast quantities of spruce and other slabs and edgings produced by lumber mills, and now of little value, available for the manufacture of wood pulp of the highest grade. The process has been patented, and it is proposed to form stock companies for the purpose of erecting plants at Bangor and other important mill centers in Maine and Canada for the treat- ment of waste wood and its preparations and baling ready for ship- ment to pulp mills. The new process consists in the subjection, first, of the waste woood to streams of boiling water driven at 250 pounds pressure against the material as it is passed through a cylinder or tube. This ~ softens the bark and dissolves the resinous matter by which the bark is firmly attached to the wood. The heat of the water and its. great force effectually loosen the bark, and the removal is completed by friction with lugs or spurs. A few shreds may remain attached to the wood, and these are removed by passing the material through an ordinary pulp wood tumbler, where the work is completed by friction. ‘The wood then goes to the chippers and is baled for shipment. Pre- vious to hot water treatment the wood is passed under rolls and drag knives which to some extent loosen and scarify the bark, thus hasten- ing the action of the water. About 1,000,000,000 feet of logs of all kinds are cut in Maine every year, and of this quantity 800,000,000 feet is spruce. Of the vast spruce harvest, 400,000,000 feet goes to the sawmills, pulp mills taking the other 400 000 000. Careful estimates place the waste of spruce in the process of manufacture into lumber at 45 per cent., or 180,000,000 feet annually. A few mills are so situated that some of their waste can be utilized, either as fuel for the mi!l furnaces or by sale to wood dealers in cities and towns, but it is said that fully 75 per cent. brings little or no revenue, while often it is disposed of at considerable ex- pense in the maintenance of burners erected for the purpose. At present the pulp mills of Maine are drawing heavily upon the timber supply of the State and are importing wood from the Maritime Provinces of Canada. Such is the drain upon the Main timberlands that trees are being cut that would have been allowed to stand in former years, and in that way the future supply is threatened. Sia- tistics of the Penobscot and Bangor booms show that while twenty years ago only seven logs were required to make a thousand feet, board measure, the sticks have lately been running as small as thirteen ‘to the thousand. From this, it is argued by the inventors of the new barking process that the success of the enterprise would not only mean the utilization of a vast quantity of material that now is valuc- less, but would also be the means of arresting to a considerable exteut the stripping of spruce lands of small trees. If the estimates of mill waste are at all accurate, and 45 per cent. of the log goes into the waste heap, then 180,000,000 feet annually of Maine’s spruce supply is of little use except as fuel. If 75 per cent. of this, or 135,000,000 feet, is altogether useless, and can be made valt- able by the new bark removal process, then, at the lowest price paid by pulp manufacturers, this by-product would yield a sum sufficient to make its treatment highly profitable and afford the mi!l operators a new revenue that would tide them over many a dull season. It is said that a bark-removal plant capable of turning out 200 cords of pulpwood daily can be erected for $30,000, and that several will be built at once. oe - oe ee: A New Brunswicker’s View About Panama Canal A view of the probable effect of the Panama Canal on the Atlan- tic Coast lumber trade, particularly in the New York and New Eng- land markets, was expressed recently by A. Fraser, of Fredericton, New Brunswick, who has been on a trip to the Pacific Coast looking into market conditions. Mr. Fraser is at the head of the Fraser Lum- ber Company, Limited, which is one of the largest concerns in East- ern Canada, shipping large quantities of lumber to markets in which B. C. fir promises to be a sharp competitor. Mr. Fraser visited the West Coast to get first hand information regarding conditions and to learn what preparations are being made to ship to New York and New England. Mr. Fraser gave it as his opinion that the principal effect of fir lumber in Atlantic Coast markets so far as the Canadian mills are concerned, will be to keep prices at a lower level than would otherwise prevail. As a result of the diminishing supply of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia timber, values normally would tend to advance, but this advance could hardly be expected to take place ine | the face of the new competition of west coast woods. ey an = ree » 38 Labor Statistics of Ontario Lumber Industry The tables reproduced on this and the adjoining pages are from the report of the Ontario Bureau of Labor for the year ending Decem- ber 31st, 1913. They show, in an interesting form, the results of the operations in sawmills, planing mills, sash and door factories and woodworking factories, and afford valuable statistics from which to make comparisons in connection with individual industries. It is in- teresting to note that the largest lumber manufacturing concern mak- ing a report, which has a capital investment of $2 500, 000 produced material with a gross value of $3,418,000. Its average weekly wage was almost the highest paid in the industry, being exceeded only by two others. The wages paid by this company increased during the year by 17% per cent. A close study of these tables wi!l be found interesting to practically everyone engaged in the manufacturing and working up of lumber products. An Attractive Millwork Catalogue A very attractive catalogue of stock millwork specialties has been issued by the Wm. Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited, Mon- treal, P.Q. The book is published in substantial form with cloth bind- _ ing and is extensively illustrated. It contains also a valuable assort- ment of general information regarding lumber and lumber products, as well as a generous amount of blank memoranda pages which are LUMBER MANUFACTURERS, | Be) bh Produc- & 2 Total No. of ds Bo £3 tion a |s |3 8 ic employees, 28 as A ny during k 3 |ease! 3 wage-earners a a af a) a8 year. 3 7] goer! s only. ate oF e a. 35 Ba : #2 (|28| 324 a a oH |sgck| 32 3 o.2 eee actv ae! oS 3 5 8 EAA an i Z ee) Bq Sang a a a.|/ae2|/esen| aa é 2 23s (38| 238 3 S | eel So tee@sa|) ae ee O ag os Oog rw Ls 4 2 gq Sadoad ox = =| re a 368 Cae 3) = am>|ae|gouo!] Bo 3 ® eo; So Zi) o 8 Al|e |& |< co) = | & $ | 3 ee \ hen | oe $ $ $ 1 35,000} 150 25,000) no | no | 150 ZOD Is siste'etajslerel| tes ote ate 2 200,000} 250 150,000; no | no POU CAAUUU ISS pe pcoc|(acoeras 3 74,303) 305 50,000; 10 |...... 542 686 745) = 2,572 4 35,000} 75 5,000 no | no 200 AQ ea aikteiave en 1,500 5| 893 ,339| 156 B08) O14). WS)? lercunae 1,165 |11,609 1,438 wits 123| 237) 6 60,000: 100; 65,000) no no 22d 2500 pieialsidvelajete ° 50 i 12,000) 260 24,000)...... 20 82 B74) eeaenal occ Stic 16). 8 7,500; 137 13,419) 30 |...... SUN rine Be LOO) steers tte 11 a) 100,000 700,000 250 | 5,000|......... 15,000) cae | 190,000 © 26. 8,000, 27 25,000. 2: 28) 15,000 300) 29! 71,150. = 30 2,000 31 10,000 32 60,000, _ 33) 3,000, © 34 3,000, 35 200,000 36 125,000) 250) $$175,000);......| 20 | 618) 2,800). ......cc}eciemwecet S0)...... 37) 15,000 38, 5,000} 150) # 5,000......: 40 | 150: 120; 500) 100) 6)...... 39. 200,000} 300; § 50,000:......: 25 + 800) 6,000).........)......5.| Jd|...... 40 25,000} ; ee 41) 65,000] 300| 400,000; 15 ....../1,382] 1,770}.........| 5,953} 50)... 42 100,000) 313} $223,437; 9 |......| 433} 4,386).........| 25,000; 200)...... 43 12,000 44| 18,000) 300} «35, 000)...,..|....+0) 107 |) SAG 0 Wil ce a scccie ee neieemeee 45 LHF OOD OUD ie ieserete erste eo S8f diatatsd stolen here 46 4,000, 200} = 5,000} no | no | 50} # 80).........]....<... 6 47 5,000! ... Sclcedececsece| NO) no’ if O40 Te sZOMiieterssrslel Mei | Oo aj ne = $ $$ | es, “10 63,000 205) 402,897) 17 |...... 2 7,500 : 2

power enough to keep up the speed in large logs. It also effect on the lights in the village six miles away. We sawed e more than 1,000,000 feet the first winter. we started up the second winter the people in the village ‘power was owned put up a great kick to the trustees and ed the power would be taken from us. We asked for time balance wheel, which was installed under the mill near the ng back from saw arbor, which runs 750 r.p.m. The bal- is 5 feet in diameter and runs 4,500 feet per minute, rim elt from the balance wheel is quite slack and a tightener CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 41 wheel gave us power enough to drive it through without lagging enough to be noticed. The result was we were allowed to use the power, as it did not affect the lights as formerly and caused no in- convenience to the people. The logs sawed are spruce, fir, hemlock, bass, birch, beech, ash — and maple, and any lumberman knows what it is to saw mixed logs in hard winter weather. I have had a great many letters from other mill men who had installed motors and had their troubles, and sent them a sketch showing how I installed my balance wheel. Since then I have received letters from them thanking me for the information and saying they had adopted my idea and were getting fine results. Our experience shows it is far better to install a large motor. It - costs a little more for the motor, but less for the current. After run- ning this mill four winters we installed a 100-h.p. motor, and find the cost per thousand feet less than before. I have gone into all the details of showing how this mill was constructed, as some condemned my method of belting everything from the board saw arbor, which had four bearings, but our five winters’ work has proved to me that this is a success, and the mill is still running. Following is the expense per thousand feet, log scale, for manu- facturing lumber and lighting the mill: Electric power Winter of per 1,000 ft. per 1,000 ft. 1908 and 1909 ... $2.69 $ .43 1909 and 1910 ... ae, -44 19t0- and: 1911... 2.80 46 it and W124 fee ie .41 7/10 1912 and 1913 2.70 OS, The first figures include the electric power, but I have also given cost of the electric power per thousand feet separate, so the reader can see what it would cost him by comparing the price we pay per horse-power with what he can purchase it for. Our operating ex- pense included all the labor, such as scaler, log-rollers and staking the lumber, and has proved very satisfactory, as there is no engineer or watchman to pay and we are able to sell the sawdust and slabs. Out of five small mills that we are running, this electric mill is the best paying of them all. If I were setting up a new electric mill I would have a motor built with shaft extending out on opposite side of the pulley, so I could place the balance wheel on same and have an outer bearing to support it. It would give the same results that I am get- ting now, but with less shafting and pulleys. Our last year shows only 10c per thousand feet less than 1911, but there is an advance in labor, which makes the difference. E. E. D., in the Wood-Worker, Indianapolis. Liverpool and Manchester Stocks Stocks of spruce, pine and birch at Liverpool and Manchester on March 2nd are reported by Messrs. H. W. Lightburne & Company, Liverpool, as follows:— ' : Spruce and Birch Month Ending 28th February, 1914 Liverpool Import Consumption Stock - 1912. 1913. 1914 1912. 1913. 1914. 1912. 1913. 1914. N.B. & N.S. Spruce ; and Pine, Stds. 1,980 1,800 1,540 2,900 1,380 2,550 3,810 3,010 5,730 - Birch Logs, Loads 0 240 20 120 220 40 200 800 120 Birch Planks, Stds. 152 230 97 206 255 188 412 674 521 Manchester ; Spruce, Stds. .. 1,660 1,460 1,030 3,160 2,260 2,910 8,240 7,550 12,430 Birch Logs, Loads 0 0 20 40 100 80 60 340 240 Birch Planks, Stds. 30 6 55 91 36 97 12 479 436 Stocks in Manchester and Liverpool Combined Spruce 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914. Manchester ree 8,200 8,080 8,240 7,550 12,430 Liverpool ... ... .. 5,040 5,370 3,810 3,010 5,730 13,240 13,450 12,050 10,560 18,160 Stds. Birch Logs Manchester ... ... 140 0 60 340 240 Ertverpool: e.e..25-. 280 240 200 800 120 420 240 260 1,140 360 Loads. Birch Planks Manchester ... 1,024 0 12 479 436 e Liverpool, wes 0.. .. 600 230 , 412 674 521 1,624 230 424 1,153 957 Stds. In oiling machinery, particularly the bearings of cutterheads and spindles, I always make it a rule to see that it is done ten or fifteen minutes before quitting time, says an old hand. The bearings are then warm and will easily take oil and be ready to start promptly the fol- lowing morning at the sound of the whistle. It doesn’t take any more time to oil the machines this way and the possibility of hot boxes is considerably less. Bearings that are oiled in the morning when they are cold, I have found to be much more likely to run hot than bearings oiled the night before when they are warm. ? a2 a ~ | i — lO aid et 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER A Useful Belting Catalogue An interesting catalogue in booklet form, under the name of “The Main Drive” has been issued by the Federal Engineering Company, Limited, Toronto and Montreal. Belt users of all kinds will find this book of much use in the solution of their belting problems. In all cases where belting is used, either for transmission or for conveyor purposes, the book will prove of interest and value, as it contains a ereat deal of important information, plainly and briefly put. The Federal Engineering Company, Limited, handle Scandanavia, Lanco Balata and Teon be!tings, also Saffron Tanned Leather and Conveyor belts. Interesting descriptions are also given in the catalogue of the material and method of manufacture used in connection with these belts. A large number of illustrations are included and the book also contains valuable information relating to belt lacing, the h.p. trans- mitted by belts and the driving powers of different varieties of belts. A Record Cross-Cut Saw E. C. Atkins & Company, Indianapolis, Ind., have just delivered to the Rodney Burns Redwood Novelty Company of Eureka, Calif., the largest cross-cut saw that has ever been made, so far as they know. This saw is 22 ft. 3 in. long and is finished with the Redwood King pattern of tooth, which is exceedingly long and slender and par- ticularly adapted to sawing that class of timber. The saw was made specially for cutting and falling a redwood tree 20 ft. in diameter. A log 30 ft. long will be cut from this and shipped in sections to San Francisco, there to be formed into a log and stump house as a part of the Humboldt County exhibit at the Panama-Pacific Exposition in 191s. On account of the excessively large diameter of the tree, it was necessary to order a special saw which would permit of supplying the necessary log without the use of an axe. In the use of a.saw of this size, it will be necessary to employ two men on either end. The saw will also be exhibited in connection with the log which will be cut at the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The accompanying illustrations represent a new departure in the manufacture of swages which is of much importance to all lumber manufacturers. The Breeze-Dennison Company, Newburgh, Ont., who have been in the lumber manufacturing business for many years realized long ago the importance of certain improvements in the de- sign of saw swages and worked upon them until they have now turned out in their own plans a swage which gives them the results which they have been seeking for some time. ” The chief innovation in this swage consists in a change in the die, which in most types of swages is one solid piece, working on an eccentric principle. In the Breeze- Denison swage the die is made of one solid piece which is slotted in the centre to allow the use of three rollers. The main roller which comes in contact with the sawtooth revolves on the second roller, which in its turn revolves on a third roller. The latter two rollers taking the load and thus permitting the swage roller to revolve easily, thereby entirely eliminating friction. Machinery and Equipment What Manufacturers of Logging, Sawmill and Woodworking Appliances are Doing Tyee, --™ The swage is also equipped with a new type of clamping ser which works rapidly on a coarse thread sleeve until contact tained against the side of the tooth, after which a fine threaded comes automatically into play and gives the required amount clamping pressure. The idea of this feature i is to allow the clampi screw to open wide enough to permit the swaged tooth to pass re between the points of the clamp screws, thus making it possible slide to the next tooth without having to let go of the handles” tool. This device also allows the clamping screw to be re without any perceptible effort, thus saving the operator man injured knuckle. The chief object which the firm of Breeze-Denison had in mi in getting up this swage was to enable them to obtain stronger cor ners on bandsaw teeth, and in this way to be able to use much thia- ner saws in manufacturing their lumber. They have also worked c a swage for use upon circular saws, which will be placed upon 1 market in the course of a few weeks. A shaper to be used in nection with these swages is also being designed which will be pl upon similar principles in regard to the clamping devices. This will probably be upon the market in the near future. Elementary But Important Saw Facts Le The Editor of Berlin Quality recently received the following in- I teresting letter from one of his readers :— ks “This happened last winter. I was filing a mill in Minnesota la: winter, sawing mostly hardwood which came to us on cars. The only trouble I had with my saws was that they soon lost their edge. The logs came onto the deck covered with ice and snow with more or gravel and grit frozen to them. “We found by using hot water, furnished by an injector, 1 practically all the ice and grit could be removed on the car. When logs were washed c!ean they were brought into the mill. The retained an edge longer and the sawyer “had less general trouble. any other mill “has the same trouble I advise them to try this. “Another time I was called to a certain mill where they w having trouble. When I got there I thought I would have some with the foreman, and asked him for a job, not telling him who I He asked me if I knew anything about resaws and I replied mode that I did. Imagine my surprise when he said: ““We are having trouble with our resaw. The man that sol to us said we cou!d run a saw three months without changing. — about made up my mind he’s a liar,’ “T did some general educational work in that mill. The fist th 1 I did was to tell the boss that he, I, nor any other human couldn’t run a saw three months without changing. When I told the saw should be changed twice each day he thought I was jo But I proved to him that I knew what I was talking about. The day I was there they resawed 42,000 feet of 5-4 pine on that resay 9¥% hours. I heard the other day that that boss was looking for a job. I’m not surprised.” + A Development of Side Heads The use of hard woods in house-finishing and other lines has been constantly growing for many years, until now nearly every sec- tion of the country is contributing some wood of a hard or tough nature for this purpose. The fact that these woods take a handsome natural finish and are more serviceable, especially for flooring, has rooted them so firmly in the popular demand that we doubt if they will ever go out of use. How to work them economically with the tools at hand has, however, been a serious problem with the wood- _ worker who desired to turn out good work at a fair margin of profit. ____ Yo meet this demand and to keep up with the race for supremacy ‘among the makers of fast feed flooring machines, the manufacturers of the Shimer Cutter Heads brought out the line known as the “Shimer Limited.” These tools possess many features of special merit and are made with four, six, eight or twelve bits to each head to suit the matcher upon which they are to be used, the feed desired and the kind of material to be worked. regen appearance the “Shimer Limited” series of Cutter Heads re- sembles the o'der patterns of these famous tools, but differs therefrom in the method of attaching to the spindle; in the construction of the bit seats ; of the bit designed for faster cutting; in the greater strength _of the holding bolts, and in the self-centering device which clings to : the spindle when drawn up, securing it firmly thereto. - The spindle gripping device is positive and effective in its pur- pose of holding fast to the spindle, as also in centering the head for The ‘‘Shimer Limited’’ with Expansion “a more uniform action of the cutters. This is accomplished by hav- ing the central bore of the head tapered and having a rotatable cap and nut fitted in the upper portion. Into this bore a taper collet pro- jects, having an upper threaded portion fitting the rotatable nut. When the top nut is drawn up the collet contracts and binds itself firmly to the spindle. This device is simple and effective and one not likely to get out of order. The various parts are made of good steel forgings and the collets are hardened and ground true to size. The entire construction of this tool is the finest, both i in workmanship and material. _ The bit seats in these heads carry a larger surface, and the bit chambers are of greater depth, to compensate for the new acute angle ven to the bits for greater relief to the parts coming in contact with lumber. The holding bolts have been strengthened several times ad the use of a high grade steel especially made for the purpose. All cutting bits are of. high grade tool steel, tempered to file. y hold an edge exceptionally well in working wood of every class ee Circular outlines maintain uniform shapes and patterns of inished product. No filing or fitting of the parts is necessary han that required to sharpen the bits, which requires about the skill as that of filing a saw. ‘o match flooring at the rate of 150 to 250 lineal feet per minute ires side heads of perfect balance, and of undoubted strength, to hstand the enormous centrifugal strains and the hard knocks inci- matching all kinds of lumber at fast feeds. e “Shimer Limited” Cutter Heads are made from solid steel eet 60,000 Ibs. tensile strength, which are shaped under a ul steam hammer until the grain is further solidified and re- r making a tool of great strength. They are carefully balanced bits are jointed to insure ai] of them doing their share of the : ‘cools must be seen at work to be appreciated. Like all oducts they are sent on trial, returnable if not satisfactory. mu AS Shimer & Sons, Galt, Ont., Can. —7 — CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 Advertising by the Retailer If during the various conventions of the retailers there can be aroused more enthusiasm in advertising and some new and novel ideas generated to help the cause along, it will be a good thing, both for the retailers and for the lumber industry as a whole. Perhaps the one thing the retail lumber trade needs to do more of right now is adver- tising. Some here and there in the trade have kept fairly alive to this subject and a few have been keenly active in local advertising. Taking the retail trade in its entirety, however, there has not been anything like near enough advertising done. The manufacturers in various lines advertise both to and for the retailer. They advertise to get the attention and business of the retail- er, and then various associations of manufacturers do some general advertising to assist in creating a market for their stuff. Also they furnish advertising literature pertaining to their particular product which the retailer can often use to boost business a little. What the retailer needs to do, however, is to consider his business as a business itself and to figure that it is up to him to do some live, wide-awake focal advertising to keep in the game properly. His business is not limited to any one or two products that might be advertised in a way by the manufacturers, but it often consists of a wide variation of pro- ducts, each of which at times holds particular interest for the buyer in the community, and it is up to the retailer to advertise all of these in the course of the year and advertise his own business continually. Has Centered Mainly on Houses and Home Building Much of the advertising work done by the. retailer in the past has been centered on houses and home building. A strong feature has been made of house plans and plan books, and these have, without question, contributed considerably to business building. They are still good things, too, as is also the later feature of silos for the farm- ers. They are not the only things, however, and a share of attention should be given to other matters. It often happens that barn building constitutes a good part of the retail lumber trade during the season. Then there is the broad subject of general farm improvement, which includes poultry houses, stock pens, fences and even pig troughs. There are many things along this line that might be featured in adver- tising, and by being thus featured would inspire prospective customers with a desire for them. It is seeing things pictured and reading about them and seeing the actual things themselves that begets most of the desire to buy in the world, and an aggressive campaign of advertising with various features of farm i improvement should result in the selling of lots of lumber that people might not otherwise think of buying. This is a species of creative salesmanship that helps business all around and there is nothing like live advertising to start the thing going, advertising that contains specific suggestions for farm improve- ment. Featuring Drain Tile Then there is not only lumber, but there are the various side lines carried by the dealer. In the springtime drain tile is a great item in some sections and a proper featuring of this in an advertising way with articles in the local papers about the benefits of tile drainage should help business along considerably. There is the matter of true farm sanitation—quite a live subject to-day which, if handled correctly, should help make a market for cement, sewer pipe and various other. side lines to the lumber business. In fact, there are opportunities on all sides to bring out something new-and effective in advertising and it should prove worth while for the conventions of retailers to have some experience talks on this subject, to discuss what has been done by various members during the past year and bring out ideas as" to what may be done during the coming year. Playing Up the Sash and Door Purchase For example, when the retailer places his order for a carload of sash and door stock this is a news item for the local paper that can be enlarged upon by setting forth in detail the kinds and sizes of win- dows bought, the particular kinds of doors purchased and the reason for the purchasing of them. If this is put in proper shape it is not only interesting news, but it is effective advertising that begins the work of creating a sentiment in favor of the very stock that has been ordered, and this makes it easier to sell that instead of having to order some- thing special all the time for some of the builders. The same idea may well be followed when the retailer p!aces an order for anything special in the way of lumber. Whether it is flooring, siding or barn stock, there can generally be developed some interesting feature in connec- tion with the purchase that may be a good news item and will help keep the retailer and his business before the public in an attractive manner. Then, when something of particular note in the way of farm improvement is done any where in the community it makes an inter- esting item that helps inspire others with the ‘desire to improve. Everywhere there is something of this kind all the time that can be used to keep the advertising game alive and interesting. That is what will perhaps do more good for the retail trade throughout the country than any other one thing—more effective and wide-awake advertis- ing—St. Louis Lumberman. WANTED PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other than ‘“‘Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from _rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements of “Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. If Canada Lumberman box number is used, en- close ten cents extra for postage in forward- ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of ‘Wanted Employees” will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. £59 Wanted-Lumber ! Basswood Wanted No. 2 Common and Mill Cull. Winter cut preferred. Apply Firstbrook Box Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. T-tf Shavings and Sawdust Wanted to buy. Would prefer baled and separate from the sawdust. prices at your station. M. BREMNEN shavings Quote & SONS, Hamilton, Ont. 7-12 Wanted 500,000 feet 1-in., 1%4-in. Soft Elm. : 700,000 feet 1-in. Basswood, Ash and Birch. For delivery as soon as dry this year. State what you can supply and lowest prices on Cars. Box 945, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 3-8 Wanted to Buy 600 Pieces 16-in. average square Birch timber. State best price and when delivery can be made. Imperial Hardwood Flooring Company, 7 Montreal, P.Q. eee Wanted Several cuts of good Maple and Beech to be sawed during Winter and Spring of 1914 in District between Georgian Bay and Toron- to, also stocks of Birch from Muskoka Dis- trict. Box 964, Canada Lumberman, cree 4.7 Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit, or some second- hand machinery, the CANADA LUMBER- MAN AND WOODWORKER will bring uick returns. Use our “Wanted and For Sale Department” Wanted to Buy 4/4 White Basswood. 4/4 12-in. and over wide Soft Elm. Round Rock Elm Logs 12-in. and up diam- eter, 20 to 35 ft. long—admit 10 per cent. good white gray elm. Any station in Canada. Also square Rock Elm timber. Highest prices. Spot cash. HALL BROS., Manufacturers and Wholesalers. 4-7 Toronto and Marmora. Hardwood Pickets Wanted Beech, Birch and Hard Maple. 42. Require Thickness, 1/16-in. Plump. Quality—Free from all defects. Can take delivery of green or dry stock. Apply to The Canada Wood Specialty Co., Ltd., Orillia, for full particulars, price, etc. 24-1-TF Wanted to Buy One million feet 1-in. Dead Cull Pine, also fifty thousand feet 1-in. Cull Spruce or Hemlock. Apply M. BRENNEN & SONS, 6-9 Hamilton, Ont. Wanted To Buy—1000 Birch Logs fresh, clean, straight and sound, 14-in. and up diameter at small end, 8 ft. to 16 ft. long. Ielivery to commence as soon as possible. Terms: 75 per cent. cash when alongside track at railway station, balance when loaded on cars. Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Mont- real, stating best price. tif, Wanted to Buy 250,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood, winter sawed. Ten cars 4/4 x 12-in. and up Soft Elm. eee car 4/4, 6/4 and 8/4 1s and 2s Soft =1m. Box 998, Canada Lumberman, Toronto 7-10 WANTED—500,000 to 600,000 ft. Hard- wood Plank, Beech, Birch, Maple, Ash, Oak, oneorall kinds. Dry or green, state which 2 x 6 and up wide, at least 85 per cent. 8- in, and up; 10 to 16 ft. long, at least 90 per cent. 12 ft. and up, and at least 60 per cent. 16 ft. State what quantity you can furnish and when. Delivery f.o.b. canal boat at mill, or delivered New York City by rail or boat, May to October inclusive. Quality: Sound, well manufactured, free from wane, and ends butted. Free from splits, harmful shakes, rot, or rotten knots. Sound knots no objection. Apply with full particulars to Hardwood, care Canada Liumberman, To- ronto. 7 Lath and Lumber Wanted 1000 M. Pieces No. 1 White Pine Lath. 1500 M. Pieces No. 2 White Pine Lath. 2500 M. Pieces No. 3 White Pine Lath. 500 M. 1-in. Log Run Brown Ash. Mill Culls out. 500 M. 1-in. Log Run Basswood. Mill Culls out. 300 M. 1-in. Log Run Soft Elm. Mill Culls out. Now sawn or to be sawn. Quote lowest prices cars mill. C. A. SPENCER, Eastern Townships Bank Building, Montreal, Que. 7-8 For Red Pine For Sale Four carloads 2 x 4 and up; 18 ft. to 24 ft. P. O. Box 392, Ottawa, Ont. 3-t.f. For Sale Three cars 4 ft. Spruce Lath. For immediate shipment. The Elgie & Jarvis Company, Limited, Toronto, Ont. 7 For Sale Cut of Hemlock near Ottawa. facture to suit buyer. HALL BROS., and Wholesale Merchants Marmora and Toronto, Will manu- Manufacturers Lumber 4-7 Lumber For Sale 200 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 375 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, c Montreal, Que. For Quick Shipment 6/4, 8/4, 10/4 No. 1 C. & B. Dry Birch. 1-in. and 2-in. Merchantable Spruce. 2-in. and 38-in. Tamarac. 2 x 10 x 16 Merchantable Hemlock. Quincy Adams Lumber Company, Ltd., Cc, P. R. Building, 7 Toronto, Ont, Hard Maple and Hemlock feet hard maple Can cut dimen- We have half a million and half a million hemlock. sion stock, Write best offer. Trenton Cooperage Mills Limited, 7-10 Trenton, Ont. For Sale 50 M. ft. 2-in. Dry Birch No. 1 C & B. 50 M. ft. 1%4-in. Dry Basswood No.1 C & li. Cheap to clear. ROBERT BURY & CO., 79 Spadiria Avenue, ri Toronto, Ont. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, Janesville, Wisconsin. " Machinery Nai » Wanted Two or three dump wagons in good repair, suitable for handling mill slabs. State con- dition and lowest cash price. BOOTH & SHANNON, 6-7 Biscotasing, Ont. ANTED—Good second hand Double Block Shingle Machine, with collars and saws at- tached. Also Knee-Bolter; ten or twelve lumber buggies with three haul-off trucks; three dump carts for hauling slabs; one 12-in. double surfacer. Quote prices f.o.b. cars Sault Ste. Marie, Ont. Describe fully in first letter. Address Andrews Lumber Com- pany, Ltd., Escanaba, Mich. 7 For ee A Bargain 44-inch Wick Gang for sale at a bargain. In first class shape. Apply, Fraser Lumber Company, Ltd., 2-7 Plaster Rock, N.B. Mill Machinery For Sale Complete saw mill plant for sale including two single cutting. band mills, gang, and all equipment in first class working order. For particulars apply to the Dickson Company, Peterboro, Ont. 5-8 ee Second Hand Machinery 150 to 175 h.p. Corliss Engine, 16-in. x 86-in., new two years ago. ; i 75 to 100 h.p. Brown Automatic, 13-in. x 30-in., in excellent condition. : 500 to 750 h.p. Buckeye; a good sawmill engine. Boilers, 72-in. x 18-ft. and 54-in. x 14-ft. THOMAS HOBBS, Mail Building, 7-t.f. Toronto, Ont. Woodworking Machinery For Sale. One Waterous 3-block sawmill, cable feed; 1 36- in. 3-saw edger; 2 No. 2 combined lath ma- chines and bolters; 1 Williams heavy wood frame swing saw; 3 26-in. revolving bed double surface planers; 1 12-in. MacGregor- Gourlay four side moulder; 1 42-in. Fay power feed band rip saw table; 1 54-in. Jackson-Cochrane band resaw. H. W. Petrie, Limited, Toronto, Montreal and Yankooy Advertisements under this heading one cent word per insertion. Box No. 10 perm ota Minimum charge 25 cents. 4 EXPERIENCED LUMBER INSPECTOR — wants position. Address Box 986, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 6-9 Sc ——$— Double cut band or circular sa wyer open for engagement. Best references. Address Box 989, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 7 —————_—_—_—_———— Position wanted as band saw filer, double or single cut. First-class references. Ad- dress Box 972, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 5-7 ee _ Experienced lumber office man wants posi- tion. Some capital to invest if required. Good references. Box 999, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. 7 Position wanted as order clerk to take charge of shipping in retail lumber business. Quick and accurate at figures. Address Box 988, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 7 COST CLERK desires position with a woodworking concern, Ability to organize. Practical and experienced. Best of refer- ee Box 990, Canada Lumberman, Toron- 0. T8 Position wanted as band saw filer, or can take full charge of resaw band. Four years’ experience. Strictly temperate. State wages offered. Box 985, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. ; 6-8 Saw filer, band or circular, wants position, 25 years’ good experience. No booze fighter. Good references. Can give satisfaction. Box 300, Canada Lumberman, 119 Board of Trade, Montreal. : 5-8 Wanted—Position By Experienced Manager To take charge of lumbering operations. Can get results and furnish the highest cre- dentials. Canadian. Box 973, Canada Lum- berman, Toronto, Ont. 8 EXPERIENCED MAN wants position in charge of outside operations for lumber man- ufacturing firm. Fifteen years’ experience in all branches of lumber business with up-to- date firms. Best of references. Box 979, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 6-7 BAND SAW FILER wants position. Twenty years’ experience in United States and Canada. Can furnish gilt edge references. Would go where quality and quantity is want- ed. Would expect highest wages. Single or double cut. Box 960, Canada Lumberman, — Toronto. 4-7 te) Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents WANTED—Competent millwrights to in stall sawmill machinery. Booth & Shanne Biscotasing, Ont. 6- WANTED—The Fraser Brook Lumber Company, authorized capital $100,000, paid up $53,000, want agent to sell their balance of stock (shares). Apply to J. E. Pineau, Secretary, Fraserville, Que. 78 WANTED—Men for sawmill, single cir- cular 10-in. steam feed, steam nigger, sawing hardwoods and pine. Sawyer, setters, car- riage-man, trimmer-man and edger-man. 60 miles north of the Canadian Soo on | Superior. State experience and wages wan ed in first letter. Address Andrews Lun Co., Ltd., Escanaba, Mich. Yar -WANTED—Two band saw _ setters, and two edgermen. Mill starts April. Prince Albert Lumber Company, Ltd., 7-8 Prince Albert, Sask. Veneer Agency Large. American manufacturer of veneers and thin lumber wants a representative to travel Ontario and Quebec on a commission basis. Exclusive territory. Apply Box 978, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 6-7 For Sale Sawmill in good timbered district, about 50 h.p., all complete. It cost $6,000. To close estate will sell for $1,500. Address Box 977, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 6-7 Wanted—Part interest in Planing Mill and lumber yard, or in small wholesale lumber business. Box 1000, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. q For Sale—Retail Lumber Yard and Planing mill, $5,000. Stock at invoice prices. Last year’s business $25,800. Natural gas power. Railway siding. 400 ft. metal sheds, etc. Caledonia Milling Co., Ltd., Caledonia, Ontario. 6-9 Active Partner Wanted to join practical man now operat- ing sawmill at Barriere, B.C., on the C. N. R. Within easy reach of Prairie markets and a plentiful supply of good lumber . Write Box 997, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 17-9 Saw Mill For Sale Fully equipped sawmill, including Boiler, Engine, Trimmers, Belts, etc. Everything in running order. Capacity 18,000 to 20,000 ft. per day. Located on T. & N. O. Railway. Apply Box 984, Canada Lumberman, ‘To- ronto. 6-7 Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. This is where buyers of timber property look for op- portunities to invest. If your ‘“‘ad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. tf For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail and eaege ping facilities. Excellent log pond. en and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. 8-t.f. For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hardwood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sawmill and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 19-t.f. Big Money in Silos Big money can be made in properly con- structed wooden silos and tanks. We are large U. S. manufacturers and have unques- _ tionably the best methods for silo and tank construction. We want to sell our Canadian Patents outright to some live manufacturing rm in Canada. For particulars address Box 1, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 7-8 ESTEVAN, SASKATCHEWAN Splendid opening for Planing Mill. Lumber d could be run in conjunction with ad- vantage. 5,000 population; with large dis- trict to serve; cheap power, fuel, light, etc. ; city” growing rapidly, first-class business as- sured. Write immediately to the Secretary, Board of Trade, Estevan, Sask., Canada. 4-8 British Columbia Saw Mill and Timber Limit ‘ For Sale A 25-thousand feet capacity Saw Mill, and illion feet first class Spruce, Red Cedar, k and Yellow Cedar, etc., under B.C. License. At good shipping point near Rupert, B.C. Inspection invited. A. rt, P, O, Box 456, Prince Bape CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Business Opportunity For Sale—Woodworking shop fitted especi- ally for general work. New and up-to-date machinery. First class dry kiln. Blower sys- tem. Railway siding. Situated in a live and thriving Ontario town. Splendid local and shipping trade. This is an exceptional oppor- tunity to acquire a good business with a trade already established. ; Write J. A. C., Canada Lumberman To- ronto. 7 Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. 1-t.f. re, 9; teste ee SEALS Hip pats e ie re y 7 > POS ts M y i Coal and: Timber Will purchase in large tracts only, either in Canada or the United States. We are prin- cipals and only deal with owners. No agents or options. Address ‘‘Cash,”’ c/o Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 4-7 Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. , The Waterous Engine Works Company, 22-t.f. Brantford, Canada. Vertical Spindles It is rather remarkable that a great many mills, where every- thing to enable the greatest amount of work possible to be obtained from the machines is to be found, do not possess a vertical spindle. They will have band- saws, planers, deal frames—the list need not be detailed. It is sufficient to say that the mill is without a vertical spindle. Of course, we do not refer to mills that make joinery, but to the many trade mills that saw and plane for the trade. “Quantity” is the motto in a trade mill, and the small order is looked at with a frown. Yet, in spite of this, there are many occasions when it is ab- solutely necesSary to take orders that do not pay for the machining for the sake of the orders that do. A big planer will be idle for a day while it is being set up to make a large moulding. Perhaps all that is required is two or three of one section. Only those who know can realize how difficult it is to fit up a large planer for some special mouldings, and yet it is a very simple matter to do these same mouldings in one-tenth of the time on a vertical spindle. When this is realized we are sure that those who at present have charge of large mills, which do not possess a vertical planer, will remedy this defect, and will order one. The reason why the vertical spind'te is such a useful machine in a trade mill is that any order that is at all intricate or out of the usual run of work can be exe- cuted upon it in such a small space of time. Take some mould- ings, for instance, that have to be done on a big planer in a mill where there is no vertical spindle. There are the following adjust- ments to make: The alteration and setting up of four cutter blocks, the making of shoes to fit the moulding, and the careful ad- justment of all the cutter blocks, to get the exact shape and out- line. All these adjustments take a great deal of time and consider- able care—Timber News. Some Second-Growth Prejudices There is considerable prejudice in New Engtand against white- wood. This is the tree known also as tulip and yellow poplar, but owing to the large amount of sapwood in the second-growth the name whitewood is usually ap- plied. It is claimed by some manufacturers that whitewood is harder to work and causes more trouble from warping and check- ing than is the case with yellow poplar. As a result the high- grade material is brought in, while the local product is hard to dispose of at a profit. Other man- ufacturers claim that the prejudice against the wood is not justified and that with proper handling it will fill many of the places of the more expensive poplar. A maker of porch columns uses whitewood and states that it gives excellent satisfaction. Since the future de- mands for timber must ultimately be met for the most part by sec- ond-growth material, a_ better knowledge of second-growth hard- woods seems desirable. Chest- nut is one of the most common trees in southern New England, yet many furniture manufacturers will not use it, preferring stock from farther south and_ west. While there are apparently grounds for its discrimination, it is quite probable that many of the objections could be overcome by improved methods of cutting, handling and selling. 45 Can This Waste Be Eliminated? A resident of Spencerville, Ont., recently sent to the editor of Conservation a sample of curled map'te, suitable for fine cabinet work, of which five cords had been delivered to him in the form of firewood. Much of it was split in slabs reaching twenty inches in width, and all of it was of good quality. On previous occasions, the same gentleman has been sold cordwood consisting of large- sized bird’s eye maple, wavy birch of fine grain, black cherry and butternut. A somewhat similar waste of fine woods for inferior purposes was brought to our notice by a manufacturer of vehicles in St. Thomas, Ont., who showed us samples of waste pieces from his factory, of oak, ash, hickory and hard map!te. Many of these pieces would be very suitable for tool handles, etc., but, through lack of a market, are obliged to be sold as firewood. BAUGHMAN’S BUYER AND SELLER Special Price, $1.60 Toronto Canada Lumberman =- OFFICE. SCHOOL. HURCH & LODGE FURNITURE. Montreal Engineering Co., Limited, 164 St. James Street, Montreal. - Timber limits examined, cruised and surveyed. Waterpowers developed. Pulp and Paper Mills de- signed and constructed. Projects financed. Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season: Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timber Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log Stamping, Hammers, etc. Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the lowest price. Write us for particulars and prices ARGALL BROTHERS Three Rivers, Quebec 46 Ontario The soft wood trade in Ontario seems to have entered one of the quietest seasons which it has experienced for several years. Promin- ent wholesalers report that they have not seen so little business in progress at this time of year during the last ten years, one dealer de- claring that business is at least 50 per cent. off in volume. The causes seem to be numerous. In fact, the general opinion is that the reason for the quietness is to be found in the co-operation of a number of factors, which, in themselves, would not have been sufficient individu- ally to reduce trade to any noticeable extent. Tight money, severe weather, lack of building activity and uncertainty in regard to such important matters as the situation in connection with the Canadian Northern Railway finances, are among the chief causes. Trade in Western Canada, moreover, does not seem to have picked up to any extent, and, as much of the prosperity of Ontario depends upon the west, the effect is quite noticeable in a smaller demand for such raw’ material for manufacturing, as lumber. No one seems to think that the present situation is a matter for serious anxiety. The most frequent opinion heard is that trade may pick up at any moment, as soon as the causes contributing toward greater activity are more pronounced. The representative of a well known southern pine manufacturing company, who recently made one of his regular trips in Ontario states that the large manufacturers, particularly the agricultural implement makers both in Canada and the United States are buying extensively, which may be taken as an encouraging indication of improvement. The International Harvest- er Company, for instance, according to his report, recently placed an order for 250,000,000 feet of long-leaf yellow pine alone. The hardwood trade, while not so quiet as other lines, is by no means active. Shortness of money and severe weather seem to have been affecting it to some extent. There is a pretty fair movement of 1 in. Ists and 2nds birch, and good lines of basswood are moving fairly well. Large consumers of hardwoods are reported to have light stocks. Stocks in the hands of wholesalers and manufacturers are also light. The quantity of hardwood taken out of the woods during the past winter was probably about the same as during previous win- ters. A number of wholesalers have been devoting their time of late, more to cleaning up their back orders than to looking for new trade. The volume of trade in the case of some hardwood wholesalers has not suffered very much. A few, in fact, report that their sales during the first three months of 1914 have been practically the same as they were during the corresponding period of 1913. Improvement is reported in business conditions at Ottawa. Sey- eral dealers have made fairly good sales within the past week, al- though prices show no important alterations. Eastern Canada Better weather during the month of March he!ped the lumber trade at St. John, N.B., to some extent. There has not been any real activity, however, in the movement of stocks. Factories have found it difficult to keep their men employed, and have only done so by turn- ing out stock for the summer trade. All the mills at St. John are pre- pared for their summer sawing and will be in operation by the middle of the present month. Some of the larger mills commenced sawing late in March. - No change has occurred in prices during the past fort- night. All the mills have sold their cuts of English deals for 1914, but American stocks have not been sold in advance. City cut deals are quoted at $17 per thousand for the usual specification. Ends are bring- ing $12 and 4ths $15. Refuse lumber will sell at the mills at about $11 per thousand. No business is being done for the American market, but an improvement is hoped for when warmer weather has set in de- finitely. Some city cut laths are selling at $2.85 on the wharves. Spot laths held over from last fall are quoted at $3.50 per thousand on the wharves. There are between seven and eight million laths in stock at St. John. Stocks of English deals have practically all been shipped. Stocks of dry pine are scarce and are likely to advance in price this season. Logging operations in the woods are finished. The outlook for driving is only fair as there is not much ice in the woods and the snow will pass away quickly. Much will depend therefore upon the rains. It is estimated that the cut on the upper St. John will amount only to about 60,000,000 feet. The price of logs is expected to be about $1 per thousand higher than it was last year. The New England market shows a firmer tone in spruce, parti- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER cularly dimension stock. Several spruce manufacturers who hay been selling to the retail trade direct at Boston report their intent of asking $24.50 as a base price instead of $24. Some dealers stil plain of quiet business, but many others report an improved « for frames. One sale is reported of 90,000 feet on a $25 basi tailers are apparently realizing that further delay in making th chases may be expensive. At New York, the prices of spruce co firm and several large orders have recently been placed at sli advances. Yards are fairly well stocked with spruce assortm weather conditions have not encouraged the movement of st though the prospects for any extensive increase in the bui mand are slight, retailers are making more enquiries than fe indicating a tendency to take advantage of present prices, it pation of an early advance. A firmer market is reported for lath at Boston. Most of actions for 15@ in. are at $4.15 to $4.20 and even $4.25 is repor few cases where quick delivery was required. Some dealers $4 for 114 in., but most of the business is at $3.75 to $3.80. are rather unsettled. A large Canadian manufacturer recent! ped his price for white cedar extras to $3.55 and for clears to $ An increasing interest is being taken in British Columbia red since the removal of the duty, and salesmen report that they tain $3.65 for reds more easily than $3.55 for white cedar ext extras, five butts to 2 in. full count, $3.75 has been obtained are ranging from $3 to $3.25 and second clears from $2.75 to Great Britain Very little improvement, if any, is reported in the Lor market during the past fortnight. Forward buying is v Deliveries from the London docks, however, continue in fair For the week ending March 7th, the total was 4,782 stan pared with 3,045 standards during the corresponding v Liner shipments show little or no change. At Churchill & cent auction sale, 3 x 6 to 9 in. 3rd Quebec spruce, 10 to 13 £10, while 3 x 7, 3rd, 6 to 8 ft. brought £9 5s. Some 3 x 9 ft., brought £9 5s. Prime British Columbia fir sold at. standard hundred for 4/6 x 12/16, 12 to 32 ft. 3rd Quebec 11 in., 12 to 16 ft. brough £15 5s. Quebec birch planks 2 x 6° 6 to 17 ft. brought 1s. 61%4d. per cubic foot. . A little more activity is reported at Liverpool in spruce c.i.f. terms for forward delivery. Offerings of the better ¢ deals are not as yet plentiful. Several cargoes are repor been placed at prices which should be satisfactory to the sh Liner parce!s have been coming in steadily and have eased off in value, as the market is already overloaded. The spruce s; ket is not very buoyant and importers have to take what they The indications are that the import season will be started with stocks as have been held for years at a similar period. The consumptive demand is much below par. Only a few tr are reported in birchson c.i.f. terms. Values continue remarkal ‘The spot market is unchanged, and the consumptive demand the import, so that stocks are being reduced slowly, but s Manchester, parcels of the better cut of spruce deals are offer £9 15s. basis for 7 and 8 in. x 3 in. for the season’s shipment. _ United States im \- An uncertainty still prevails in regard to the general — situation in the United States, but there are some who feel that business is in a sound condition and will show satisf. provement within the next month or two. During that time pect to see the commerce of the country readjusted to meet conditions brought about by new laws which have recently b into force by the-government. There are still, however, r stacles to be overcome, the chief among these being the fact t railroads persist in remaining out of the market. Until the ra and other large corporations feel free to purchase more extensiy general return of trade activity is not expected. In regard to the business, there is a fair amount of buying in progress in most the country, but there is no rush. Every order received bears d marks of having been very cautiously considered and yard owne sorting their depleted stocks, rather than buying extensively. 1 are, in fact, still playing a waiting game. Building activity is ¢ mencing to increase, wherever the weather has relaxed and thi seem to indicate that the movement of lumber will soon becom general. The wood consuming industries are fairly busy, but can ; 2 vv , 2 " » po ae CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 47 B. P. Bote, Pres. F. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Co., Limited Sarnia, Ontario View of Mills in Sarnia. BEAR IN MIND That we saw all winter and always have large stocks of Norway and White = Pine Lumber =| Large timbers cut to order, any length up to6o feet, from Pineand B.C. Fir. Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. 48 CANADA conservative in their purchases. Taking everything into considera- tion, the lumber business is upon a basis of purchasing for current re- quirements only, and shows no speculative feature whatever. Northern pine, with the arrival of mild weather is showing sea- sonable signs of activity. Prices remain steady with no indication of advance until the movement becomes much heavier. The lower grades are moving more rapidly than the uppers, but box factories are not buying as extensively as they were a year ago. Hemlock shows a slight improvement. Northern stocks are small and prices are sufficiently high to permit of some profit, yet not higii Market Correspondence St. John Trade Stirring—Details of Log Output St. John, N.B., March 23; (Special to the Canada Lumberman) : —~\ slight improvement has taken place in the local lumber trade dur- ing the last ten days, but previous to this it has been the dullest winter in three years. ‘Lhe tactories have been hard pushed to keep their men employed, and have only done so by making up stock ahead for summer trade, of which they now have large quantities. The weather has improved much during March and this has caused a cer- tain amount of repair work to be taken up, but the outlook for build- ing for the coming season is not nearly as good as last year. Many large building enterprises were carried out last season and are now about finished; namely, the C. P:R. elevator, the Atlantic Sugar Re- fineries, the Armory, the McClary Company warehouse and offices, the Bank of British North America, the Merchants Bank of Canada, and many dwelling houses. No great, buildings such as the above will be undertaken this-year. Of course, a certain amount of changing over of buildings is always going-on. The C. P. R. will change over the Vassil building on King street to offices for themselves, and then they will have their entire offices under one building; not scattered as they are at present. It is said that the Fenton Land Company will! build about twenty dwelling houses this year. The New Brunswick Realty Company will build two or more dwellings besides some other projected houses for which plans are now being made. All the mills are being prepared for summer sawing and will all be in operation by April 15th. Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company will start their Pleasant Point mill on March 28th, as will Messrs. Randolph & Baker; Stetson Cutler & Company sawing for the Ameri- can market and Randolph & Baker for the English market. During the past winter, Stetson Cutler & Company have built a new distri- buting system at their Pleasant Point mill. This is to make the work much easier. It will now take less men than before to handle the deals, etc., provements in his new mill at South Bay. All the other mills have had more or less improvements put upon them. It is not known whether the Hilyard mill will be in operation this summer, or not, as it is said to have been sold to a company of real estate men, called the Harbour Properties Limited. This mill has been sawing for * Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company during the past two years. English Deal ‘Cuts Sold Prices of wood goods remain about the same as. at last writing. All the mills here have sold their cut of English deals for the coming season. The American mills have not sold ahead. The price for deals is largely for city cut $17 per M. for the usual specification, viz., 50 per cent. 7 and up x 3 in., 50 per cent. 9 in. and up, with 3 x 4 and 5 in. at $15; 3 x 6 in. $15.50, 7 x 2% in. at $16 to $16.50, ends $12, fourths $15, side boards have been sold at around $16 per M. for the ordinary merchantable quality, clears included. from the mills at about $11 per M. for all kinds. The American market is extremely dull at present. Practically no business is being done from this port.- Reports show that very little work has been carried on during the past winter, but should warmer weather set in, an improvement is likely to take place, al- though the buyers seem very dilatory about purchasing any stocks ahead. Laths have been sold, for some city cuts, at about $2.85 on wharves. Other mills prefer to wait until later. Mills having spot laths held from last fall, are asking $3.50 per M. on their wharves. Seven to eight million would be a fair estimaté of stocks of lath here, about all the deals, boards, etc., have been shipped from the English mills. Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company have quite a stock of Am- erican sizes at their different mills, probably in the vicinity of eight millions of two, three and four inch. Stocks of pine are S¢afce, es- LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER J. E. Moore on the Oromocto and lower part of river... ... ( King Lumber Co. for St. John (J. E: Moore) (ose ‘ - Sayre Co. on Salmon River and lower part of St. John ... 3,000 Warner “& Co.’on the lower-tiver .... 3.5... see J. A. Gregory, hemlock, on the Oromocto ... .7-) loss in the yard. J. E. Moore has made some extensive im- Refuse lumber will be sold ———— enough to prevent active competition with eee pine. Pennsyl vania manufacturers are reported to be accumulating stocks at the mills, rather than pushing sales. The eastern demand is still slow. _ ‘i he hardwood trade appears to be improving gradually, althou gl the demand is still of a hand-to-mouth character. Plain oak is moving fairly well. Ash and hickory are strong and offerings are not heavy The lower grades of poplar are active. In the north, the trade in woods continues on about the same basis as during the Migs prices are firm. Maple is strong, especially in inch lumber. Ther a steady movement of birch. Elm is moving well at good prices. — SPECIAL REPORTS | ON CONDITIONS AT | HOME AND ABROAD — pecially dry lumber, and will probably see higher prices duri coming season. Operators Waiting for the Drive Along the river, about all the logs have been hauled to la and operators are now waiting for the streams and rivers to when the logs can be driven, rafted and delivered to the re outlook for driving at the present time is only fair. While th quite a quantity of snow in the woods, there is very little ice it, and when the snow is gone there is nothing left to fall b Conditions, therefore, will depend entirely on the rains. rather early to predict what the driving will be on the lower section the river. The cut of logs, such as bark logs, has been fair. On the Neripis, H. W. Woods will have about ... ... ... Little River Sunbury Co, for the River Valley Lumber Co. 3,000 For the Partington Pulp Co. Estate .. . .. vas cee 00000 Partington Pulp Co. on the Nashwash for St. - John old and © newi.apout, <2 kn ee 2 ee Sundry operations by farmers Pe cate All the above logs will come in n below Fredericton ar practically all to St. John. ¥ Above Fredericton the Fraser Lumber Company FS, proba D1; have the larger quantity of the bark logs for their mill at Fredericton. Reduced Cut on Upper St. John A rough estimate of logs for St. John mills from the Upper S John, would be: Chouinard & Kilburn for Murray & Gregory ... ... .:. Nobles-Currier-Cunliffe Bros. for Stetson Cutler & Co. ... Randolph & Baker on Little, Black, Green and Grand rivers. 12 000 J. E. Moore and Charles Miller on ‘Salmon River... ... . Sat. Stetson Cutler & Company on agers » oe). Chas, Miller onmiigbiquens) —.3 :. a0) Other operators: 2... 2. «27, ay “Se Total-about® ..." «. : = This is a very small cut and - is “caused largely by the q ant logs held over in St. John after the strike of last year. The prices for logs will be about a dollar per thousand hi i than last season. Labor is quite plentiful at present, and no clouds are in the sh regarding strikes, etc. Wages will remain the same as in 1913. Montreal Outlook Fairly Good Montreal, March 24th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): . though here and there dealers report a quiet trade, business cone is stated to be fairly good. Some wholesalers have booked man stantial orders, prices being firm with an upward tendency. The out look is distinctly satisfactory, for while the large structures to b erected are limited, there is certain to be a heavy programme so far a residences are concerned. There are complaints of drastic cutting in local quotations, a con dition which is not expected to continue, and is probably due to excep- tional circumstances. Dry stock is scarce, and will become more difficult to secure a season advances. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 49 SATISFACTION FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 _ Begin Now. Address: John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office eae Q Pas a dar Hall, Q ayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA righ Pe oe 5° Sash and door factories are, for the most part, well supplied with orders. The position of the ground wood market has not altered. It is likely to continue until the spring is well on, when there will be plenty of water power available. It is expected that the demand wi!l in- crease, although no gain in price is likely. Chemical “pulp mi'ls are shipping out their products at a good rate. Recently there has been a more active trade and prices are hard- ening. News print mills are very busy, and shipping their entire output. Barbados Market Report S. P. Musson Son & Company, Barbados, B.W.I., report under date of February 27th as fo!lows :—Lumber stuffs, —White pine—The only arrival during the fortnight is the Schr. “Moran” from Lunen- burg, to selves, with 110 M. ft. which we had sold to arrive at $32 for merchantable, $24 for second quality, and $18 for inferior. Market is fully supplied, and we do not look for any improvement on last prices at present. Spruce.—The only receipt is a small lot of 15 M. ft. ex “Moran” chiefly second quality and refuse, which we sold at $22, for second quality and $18 for inferior. Dealers have sufficient stock on hand for present requirements. Pitch pine.—No receipts, but a cargo is expected. Shingles.—No receipts of either Long Gaspe or cedar laying, and there is a slight enquiry for both descriptions. We could recommend a shipment of best quality Long Gaspe, but there is no demand for inferior grades. Shooks.—No arrivals. Wood hoops.— Receipts consist of 734 bdls. by the S.S. “Savan” imported on dealers’ account. Ottawa Trade More Active Ottawa, March 23rd (Special to the Canada Lumberman): With the long winter over, business is showing signs of improvement. Sev- eral of the dealers in Ottawa and district report some fairly good sales within the last few weeks. There have been comparatively no altera- tions in prices lately. Pine s.c. strips 1 in. have advanced from $20 and $22 to $21 and $23. Mr. Hugh M. Williams, of the Williams Lumber Company, re- turned home last week after a two months’ visit to Great Britain. Trade there, he says, is far from brisk, the lumber business particular- ly being anything but encouraging just now. However, with the set- tling of some of the big problems now before the country, merchants in general feel confident that things will improve rapidly. “One phase of the lumber trade, which I think is proving detrimental” said Mr. Williams, “is that some firms are shipping on consignment and se!ling at any prices offered in preference to holding back for awhile. It is in this way that trade and prices are being demoralized. I know of cases where Canadian lumber was sold in Great Britain cheaper than it could be bought at the mil!s here. I found that English dealers are very prone to substitute almost anything for Canadian white pine. Manufacturers here should do all in their power to discourage this.” Ottawa Valley Protective Association Formed With the object of forming a Forest Protective Association some of the leading lumbermen of the Dominion met in the Chateau Laurie last Friday to discuss plans for organization. Hitherto the business of protecting the forests has been carried on for the most part by the in- dividual owners of forests, but, profiting by the example set by collec- tive timber limit owners in British Columbia and Quebec, the lumber- men in the Ottawa Valley and other districts deemed it wise to co- operate. Senator W. C. Edwards occupied the chair at Friday’s meet- ing and the committee named to organize the association is composed of Senator Edwards, Ottawa; George H. Millen, E. B. Eddy Com- pany, Hull; J. B. White, Riordan Pulp and Paper Company, Hawkes- bury; R. M. Kenny, James MacLaren Lumber Company, Buckingham, P.Q.; and W. C. Hughson, Gilmour and Hughson, Hull, P.Q. The meeting was largely attended by some of the best known men in the lumber trade and forest protection work. Among the firms aud their representatives present were Messrs. George H. Millen and J. i* Rochester, E. B. Eddy Company; Senator Edwards, Gordon C. Ed- wards and J. A. Cameron, of W. C. Edwards and Company; P. C Walker, Shepherd and Morse Lumber Company; Sir Henry K. Egan, Hawkesbury Lumber Company; J. C. Brown, Fraser and Company, Ottawa; J. H. Black, of J. R. Booth and Company ; Grant P. Davidson and James Davey, Estate of Jas. Davidson; W. C. Hughson and A. E. Maxwell, Gilmour and Hughson; R. M. Kenny, E. J. Graham and J. E. Rothery, of James MacLaren and Company, Buckingham; J. B. Wiite,; Charles Read and John Gwynne, Riordon Pulp and Paper Company ; Clyde Levitt, Dominion forester, commission and conservation, and Arthur H. Graham, government forest agent, Arundel, Que. It is proposed that the new association appoint a manager under whom will be four inspectors, who, in turn will have under them a number of forest rangers. Each inspector will have a separate dis- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER i i, 5a a) a trict under his control. Lookouts and telephones will be placed M the mountains and these, with the aid of modern telephone eq ment, will help to prevent the spread of fires. All the railroad li \ through the forests will also be patrolled. The work of the associ tion wi!l be practically the same as that now being carried on by the e St. Maurice Forest Protective Association. Mr. St. L. Decarteret, president of the St. Maurice Association, and Mr. J. B. White, of the Riordon Pulp and Paper Company, gave an outline of the work accomplished in Quebec and spoke of the vantages which had been derived from the St. Maurice associ Mr. J. Price, consulting forester of British Columbia, spoke str in favor of forming an association and demonstrated from experienc the benefits to be eae St. John Shipments to Transatlantic Ports The export of lumber from St. John, N.B., to transatlantic f in January and February was only about half as great as for th ia responding two months in 1913. The figures follow: ; 1913, 14 Spruce, sup. ft. ... . 16,212,005 8,065 Hardwood, sup. ft. 453,481 1,327, Africa and 110,000 feet to Australia, the shipments went to Liver DC | Manchester, Irish ports, London and Glasgow. ; Shipments for January and February this year were as fo Spruce S. Ft. Hardwoods | W. Malcolm MacKay . . 4,107,928 John E. Moore & Company ... 1,590,127 George McKean) :/....5/1.. sae BeOn2e | Other Shippers . ¢ Ad0S 031 31 Comparing shipments for February alone the quantity of was 3,377,779 feet compared with 7,993,672 for February of Shipments for March are also likely to show a marked reductio pared with the corresponding month last year. Liverpool Market Report Alfred Dobell & Company, Liverpool, Eng., in their m« timber market report, under date of March 6th, write as follows market presented no special feature during the past month. again came forward moderately and a slightly improved demand vailed at generally steady values. Canadian woods—Waney board and square pine tee was of a retail character. Oak.—A fair consumption prevaile prices. Rock elm.—A slightly improved demand existed. Logs.—The arrivals, which were light, have been on contract. was a steady consumption at firm figures. -Planks.—AlIthc stock shows some diminution, it is stil! on the heavy side. F and boards.—There was only a moderate demand and s ample. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce deals——AI the consumption exceeded the import by nearly 3,000 stds., ths is too eae for this pees of the year. lows :— TIMBER = Sa £ Quebec square white pine, per cu. ft. 0 2 6 0 Quebec waney board pine ... “ 0 3. 4.5 St. John pine, 18 in. Ane ay 0 2 6 OT Quebec) redpineniaas see ies 0°25 Oy, Quebec oak, Ist quality .. z] 0-3. 4. Quebec oak, 2nd eee ¥ G20 0 Aste . ye sofe tad 0 Ee 0 Flt. eta eee ae eee 0 4 0 0 Quebec Divehi ee teu at ee - 0 Lee 0) St: John binchi |. 2 xe: ca doe 0 AG 0 Birch planks . as aS O tae 0 | Spruce .sparst@ys + 0 O10 0: DEALS— | Ist quality:Quebec pine .. per std. 30 0 O 45 2nd quality Quebec pine * 18 0 0 S320 3rd quality Quebec pine 3 13 10 O 18 10 | St. John, Miramichi, etc., spruce “ 2°10 30 10 0 Nova Scotia, etc., spruce . Qo. 590 SPRUCE’ BOAR DSAS4A A... ¥ 0. ED LATHWOOD ... ... . per fathom 410 0 j An Attractive Calendar A very attractive calendar for the year 1914 has been sent out James D. Lacey & Company, Timber Land Factors, 1750 McCo Building, Chicago, Ill. The calendar is handsomely designed 2a decorated with a striking colored picture reproduced from a p) graph taken in the Deschutes alens Central Orceee shor c ; ie oe 2 - Ls Pee ae : oo 4 . ¢ al ‘ 7 _ eae a ah Jo = =. ol as 7 | i | | 7 | @ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND Canada’s Largest Saw Mill WOODWORKER 51 Douglas Fir Timber We manufacture and ship on short notice all sizes and lengths of merchantable timber up to 120 feet in length for derricks, scows, dredges, shipbuilding, bridge and structural timber. We dress timber up to 24 x 30. Dressed and Matched Lumber Write us for prices on rough or dressed clear fir and Sales TORONTO, ONT. Hugh A. Rose, 66 King Street East, _ Toronto L. D. Barclay, 66 King Street East, Toronto, Travel- ling Representative WINNIPEG, MAN. H. W. Dickey, Lombard Street, Winnipeg British Columbia Red Cedar Shingles We make our own shingles and place our brand on them, which is our guarantee that they are manufactured fully up to grade with regard to quality of material, sawn to full thickness and tightly packed. We want your permanent trade. car. Let us ship you one cedar. We make quick shipment of clear fir flooring, siding, ceiling, shiplap and boards, also red cedar bevel siding. Douglas Fir Cross Arms Douglas fir base casing and mouldings manufactured to standard patterns at close prices, shipped with doors or cedar shingles. Offices MANITOBA E. S. Malone, Lombard Street, Winnipeg SASKATCHEWAN R. J. Sullivan, Trav- elling Representative W. W. North, Trav- elling Representative ALBERTA A. Montgomery, Travelling Representative B. C. Fir Doors Are Perfect Doors We are now making 1000 perfect fir doors each day and can double this output on short notice. Our door sales “are increasing rapidly and the reason is that we are making a perfect door with regard to quality of material and workmanship. Prices and information furnished on request. Three ply rotary cut fir veneer makes beautiful panelling. ‘Canada’s Largest Door Plant 4 = 52 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ern yellow pine which predominates in that territory. The timber is very large and of splendid quality and the picture is sure to be given a prominent place in any lumberman’s office who is forunate enough to receive a.copy. Quiet Trade at Liverpool Farnworth and Jardine in their wood circular, under date of Liver- pool, Eng., March 2nd, say:—The business of the past month has again been of a quiet character, but as arrivals generally were moder- ate, deliveries more than kept pace, thus making some impression on stocks, but several of the important lines are still too heavy. Values for some of the leading articles are difficult to maintain, otherwise prices are fairly steady. The freight market is dull, but some deal charters from Canadian ports have been concluded at moderate rates. Canadian Woods.—Pine timber.—There is little change in the position to report. The demand continues quiet, and values rule high, but stocks avaitable are fairly moderate. Waney pine, lst class.— There has been very little enquiry during the past month. The de- liveries have been small, but stocks in first hands are light. There is little change in values to report. 2nd class is only in limited request, and present stocks are sufficient. Red pine—No change. Oak.— No arrivals; demand is restricted, and the deliveries have been disap- pointing, but stocks are moderate and values steady. Elm moves slowly, but prices are firm, and stocks moderate. Contracting for fresh supplies has been on a slightly higher basis. Pine deals.—Im- ports nominal; there has been rather more enquiry, and the de- liveries show improvement, but stocks are ample. Values are un- changed. Red pine deals—Demand inactive. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce and pine deals.—Im- ports to the Mersey (including Manchester) amounted to 2,570 stds., against 3,260 stds. for the corresponding month last year, about equally divided between Liverpool and Manchester. ‘The deliveries have been fairly satisfactory, but stocks, though further reduced, are still too heavy. Sales have been confined chiefly to liner shipments, and values difficult to maintain. Contracting for next season’s sup- plies is not active. Pine deals——The demand is limited; prices firm. Birch.—Logs.—The import has been nominal; more enquiry for fresh wood, and stocks are low. Values are firmer. Planks again ar- rived in moderate quantities. The deliveries have been fair, and stocks are in a moderate compass, but there is little change in values to report. British Columbian and Oregon pine.—The import amounted to 4,000 feet. The demand is quiet, deliveries small, and stocks are heavy. London Stocks of Colonial Timber Churchill & Sim, in their wood circular under date of London, Ieng., March 4th, report the stock of Colonial timber, deals, etc., at the public docks on March Ist as follows :— Pine deals and battens in Pieces 535,000 433,000 374,000 496,000 Red pine ... : re 20,000 22,000 47,000 66,000 Spruce ditto ... A ie 803,000 492,000 553,000 541,000 Oak timber ... . in Loads. : _ — 32 34 Oak planks, etc. (American) “ 4,287 1,298 2,451 1,392 Birch timber ... ... ne 2/4. 183 218 146 ec platike' s,s... ek Soe 5,474 4,904 3,989 2,676 memereber |... .... 2 ee 55 12 — — Pim timber ..... ee 1,445 a2 615 878 Yellow pine timber % 946 810 318 228 Importations during the month from New Brunswick were as follows -— Pine deals ... 3,000 pieces against 72,000 pieces in 1913. 3irch planks . 38,000 pieces against 33,000 pieces in 1913. Spruce deals . 50,000 pieces against Nil pieces in 1913. The demand for pine deals has been small again in February, but there is no alteration in prices. Spruce have been more freely sold at some concessions in market rates, and the stock is still too heavy in the face of a quiet trade. The stock of B. C. and Oregon pine has been increased by the arrival of a sailing cargo of timber; prices ahead have fallen in sym- pathy with reduced tonnage quotations, but this has not yet had an effect on the prices for long logs, but shorter specifications have fallen in value. The Care of Extra Thin Band Saws By Hapsburg Liebe With timber growing scarcer and scarcer every day, and the _ prices of lumber going higher and higher correspondingly, the motif of the future is going to be thinner saws—perhaps I should have said more thin saws. Now, personally I have never liked extra thin saws, but that fact is not going to keep me from telling the truth about the - crown for a long saw on a machine with wheels far apart. ae, future. As I started out to say, the excellent filer of to-morrow i is going to be the expert on extra thin saws. Thin blades are relatively harder than thick to ee go tight. This is a great reason: As much clearance on either side of the plat Ss required for the one as for the other; the thin saw must cut more wood for its thickness, and therefore its strength, than the thick saw. I ure it out as minutely as you please for yourself; I think you'll it interesting. But the thin blade has one thing in its favor, alth this cannot make up for the foregoing feature not in its favor; to its readily conforming to the circumference of the wheel, it i is so apt to crack as its bigger brother. Now in caring for the delicate fellows, one must be sure t everything is as it should be. The swage anvil must be pe square, and it must set on the back of the points correctly, points will be bent out to one side. Owing to the width of spt required in comparison with the thickness—or the thinness ?— 4 plate, the swaging should be barely suficient or the point may : and if it doesn’t split, the over-working of the steel with the sl in the work of getting the spread down to the necessary will cause the point to crumble away. If the steel is hard « hold a cutting edge, and to hold tension satisfactory, it will when it is over-worked. This latter is a common complaint — some young filers I know; and in this connection I will mentic that I’ have seen more than one good saw returned = its m ak unfairly. ‘ A not unusual devilment in the practice of ttinae thin | comes with the automatic sharpener. If it does not face up and up the teeth squarely, the good effect of the squareness of o will be lost. If the emery wheel blues or case-hardens the poi will crumble away and give trouble; and for this evil a nicely machine and an emery wheel of the right kind, kept faithfully with a dresser, is the remedy. If the teeth are bent, ever so s the grinder, though set squarely, will not do its work ig teeth should be leveled going through the grinder and not after In hammering, the same patient care that is observed e should be observed even more. The hammer that fills the bill big saws will not always fill the bill on the delicate ones. hammer is best, one with a long, flat-oval face. Especial care be given to the roots of the teeth, and one should not be mi hammering too much or too little by the light that shows in lets. The leveling-block should be surfaced as frequently as ity : rounding on the edge over which the teeth are worked. In rolling the ‘thin saw, the roll line that will barely thicker blade will often cause the little fellow to fly open al one edge to the other. One should move carefully here, i rolling should be very lightly done, and well distributed ove surfaces. Of course the rolls should not dish the plate; however, ev with the most perfectly ground rolls, dishing will occur if the held too high by the operator, or if it passes out at too sharp a ward or upward angle. It is an act of wisdom to apply the s edge upon the freshly-rolled surface, just to make sure. Here is a little handicap in the thinner blade that is worth mentioning: The relative amount of tension being the same, t saw will not flatten out on the leveling-block so readily as the tl saw. The very best thin-saw filers I have known carried as tension as they could level perfectly, using a weight on either the section being treated by the hammer. To go beyond that of tension, of course, would be to defeat one’s purpose for plus metal of the central parts would bulge out into lumps, even plate could be leveled at the outset. As to crown, one should be governed by the machine on his saws are to be run. This I regard of great importance, gleaned the idea from experience. The degree of crown t short saw running on wheels close together, is not the best + perimenting is necessary, of course. Taking for granted are in line, with true faces, pull the crown out until the saw flutter on the back; this is not an absolutely safe rule, but it a rule to begin one’s little experimenting on. On machines order, the correct amount of crown will run from “1-6+inch n € to 1-32-inch in 5-feet. I did not leave the machine itself until the last because I reg it of the least importance. If the best machine on earth is wre its adjustments, the best saw on earth won’t run well on it. Too a hand resawing machine is given a lining-up of its two prin shafts, and then expected to work miracles. Even if the two p shafts and their respective wheels are in perfect level and 1 well-fitted in their bearings, if the guide as it moves up and do not in line with the saw there’s trouble. And, even more importan if the rolls do not feed the stock squarely against the saw there's trouble. I have seen a few filers pull themselves out of a hole, an bad hole, by putting the rolls and the guide where they belonged sum up, everything must be in favor of the extra thin saw if it hold its fitter his job.—Berlin Quality. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 53 Leading Firms ae * otal and el Bust Fit, = 2 re Ay: 4 ins a, NE sae pit Ene AAC ea fe HEN RAGE ia fitted to ALGONQUIN STEEL RANGE. burn wood, coal or coke. Special price to lumbermen. Write us. NATIONAL MFG. CO.,LTD, Ottawa. Nt : . =) on Ae it . a Gi a) i 7 — COME TO US FOR — bt Me ii STARA) a a i =— Geared Locomotives Oats, ie? 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Speaking of this phase of the question the gentleman said: “I don’t want to discourage any one from entering into the manu- facture of broom handles (although I think there are already enough handle factories in operation) but I would like to impress on those contemplating entering this line to investigate it carefully before- hand, figuring out exactly the product from a thousand feet of lumber, the cost of manufacturing it, and various other information necessary. As a rule figures based merely on the general run of information will show that there is a big profit available in the manufacture of broom handles, but a different conditions is shown on actual investi- gation of operations in some well regulated handle factories. For instance, every 5,000 feet of lumber sawed up through all the pro- cesses up to the time the handles are bundled into grades, will show that there is a great difference between actual facts and theoretical figures. There is a great variation in the way lumber will cut up, and there is also a variation in the rate of capacity of lathe. It will be found that the very best grade of maple lumber is necessary to make high-grade handles, and that high-grade lines are the ones that show the profit. Handles of inferior quality seldom bring enough to pay for the lumber. There will also be edgings from the rip saw, cull handles in the blanks and also finished that are not worth the value of the timber used. Of course it would be foolish to state that there is no money in the broom handle business, for if this were true very few people would be in it. There is a good profit in this line for con- cerns that know well how to buy their lumber, how to work it pro- perly and grade it correctly, and further are familiar with the best methods of marketing their output. A reputation for specific know- ledge of the handle business is a strong asset to the broom handle manufacturer. “A sawmill concern of good standing manufacturing considerable maple, say from 5,000 feet up a day, ought to be able to make broom handles at a profit if it starts out in the right manner and is willing to learn by experience. Much difficulty is “encountered in the actual manufacture of the handle, as it seems that the handle lathe is one of the hardest to operate. An inexperienced man can never be placed in charge of one of these machines, for as soon as this happens trouble will result. As long as a lathe is in perfect order any one can start it and can even grind and sharpen the knives, but when the knives are out of the correct shape or the heads are out of center, it is time to call in the experienced man. In fact experienced handlers of these lathes oecasionally get into trouble and have to send to the factory for assistance in their adjustment. “A sawmill man contemplating entering the handle business should first secure the services of an experienced broom handle manu- facturer, one who is intimately acquainted with the best methods of manufacture; who knows all about handle lathes and the grading of handles, and who is also fairly familiar with market prices. A great deal of agitation in the market for broom handles is caused by small mills who make this business a side line, and who simply turn out the handles on any basis and market them without any definite idea of their actual value. The reason for the price cutting, of course, is that they do not know what it costs them to make a thousand handles. They feel that inasmuch as they are supplying the material them- selves, it is‘an inexpensive item, whereas they should consider the cost to themselves exactly what it would cost any other manufacturer to sell it. At the end of the year they apparently figure a profit on this basis and are satisfied. Inexperienced men militate against the quality of the handtes and result in a great production of low-grade B. C. FIR TIMBERS Fir and Cedar Doors Finish RED CEDAR SHINGLES Try Our “AAI Brand’’ Red Cedar Bevel Siding = E. H. HEAPS & CO., LIMITED Mills at Ruskin and Vancouver, B. C. stock. It is necessary for every factory to turn out a certain per- centage of low-grade handles—in fact this percentage often runs larger than is desirable—but the experienced handle manufacturer is constantly trying to cut down his percentage, and to get the price on > these handles to a point where he can realize at least the value of the lumber contained in them. This effort is rendered particularly hard because of the fact that so many low-grade handles are being con stantly put on the market. — “If the firms making broom handles as a side line would keey close account on them for a month all through the factory, every legitimate charge against them as they would in any oth of a well regulated business, and would also keep a close a the percentage of each grade when ready for the market, it conclusion that the handle market could be materially stren If it is found that the handles are not of sufficient quality to b: rit right price, then the remedy is to secure the services of some ¢ will show the firm how to manufacture.” ‘g “Handle manufacturers report that there should be a brisk d for basswood lumber at this time of the year as the handle men | lay in a supply of this wood to manufacture ceiling handles and spring delivery. Basswood is well suited for this purp count of its light weight and the ease with which it is ws its ability to stay straight. However, unless it is well d not go through the lathes. For this reason the handle men u it early and dry it themselves. “Tt would seem that the big sawmill firms are disp their maple lumber for flooring ‘stock and other lines, z difficult for handle men to buy it at any price. .As a the handle man has to get his supply entirely from the s scattered all over the country, and while the price is the quality is decidedly inferior. In a great many cases t mills ship stock which cannot be used. In some instances o such as oak, chestnut, poplar and sycamore, is loaded with Of course this is an absolute loss to the handle man. In stances valuable and more easily marketable woods, such and bird’seye maple, are mixed with the ordinary handle “The demand for broom handles has been fairly cor along, where as in former years there was no trade at all July and a part of August. White the business as a wh rather dull, still this unusual summer demand has brought uj gregate volume considerably.”—Hardwood Record. : ™ R. G. Fletcher, secretary and treasurer of the (¢ American Lumber Company, Limited, of Winnipeg, a business trip in Ontario. The company is a whole: handling Pacific coast, mountain and north Saskatchew Mr. Fletcher reports that the company is shipping cons de into the States, the new tariff having opened a field not | en before. The Saskatchewan product goes to Chicago in the No. 2 lath strips for crating, etc. The business situation in he thinks, was a good thing and the people at are now getting ¢ do sound business basis. The Maple Dish Association, and organization of M of Maple Dishes, formerly known as wire-end butter dis formed, with offices in Suite 44-45 Produce Exchange, Tole The object is to secure greater publicity for the Me which will be emphasized in the publicity campaign 1 ness, durability and sanitary features of the maple dishes are cut from Rony ae timber. ; Casing Base and Moulding lines Solis coctsindi deine eteellnin E . 445 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “THE TENT-DWELLERS” “‘A corner in canvas.”’ Any style of TENT that you ever saw or thought of SOLD or MADE TO ORDER by Smart-woous Gam LIMITED =D OTTAWA Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Jenckes Boilers WE make a specialty of large Tubular Boilers for regular or Dutch oven setting for saw mill service. Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. 51 The Spirit of Service in Retailing Lumber By H. R. Isherwood’ The use of the word service as a concrete term to express a var- iety of trade acts and practices or as a feature of a business policy is comparatively recent. I think you are all familiar with the common meaning of the term service as applied in retail circles especially. Nev ertheless I wish to ask your indulgence for a few moments to tell you a few things that I have learned “about service and how I think it should be applied to our line of business. It is not hard to believe that service as the basis of trade has ex- isted since some wild ancestor traded in stone clubs and bearskins and provided free rocks for waiting cutsomers in the most comfort- able part of his cave. Making customers comfortable is perhaps the earliest form of trade service. Until recent times its best example is perhaps shown by the spirit which prompted the old time tavern keeper to display the sign “Rest and Refreshment for Man and Beast.” Hotel and restaur- ant keepers perhaps render more service than those engaged in other lines of business; but between their service and that which we wish to consider there is the difference that patrons of public places not only expect service but also have been educated to pay in proportion to the service rendered. The retail merchant can not charge for service in this open or, at least, understood manner, as service is most effective when least expected. The fact remains that service as a means of getting new trade and holding old customers in the face of competition is a recognized factor today. The modern philosopher says that the man who never does any more than he gets paid for never gets paid for any more than he does. This is true not only of wage earners but it is true of those involved in every transaction. It is true of the dealings between the merchant and his customers. Giving More Than Is Paid For That something represented by ‘more than he gets paid for” is service. In the individual, it may take the form of loyalty or that habit of helpfulness which makes him single-minded in the interest of his employer. The merchant whose dealings with his customers cause them to say “I always like to trade at So-and-So’s” is rendering the service that is bound to be profitable to him. Here we touch upon the secret service. Service must be born of the spirit. Service, while best expressed in outward acts, needs the confidence and power of spirit, or else service is as impossible as perpetual motion. When we conceived the idea of adding a service department to our business the things possible to do, to render and to give, seemed unlimited in number. Long before we conceived the idea of service as we are rendering it to-day we were making it a point to assist our customers and prospective builders in many ways. As they inquired for our prices on the different building materials we would question them in many ways. First we would inquire what they wanted to use this material for. Upon being informed for what purpose they contemplated using the material, either the erecting of a house or barn, we found that in nearly every instance our customer had only a hazy idea of the improvements contemplated. While we quoted prices upon the material inquired for, we made it a point to explain to them the advantage of having a sketch or plan of contemplated improvements, so that a list of material could be made up specifying the different kinds and grades to be used in construction; thereby getting their ideas into a definite plan. Having in our office books of plans of buildings for city and farm use, we would offer these to our prospective customers, and we gave them such other assistance as we could to help them decide upon the plans of their future improvements and their construction. When the list of material was made up and presented to us we took personal interest and pride in discussing the different grades and kinds of ma- terials, specifying the items on the list which would best meet each particular purpose. We learned not only that the assistance which we were rendering our customers was enabling them to erect more modern buildings in specifying the right material for the right place, but that the cost of the material was reduced by our aid in assisting them in the selection, without affecting our margin; and we learned of instances where our service had actually saved our customers a hundred dollars or more upon a single building, without any expense to us other than the time given in rendering the service. We soon learned that our customers were appreciating the service which we were rendering in many ways, and this is how we got the idea of adding a service department to our business. Obstacles Easily Overcome All of you who are rendering service, I am sure, have had similar experiences, and all of you, undoubtedly, have discovered the fact that the actually working out was simpler than it seemed in the beginning. Long before our service department took concrete form we were, *Of Sawyer, Wis. Address delivered before Wisconsin Retail Lumber Dealers’ Association 56 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER to the best of our ability at least, and with the best of intentions 1 dering a service with every sale. To make this spirit practical task. The first step was to give it a name: “Sawyer Service adopted and from the start the name became a live topic with our patrons . Our next step was to arrange a room exclusively for Service Department. The room that we set aside for the purpose 12 x 20 feet in size. We finished the room up very attractively a1 tastily with book and sample cases, plan racks, drawing table, cha etc. Our next step was to gather up the odds and ends of pr service, with pieces of advice relative to building material a ber in a concrete and practical form, such as plan books and b pertaining to the different kinds of materials used i in the constr of buildings; magazines, blue prints, samples of building m and booklets describing such materials as are furnished by t facturers; in fact, information pertaining to nearly every class of construction and material. Thus our spirit of Sa vice became more real and all of it made the rendering of su easier, Our next step was to advertise the Sawyer Service De We did this through the columns of our local papers, using halves and full-page advertisements, as well as road want to say that we are more than pleased with the way out Service Department idea has taken root with our patrons. F just completed a four-page folder covering our Service “Helping others to help themselves” is one of our gre sures. The plans and books on buildings and constructi private individual to buy are far too expensive, for after pleted his building the books would be of no further use t us and our Service Department, however, not only one | hundred or a thousand can use them, and in this way w our Service idea a big help to everybody. Sawyer Service was established for the good of ou We believed then as we believe now, that whether a man terials from us or not, if he makes use of Sawyer Servic: to build better than he could without it and sooner or. going to get some credit for it, and that credit will show o1 in the shape of future sales. In the meantime we have r vice, not only to that patron but to the whole communit to build better than could be done without Sawyer Service, anc instance are we losing sight of the fact that in making our Servi partment a success we must deliver goods of quality and mi deliveries. Service is Self Help ~ We have not only found our Service Department a benefi customers, but we have found it an educational feature i business. By setting aside this room and supplying it with and other matter pertaining to buildings and materials we ed a ready reference library for our own use and for use in ¢ ideas with our customers, helping them to decide in advane: best for their particular needs and giving such information as values of the different materials, the quantities they will need, etc. In doing these things we are gaining better knowledge instance regarding the materials that enter into the constru buildings. Even though a man never has been a patron of pany we extend to him the same courtesy. Other Information Disseminated We also have in our Service Department such bullet issued by the State university pertaining to the different grown in our section and these are free to the farmers. Wea ready to give any information that we possibly can to. the they desire any information not at hand we take upon ou duty of getting it for them. ; What we have done any of you can do. Every merel or less a specialist in his particular line, and to be a speci line is to know more of that line than the man who is ot engaged. a The dealer who takes the trouble to give informa LO tomers freely and gladly, without making them feel tha placed under obligation, is rendering helpful service, sery not only appreciated by his customers, but that means trade and profits. Co-operation is one of the great economic forces. vital element of co-operation. We get what we give. ; Rarely, if ever, do we find a man suffering alone from his ) ful act. Every wrongful act must bring suffering in some f so it is in this matter of service. The man who does not re vice to his neighbor and community, to which, in a greater degree he must look for his very existence, is holding back 1 others in addition to himself. Service Mr. Alexander McMillan, Vancouver, B. foe construction e1 for the British Columbia Mills Timber & Trading Compa recently after a brief illness. “J - CANADA LUMBERMAN ANI) WOODWORKER Say ! Superintendent Have you ever figured the saving a Linderman Dovetailer would effect for us ? LET US FIGURE FOR A FEW MINUTES — We cut annually about M. feet of 4-in. common strips, aver- age price per M. $ , which totals... 8-in. and 10-in. shiplap brings $ per M. worked into 8-in. and 10-in. shiplap we would receive ... GROSS PROFIT COST OF JOINTING ON A LINDERMAN DOVETAILER 75c per M.; cost of matching and handling, 50c per M. ........... M. feet at Beer WE ck tts Wettin eo NEE PROBIT ... BESIDES, we cut M. feet of 4-in., 6-in. and 8-in., No. 3 grade lumber for which we receive $ but for our 10-in., 12-in., 14-in. and 16-in. No. 3 Grades we average $ per M. If all were made wide we would receive $ ; cost of joining and handling $1.00 per M.$ NET INCREASED PROFIT.. $———— BESIDES, if we had a LINDERMAN we could cut 2-in., 2%-in., 3-in. and 3%-in. strips instead of leaving them in the slab. We should get about M. feet. In the slab they are worth about $ In lum- ber they are worth about $....... It will cost about $1.25 to join and handle $ NET PROFIT ABOUT BESIDES, we could work all our shorts into full 16-ft. lengths; make grain doors and save 10 per cent. of edging waste, work in our short shorts, besides using the machines for other purposes. ° What say you Superintendent ? SHALL WE WRITE THE LINDERMAN PEOPLE AND INVESTIGATE? It looks as though we are losing money. Let us send this information to the Canadian Linderman Co. Limited Works at MUSKEGON, Mich. WOODSTOCK. Ont. OPPORTUNITIES Ua E. own and offer for sale on attractive terms a few especi- ally well selected tracts of timber running from 50 million to one billion feet that are ready for immed- iate operation, having a good local de- mand at high prices. The timber on the Pacific Coast is the last stand of the great for- ests. Well selected timber in Bnitish Columbia is the best investment on this Continent and offers especially at- tractive inducements for manufacturers. — For further particulars, address A. C. Frost Company Corn Exchange Bldg. CHICAGO LATH Campbell - MacLaurin Lumber Co. Limited Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL New RAILS Relaying 12 to 80 pounds per yard. LOGGING CARS Jno. J. Gartshore 58 Front St. West, Toronto Ontario John Piggott & Sons, Windsor, Ont., recently suffered « small loss by fire at their planing mill. The loss was covered by insurance. E. C. Lawrence, Devine street, Sarnia, Ont., is considering the erection a a planing mill at a cost of $12,000. He will be in the market for machi engine, boiler, etc. : Messrs. D. Gordon and A. W. Thornton have purchased the itumbe business of McNairnie Bros., Wallaceburg, Ont., A few weeks ago they alse bought out A. Wickens, dealer in lumber. The Toronto Lumber Company, 432 Logan Avenue, Toronto, have ed a contract for the erection of a planing mill at a cost of $2,000, the g manager being Geo. Jordon, 432 Logan Ave. The John Goodison Implement Works, at Sarnia, Ont., recently suffered a serious loss by fire, in addition to part of its plant and stock of agricultural implements, the company lost a large quantity of lumber which was piled in its yards. A report has recently been circulated to the effect that the Standard Chemical Iron & Lumber Company of Toronto intend to erect a sawmill at Eganville, Ont. The company advise us that they have never had any intention of doing so. The mill at Wiarton, Ont., formerly owned by Mr. E. M. Miers, an which was recently purchased by Chas. Pedwell, of Lions Head, will continue to be operated at Wiarton. Mr. Pedwell reports that he has no intention of rebuilding at Lions Head. The Riordon Pulp & Paper Company have awarded a contract to W. J. Trimble, 152 Bay Street, Toronto, for an addition to their pulp mill at Merri- ton, Ont., at a cost of $60,000. The building will be three storeys, of ston construction and stone foundation, with electric lighting, steam heating and pine floors. The planing mill belonging to the R. Laidlaw Lumber Company, at the corner of Eastern Ave. and St. Lawrence Street, Toronto, recently suffered a very heavy loss by fire. The building was destroyed and the damage to the plant and lumber piles amounted to about $50,000, most of which was covered by insurance. The Montreal Box Board Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $500,000, with head office at Montreal, Que., to carry on business as manufacturers of paper, pulp, or strawboard, boxes, ete. The provisional directors are J. W. Blair, advocate, and F. J. Laverty, K.C., of Westmount, Que.; and C. A. Hale, advocate, of Montreal, Que. The incorporation of the John C. Gilchrist Lumber Company, Limi ed of Toronto, was recently announced in these columns. The company report that the object of the incorporation is to continue the business formerly car- ried on under the private name of C. Gilchrist at 188 Perth Ave., Toronto. The directors are John C. Gilchrist, president; Geo. H. Gilchrist, vice-presi- dent; Geo. C. Paterson, secretary-treasurer, and Sinclair M. Gilchrist. The Colonial Lumber Company, Pembroke, Ont., have purchased from Fraser & Company of Ottawa, their Deep River Limit, which has an area of about 170 square miles and about 20 square miles of frontage up the Ottawa River. The limit contains a large amount of first class pine, much of which has never been cut, except for the purpose of picking up a-few sticks of tim- ber many years ago. The limit also contains a large amount of oak and bi rch which, on account of its cloes proximity to the company’s mill, can be mant- factured to advantage. The lower part of the limit is on Allumette Lake, with. in thirty miles of the mill. The hardwood logs can be mulinetted with sof! wood and towed to the mill, or brought down by steam barge. The Coloni Lumber Company expect to increase their present output by three to five mil lion feet of hardwood per year, comprising oak, birch and maple. They expec! to commence operating upon this limit during the coming season. i. Eastern Canada ‘ne sash and door factory of Mr. H. Fauteaux, Fauteaux Lave, Montrea has been slightly damaged by fire. ; rs The sawmill at St. Jerome, P.Q., owned by Joseph Bouchard, was cently destroyed by fire. The loss amounted to $5,000. Lae Poulin & Bessette, sash and door manufacturers, Cowansvilie, P.Q., } been registered. The members are S. Poulin and R. Bessette. “4 A small sawmill, owned by Daniel M. Silass, was destroyed by fire ré cently at Eel River, N.B. The loss was about $3,000, and the insurance $1,000. The Brompton Pulp & Paper Company, East Angus, P.Q., have drawn uw plans for a new pulp mill and power house. The mill will be two storey 72 x 144 ft. and the power house will be one storey, 52 x 108 ft. The engine CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 59 ‘is Cc. A. Ring, East Angus. The buildings will be of brick and steel construc- tion, with concrete foundation. Stebbens & Menard, sash and door manufacturers, St. Paul d’Abbotsford, 4 Que., have been registered. The members are Joseph Stebbens and P. H. Menard. q The sash and door factory belonging to Z. Berthiaume, 694 Alma Street, Montreal, P.Q., was recently destroyed by fire. The loss, which amounted to $4,000, was covered by insurance. Spruce Lumber The Standard Pulp and Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorpor- ted, with a capital of $1,000,000, with head office at Montreal, Que. The provisional directors are C. Beauchemin, J. A. Richard, and P. Lavigueur, umber merchants, of Montreal, Que. Ix 4/5 2x6 The Beauce Pulp & Lumber Company, Quebec, P.Q., who lost their miil at Scotts Junction by fire last July, report ‘that they have sold all their pro- I x 6 Well Graded 2x8 perty at Scott and on the Chaudiere River to the Quebec & St. Maurice In- dustrial Company and therefore will not rebuild the mill. 1x8 2X 10 ; La Compagnie Industrielle Lacroix de Contrecoeur, Limitee, has been Evenly Sawn incorporated, with a capital of $49,000, with head office at Contrecoeur, Que., 1” Cull 2x 12 to carry om business as dealers in timber limits, sawmill owners, etc. The mice : . 7 ane ” s joy | : provisional directors are J. A. Lacroix, manufacturer, and F. X. Gervais, of I Waney Prompt Shipment 2x 5/7/9|11 _ Contrecoeur, Que.; A. Lacroix, joiner; J. A. H. Dequoy, notary, and J. La- _ moureux, of Montreal, Que. Peto Spruce Lath Finch, Pruyn & Company, Inc., Glens Falls, N.Y., expect to start their “new steam sawmill, on the Henri River near Laurier Station, on the Intercol- onial Railway, about April ist. They have a large cut of logs ahead at this Write us point. The mill will cut both hardwood and soft wood, but will commence “upon the hardwood first. The mill is up-to-date in every respect being fur- nished with entirely new equipment, including a band saw, vertical resaw, lath mill, etc., with a large piling ground, ample railroad siding and other con- _ veniences. The logs will be brought to the mill by rail and it will be possible ed ros to cut all lengths up to 32 ft. long. A number of buildings have already been e 9 e erected in the vicinity of the mill. » Lumber and Lath Pine, Hemlock, Western Canada 5 ee 43 Victoria Street MeVicker & Burke, Vancouver, B.C., have erected a shingle mill at Bur- Spruce quitlam, which will be operated by electricity. and Hardwoods $ - The Stern Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated, with a capital of $10,000, with head office at Donalda, Alta. ? The Parks Lumber Company, Verwood, Sask., recently suffered loss by fire at their lumber yards, to the extent of about $3,000. Preliminary contracts have been let by the Empire Lumber Company in ‘connection with the large plant which it will establish on Vancouver Island. _ The Western Canada Lumber and Building Company, Limited, has been incorporated, with a capital of $300,000, with head office at Saskatoon, Sask ur A report from Blairmore, Alta., states that the McLaren Lumber Com- ; 5 Toronto, Ont. mpany will require new machinery, boilers, etc. L. H. P. Lloyd’s mill at Westholme, Vancouver Island, has been bought _by R. S. Henderson, of the Tyee Lumber Company, who now has four mills on the island, with a capacity of 125,000 feet daily. A report from Chilliwack, B.C., states that Mr. H. Windebank of Mission Es) las purchased 1,000 acres of timberland on Silver Creek and intends to log t. He will build a mile of railroad to reach the timber, also a dam to conserve 18 e€ water supply on Silver Creek. F. T. Cruttenden, Lethbridge, Alta., will shortly call for tenders for a planer, jointer, lath trimmer, saw table, 5 h.p. motor, 10 h.p. motor, 2-phase, a boring machine and five quick acting vices. He plans to invest about $2,000 Should be on the desk of every i Lumber Dealer. r . ny contemplates the erection of a mill at a cost of $200,000, and that the ‘in equipment for his woodworking plant. The Coast Range Cedar, Shingle & Lumber Company, Limited, has taken Over the premises of the Cedar Cove Sash and Door Factory at Cedar Cove, trard Inlet, B.C., and have installed shingle machines and cedar manufac- We carry a large stoeko ne A report was recently published to the effect that Mr. E. J. Chamberlain, R d d Whit P\ president of the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway was interested with others in e an | e Ine erection of a mill at Dowe Creek, on the Upper Fraser River. Mr. Cham- ain advises us that this report is incorrect and that he is not interested S ruce is or in any other lumber company doing business along the line of the p Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. 4 The British Columbia Sulphite and Fibre Company, which owns a pulp L b d T b } nil on Howe Island, B.C., has bought from the provincial government 1,070 um er an im er eres of timber on Sutlej Channel and are undertaking to have the area cleared in three years. The holdings comprise 6,000,000 feet of hemlock, 2,000,000 feet i larch, and 3,000,000 feet of cedar, the hemlock and larch bringing ten cents Th M k ll & housand in addition to the royalty and the cedar 25 cents a thousand. For OS. ac are 0. acres on Broughton Island, bought by the same company, 15 cents was paid i¢ hemlock and larch, and 40 cents for the cedar in addition to the royalty. Montreal Ottawa 60 CANADA ASBESTOS ROOFING Can. H W. Johns-Manville Co. AXES Mack Axe Works Walters and Sons, H. BABBITT METAL Hoyt Metal Company Canada Metal Company BAND MILLS Berlin Machine Works Hamilton Company, William Waterous Engine Works BELT DRESSING Cling Surface Company Dixon Crucible Co., Joseph BELTING Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Federal Engineering Company Goodhue & Company, J. L. Graton & Knight Mfg. Company Gutta Percha & Rubber Co. McLaren Belting Company, J. C. Reddaway & Co., F. Smith, Nathan BLOWERS Mahoney, A. Ormsby Company, A. B. Toronto Blower Company BOILERS Inglis Company, John Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, BOX MACHINERY Morgan Machine Company CALKS Steel Company of Canada CAMP SUPPLIES Borbridge, S. & H. Hall, Limited, Adam Johnson, A. H. Lamontagne, Limited Morin & Company, Dr. Ed. Palmer & Company, John Palmer Medical Company Smart-Woods Limited Snowdon, C. C. Turner & Sons, J rt Young, W..F, CANT HOOKS Argall Bros. McFarlane-Neill Mie. Company Pink Company, Thomas CEDAR Canadian Western Lumber Company Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Company CHAINS Argall Bros Coghlin Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Pink & Company, Thos. Standard Chain Company CHAIN BELTS Ellicott Company, A. M. rs ee a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LUMBERMAN CRANES & DERRICKS Beath & Son, W. D. Hepburn Limited, John T. Morris Crane & Hoist Company Sasgen Derrick Company CUTTER HEADS Shimer, & Sons, Samuel J. CYPRESS Louisiana Red Cypress Company Wistar, Underhill & Nixon DOORS © Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Canadian Western Lumber Co. Haeberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Lumber Company Tessier, Alphonse j DOUGLAS FIR Auger & Son Canadian Western Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Timberland Lumber Company Timms, Phillips & Company DRY KILNS Grand Rapids Veneer Works Sheldons, Limited DUST COLLECTORS Ormsby Company, A. B. EMERY GRINDERS Carborundum Company ENGINES Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E. Waterous Engine Company EXHAUST FANS Sheldons Limited FILES Disston & Sons, Henry Nicholson File Company FOURDRINIER WIRES Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Company HARDWOODS Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Atlantic Lumber Company Caflisch Bros. Fassett Lumber Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Gillespies, James Heyser Lumber Company, W. E Hocken Lumber Company Hoffman Bros. Company Miller, A. Newman, John P. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Rat Portage Lumber Company Read Bros. Limited Rimouski Industrial Company Snowball Nera Spb: Spencer, C. Stearns hohe & Lumber Company Webster & Bro., James Ed. HARDWOOD FLOORING Canada Wood Specialty Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Limited Siemon Bros. oy ees 2 BUYERS’ HEMLOCK Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada i ey Sales Company Diver, John M Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fesserton Timber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company Haeberle Lumber Company Hocken Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., E Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Read Bros. Spears & Lauder Spencer, C. A. Snowball Company, J. B. HOISTS Morris Crane & Hoist Company HOSE Gutta Percha & Rubber Company KNIVES Peter Hay Knife Company KNIFE GRINDERS Rogers & Company, Samuel C. LATH Bartram Bros. Beck Mfg. Company, C. Casey-Shaw Lumber Company Christy-Moir Company Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Iraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Georgian Bay Lumber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company McGibbon Lumber Company New Ontario Colonization Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Rat Portage Lumber Company River Ouelle Pulp & Paper Co. Spencer, C. A. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. LAUNCHES Adams Launch & Engine Company LOCOMOTIVES Baldwin Locomotive Works - Canadian Locomotive Company Climax Mfg. Company Heisler Locomotive Works Montreal Locomotive Works * Sessenwein Bros. LOGGING & MACHINERY EQUIPMENT Clyde Iron Works Gerlach Company, Peter McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Company Russell Brothers Rutherford & Sons, Wm. Ryther & Pringle Company Walters & Sons, H LUMBER Burstall & Company, J. Canada Wood Specialty Company Canadian Western Lumber Company Casey-Shaw Lumber Company Dudley, A. N. Fassett Lumber Company — Garrett Lumber Company, Georgian Bay oe Laidlaw Lumber Com McLennan Lumber Comp Montreal Lumber Compa Néwman, John P. = New Ontario Colonization CG Oliver Lumber Company Parry Sound Lumber River Ouelle Pulp & Victoria Harbor Lumb LUMBER CRA’ Dixon Crucible Co Superior Manufactu Anchor Elevator Chisholm Milling Co Dwyer & Company, W. Fairweather, A. W. — National Elevator Co: m PATENT SOL Patent Selling & Mfg. A PINE Anderson Lumber C Beck Manufacturing Bradley Lumber Co Bromley, W. H ; Cane & Company, Cleveland-Sarnia S Colonial Lumber Com, Diver, John M. Donogh & Company, J Eagle Lumber Compa East Kootenay Lumber | Fesserton Timber Com Forest Mills of B. C. | Fraser-Bryson Lumber ( Garrett Lumber Co Gordon & Company, Gillies Bros. Limited Graves, Bigwood | Hobart & Company © Hocken Lumber Com Long Lumber Compa: Mackarell & Company Mason, Gordon & | Morse Lumber Comp: North Pacific Lumber ( Read Bros. Limited Sawmill Owners Sales Snowball Company, J. St. Gabriel Lumber Cc Watson & Todd, Lim Wuichet, Louis POLES “4 } | Diver, John M. Pink & Company, Thos. .) P POPLAR _ “ Dawkins Lumber Company Heyser Lumber Company, Quincy-Adams Lumber Co Wistar, Underhill & Nixon PULLEYS & SHAFTI Canada Machinery Corp Fay & Egan Company, aks Site CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 <7. Educational Tatks on leat ther Belting. Progress Made in the Manufacture of Leather Belting In the construction of leather belts in the early days of the industry, the whole hide was cut into strips which were riveted together, so that the one grade of belting produced was made from leather that varied in quality, thickness and weight. This belting for several years answered all purposes for which belting was used. The development of modern efficient machinery necessitated the manufacture of higher grade belting to meet the increasingly severe requirements. Careful study in work-shop, testing-room, and laboratory has resulted in the selection of of hides, and the adaptation of processes and materials to produce several brands, or weights of high quality belting each peculiarly suited to certain conditions of service. The rigid maintenance of this exact standard of quality, weight and thickness for each brand, in contrast to the old-fashioned methods mentioned above, is of vital importance, as it assures under similar conditions uniform service from any given brand of belting. The improvement in leather for belting would have availed little had we not at the same time perfected a cement for joining laps, the use of which has superseded the old-style weak-riveted joint, and proven in actual service the strongest and most efficient method of con- structing belts. To determine the most efficient and economical quality, weight and thickness of leather belting for any particular drive it is essential to know: First:—Whether for a horizontal drive or vertical drive. Second:—Open drive, drive with idler, or quarter turn drive. Third:—Diameter of pulleys. Fourth.—Revolutions per minute of driving pulley. Fifth:—Horsepower to be transmitted. Oak Tanned Leather Belting, as it has been develop- ed, is recognized as the best belting for ordinary condi- tions. For certain unusual and exacting demands, how- ever, we make a belt—our SPARTAN BRAND—using specially tanned leather and special cement—a belt re- markable for its pliability and, consequently, increased pulley grip, great tensile strength and resistance to steam, water, oil, heat and chemical fumes. A comparison of the crude leather belting of early days, with our remarkably efficient modern product, will prove that our industry is well abreast of the day in mechanical progress. Subject for next month :— ‘é “< Proper Selection of Belts ”’ Graton & Knight Manufacturing Co. Unity Building, 46 Alexandra Street, Montreal, Can. Home Office and Factory : Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers 62 PUMPS Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Smart-Turner Machine Company RAILS Gartshore, John J. Sessenwein Bros. ROOFING Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co. RUBBER GOODS Gutta Percha & Rubber Company SASH Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Haerberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company, E. H. Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Tessier, Alphonse. SAWS Atkins & Company, E. C. Disston & Sons, Henry Gerlach Company, Peter Mereen Johnston Machine Company Merchon & Company, William B. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company Shurly-Dietrich Company Simonds Canada Saw Company Smith Company, R. H. : Walters & Sons, H. SAW MILL MACHINERY Berlin Machine Works Breeze-Denison & Company Canada Machinery Corporation Fay & Egan Company, J. A Gerlach Company, Peter Hamilton Company, William Hill Company, Wm. E. Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Company ae CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Parry Sound Lumber Company Payette & Company, P. Waterous Engine Company Wickes Bros. SAW SHARPENERS Breeze, Denison & Company Rogers & Company, Samuel C. SHINGLES. Bartram Brothers Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Co. Christy-Moir Company Canada Western Lumber Company Dalhousie Lumber Company Forest Mills of B. C, Limited Fraser Limited Gillespie, James Heaps & Company, E. H. Larkin Lumber Company, C. A. Long Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Morse Lumber Company, Fred S. Rat Portage Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Timms, Phillips & Company SHINGLE & LATH MACHINERY Gerlach Company, Peter Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Payette & Company, P. Smith Foundry Company SPRUCE Auger & Son Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Cane & Company, Jas. G. Christy-Moir Company Donogh & Company, John Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fenderson & Company, John Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Gillies Bros Leak & Company Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company New Ontario Colonization Co. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Co. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Read Bros., Limited Rideau Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Spencer, C. A. St. Gabriel Lumber Company STEEL CHAIN Coghlin & Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Standard Chain Company SULPHITE PULP Partington Pulp & Paper Company SNOW PLOWS Pink Company, Thos. TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company TIES Fesserton Lumber Company Spears & Lauder TIMBER BROKERS Cant & Kemp Farnworth & Jardine Frost Company, A. C. Lacey & Company, Jas. D pering. The steel in tension. cal in effort. Radcliff Solid Tooth | Saws | Made by men who have made a special study of saw construction and steel tem- | Radcliff Saws is specially | tempered to maintain a keenedge and high | Write for our catalogue of solid and inserted tooth saws, mill supplies, etc. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company, Limited | TORONTO | | It is sufficiently pliable to avoid | | . | TIMBER ESTIMATORS Lauderburn, D. E. Montreal Engineering Company _ Munson-Whitaker Company Sewall, James W. TUGS West & Peachey VENEERS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer a Hoffman Brother Company Webster & Bro., Jas. VENEER MACHINERY Merritt Manufacturing Company © Perrin, William R. Philadelphia Textile Machinery WATCHMAN’S CLOCKS Hardinge Bros. a WIRE Greening Wire Company, B. Laidlaw-Bale-Tie Company a WOODWORKING MACHINERY Berlin Machine Works af Canada Machinery Corporation Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company — Defiance Machine Company > Fay & Egan Company, J. A 4 Hamilton Company, William % Long Manufacturing Company, E. Waterous Engine Works r WOOD PULP New Ontario Colonization Co. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co. St. Gabriel Lumber Company ea _ - 2) PRE PETS re 4 TT breakage, yet rigid enough to be economi- | | i = i seecrac| Our Saffron Tanned 3 H/GH sezceo | Leather Belts LEATHER BELTING. are designed for hard ser- vice. The joints are all stitched, as well as cement- ed. The cost is a little more than for Ordinary Leather Belts, but they are more than worth the difference. Write for our book on complete Belting information. SCANDINAVIA Other Lines:—LANCO BALATA TEON Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. Toronto - Montreal WHY? Pay for Bags, Sacking, Freight, Handling, Cadging on light dirty oats, when the above items of cost are the same on Heavy, Clean, “National” Oats purchased direct from producers and shipped from our elevators in the heart of the best oat sections of the Western Provinces. Write or wire for quotations National Elevator Company, Limited WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Port Arthur, Ont. Calgary, Alta. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 63 | Show a man how to save money on roofing Wouldn’t you give your trade to a man who showed you how to save money. Of course you would! And for that very reason you can outsell any other dealer in your town when you handle JM ASBESTOS ROOFING Gives Absolute Fire Protection This roofing saves money because its life is about as long as the life of the building. Because you never have to touch it after it’s applied. Why? Made of Asbestos rock fiber felt, impregnated and cemented together with Trinidad Lake Asphalt, both coming from the earth and as old as Time,—imperishable mineral sub- stances. The J-M Cleat makes the application easy and perfect. Joints made with this device are vise-like and never leak or tear. The Cleat is the greatest improvement yet made for applying roofing It’s the cheapest roof per year of any, not considering its fire protection, which is worth its cost. These facts command instant consideration with prospective purchasers of roofing. Write for special dealer proposition. Remember: only one dealer to each town, so write today. The Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co., Ltd. ee ag act ple of Asbestos Roofing; Pipe Cov erings ; Packings; Desks Lining; oiler Preservative; Fire Extinguishers; Cold Water Paint; Toronto Montreal Wicndnkes ace 2 Not altogether what we say but what users say ‘We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- sider them indispensable to lumbermen op waters of French River or similar streams.’’ Will move a bag containing 60,000 logs, in calm weather, 30,000 in a head wind. West & P eachey - Simcoe, Ont. 64 ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS A Adams Launch & Engine Co. ... Amer. Woodworking Anchor Elevator (Con... ne. Anderson: & (Co; €.-Gios Argall Bros. : Atkins Company, E. Cc ee Aueoer S.Sonmos caetaias sce a5 Baldwin Locomotive Works .. .. Bartram Brothers, Limited .. Batts, Limited 2.02. .< Beath & Son, W. D. .. Berlin Machine Works .. Beck Mfg. Company, C. .. Benson & Bray .. Bey Uae lcs, oes Coghlin Co., B. J. .. Colonial Lumber Co. .. Dalhousie Lumber Co. : Dawkins Lumber Co., W. H. Dixon Crucible Co., Jos. .. Diver, J. M. aa aie. Defiance Machine Works | deaths Disston & Sons, Henry .. oh Dom. Mahogany & Veneer Co. . hauling costs. ployed. Mach. Co. Besides avoiding accidents and eliminating sand hilling this brak- ing device can greatly reduce your Larger loads may be handled and fewer men em- Our catalogue fully explains Ryther & Pringle Co. Carthage, N. Y. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations .. Donogh & Co., John .. Dudley, A. N. aS Dwyer Company, W. H. E Bagle Lumber Co; .. c.sec ah East Kootenay Lumber Co. .. .. Elgie Jarvis Lumber Co. Ellicott. Gompany, Ay Mies. aes F Fairweather, As Weck ees hee Fassett Lumber Co., Ltd... .. .. Farnworth & Jardine .. Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. . Fesserton Timber Co. .. .. lay & Egan Co., J. A. .. IFenderson & Co., Inc., John .. .. Forest Mills of B. C. Fraser Bryson Lum. Gas Ltd. Fraser Limited .. Frost; Ay Gr). G Garrett Limber Co... 3... .. ; Gartshoréy John Jie) ee eee Georgian Bay Shook Mills .. .. . Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Ltd. Gerlach, Peter .. Gillespie, James .. Gillies Bros., Ltd. .. .. .. .. Goodhweés7éCo., Ji Le se Gordon & Co., Graves, Bigwood Co. .. Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. .. .. Greening Wire Co., B. .. Grand Rapids Veneer Works ... Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. H Haeberle Lumber Co... .. .. .. Hall, Adam .. Hamilton Co., fad. ies: Hardinge Bros. .. Hay, Beter=..... Heaps & Co., Ltd., ‘E. H Heisler Locomotive Watke ° ee Hepburn, John T. .. i 2 Heyser Lumber Company .. Hobart & Company .. ..... Hocken Lumber Company .. Hoffman Bros. Co. Hoyt Metal Company .. .. .. .. Co., Inc. Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. I 2 Inglis Company, John ....%,.. .. J Jenckes Machine Co., Ltd. .. Johnstost,: Ais) veh. genet ss 2 Geouk4e aeaceen ees K Kent Cordwood Splitter Co... .. Knight Mfg. Company... -. .. .. L Lacey, Jas.:D. op tee eee Laidlaw Bale TiejCo. 2202 3. 5. Lamontague Limited .. Lauderburn, Di EE. aa Laidlaw Lumber Co., R. Larkin Company, C. A. .. Leak & Company .. Leonard & Sons, E af Long Lumber Company .. Long Mfg. Co., E. a Poort Louisiana Red Cypress Ce. M Mackarell & Co., Thos. .. Mack Axe Works .. .. .. Mahoney, A. .. Maritime Wosnties” “& Mois Works 2.5% Mason, Gordon & Gat et na Moe McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Co... .. . McGibbon Lumber Co. .. McKinnon Chain Co. .. .. McLaren Belting Co., J. C. McLennan Lumber Co., Ltd. Mereen-Johnston Machine Co. .. Merritt Mfg. Company .. .. Mershon!’ & Co., Wi BF .2 Ree. Miller’ 87a: Ak ace eee ee Montreal Engineering Co. .. .. Montreal Lumber Co. Morris Crane & Hoist Co., Her- bert .. Montreal scomeme Wt Ltd. Morin & Co., Dr. Ed. Morgan Machine’Co. .. .. .. .. Munson-Whitaker Co. .. N National Elevator Gores. =. . aes National Mfg. Company .. Newman, John P. : = New Ontario Colonization &s, Nicholson Pile (€oj 2. seen Oo Oliver “amber "Co, 525 Ormsby /Go., Ltd. Bivts see P Palmer ‘Company,. John«..,;-) 2208 Palmer Medical Company .. .. Parry Sound Lumber Co., Ltd. . Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency . Payette & Comey Pa 370) is Brake Your Load and Save Your Horses Barienger Braking Device for letting heavy loads down steep hill and mountain roads. Saves horses and expense of sand hilling. Philadelphia Textile Machinery Company .. . : at Perrin & Company, Wm. R Pink Company, Thomas .. .. . Q Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial = Company .. .. oa Quincy Adams Laneee ca san | R Radcliff Saw Company .. Rat Portage Lumber Co., Ltd. Read Bros. , Keddaway & Co., oe Rideau Lumber Co., ‘Ltd. Rimouski Industrial Co. 5 See Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. + ci Rogers & Co., Samuel C. Russell Bros. .. Pree: Russell Wheel & Foundry ‘Co. Rutherford & Sons, Wm. 6 . q wee ee Ryther & Pringle +. .. 3) ).5eeee Ss Sasgen Derrick Co. .. rs Saw Mill Owners Sales Co. ae Sessenwein Bros. .. .. is Sewall, Jas. W. ere Sheldons Limited = ee Pie Shimer & Sons, Samuel i rar Shurly-Dietrich Company .. .. . Siemen Bros. Ltd. . Simonds Canada Saw Co., “Ltd. . Re Smart-Turner Mach Co., Ltd. Smart-Woods, Limited .. .. .. Smith, N. ... : Smith Foundry & Machine Co. Smith ria ee: R.. Hae Snowball, J. B ee Snowdon, C. Gik 36 0s (86 Spears: & Lauder)... 42 eee Spencer, C. A. elas Standard Chain ‘Company . Stearns Salt and Lumber ag eee Steel Co. of Canadasj.. see St. Gabriel Lumber ‘Go: suse Superior Manufacturing Co. . T Tessier, Alphonse .. 22 32 Thomas, Ed. . bs Thurston- Flavelle Lumber Co. a Timberland Lumber Co. E Timms, Phillips & Go, 32 jee Toronto Blower Co: Je. Turner & Sons, J. Ja... eee Vv Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. .. Ww Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd. 83 Watson & Todd .. .. me. 3 Webb Lumber Company . weed Webster & Bro. Ltd., James ; West & Peachy . Pa ae 5° Wickes Bros. .. eee Wistar, Underhill = Nixon a Wuichet, Louis 5) se ee o Y Young Company, W. F. i s ‘Front, cove oo 2m River Ouelle Pulp & ee Co, jm CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER TT Vnvett Wil ul tHe NTT |Joreeeaat| UTD Lvvvnattt TL | | Huh IHNUUIHIL. HHNHHHNAME ) ‘ull For Saw and Planing Mills In a Goodhue Belt you get only the best leather with the stretch taken out of it. A Goodhue belt will always run evenly and ‘‘clings”’ to the pulley transmitting 100 per cent. of your power. For the wet places in the mill we have a special waterproof leather belt—‘‘Acme”’. Other Goodhue Belts are ‘‘Extra” and ‘‘Standard” recommended according to the conditions under which the belt has run. Goodhue Belts stretch less than any other belt by 15 to 25 per cent. View I. View 2. SEND FOR PRICES AND PARTICULRRS J. L. Goodhue & Company, Limited DANVILLE, QUEBEC A New Swage The Best Yet United States Patent for Sale This new swage invented by ourselves has all the good features of other swages plus some special patent features of its own. Those practi- cal saw men who have used this swage pronounce it ‘‘ The best yet.” View 1 illustrates a swage sawn in half to show its method of work ing. The tooth is swaged by a series of three rollers which cannot bind. The tooth is rolled out and not drawn. A double thread is used on the locking lever. The first thread is rapid so that a slight movement of the lever allows the swage to travel on the saw without being lifted over each tooth. The second thread is slow so that the swage may be securely locked on the saw. The point at which the rapid thread ceases and the slow thread operates is governed by an automatic spring. We offer for sale the United States Patent. If interested write us. Breeze, Denison & Co. : Newburgh, Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER They Have Brought Both Sides of the World Closer Together While the first Band Saws were made and used abroad, it is in America that they have seen their greatest advances—both in manufacture and use—for in France the early Band Saws were narrow and used only for such work as scroll sawing. It was left to America to improve the Band Saw and first apply it to the manufacture of lumber. In their efforts to keep pace with the increasing requirements of millmen Henry Disston & Sons have brought the Band Saw to its present high state of perfection. The fame of Disston Band Saws, however, has not been confined to the Western Hemisphere. ‘heir use has = 3 A spread out year by year, from country to country. We are now shipping Band Saws to all sec- sides of the World closer to- tions of the World. we BAND 7 WS gether for if a club were formed ea ‘go ae They make the 7 ee of Disston Band Saw users its mem- world go round” They have brought both bers would be found in almost every country on the globe. When you take into consideration the vastness and im- portance of the lumber and woodworking industries all over ; the world, and the fact that the majority of those who use Band Saws insist on the Disston Brand, it can truly be said that “they make the World go round.” No matter where you are located there is a Disston Branch enough to give you all the facts. Write them, and “Depend on Disston.” near _ Henry Disston & Sons, Limited Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works TORONTO, CANADA aera Branch at Vancouver, B.C. TRADE LJ Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- quirements of thresher and saw mill men operating in small tracts of timber, as both husk pe Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage and carriage are of a size which , will permit of easy loading be- Size"Husk ..¢ <2. ms ... & feet) by) Gufeet, oi anenes Width of Carriages’ =o. <6. gens) ae meee oe anche Diameter and Length Mandrel . 2 8/16 by 55 inches Trucks ... ... ... ... T-inch wheels and 1%-inch axles tween the standards of a wagon ‘Size Drive Pulley ... ... ... ... ... 20 by 10 inches Length Track ... ... ... ... «-. 32, 40, 48 or 56 feet when moving from one setting Feed per Revolution of Saw ... ... ..- 0 to 3% inches Style and Opening of Blocks ... ... ... C1-36 inches to another. q et OL Grease fateta, cress wee cee cos ose inch Gandy Style Mill Dogs ... ... ws w« .ove SONY) Pexcelpior Largest Diameter Saw «.. .02 «ss sve see e+ OG Inches Style Set Works ... ... ... ... No. 1 Single Ratchet Length of, Carriages! =...) sec ... 12, 16, 20 or 24 feet Write jor the catalogue of the Knight With each complete size “S” mill we furnish one saw, wrench, cant hook, feed belt, pulley with boxes line of saw mill machinery. for tightener and foundation bolts for husk. THE KNIGHT MFG. CO., Canton, Ohio. | Canadian Distributors :—R. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver, B. C.. E. Long Mfg. Co., Orillia, Ont. ah oe CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 67 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS, LONDON, CANADA LIMITED Agencies and Warehouses:—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. VANCOUVER, B.C. TKINS’ _ ‘ILVER STEELE SAW ies The construction of this splendid Saw will appeal to you at once. ‘It will save you lots of money if you have cut off work todo. It’s the sensation of the Saw World. Making good wherever used. Write for details and prices E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will withstand the severest kind of service. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. ‘i The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Section of Griplock Riveted Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty Griplock Riveted Chain Belt i * alee 2 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER —E— Have you investigated this Wonderful Cost Reducer? LIGHTNING a mshi Nn y AC FA Y-EGAN “LIGHTNING” A 333-335 Matcher-Resaw Outfit lowers manufacturing cost by eliminating handling, increasing output and raising grades Because of keen competition, you lumbermen are studying methods of lowering manufacturing costs. You must give your customers good lumber and still make your profit. Manufacturing costs can be lowered in two ways— by eliminating handling, and by doing away with degrading loss due to manufacturing defects. To illustrate the first, investigate the Fay-Egan 333-335 Matcher-Resaw with Resaw below the bed- _ine of Matcher. By your old methods, you make bevel siding, shiplap, ceiling, etc., double thick on a Matcher: at about 75 ft. a minute, then you truck to a Resaw and feed at about the same rate. This requires two feeders and two off-bearers and a whole lot of your stock is torn out, fuzzy, uneven and otherwise lowered in grade. With a 333-335 you match double thick and resaw in One operation, requiring only one feeder and one off-bearer—instead of 75 ft. you get 200 ft. a minute and every bit of your stock grades up to No. 1. This means a reduction of at least 50% in manu- facturing costs and an increase of from 10 to 30% in market value of your product. You may be making pattern work—then you should nvestigate the 333-288 Matcher-Profiler. Or if you are getting out flooring or plain four side matching, look into the regular 333 Matcher. A ‘‘ 333” installation is made up of units which can be coupled together to meet your individual re- quirements. Let us study the proposition with you and for you. As a starter along this line, read our book on Fast Free Matchers, Surfacers and Appliances. A copy will be sent free upon request if you use your own or company letter head. Ask for Book No. 87 J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 465-485 W. Front St., Cincinnati, Ohio, U. S. A. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Steam Tension Band Mill ee top guide on this mill, as well as the upper wheel, is operated by a steam cylinder. This means that the guide can be moved up or down instan- taneously, which in one day's work means quite a saving of time over the ordinary mill. This goes a long way towards paying for the mill by the end of a year. But this is not all—with this steam operated guide it is just as easy to keep the guide close to the cut as it is to set it for certain size logs and keep it there. eR his can be done without loss of time, and so by bringing the guide down close to the cut, vibration of the saw is done away with and the quality of the lumber is improved. No form of tension yet devised is as easy on the saws as the steam tension—several of the users of this mill have run through an entire season without cracking a single saw. These are some of the reasons why our steam tension band mill is the most economi- cal mill to buy, and there are others which you will find in our catalogue. When you are tuning up your mill this winter for next season’s operations, remember that we can serve you promptly whatever your requirements may be. | | William Hamilton Company, Limited | PETERBOROUGH, ONTARIO 69 7o CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Bie CURRENT LUMBER PRICES—WHOLESALE | TORONTO, ONT. Car Lots White Pine: 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 1% inch No. 1 cuts and better 64 00 2:in. No. 1 cuts and better.. 67 00 1%-in. No, 2 C. & B. ..-n- 50 00 Zin. No. 2 cuts and better .. 56 00 4/4 No. 1 cuts ....2. esses oo 5/4 and 6/4 No. 8/4 No. 1 cuts 4/4 No. 2 cuts ....-- eeeeee 3 5/4 and 6/4 No, 2 cuts 8/4 No. 2 cuts 4/4 No. 3 cuts 6/4 and 6/4 No. 3 cuts 8/4 No. 3 cuts 1-in. Good Shorts 1x 4 and 5 com. and dressing 25 00 1 x 6 common and dressing .. 27 00 4 x 8 common and dressing .. 27 00 1 x 10 common and dressing .. 32 00 1 1 1 ee ee eeeee eoesee oe neeeee Pe ee ed 40 00 sete eeenee x 12 common and dressing.. ‘x 10 and 12 mill cull stocks. -in. mill cull sidings 5/4 and 6/4 x 4 m-r., m.c. out. 5/4 and 6/4 x 5 m.r., m.c out. 5/4 and 6/4 x 6 m.r., m.c. out. 5/4 and 6/4 x 8 m.r., m.c. out. 5/4 and 6 /4x 10 m.r., m.c. out 5/4 and 6/4 x 12 m.r., m.c. out 2x 10 common 2 and 3 x 12 common.. 1 x 8 box and common 1 x 10 inch box and common. 25 00 1 x 12 inch box and common 27 00 1-in. mill run sidings 25 00 1-in. mill run_ shorts 1-in. mill run Norway 2-in. mill run Norway | Norway, c. and cf. 1-in. Norway, c. and cf. 1%-in. Norway, c. and cf. 2-in. Spruce mill culls, Hemlock No. 1: ix4 and 5-in. x 9 to 16 ft. .... x 6-in. x 9 to 16 ft. ...... x 8-in. x 9 to 16 ft. x 10 and 12 in. x 9, to 16 ft. 7, 9 and 11 in. x 9 to 16 ft. . No. 2, 6-ft. to 16-ft. .... 4 to 12, 10 and 16 ft. .... 4 to 12-in., 12 and 14 ft. .. to 12-in., 18 ft. ..... 4 to 12-in., 20 ft. . 4 to 12-in., 22 ft. .. 4 to 12 in., 18 ft. ..... ne x 4 to 12-in., 24 ft. .....--- in. No. 2, 4in. and up in width, 6 to 16 ft. ...-.. ee Clear in B.C. cedar, kiln dried. 55 50 Douglas Fir Dimension Timber up to 32 feet: 8x8, 10x10, 10x12, 10x14, 12x12, 12x14, 14x14, 14x16 up to 32 fi eeeeee aeeeee er sete neee scenes eeeee x xRR BM ROX NNYNNOYN NER e 20, up to f , x14, oe 12x18, 82 ft. 6x16, 8x16, 10x18, 12x20, 14x20, 16x20 up to 32 ft. ...-.+ «+. 10x20, up to 382 ft. ..... esheets 6x18, 8x18, up to 32 ft. ...... 6x20, 8x20, up to 32 ft. ...-.--- Timber in lengths over 32 feet take the following additions: 33 to 35 ft., 50c; 86 to 40 ft., i: 41 to 45 ft., $3; 46 to 50 ft., $5; 51 55 ft., $7; 56 to 60 ft., $9; 61 to 65 ft., $12.50; 66 to 70 ft., $15; 71 to 75 ft., $18; 76 to 80 ft., $22. Fir flooring, edge grain ...-. 44 50 No. 1 and 2 clear 1-in. Fir rough 45 00 No. 1 and 2 clear 1%, 1% and Q-in. Fir rough .....+-++eee 47 00 1%-in. No. 1 4-ft. pine lath.. 4 50 1%4-in. No. 2 4-ft. lath ........ 4 20 1%-in. 32-in. pine .....+-..-. 1 60 14-in. No. 1 4-ft. hemlock lath 3 75 1%-in. mill run hemlock lath 3 50 X pine or cedar shingles 1 05 XX pine or cedar shingles... 2 25 XXX pine or cedar shingles .. 3 20 XX B. C. cedar shingles ..... 2 26 XXX 6 butts to 2-in. .. 8 20 XXXX 6 to 23-16-in, fos XXXXX oeeeee weeeee Hardwoods—Per M. Feet, Car Lots white, 1sts and 2nds, 114 and 2-in. white, No. 1 common brown, ists and 2nds, 4/4 brown, common and better ..... brown, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4. ists and 2nds, 4/4 No. 1, com. and bet., 4/4 .... ists and 2nds, 6/4 and 8/4 .... 1sts and 2nds, 10/4 and 12/4.. 1sts and 2nds, 16/4 .......++-- 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 Ash, Ash, Ash, Ash, Ash, Birch, Birch, Birch, Birch, Birch, Basswood, Basswood, Basswood, Basswood, re Basswood, Soft elm, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 Soft elm, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4 .. Soft elm, No. 2 and 3, common Soft elm, 6/4 and 8/4, 1 and 2 ...... Rock elm, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 x &/4.. Rock elm, No. 2 com.-and bet. 6/4 an aeeeee No. 2 and 3, common .. 6/4 and 8/4, ists and No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4. 2nds. 6/4 and 8/4, com. and bet. 4/4, No. 2 com. and bet. 8/4555 3 sae MOSS > ARSE ice Genleeenae Soft maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ...... Soft maple, com. and bet., 4/4 ...... Soft maple, 6/4 & 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. Iiard maple, 1lsts and 2nds,,4/4 ..... Hard maple, common and better, 4/4. Hard maple, 12/4, & 16/4, Ists and 2nds. Red oak, plain 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4 Red oak, plain 1st and 2nds, 4/4 ... Red oak, plain ists and 2nds, 12/4 ANG MAGA sicicvce) sy ein ks D citetstataiale White oak, plain, 1st and 2nds, 4/4. White oak, plain, 1sts and 2nds, 1% and WZeinpe ieee wielsts sivuisiviy) ac eraaise a White oak, plain, ists and 2nds, 12/ and 16/4 White White oak, % cut, 5/4 and 6/4, ists and 2nds ...... Riis nieve a be olaje acle White oak, % cut No. 1 common .. Hickory, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ........ Hickory, 6/4 and 8/4, ists and 2nds. OTTAWA, ONT. Manufacturers’ Prices Pine good sidings: 1-in, x 7-10, nd “Upie. c cae seni’ $52 00 1%-in. & 1%-in. x 8-in. & up 55 00 2-in. x 7-in. and up ...... 58 00 No. 2 cuts 2 x 8-in. and up .. 40 00 Pine good strips: “lEL) Bate preteten hat etarareln to, aie. oi iere 40 00 1%-in. and 1%-in. ......... 52 00 DA Rae arr: GUAR QC MONO Or ce 52 00 Pine good shorts: l-in. x T-in. and up ........ 42 00 l-in. x 4-in. to 6-in. ...... 32 00 1%-in. and 1¥%4-in. ....... ..- 50 00 D-in,,} Exersetel anal shies clea co simiots 52 00 7-in. to 9-in. A sidings .... 25 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing sidings .. 30 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing strips .. 29 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing shorts .. 22 00 Pine, 1-in. x 4-in. s.c. strips .. 22 00 Pine, 1-in. x 5-in. s.c. strips .. 24 00 Pine, 1-in. x 6-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 Pine, 1-in. x T-in. s.c.. strips .. 23 00 Pine, 8 s.c., 12 ft. to 16 ft. ... 26 00 Pine, 1-in. x 10-in. M.R. ..... 27 00 Pine, s.c. sidings, 1% and 2-in. 28 00 Pine, s,c. strips J-in. .....5.. 21 00 1%, 1% and 2-in. ........ 24 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 1 x 4 to 6 in. Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1 x 5 21 00 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1x6 21 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 6’-11’ 1”x10” 24 00 Pine, box boards:. 1” x 4” and up 6’-11’ . 17 00 1”x3” to 6”, 12’-16’ ..:.. 19 00 Pine mill culls, strips and sid ings, 1-in. x 4-in. and up, 12- ft. and otipy wc ceca) cites ..- 17 00 Pine mill culls stock 1x 12 ... 21 00 Mill cull shorts, 1-in. x 4-in. and up, 6-ft. to 11-ft. ....... . 17 00 OS ‘culls eke WD week sc cvepies 14 00 Red pine, log run: mill culls out, -in. ...... 18 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ...... 19 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ..... 19 00 mill culls out, 2-in. ........ 22 00 Mill culls, white pine, 1”x7” td: “UW fp lice taaleieesissrslp ite) io) +... 20 00 Mill run Spruce: 1”x4” and up, 6’-11’ 17 00 1”x4” and up, 12’-16’ ..... 18 00 1”x9”-10” and up, 12’-16’ .. 22 00 1%"x7" 8-9” and up, 12’-16’ 22 00 1%4"x10" and up, 12’-16’ ... 22 00 1%” & 2”x12” and up, 12’-16’ 25 00 Spruce 1-in. clear (fine dressing arid BB) | Saute cs fete oe cic s eee temOO Hemlock 1-in. cull ........2++ 13 00 Hemlock 1-in. log run ........ 17 00 Hemlock 2x4, 6, 8, 10, 12/16’. 19 00 Tamarac (apse ceisiecisntaicialstste 19 00 Basswood log run, dead culls GUE: Sy o\deitiee Seis eee niel Glenln's . 22 00 Basswood log run mill culls out 23 00 Birch log run ..... Rica! eeaisiate - 19 00 Soft elm, common and better, 1, 134, Bins 22.5.6 20 00 Ash, black, log run . 25 00 1 x 10 No. 1 barn ..... . 83 00 1 x 10 No. 2 barn 23 00 1 x 8 and 9 No. 2 barn ...... 22 00 Lath per M: ; No. 1 white pine 1%4-in. x 4-ft. 4 00 No. 2 White Pine ...... -... 8 80 Mill run white pine . - 400 Spruce, mill run 1%-in 3 00 Red pine mill run ... 3 25 Hemlock, mill run ...... 2 75 S2:in, ‘Wath occas cist wisp ce sare loe 1 80 Pine Shingles KXXK, LBA owisicee) sc seeeianie 00 Clear butt 18-in. ...... 2 50 Po RRR eatiorcnn cacooact White Cedar Shingles: exe, GS iie cise ciseie oop ella 8 75 Clear butt, 18-in. ...... 8 00 TR in,, sex! Kaas at, = aetee AG Spruce logs (pulp) ...... ---- 13 00 QUEBEC, QUE. White Pine—In the Raft First class Ottawa waney, 18-in. av- erage, according to lineal ..... 70 Oak—Michigan and Ohio By the dram, according to average and quality : er ee By the dram, according to average and quality, 40 to 45 feet seee 4 35 Com riot RO COCO COO S8SR aks SSSRRs = an cts. 72 By the dram, according to average and quality, 30 to 35 feet ..... 60 Ash 13 inches and up, according to aver- age and quality, per cu. ft. .... 30 Average 16 inch ...ca0s0 sssasivtae 40 Birch 14 \inch;, per ‘cus. ft. |. s0ss0s200—0 20 22 15 inch, per cu. ft. ...veocvees- 24 26 1G: inch; per: ‘cliz fh secbhies 2 espe 380 18° inch, per. cn.° ft. Se vsbors wane 32 35 Quebec Spruce Deals 12 ft. and up x 3 x 9 and up. $20 00 00 Oddments | .22..4s./anoa enw - 1700 18 00 Boards, 1 and 2 in. ..... - «--. 1600 18 00 Birch Planks 1 tor’ “ins eee + seeeee «eee 1700 19 00 SARNIA, ONT. Fine, Common and Better ty 1 x.6 and Sin ieee wet eee ance .--$54 00 1 in., 8 in. and up wide ..... see «ove 62.00 1% and 1¥% in. and up wide ......., 65 00 2 in. and up wide ..... otis aici «+. 70 00 Cuts and Better — be 4/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 55 00 . 6/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 65 00 8/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 65 00 6/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better ...... 52 00° 8/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better ...... 54 00 6/4 x 6 and up No. 8 and better ...... 46 00 8/4 x 6 and up No. 3 and better ..... . 50 00 No. 1 Cuts 1 in., 8 in. and up wide ...... ...... 42 00 1% in., 8-in. and up wide ..... + «eeeee 65 00 1¥% in., 8-in. and up wide. ...... ...... 57 00 2.in,, 8-in. and upiwidel..cssslcteenee 60 00 2% and 3 and 8-in. and up wide.... 75 00 4 in., 8-in. and up wide ...... ...... 85 00 No. 2 Cuts 1 in., 6-in. and up wide ........ «.-. 81 1% in., 6-in, -and° up iwidé’.. 0. etles.. 42 00 1¥% in., 6-in. and up wide ...... ..... 44 00 2-in., Gin; and up) wide, .o.. sven 47 00 2%, 3 and 4 in, 6-in. and UP Wide’ © sire aces eee eae 62 00 65 00 No. 3 Cuts 1 in., Gin. andsup: wide, 2%. gers. 5 => 24 1% and 1% in., 6-in. and up wide.. 33 00 2-int, 6-in: ‘and “up wide <.<:.6 ses. <- 33 00 2%, 3 and 4-in.,, 6-in. and up Wide is.deng aid seen eee - 43 00 48 00 Common and Dressing Mill Run l-in. x 4-in. 24 00 l-in. x 5-in, 25 00 1-in. x 6-in. 26 00 1-in. x 8-in. .. 27 00 1-in. x 10-in. .. 29 00 l-in. x 12-in. 7 . 84 00 1 in. x 13 in. and up ...... -84 00 1%, 1% and 2-in. ...... . 80 00 No. 1 Barn Pinch s\s6 Qh eclesatsss ey ete eee 81 00 45 00 1%, 1% and 2-in. « «eeee. 8600 45 00 2% and 8-in. ...... imarndene 45 00 i tach! 25.2 So, weenie eta eee 50 00 No. 2 Barn oS! GACH 12 aisic oi 2 era ie ne eee ... 28 00 86 00 14%, 1% and 2-in. ...... . 80 00 8600 234 ‘dnd ‘Gins) “cuca wsiens fs 88 00 No. 3 Barn M. Anich? Jaiaccoon tteurelen teal . 2100 28 00 No. 1, 1, 1%, 1%, 2-in. ...... 20 00 25 00 Box No. 1, 1, 1%, 1%, 2-in. ..... 22 00 25 00 No. 2, 1%, 1%, 2-in. ......... 19 00 23 00 Mill Culls Mill run culls, 1l-in. ...... ... 19 00 1, 1%, 1% and 2-in. ........ 20 00 INOS 2 ces akties ate et iaee cee adit) 00, ne Oo WINNIPEG, MAN. No. 1 Pine, Spruce and Tamarac Dimensions, Rough or S. 1 S. and 1 E. 6 ft. 8 ft. 10 ft. 14x16 ft. Dx ER cot site 1500 1800 2200 2000 2 x Cre sae 1800 1800 2200 2000 2 2B Spee ee 18 00 1850 2200 2000 2 xilO ... 1900 1950 2250 21 00 AIS age 6 eyes a vl 5 1900 2000 2450 22 50 PINE, SPRUCE, TAMARAC & LARCH Mountain Stock Dimensions ee cay senna seeeee Flooring 4 or 6 inch No. 1 ........ 4 or 6 inch No. 2 4 or 6 inch No. 3 tee wee ee eee ee eee eee ee eee Shiplap—Finished ACinCH ‘ecastas | od teas GO Anh APs, so Pinic 03 onus ene 8, 10, 12 inch seats? Relea wae Siding © inch No. 1) 2cgs5 Macesponepeeeee 6 inch No: coves, saecebs ie meat G- inch ‘No.. 8 ..i... weahuuesae nee No. 1 Cedar, Pine, Spruce .......... No. 2 cedar, pine, spruce ........+.+- PINE—ROUGH TIMBER 12 ft. 14 and Seeie wie 00 a 'pale cu 0s'0id ele en 1DWas's aie 10a 2 bie bea to6 x 8 Trt 50 to 10 x 10 ....... 23 50 © im vo mpele yin neta ete up to 32 ft. ... BRITISH COLUMBIA FIR Dimensions, S 1 S. and E. o a a “A nN uo} o a 5 > 00 HR CO 0 09 SESEBSRa Nw 6,°4:x_ 8, 38) toa ies wosye eae 2: 12; "Sto MG) fi cece oe ee 2 up to 32 ft. 12, ‘ HO t i) : $636 (fhe cate Mae 8 to S2Mt conc ace ae FLOORING o. 1 and 2 red pine, 4 in. .......... G. No. 1 and 2 fir flooring C. Fir E. G. No. 1 and 2 flooring. i . 1 and 2 flooring ........ and F. G. No. 8 flooring ........ SHIPLAP serene Pine or spruce = = = eae ri go cee toe iin, an 10/16 ft. ... ie zing B. GC. ir BOARDS—ROUGH OR S. 15S. No. 1 common pine, 10 inch ........$31 00 No. 2 common pine, 10 inch ........ 25 00 No. 3 common pine, mixed widths .. 20 00 No. 4 common pine, ed widths .. 14 50 No. 5 common pine, mixed widths .. 10 00 SHINGLES XXX B.C. Cedar’... ccuecoeswire seus XX B. C. Cedar... 25. paces eee XXX Dimension ...... ...... LATH No. 1 Mixed W. & R. Pine .......... No. 1 B. C. Fi Tone eee cee eee eeenee BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. — White Pine Wholesale Selling Price Uppers 4/4 ...... «- BARE or acec Uppers 5/4 to 8/4 ...... sevens Uppers 10/4 to 12/4 ...... ....5- Selects: 4/4 wicsspicbeseaies ela eae Selects 5/4 to 8/4 ...... Selects 10/4 to 12/4 Fine common 4/4 . Fine common 5/4 . Fine common 6/4 ...... Fine common 8/4 ...... Cuts 4 No. 1 RS ea ©. 'oatn de tear * No.. 1 Cats 5/4. .::. nt" (i 'a 6 Sams oo All kindsof overhead cranes for hand pow- er or elec- tric power. _ JOHN T. HEPBURN, iia: TORONTO Iron founders, crane Sikes, machinists CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 73 Dixon’s Graphite Axle Grease JO¥ DIXON CRUCIBLEC? YeRsey CiTIS* One application of this grease will ame To a last two or three times as long as any S ALLoTHERKinos SEVERE™ iol) other grease. That means a saving SLEANEST AnD MOST ON of grease and time and trouble. The Dixon’s Flake Graphite in the grease is the secret of its lasting qualities. Send for sample and Booklet No. 238. Made in JERSEY CITY, N. J. by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company Established 1827 IRE and IRE PRODUCTS for Lumber Shippers, Pulp Mills, Shook Mills, etc. We stock Extra Strong Annealed Wire for Car Stakes, etc., Bundling Wire for Box Shooks, Laths, Pickets, Boards ete., and Wire Ties for Barrel and Keg Heading and Staves. Wire Bale~Ties, Single Loop and Crosshead Patterns, Wire Nails, Wire Staples, Wire Barrel Hoops. Write for Prices. Sole Manufacturers for Canada. of the Carnegie Steel Company's Patent Steel Hoop for all slack cooperage. The Laidlaw Bale-Tie Co., Limited HAMILTON, ONTARIO Vancouver George W. Laidlaw Winnipeg Harry F. Moulden & Son The Peter Hay Knife Co., Limited GALT, ONTARIO MANUFACTURING WOODWORKING Machine Knives, Circular Cutters and Mortise Chisel Hepburn Cranesand Derricks Illustration of Electric Derrick 6 tons capacity. Boom 65 feet. Steel Boom and Steel Mast. 74 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 303—Heavy Duty Foursided Moulder. A heavy substantial moulder suitable for all classes of work. It is the most convenient moulder to adjust and operate on the market to-day. Heavy feed works. Outside top head support. Increased weight. Long heavy table. A new Bulletin No. 303 fully describing this moulder has — just been issued and will be sent to you on request. Galt, Ontario Largest Builders of Wood-Working Machinery in Canada Canada Machinery Corporation, Limite . |] SHAVING EXHAUST FANS for the Planing er The Sheldon Shaving Exhaust Fan is specially designed to give the best results in the Planing Mill, having a saving in power and speed of 257% ito 40%. Write for particulars Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building AGENTS: Messrs. Ross & Greig, 412 St. James St. Messrs. Walker's Limited, 259 Stanley St. Montreal, Que. Winnipeg, Man. Messrs. Robt. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Bank of Ottawa Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Messrs. Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Ltd., Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N. Y. N, Hr i" Manufacturers ly il | ‘a Py ae Nailing at . Machines, 4 Lock Cor- ner Box _ Machinery, - Box Board — Matchers, — 4 _ Box Board | Printing | Machines. _ Every manufacurer of boxes; every manufacturer who has nails to drive in | any article, or packages of any kind to manufacture, should write the Mor- 2 — Machine Company for latest developments in machinery for the Box | Industry. s { , Machine Company | Morgan ROCHESTER, N.Y. a aa ae CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | 75 WICKES GANGS ‘*As Staple in a Saw Mill as Sugar in a Grocery.” FLAT GANGS Unexcelled in the manufacture of Flooring Strips Cedar Siding Shiplap Silo Stock Door Stock Box Lumber Boards from cants and flitches, from either hard or soft woods. ROUND LOG GANGS JUST WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES —taking all your small logs just as they come from the pond and cutting them up into boards or dimensions, getting every board there is in the log, never over-slabbing (wish we could say this of all head sawyers.) Built to handle either one or two logs at once, up to 14 in. diameter. KEEP THE SMALL LOGS AWAY FROM THE HEAD SAW and CAR- RIAGE entirely, raise your cutting capacity, and install ecomony by the same stroke. Not an EXPERIMENT, but an ECONOMIO NECESSITY. Think it Over Carefully, then Write » us for Details. “The Gang cannot Overslab.” Wickes Brothers 410 White Building ~~ « SEATTLE, WASH. Head Office, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. A. A Machine for every O if oper L98C 6 CLYDE Ife WORKS Duluth. Minnesota.U.S.A. i a a “= 76 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Good Lumbes HORSES. Should be free from all blemishes Use You cannot get good work out of your lumber horses if they fj are lame, blemished, sore, sick RBINE & ABSORBINE or similarly unfit. : 5 ABSO j The animal with Swellings, Soft Are your horses of use to you? This seems an absurd question—and the answer is always “Of course they are” —In which case provide your stables with: Johnson’s Reliable Veterinary Remedies Johnson’s Horse Liniment, No. 1 (Alcoholic) t esbeees ae FF 00 da for Wind Put | Bunches, Boe Spavins or any | doesnot blister | He “aire 15.00 doz, Capped Elbow, not, needs your attention. gee the wii econ ; air, never Johnson's Horse Liniment, No. Z (an oil imiment) coe ae A B SOR BINE leaves scars Or 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) 3.00 gal. Thoroughpin J 1 lb. bottles 6.00 doz. i blemishes of 21b. bottles 11.00 doz. Shoe Boil, best defeat Reliese= big hae any kind. 4 all pain, soreness and trouble- Johnson’s Horse Colic Remedy Curb, Enlarged some blemish. It makes the It i j A sure and speedy cure for all kinds of Colic Glands aman eee ee ae, better 1s OS ee 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) 40 doses 5.00 gal. ba pe py f ANG SOr RTE ster apply and does 1 lb. bottles 4 doses 8.00 doz. puffs and swell- You can work your horse at the not require the 2 |b. bobtles 8 doses ; 15.00 doz, ings, Fistulla, sata Se a oe ee Je horse to be laid , Johnson’s Veterinary Healing Ointment (Gall Cure) Poll Evil remedy of many years success: up. i i ul use. t oz. tins 3.50 doz. Sprains, Con- | fowstnds.wvon theuands of | Highly com: Johnson’s Condition Powders (Concentrated) senha haciicee ailing and sick and unsigh@y,— 6 1 lb. Packages 3.60 per doz. dana: uiees good workers and good lookers. only a few Johnson’s Camp and Household Remedies, such tae ee Rebine cod ca doe as Cough Syrup, Healing Ointment, Headache All enquiries on special cases at each appli- Powders, Big 4 Liniment, Stomach Bitters, Cathar- all kinds. answered without delay—full cation. tic Pills, etc., etc., have stood the test of twenty- monk ag and instruction on five years and are in use all over Canada, from the bsorbine-$2:00 a bottle-at dae Atlantic to the Pacific. Prices are lower than ANTISEPTIC a ppg hee! oe GERMICIDE those of all other manufacturers. Letter orders 4 = Manufactured only by receive prompt attention. W. F. YOUNG, P. D.F. 424 Lymans Bldg. “+ MONTREAL, CAN. A.H. Johnson, Srggist, Collingwood, Ont. WE CAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF YOUR - DRY KILN GRANO RAPIDS VENEER WORKS. Annihilate Scale Dry Kiln Service A Practical Theory MEANS Competent Engineering TO Effective Organization YOU Years of Experience Guaranteed Results Grand Rapids Veneer Works. Grand Rapids, Michigan Potato Scale will positively remove scale from your boiler tubes and can do no injury to your pipes or fittings. Feed water should be regularly treated with Potato Scale to prevent scale, pitting, grooving and honeycombing; it saves fuel and so treats the water that it absorbs more steam. Send us a gallon of feed water which we will ana- lyze and then mix a sample of potato scale to suit your conditions—this is a free trial, write us. C. C. Snowdon Box 1384 Calgary, Alta. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 77 Provi ovide for NOW the Future ° In every lumber manufacturing section of North America are to be found crumbling ruins: of mills whose owners elected to depend on the open market for their log supply, who refused to invest their good money in standing timber. In practically every case the “Open Market” has proven an unreliable source of log supply. Varseeing operators have come in, sized up the supply of timber tributary to certain points and bought the bulk of it. Many of the mill owners who had the first and the best opportunity to purchase, because of their neglect, have been forced out of business and have seen their investment in plant and equipment depreciate to the extreme low limit of its value as junk. Does that possibility confront you? If it does, please bear in mind these facts: Now is the time to provide for your future supply. We can give you exactly what you need. Popular Everywhere a Ybpe ESAS A Geridge, Lonoke County, Ark., November 3rd, 1913. Gentlemen :— We have now used your Sag- inaw Band Resaw for one year and have only the highest praise for it. It turns out perfect lumber and were we to purchase another saw, it would give us great pleasure to have you build one for us. Your copy of “Washington Red Cedar, America’s Overcoat Wood,” Lumber Users Guide No. 12 awaits your request. Send for it. Yours very truly, Varner Land & Lumber Co. James D. Lacey & Company Timber Land Factors Saginaw Band Resaw Chicago, Ill., 1750 McCormick Building Portland, Ore., 1313 Northwestern Bank Bldg. Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building B. Mershon & Company SAGINAW, MICH. BS | Lumber Camp Ranges and Heaters Our stoves are Specially designed All Kinds of Stoves for to meet all requirements of camp ~ work. We know exactly what is neces- | sary and desirable in this class of stove. Large or Small Camps We put into all our stoves the best of material and workmanship | coupled with the best of expert | experience. a ( ———— a es is A itp . The ‘Leader Range’ for coal and 7 _ wood, shown in this cut is specially | adapted to Lumberman Camps, Boarding Houses, Hotels and Rail- | read Construction Camp Work. | We also make this Range with side | hinge doors. : ‘ Ons Awe ; It is large, heavy and strongly wid Ye, i) Le = aR iN ( ee : | built. Has good oven space and S >| Fa She se i aa | large heating surface. When a aig - ote | good, solid, reliable stove is wanted : the ‘Leader’ will give satisfaction. ae Write for our catalogue. ‘ ™ eS ~ FE. . 10-36A SIX HOLE LEADER RANGE AND RESERVOIR ys ADAM HALL, initodi “ Peterborough, Ontario Manufacturers Ee Ranges, Heaters, etc., for Lumber Camps, Hotels, and Railway Construction * ara “Sean I oe : : : : : { as CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Horizontal Slab Re-Saw A Horizontal Slab Re-saw 7 will increase the capacity of — a saw-mill from 15 to 25M | ft. at a less cost for equipment and a less cost for operation, than can be accomplished in any other way. | One customer in Canada has purchased 7 of our Re-saws, another 4 and another 3. Catalogue gladly furnished without obligation to you. It also illustrates many special Box Factory Machines. The Stuart Machinery Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. — | | Agents for Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Mereen-Johnson Machine Company,” ts1. Nothing is more important in logging than the prompt and certain movement of cars. Delays affect the whole work. To avoid delays, locomotives must be reliable and al- * ways ready for service. ‘ Our standard logging locomotives are built to insure reliability and constant service. Only tested materials are used in their con- struction. All wearing parts are made to templates and gauges. _Interchangeability of like parts is guaranteed, and long delays waiting for duplicate parts avoided. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA \ Pre; 8 - CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 79 CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES F9RG¥908, 28° A 62-ton Climax Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp Curves. Any weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog ‘* H.” CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD. VANCOUVER, B.C. Especially adapted for heavy hauling == on steep grades, TROUT CREEK a ee aa ae sharp curves and [, Aeaeine 40-Be Ne uneven tracks. For logging, switching and pulling on main lines, mills, fur- maces and indus- Engine being operated by the Trout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. trial pu 3 eae of Trout Creek, Eaneda was ee just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. Heisler Locomotive Works ERIE, PA., U.S. A. Whitney Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wash., North Western Sales Agent Logging Locomotives Mikado Type Locomotive, Polson Logging Co. The Mikado is a good type for heavy hauling, where runs are fairly long and high steaming capacity is needed. The locomotive illustrated traverses 30 degree curves, and can be used on rails weigh- ing 45-50 pounds per yard. It is simple in construction, strongly built, and rides well on uneven tracks. When in need of a logging locomotive, consult The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. es, — one T” yemis For Logging Operations Our Logging and Industrial locomotives are not mere engines from stock, but specially designed locomotives for logging use. They operate with a minimum of fuel consumption and can be relied upon to give steady ser- vice every day of the year. All parts are amply designed, lessening the possibility of breakage. Send for Specifications. We are also builders of Stationary Boilers, suitable for Contractors and Industrial Plants. Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, Kingston, Ont. 2 al 4 . ed CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER = ra Dominion Timber Regulations Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on either side of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of the Dominion Timber Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. _ ‘= Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by a duly qualified Dominion Land Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each ofsuchberths shallthen be thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. The Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sold at less” than the price so fixed. aM) Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time of sale. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in cash at the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in the city or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a charteredbank, or by a draft issued bya chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If default is made in any payment required by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square mile except for lands situated tothe west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acre, . The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :— ' Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. Railway ties, eight feet long, 1% cents each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each, Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. . a And 5 per cent. on the sale of all other products of the berth. | a Timber Permits | A Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine opcrators and others on application to the Dominion Timber ~ Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. W. W. Cory, 7 Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Deputy Minister. December 20th, 1912. - =) ea CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 81 16,000 to 45,000 good shingles per day of ten hours. YES, that’s what ONE MAN WILL joint and sort when operating our GENUINE “Dunbar” Shingle Machine We are Pioneers in this line of work in the Dominion, and the “ Genuine Dunbar’”’ is manufactured only by us. Write us for particulars- of this, and also when in need of lumbering machinery and supplies. The Smith Foundry Co., Ltd. Successors to McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Mfg. Co. Fredericton, N. B. AXLIoe DRA YY. we we ENT av Ae er V Eve ING: AND Port Hope, Ont. work for which belts are used. DICK’? DICK’S Balata Be ting Steel Pulleys - Fairbanks Scales Montreal Toronto UNLINED LINEN FIRE HOSE (Circular Woven and Seamless) “Underwriters Best” Red and Blue Stripe MADE. to conform to the requirements of the Associated Factory Fire Insurance Companies and is approved and accepted under "every high-grade flax- hose specification. . GUARANTEED WATER-PRESSURE 500 LBS. PER SQUARE INCH Stocks carried by The A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER as REDDAWAY. & Co, oe ee Sole Makers of — 4 —_——— ; . ; ras z at |. J. COGHLIN CO., Limited and quality of service are considered. Leather Belting Saw Mill Supplies THE CANADIAN FAIRBANKS-MORSE CO., LIMITED Photograph of 7/16-inch Weldless Steel Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 lbs.), or fully double the Admiralty breaking load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of area at the fracture. CAN YOU BEAT ITP WRITE FOR PARTICULARS April 15, 1914 Electric- Welded Boom Chain 257 { {More he {More \Strength 25%, More _ 25/0 \ Wear Weld ~— Two Sheared Toggles Forged Toggle and Ring Sheared Toggle vt T Bar Hook and Ring and Link Made in Canada Write to McKinnon Chain Co., St. Catharines, Ont. Fully Guaranteed UNHARMED BY WATER, STEAM OR CHANGE OF TEMPERATURE Dick’s Belts are guaranteed to run through water, or steam, if necessary, without injury and to be unaffected by changes in temperature. They have been applied with signal success to every variety of Saw Mill owners find Dick’s Balata Belting the cheapest when length Catalog No. 17 on Transmission Appliances tells all about it. Wood Split Pulleys Shafting Hangers _ Iron Pulleys Clutches Babbitt Wood-Working Machinery Steam Goods Safes and Vaults Calgary Vancouver Fairbanks-Morse Gas Engines St. John, N.B. Winnipeg OUR first aim is to please Why not give us a trial when our customers. next in the market for Pumping Machinery? The Smart- Turner Machine Co. Limited Hamilton : Canada aS, ah MONTREAL Alphabetical Index to Advertisers, page 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products — THE LEADING tbe: LINES 3 Doors —|- 4 Sash = 15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? The up-to-date dealer who carries a stock of Hardwood Veneered Front Doors, wants th widest possible range of designs, but is always hampered for room. Here are three designs of Veneered Doors and four designs of Midland Interchangeable Sash. Sash A Sash B Door No. 612 Door No. 79 Sash D Door No. 81 These doors and sash are all you require to carry. Each door will make up into five different designs. The sash are easily fitted, just as easy as a pane of glass, and are interchangeable. The same piece will fit each of the different designs. You will require additional sets for each additional sized door you ape: in stock. See our new door catalogue ‘‘Midland™Doors’’ for full information and prices. Door No. 613 Door No. 615 Door No. 82 Door No. 83 3 Doors+4 Sash=15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Lt Manufacturers from the Tree to the Finished Product Midland : Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS George Gordon & Compan Limited CACHE BAY : - ONTARIO = Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Dimension Timber Planing Mill Dry Kiln CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FOR SALE All Dry Stock 1 Car 5/4 x 4 & up x 6/11 Shipping Cull White Pine 5/4 x 4 x 10/16 1 ‘* 5/4 x 5 x 10/16 a ss ¥ “3 66 5/4 x 6 x 10/16 66 66 66 66 “ 5/4 x 7 x 10/16 is ee ad “ 5/4 x 8 x 12/16 : UM it ae “ 6/4 x 4/7 x 10/16 ft es ey. 66 6/4 x 8 x 12/16 66 66 66 66 66 2 x 4/7 x 12/16 66 66 ‘6 66 66 8 x 12/16 66 66 66 66 x 8 & up x 10/16 Box White Pine 12 x 10/1 Mill Cull White Pine x 6 & up x 12/16 No. 1, 2 & 3 Cuts White Pine 66 NEE AAAENAAND 2x 5/4 1 2 6/4 66 WRITE FOR PRICES The Colonial Lumber Co., Ltd. Pembroke, Ontario | v ie , Ve Kp er Nee Be; SI eS SS Don’ t ‘Fees The Bear With Hocken’s Hemlock You can compete with the best. Hocken Lumber Company, Limited Otter Lake Station, Ont. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 5 Write for Prices On the following Stock 1o Cars I1x4&5 No. 1 Spruce Dressed 2S & CM. 300,000 2A . 10/16 piled separately 100,000 i oe | C. & B. Red Pine Strips. 50,000 I-x3 re White bs In Transit 5 Cars B. & B. Steam Dried Short Leaf Yellow Pine Finish. | I x 6 to 12” equal proportions of each width. 5 Cars 3 X B. C. Shingles A. Cotton Brand. | _ The Long Lumber Co. =e {oe nn = Hamilton, Ont. i-_A_. _ BS Canada Lumber Sales Co., Limited Yellow Pine Timber want to buy B A S S W 8) 0) D And Lumber Rough or Dressed Car Material and Long Timbers 20 cars 4/4” x 3” and up random length a Specialty 8 66 5/4” x 6” 66 66 8 “ 6/4" x 6” “ * random length PROMPT SHIPMENTS winter sawn, white stock. Delivery May and June. We are also open to buy Hemlock and Spruce boards—any quantity. E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. | Lisman, 145 St. James Street : Montreal Ala. and Cincinnati, io Spruce White Pine Banksian Pine Birch Get our stock list and prices. | QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, _ Portland, Maine CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER JOHN GILLIES | DAVID Beam vi 5. GILLIES President e-President. Sec.-Treas. a GILLIES BROS. | prasswe ow 1873 BRAESIDE, ONT. Limited Manufacturers of WHITE PINE RED PINE SPRUCE New York City: Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway ee Fraser Bryson Georgian Bay || Lumber Co., ta Wholesale Lumber Dealers L ul mM b e r C 0 e Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Limited Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario sa EET: White Pine Manufacturers of High Grade Red Pine Spruce L ul byl b er Lumber ana Lath L a t h S Office, “s'.2""%* Ottawa, Can. Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. ‘“Everuthi in L ber” Mills :— Long Leaf Timbers, erytning tn Lumoer Selma, La. Short Leaf Finish Jena, La. Large Stocks of Sized or Rough Hemlock and Yellow Wegt tee and Pine, 2 eee Buena Vista, Ark. Railroad Material Cedar Telegraph and Electric Railway Poles 20 to 80 ft. Write for prices Send your inquiries and orders to :— General Sales Office Commercial Purposes, a Spec Phone Cadillac 2275 a Timber ite R. R. o- struction + OFFICE :—413 Hammond Bldg. Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quebec Spruce ana Hemlock Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS i Limited Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave.. MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office Bromley can submit attractive prices. Real choice red and white pine stock. Odd lots go at bargain prices. William Mississaga reserve timber—my stock. H Largest orders filled promptly. Bromley Pembroke Ontario Canada | Every board carefully graded. You should get my wholesale prices. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock Special price for quick shipments: 6/4-8/4-10 4-8/4-10/4 No. 1 Com & Btr. Birch lin. & 2 in. Merchantable Spruce Toronto, Canada 2in. & 3 in. Tamarac aaate lin, Crating Lumber 801-2 C.P.R. Building, 2 x 10-16 Merchantable Hemlock Cor. King & Yonge I WANT YOUR ORDERS and solicit your inquiries for PINE, SPRUCE, HEMLOCK, HARDWOODS, LATH Deal with me and you will be satisfied every time. Wholesale Dealer in Rough and z A. SPEN( ER Dressed Lumber, Lath ' and Shingles Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec The Rideau Lumber Céi, Limited Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. 1913 Sawing SPRUCE Dry Factory White Pine—All thicknesses. Nice Line 1 x 4 and up—6/11 Moulding White Pine: Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. | Limited SUDBURY, ONT. Hemlock, Pine and Spruce Bills cut to order. We have a good stock of White Pine, Red Pine, Jack Pine, Spruce and Hemlock. Manufacturers of — Lumber and Lath, Planing Mill Work Planing mill in connection with sawmill at Fesserton. Fesserton Timber Company, Limited 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO General Office, Sudbury, Ont. Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined 250,000,000 feet constantly in stock insures filling any reasonable order promptly. Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to merit a still larger increase. Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY Hibernia Building New Orleans, La. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 9 J. B. SNOWBALL CO., LTD. Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada Fraser Limited Fredericton, N. B. SELLING AGENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited Cabano, P. Q. Fraser Lumber Co., Limited Plaster Rock,.N. B. | F & M Lumber Co., Limited Whitworth, P. Q. MANUFACTURERS OF Spruce Lumber Rough and Finished Shingles, Lath, Piano Spruce, Pine, Hemlock, Hardwood, Lumber, Cedar Shingles and Laths Sounding Board Stock, etc. Mills—Chatham, Tracadie, Millerton. We solicit your enquiries. View of yard and mill—J. B. Snowball Co., Ltd., Chatham, N.B. —Manufacturers of— We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie” Brand | Edward Partington N.B. Cedar Shingles ;,.i-; | Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario Points Head Office, St. John, N.B. Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Mills: St. John, N.B. Blackville, N.B. | Marysville, N.B. Dalhousie, New Brunswick Agents for Ontario R. Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited Toronto Manufacturers of | | If You Need a P osition Bleached a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you. Sinn area Capable Man Sulphite Pulp no matter how small or how big your present position may be, an advertisement in this paper will put you in touch Rieters eueting possblity, Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber, Laths The rates are most reasonable, write us. Hardwoods Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto Joun MoKerrcow, W.K.GRAFFTEY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Ottawa Office : Montreal Office: 46 Elgin St. 759 Notre Dame St.,W. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 13 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Milland Novelty Works. kinds of Hard and Softwood Lumber. dm r requirements, I can furnish you stock that wi i please. PHONE 37 RESIDENCE 15 __ WIARTON, Ont. HAEBERLE 1 LUMBER Co. TIMBER White Bae pom as Pine, Hemlock ak Mouldings, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, Cedar Poles and Ties. Yellow Pine Timber a Specialty. Interior Trim Mi Work. NIACARA FALLS, N.Y. Hardwood Flooring The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON BROS., LTD. For prices write W. T. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 TORONTO | Watchman’s. Portable CLOCKS We are the only MANUFACTURERS in America | WRITE:US FOR DETAILS Hardinge Bros., Inc. 1775 Berteau Ave., CHICAGO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lumber Good Grades Right Prices Prompt We want to move the following stock quick, and if you are inter- ested in any of the items, take it up with us before buying else- -~where. We will quote you prices that should get the order. We ship all Hardwood in accordance with National. Hardwood Association Rules of Inspection. 10 Cars 4/4 No. 1, C. & B. BIRCH 1 “ 6/4 Nowt s & qve sia No. I . 3 “ 16/4 Ist and 2nd 15M ft. 8/4 No.1, C. & B. S. 1M ft. 12/4 No. 6M ft. 16/4 No. 7M ft. 6/4 No. 1%Mft. 5/4 No. 3M ft. 10/4 No. 7M ft. 12/4 No. 2 Ask About Car 10/4 to 16/4 BIRCH FULL LINE OF JACK PINE Above stock dry and _ well .manufactured C. G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited Manufacturers and Strictly Wholesale Dealers in Lumber | 206 Manning Chambers Toronto Shipments. E Buy, Sell and dealin all kinds ot Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine, Oak, Red- wood, Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. AUGER & SON | QUEBEC The Canada Wood | Specialty Co., Limited) Manufacturers: Heading, Baskets, Etc. Write, Telegraph or Telephone your orders Orillia, Ont. R. LAIDLAW LUMBER CO. LIMITED Toronto Sarnia Buffalo FOR SALE For Immediate Shipment Hardwood Lumber Moulding, Sash and Doors — SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood in transit on the Intercolonial Railway. The Rimouski Industrial Co., Ltd. Rimouski, P.Q. SPECIALTIES Sawed Hemlock Red Cedar Shingles White Pine Lath Bass and Poplar Siding James Gillespie | Pine and Hardwood | Lumber Lath and Shingles North Eenearae N. Y. se san Individuality and Experience Count The experienced individual gives close attention, knowledge and aggressive interest. He will ren- der you better and cheaper ser- vice than the hastily built force of a corporation. Each of my men has learned in the hard school of long actual experience. Try me. Timber Estimates Boundary Surveys Topographical Maps Planting James W. Sewall 16 Centre Street OLD TOWN, MAINE “WASTE ELIMINATION IN LOGGING OPERATIONS My reports show where the waste is, and how it may be eliminated. D. E. LAUDERBURN, _Ferst, 1 Madison Ave., NEW YORK, N.Y. HOBART & CO. CHOICE Southern Hardwoods Cypress, Kiln Dried North Carolina Pine Send Us Your Inquiries 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Yard at Prison Point _ Cable Address ‘‘Hobco, Boston.” Timberland Reports! ' of any kind— F- , in any region— at any time— at reasonable i prices. CRUISES— SURVEYS— MAPPING We invite correspondence. Munson-Whitaker Co. Consulting Forest Engineers Chicago, 512 Comm’) National Bank Bldg. New York Boston > 470 Fourth Ave. 622 Tremont Bldg. Pittsburgh, 900 Arrott Bldg. A. MILLER Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber ; Office and Yard: | 893 Eagle St. BUFFALO, N. Y. 4 d | The Penetanguishene Planing Mill a | Sash and Door Factory } Planing of all kinds done by carload. Rail- road Switch in connection with mill. classes of building material, lime and | cement for sale. ALPHONSE TESSIER, Builder & Con ractor PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “Well Bought is Half Sold”’ Let us quote you on the following Specials: 10,000 Ft. 4/4 100,000 “ 5/4 40,000 “ 6/4 2,500 “ 8/4 S00 1G 100,000 « 5/4 No. 1, 2 and 3 Common 11,000 “ 6/4 Ist and 2nd Brown Ash 2,000 “ 16/4 “ ig . ‘ 12,0005" 84 “ “ Soft Elm 1 Car 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Brown Ash 48,000 “ 4/4 No.1 “ = Soft Elm ZA000 * . BI4: Blos 1 “ ie te F.O.B. 8c rate to Toronto. Good Average Width and Dry. Ist and: 2nd Basswood “ec “ce “ec 77 —ALSO— 10 Cars | 3/8—4 Ft. M. R. Pine Lath F.O.B. | 1c rate to Toronto Thoroughly dry. Must be moved promptly. Graves, Big wood & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Pine ana Hemlock Lumber. 1026-32 Traders Bank Bldg, T oronto,Ont. Mills : Byng Inlet, Ont. We are Buyers of Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce Veneers Handles (all descriptions) Hoops (3 or more ply) Staves Headings JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. Bootle, Liverpool, England London Office: Dashwood House g Broad St., E.C. Cant& Kemp 52 St. Enoch Square GLASGOW Timber Brokers Cable Address, ‘‘TEcTona,” Glasgow A1 and A B C Codes used ARNWORTH & JARDINE Cable Address: Farnworth, Liverpool WOOD BROKERS and MEASURERS 2 Dale Street, Liverpool, and Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Liverpool England LOGSTAMPS Write us for particulars and prices Superior Mfg. Co.,Ltd. 93 Church St., Toronto For Sale by Owners B. C. Timber Lands ( G. 1. P: three + CGN. R. New Railroads | P. G. E. E. THOMAS 578 Richards St., Vancouver, B. C. Located on Saw Mill Help Competent employees for saw mills and woodworking plants are scarce. The best of them read this paper regularly. To get in touch with good men send a ““ Want Ad” to the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker 220 King Street West, TORONT 12 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LIMITED OTTAWA WHOLESALE CANADA OAK FIR WHITE PINE a a e @ ' Specialty --- Dimension Timber HEMLOCK YELLOW PINE NORWAY PINE Lumber EASTERN AGENTS TIES Lath NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., Limited | POLES Shingles MILLS AT ~ = BARNET, B.C. POSTS ESTABLISHED 1855 THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. OF PENETANGUISHENE LOGGING - DRIVING SAWING Which is the most expensive operat- ion? Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. HeEMLock BIListuFF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait to write. Phone us your requirements. In which is there the greatest need for improvement ? All stock sized or matched if required. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber : ‘ a : Why not improve it? The Shaw Motor-Headworks is the latest improvement in Log Driv- ing Machinery. Operated by one man. Will tow 2,000,000 feet. Is quick, light and reliable. California White Pine California Sugar Pine and Arizona Soft Pine For farther particulars write Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber ‘sk LOUIS WUICHET || RUSSEL BROTHERS Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS Fort Frances, Ontario, Can. F. N. WaALpIE, President. R. S. WatpiE, Vice-President. W. E. Harper, Secretary. The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Ltd. Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. 12-14 Wellington Street East, TORONTO, ONT. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 13 Highest Grade Extra Clear XXX B. C. Red Cedar Shingles in Transit If you want quick delivery - write, wire or telephone C. A. Larkin Lumber Co’y., Limited TORONTO, ONTARIO We Specialize in PILING Always on hand a full line of Spruce and Tamarac Piles, 25 to 50 feet. 1 in. and 2 in. Hemlock and Spruce. Wanted 1 in. Cull Hardwood. ' ARTHUR N. DUDLEY Lumber, Lath and Shinglee 109 Stair Building Toronto Phone M 6368 Mixed Cars Promptly Shipped SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE WILL QUOTE AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. Oliver Lumber Co. of Toronto Limited Confederation Life Building For Quick Sale sinc. Feet. 1x 4,5 and 7, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway, 44% 4-in., 41% 5-1 -in., 15% 7-in. : ix 6, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway tx 8, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway 5/4 x 4 and up, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway. 6/4 x 4 and up, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway. 8/4 x 4 and up, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway. 75,000 | The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Co., Ltd. TORONTO, ONT. 18 Toronto Street, JOHN DONOGH & CO. Wholesale Dealers 1 x 4-5-6-8 Dressed or Rough 2 x 8—2 x 10 1 x 4-5-6, Dressed or Rough Spruce Red Pine m4 m4 { 1 x 4 and wider Mill Culls White Pine 1 1x 10-12 Mill Culls ALL DRY STOCK. 1205 TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO We offer the following SPRUCE 2x 4,” 10, 12, 14 and 16’ each length piled separately Ze (0; “10; 02,14 ands. 3“ 2-8," 10,12, 14 end G22 “ Z= 10.” 10, 12, 14-andtl6" .“ Leak & Coiba, L Limited 18 Aberdeen Chambers, TORONTO Do You Want a Salesman? q@ Every live lumber salesman in Can- ada reads the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker. @ You can get the man you want through a small advertisement in the ‘(Wanted and For Sale” department of this paper. Canada Lumberman & Woodworker Toronto, Ont. Montreal Office: 119 Board of Trade Bldg. Our Mills now ready to cut HEMLOCK TIMBER up to 12 x 12 — 24 We have on hand a full line of Hemlock Lumber, Ties & Post Cut This Season Prompt Delivery guaranteed. Write, wire or phone for quotations. SPEARS & LAUDE Manufacturers & Wholesale Dealers 501 Kent Bldg., TORONTO WOODWORKER CANADA LUMBERMAN AND ofos BSS ER Serene J. Burstall & Company | Timber and Lumber Merchants Shippers of All Kinds Head Offi a of Lumber and Timber O Ce; Quebec, Q Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England When You Want Lumber From Such Logs as these, we have the stock ready for you. Quality and service is the keynote of our success and by devoting our energy to the selling of Soft and Hardwoods we are able to give you at- tention that insures the acme of satisfaction. We are open to contract for our Hardwoods and Soft Woods and can handle any contract for Special Bills. Our new mill commenced operating in January, and is now running double tower. A Typical Logging Scene in Fassett, Que. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited | Fassett, Que. River Quelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of CORRESPONDENCE . 6 SOLICITED . P R U E- Mills at: | | St. Pacome, Que., Canada On I. C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Lumber Lath Pulpwood Quebec City CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 15 = LEZ ip i \ line a | The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Representing 22 Mills — - 6 Branches What about a mixed car of mouldings, turnings, doors with shingles and sidings. Send for our latest catalogue. It will pay you better than making them yourself. Lumber of all kinds. Your correspondence solicited. Head Office: Coristine Bldg., MONTREAL Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada Mason, Gordon & Co. 2%."* Montreal, Que. Everything in Timber Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Write, Wire or ’Phone for Prices - Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Charlemagne & Lac Quareau Lumber Co. TREEAG CE RUM GERACOstmies— Mills: Charlemagne, Montcalm, St. Adele HOLE SA MBER The Gres Falls Company Mills: Three Rivers and Cap Madelaine St. Gabriel Lumber Co., Limited Large stock of 1” 13(", 1%” and 2” WHITE Mill: St. Gabriel de Brandon PINE, Bone dry. Head Office: 524 Board of Trade, Montreal, P.Q. 10 / 13-ft. Spruce and Hemlock Manufacturers of Offices at Mills at a and Pine Lumber and Ground Wood P ulp 97 St. James St., Montreal Mont Laurier, P. Q. When You Want Help in Your Mill Insert an advertisement in the “WANTED & FOR SALE” department The most efficient mill employees in Canada are regular readers of this paper. Get the best by advertising. Rates on request. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker - Toronto, Ont. Montreal Office: 119 Board of Trade Building 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBERS HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CO., LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Selects Timbers Shops Yard Stock Commons Clears and and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. Limited Head Office: JAFFRAY, B.C. Mills at: CRANBROOK, B.C., RYAN, B.C., JAFFRAY, B.C, — | Heavy Fir Dimension donbtediyn bik Is Our Particular Specialty market for Mill Equipment of The Heavier it is the Better we like it all kinds. Let pie We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to Are You Interested in British Colum- bia Trade? vertising ser- - i -] - The immensity vice. We 16 mi. 2 20 im.» 60 ft. of the Lumber please others, : : ; ‘ Industry will ey we can please Our grade is posttively right, and prices will please ‘ within a few you. years make Ti b | d L b C eo e d : fis “Serica ice ee imberland Lumber Co., Limite ; the most im- ie : k. , portant in the ‘ Lumberman Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. | whole Domin- Crowe & Wilson Chambers Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. 7 ion, VANCOUVER, B. C. i tanh “ak "Winnings Shipment by C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C.E.R.R. W. A, ANSTIE, Managing Director. Forest Mills of British Columbia, Ltd. Head Office: Revelstoke, B.C. Mills at Taft, Three Valley, Comaplix, Cascade, Nelson Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Specialties: WHITE PINE, WESTERN SOFT PINE and CLEAR CEDAR PRODUCTS Special facilities for supplying the Eastern Trade Eastern Representative ; W. J. MacBeth, Toronto ms Let Us Send you a trial order of White Norway Pine OUR SPECIALTIES : Laths, Boxes, Wooden Pails, Box Shooks, Tubs. We can do dressing, matching and re- sawing. Place your orders this way and save freight. C. Beck Mfg. Co., Limited Penetanguishene, Ont. Right Footwear for Lumbermen and Sawmill Workers. Ordinary boots or shoes are useless where there is much dampness or wet. For thirty years we have been making our celebrated oil-tanned waterproof footwear from the finest leather procurable, tanned by our own secret process and known as Skowhegan Leather. This footwear has been sold under the name of PALMER’S “Moose Head Brand”’ and has won a reputation. It represents the best in leather, best in workmanship, It fits better, better and wears better than any other make. best in actual use. looks We have reached the mark we aimed at when starting in business thirty years ago—to produce the best oil-tanned waterproof footwear in the world. We make them to measure and sell them by mail. Send for free booklet with self-measuring diagram to-day. John Palmer Co. Limited Fredericton N. B. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 17 Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont.; and other Lumber Equipment, including boom chains, plows, sleighs, etc. W'e have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Shawanaga, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. _ 3-block right hand steam feed carriage fitted with steam set works, made by Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 10 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. _ i left-hand steam nigger. Log-loader. _ Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. nN Roger Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber. Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2-saw trimmers. 20-ft. Slash table. 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, made by Diamond Iron Works. eee we _ 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. Lath Mill with bolter. Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM Automatic Filing Machine for D.C. band saws. Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. S.C. band saws. we 12-in. _ _ 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. 1 Hand Machine for cut-off saws. _ Lap Grinder. i Set Band Saw Rollers and levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- ber of second-hand band, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT Double Pumps. 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 lbs. steam. 125 h.p. Water Wheels. Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. to Duplex, high pressure Water ao 10 h.p. Engine. Mitts & Merrell Hog. Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. Wood Machine for 16-in. wood. -~ ee ee eH eB Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. Edger for ripping dry lumber, not in- stalled. 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. ~ 30 light are generator. There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and turn-tables, particulars of which may be had on application. Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and Machinery, with tools necessary for repair work, All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. 26 Ernest Avenue, Limited TORONTO, CANADA 18 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS QUARTERED OAK _—— PLAIN OAK POPLAR ASH Yards at Nashville, Tenn. Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From We can ship you promptly any of the above 1/30” SLICE CUT VENEER Stock, Carefully Inspected et mean VENEER WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU 2” BAND SAWED LUMBER Wistar Underhill & Nixon Real Estate Trust Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Specialty : G. H. Johnson, 125 ijuan Avenue Hake nee 736, Toronto, Ontario Q U A R T E R E D W H I € E O A K Hoffman Brothers Company Fort Wayne, Indiana Below is a list of Dry Lumber which we can Ship Promptly Service First W 9 h POPLAR 1 car 6/4 1s and 2s. eve got WwW at you want 1 car 5/8, 24 to 27, Poplar car 8/4 1s and 2s. ° panel and No. 1. 5 cars No. 1 Common. When you want it. : e y wa t it 4 cars 4/4 1s and 2s, 7-17. WHITE OAK 1 car 8/4 1s and 2s. 2 cars 4/4 No. 1 Common. 1 car 5/4 1s and 2s. 2 cars 6/4 is and 2s. 20,000,000 feet Dry Hardwoods for immediate 3 cars 5/4. Shipment. 1 ear (OK 2 cars 7/4 1s and 2s. 10 cars 4/4 No. 1 Com. RED OAK 2 cars 5/4 No. 1 Com. Any thickness Any grade_ Any width or length 2 cars 4/4 1s and 2s. 2 cars 6/4 No. 1 Com. 1 car 5/4 1s and 2s. 3 cars 7/4 No. 1 Com. Hardwood Specialists The above is a list of Dry Lumber which we can ship promptly. All our own manufacture, band sawed, and thor- oughly seasoned. Do not place your order before writing for prices. Planing Mill Work. Dimension Stock. Kiln Drying. Canadian Representative : John Hall, Box 32, Toronto, Canada Phone Parkdale 3222 The Stearns Salt & Lumber Co. Ludington, Michigan W. H. DAWKINS LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BAND-SAWED OLD-FASHIONED SOFT YELLOW POPLAR ASHLAND, KENTUCKY CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 19 United States Manufacturers and Wholesalers seeking ‘Canadian Business THE W. E. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods 15,000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. Write for prices. Sell Hardwoods in Canada Reach the furniture factories, piano factories, sash and door factories through Canada’s National lumber medium. Published semi-monthly. Write to-day — for rates. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Toronto, Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS HARDWOOD LUMBER Wholesale ad Yards and Mills at— scan gel oe Union City, Pa. Monticello, Ky. JAMESTOWN, N. a if Hambleton, W. Va. Ross Point, Ky. Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. _ STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS. — IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. 20 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER See Us First Now that spring has arrived, do not forget when buying, that we have | a full assortment of White Pine, Norway & Spruce | JAMES G. CANE & CO. 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO, Ont. % f I 1 Wire Rope Special Alligator Ropes with proper attachments. Saw Carriage Ropes Haulage Ropes Smoke Stack Stays, etce., ete. Wire Rope Fittings Wire Rope Grease THE B. GREENING WIRE CO., LIMITED Hamilton, Ont. Montreal, Que. James R. Cameron, M. E., Manager. Phone North 5831 Patent Mechanical Attorneys PATENTS OBTAINED AND SOLD IN EVERY COUNTRY. Send sketch for true report on your invention. WRITE FOR PRICES AND TERMS. Address: SUITE 301-302, 22 COLLEGE STREET, TORONTO, ONT. | ; a. b ee CANADA “LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER assee & Felton Lumber HARDWOOD LUMBER MANUFACTURERS Mills and Office: MACON, GEORGIA SHIPPING DRY STOCK LIST 0. 21 QUARTERED RED GUM TUPELO Feet. 4/4 No. 1 Common and Better ; ok’ 18,000 4/4 No. 1 Common 190,000 ELM 4/4 FAS Figured ... : 25,000 6/4 Log Run ... eee By ee 50,000 4/4 No. 1 Common Figucd ae - 35,000 A/d Nom) Comainnk... ON tte pee 15,000 PLAIN RED GUM : CYPRESS 5/8-in. FAS ‘| 7,500 DAIS RESIN se clers wisic’ ace ways exe 23,000 4/4-in. FAS 420,000 G/ PrenO AR COIMOURE s). 5 6 le 0:0 5,000 RP EeNAT CVA! cic) koe tes 20,000 8/4 No. 1 Common F 10,000 OE Se a aca sas ced nansalnnapindeia be) ai. 5)--,.4 5,5 13,000 4/4-in. No. 1 Common 505,000 6/4 Log Run ... “ys PERSIMMON 42.000 5/4-in. No. 1 Common ... 33,000 ; . MAPLE ¥ 6/4 No. 1 Common AMaKte Peay tere e 16,000 Wl Voc ted occ “Papi 42,000 SAP GUM ' BEECH 3/4-in. FAS ... at Teen 11,000 4/4 Log Run ... wat, See 34,000 ReeTTILC NOM Sy hor sibie: ae OTM Sn oh ME wy _ 75,000 “SYCAMORE Lait) LUNES 2 Sa" A Ae Or Paria = eee 15,000 4 AAS oo ns sole se 30,000 /4 No. 1 Common Quartered ... . “Se INE 5,000 RE ERHAS! o6. co. osc seston 14,000 4/4 Log Run ... ones nee 50,000 ASH 4/4 Wide Panels 18-in. and _up 15,000 A/AMo. ol (Common Jc. Ps ee 10,000 4/4 Box Boards, 13-in, to 17-in. 13,000 5/4. No. 2 Conimon .... 13,000 3/4-in. No. 1 Common ... 14,000 6/4 No. 2 Common eat lee 24,000 4/4-in. No. 1 Common ... 60,000 OAK 5/4-in. No. 1 Common ... 15,000 4/4 No. 1 Common Quartered ... .. 21,000 6/4-in. No. 1 Common ... 60,000 4/4 FAS Plain White Oak ... 5,000 8/4-in. No. 1 Common ... 15,000 3/4 FAS Plain White Oak ... ... aes 2,900 | . 5/4 Log Run Plain White Oak ... 6,000 i ii a ; ene Deeley eee ee sivens 6/4 Log Run Plain White Oak ... 6,000 5/4-in. No. Oe Goninon i ve eie ne maw Sc Fe 9/000 8/4 Log Run Plain White Oak ... State 3 har eae 5,000 6/4-in. No. 3) Cominba ime Cn Serer Te a ee NS 7,000 4/4 No. 1 Common Plain White Oak. 110,000 4/4 ae No. . Gaeanon nas 300,000 4/4 No. 2 Common Red and White Oak 92,000 ay 7 is Sele to eee 4/4 FAS Plain Red Oak ... “0 24,000 BLACK GUM 4/4 No. 1 Common Plain Red ro kee 51,000 6/4 Log Run ... » he ae ae 35,000 4/4 No. 3 Common Red and White Oak ... 35,000 7/4 Log Run ... 10,000 4/4 No. 1 Common Quartered Red Oak ... 11,000 Ready for Prompt Shipment Radcliff e Saws C has established and is maintaining a high the standard of manufacture not excelled in world of saws. On a policy of uncompromising, unchangeable “quality we offer to the lumbermen and other saw users a product of the very highest order. Our repair facilities for every kind of saw are complete and our work thorough and permanent. Send for our catalogue. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company, Limited TORONTO 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CHAIN BLOCKS HEANAOIAN MADE? IN STOCK NOW, Fourdrinier Wires /4 TO 30 TONS, and Cylinder Covers A N D A N Y LI FT. Manufactured in Ottawa by the THE HERBERT MORRIS GRANE& HOIST CO.| | Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. LIMITED, smi EMPRESS WO"KS, BRANCH OFFICE, Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds a PETER STREET, CORISTINE BLDG., . TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL, QUE. Repaired and Recovered ONTARIO Canada’ Ss Banner Province Ontario’s timber production last year valued at $26,774,937 or 40% of Canada’s total output. Pine production, 354,260,008 ft. B.M. Pulpwood, 131,434 cords. Railway Ties, 5,704,459. Ontario’s woodworking industries, using 34 different kinds of wood, provide a ready market for the lumberman. Eighty-two per nile tip Wits ANY cent. of lumber used in Ontario’s industries -o Hewinc, . eee purchased within the Province. Ontario’s vast resources offer unsurpassed opportunities to the lumberman. For maps and full information regarding Ontario, apply to HON. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Hepburn Cranesand Derricks All kinds of overhead Illustration of f 4 band eee: Electric er or elec- Derrick tric power. 6 tons capacity. w = Boom 65 feet. = = = Steel Boom and JOHN T. HEPBURN, Lid., #3%3N%8 Stel Mat °9 Iron founders, crane FEL machinists é CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 | Are You Turning Variety Wood-work ; with a “Defiance” Patent Variety Turning Lathe ? If not, we know it will be to your advantage to let us install in your plant 4 a modern, labor-saving lathe that will come up to your expectations in : every respect. ee ee Time has Tried and Tested this Machine And it has never been found wanting. Exact duplicates are always turned in either round, oval, hexagon, octagon, or’ square pieces. h This is a speedy machine and can be handled by inexpensive labor. We | build it in various lengths from 18 in. to 72 in. Write us for Catalog and Price _ The Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. 32-inch Variety Turning Lathe Solid and Inserted Tooth Circular Saws We make a specialty of these lines We remake old Solid Tooth Saws into new Inserted Tooth Saws Write to us for quotations. Our saws have been before the public of Can- ada since 1855, and have won a reputation far excelling any other make of saws, combining as they do so many points of marked superiority. By the old method the tempering of circular saws was to a great extent a matter of chance. By our Patent Process that uncertainty is en- tirely avoided. Being tempered and straightened by heat and pressure in air-tight ovens at a uniform heat between heavy revolving plates, we produce a perfectly even temper throughout the plate, and being free from that uneven strain or tension caused by so much unequal hammering they are not so liable to buckle, which was a great source of trouble and expense in the old style of saw. These saws will stand up to their work better under all circumstances, and being made of a higher quality steel than it is practical to use by the old method, they hold an edge longer and will do more work than any other saw on the market. We are prepared to make prompt deliveries of all Saw Orders—Rush Orders by mail or wire receive immediate attention. R. H. Smith Co., Limited Saw Manufacturers, ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Pink’s Lumbering Tools is: ca, The Standard Tools Split Maple Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles 4. Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto Send tor Catalogue and Price List Thos. Pink Co., Limited, Pembroke, Ont. _ Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER TIMBERS - DOORS - FINISH Fir Casing, Base, Interior Finish and Mouldings RED CEDAR SHINGLES CEDAR BEVEL SIDING E. H. HEAPS & CO., LIMITED VANCOUVER, B.C. Mills at Ruskin and Vancouver, B. C. 445 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C. Correct Application and Design of a Shaving Exhaust System Has Developed into a Highly Specialized Engineering Project There are only a few Slow Speed Systems in Canada Our installations conform to the latest and best practice New Systems designed to Fit Your Present and Future Requirements. Old Systems Overhauled and Corrected. A dust collector on one of our large Our installations are good investments The Boiler Feeders of the same sys- Canadian factories. This en- ‘ y tem illustrated on the other tire system was put in by us Our Service 1s complete side of the page. a few months ago. The A. B. Ormsby Co., Limited, Winnipeg, Toronto Associated with The Metal Shingle & Siding Co., Limited, Montreal per ere. = Calgery Blow Pipe Department Consult Our Expert RUSSEL LOGGIN G CARS Mr. Lumberman It’s the Russel Car you will be oa WR eR as ——— - er oul interested in. The Russel ik eas. ee a, J a ee m as ~ aa poo ye, Car is unsurpassed in quality, 7, nA . service and capacity. Built for any capacity and to accommodate any length of log desired. --Canadian Representative— Vancouver Machinery Depot Limited Russel Wheel & Foundry. Company, Detroit, Mich. Vancouver, B. C. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER NOTICE Dealers and Contractors This 200 page handsomely bound Stock Millwork Catalogue brimful of useful information is free to Bona- Fide Dealers and Contractors only. Hai Hi AN ALA RAL YAN \ A NK \K\ Wi\\ \\\ Rai) Wh) i hii TEAL \\ | Hah The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Co. Limited et 425 Atwater Avenue | MONTREAL, P.Q. 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER (NESS SS Fe rere i i, “I Tell You It’s A Great Band Saw ” Ne ae: ig Simonds Wide mi a Our Log. Bands and Band Resaws are made so accurately that Filers can level them perfectly and ten- sion them evenly. Even tension, you know, eliminates one great cause of cracks. Saws that are carefully ground require less swage than saws ground with lumps in them which are difficult to level properly. For the best saw value be sure and specify the Simonds Brand. Write us for prices on Saws of all kinds, Planer Knives, or Files. eS Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited St. Remi St. & Acorn Ave. VANCOUVER, B. C. MONTREAL, QUE. ST. JOHN, N. B. Where B.B.L. Doors Are Made If you expect to successfully compete with your competitor you must sell the best sash and doors that you can buy—such a line is ‘‘B.B.L.”’ To sell successfully we have installed the most up-to-date machinery and employed the best labor. Such facilities enable us to market A1 products. _ Send us a list of your requirements and we will quote an interesting price. Benson & Bray, Limited Midland, Ontario Box 416 Telephone 141 =| }@nada fumberman Worker Issued on the Ist and 15th of every month by HUGH C. MACLEAN, LIMITED, Publishers HUGH C. MacLEAN, Winnipeg, President. = THOS. S. YOUNG, Toronto, General Manager ; OFFICES AND BRANCHES: ‘TORONTO - - Telephone A. 929 - - 220 King Street West VANCOUVER - Telephone Seymour 2013 - Hutchison Block MONTREAL - - Telephone Main 2299 - - 119 Board of Trade WINNIPEG - Telephone Garry 856 - Commercial Travellers’ Bldg. “NEW YORK - - Tel. 3108 Beekman - - 931 Tribune Building CHICAGO - - Tel. pseoipe es - - 659 Peoples Gas Building LONDON, ENG. - - - - - - - 3 Regent Street, S.W. TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION bsncian, United States and Great Britain, $2.00 per year in advance; foreign countries embraced in the General Postal Union, $3.00. Single copies 15 cents. other “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is published in the interest of, and reaches regularly, persons engaged in the lumber, woodworking and . allied industries in every part of Canada. It aims at giving full and timely ’ information on all subjects touching these interests, and invites free discus- sion by its readers. Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, pulp mills, etc., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. Vol. 34 Toronto, April 15, 1914 No. 8 Ontario’s Workmen’s Compensation Act The approaching enactment of a workmen’s compensation law by the Province of Ontario is an event which will be of the greatest importance to the lumbering industry, and which, under the bill as prepared by the Commissioner, contains factors of such a serious mature that lumber industries, woodworkers and all who are con- nected with the industry in any form will find themselves face to face with a new situation which is likely to alter materially the conditions under which they carry on their business. The situation, is in fact, ‘So serious that the lumbering industry in Ontario should do every- thing in its power to co-operate with the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association and the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association in their efforts to cope with the difficulties which will inevitably arise under the crude and impracticable form of the Act which is being imposed upon the province. Briefly, the bill provides that compensation for injury must he paid to an employee regardless of questions of negligence. The compensation is to be adjusted by a government-appointed commis- Sion and paid out of funds to be secured by a tax upon employers in ‘Groups. The compensation is to be based on certain schedules and percentages fixed by the Act, the maximum being 55 per cent. of injured man’s former earnings; which payment is to be continued uring the period of disability, and if necessary for life. In cases of h certain fixed monthly payments are to be made to the widow g her life or to other dependents for varying terms. : No employer, however anxious he may be to make a profit out f I his business will reasonably object to the principle of compensa- mn for industrial accidents so long as that compensation and the fem for its administration are worked out on a business basis and : 3 regard to business considerations. The proposed bill, how- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 ever, is so inconsistent with elementary business considerations and so unworkable in its present farm that any attempt to operate it will require the careful and intelligent co-operation of employers, indt- vidually and collectively, if the bill is not to be a source of serious embarrassment and perhaps ruin to some of our industries. The proposed Act divides employers into three, or rather four, general divisions. Manufacturers, lumbermen, builders, etc., are placed under a compulsory mutual insurance system administered by the proposed Commission. Railways, navigation companies, mun- icipalities and others are placed under the jurisdiction of the same Commission so far as adjustment of claims is concerned, but are not to be insured in the state system though they may be compelled to insure in an employers’ liability insurance company. The great mass of other employers such as wholesalers, retailers, professional men, etc., are placed under a new and drastic liability law whereby they become subject to an action in the courts for unlimited damages with- out being able to plead that the injury was due to the contributory negligence of the workman or to the negligence of a fellow servant A fourth class—farmers and employers of domestic servants, are ex- cluded from the operation of this latter part of the Act and so form a fourth group. It would be incorrect, however, to say that these classes do not come under the Act at all, for, in so far as any farm hand or domestic servant may be engaged in manufacturing he would apparently come under the same law as the manufacturer. “Manu- facturing” is defined to include: “making, preparing, altering, repair- ing, ornamenting, printing, finishing, packing, assembling the parts of and adapting for use or sale any article or commodity.” Absurd as it may seem the farm hand engaged in any operation covered by this definition would be literally under the same law as a workman in a factory. One of the most difficult and unsatisfactory features of the bill is the vagueness of the line, if there is such a line, between the regularly established lumberman and the farmer who may casually cut a log or two in his bush. It would appear that if a farm hand were injured in the course of cutting down a tree for lumber his compensation would be paid out of the lumbermen’s fund. In other words, he would be considered as being insured in that fund. The question arises, however, whether it is probable that every farmer who casually en- gages in lumbering for a few days will have paid his premium or as- sessment into the lumbering fund. If the premium has not been paid the workman will nevertheless get his compensation out of the fund—— which means that the other contributors to the fund have paid the insurance. Even of the farmer comes in after the accident has hap- pened and pays his premium the bulk of such insurance will have re- mained unpaid since for one farmer who has had an injury a hundred, who should also have paid their premium, may have escaped. It would be as if a property owner could come to the fire insurance company after the fire and pay his premium and collect his insurance The above is illustrative of scores of difficulties and anomalies, some of which lie on the face of the Act as it stands and others of which are apparent only after more careful study. There is every reason to believe that the government is perfectly aware of the faulti- ness of the measure; but having had the bill prepared by the Chief Justice of Ontario it is apparently thought incumbent upon the gov- ernment to adopt the measure substantially as prescribed. The plea of the government is that the details must be worked out by the ad- ministering Commission and that the necessary amendments can be made at a succeeding session of the Legislature. Probably one of the most remarkable and unsatisfactory features is the tremendous power which it is proposed to vest in the administering board. It is the custom in appointing an administrative body to circumscribe its powers and jurisdiction as definitely as it is possible to do. In the nature of things any other policy would involve the gravest dangers. The proposal in this Act, however, is to leave the admin- istering Commission in the widest possible manner arbiter of its own jurisdiction and the interpreter of its own powers. Furthermore. 28 every effort is made to preclude any possibility of appeal from its deci- sions though in this the bill has over-shot the mark with the probable result of necessitating an immense amount of litigation before the most elementary questions of jurisdiction are determined. Under the scheme of subdividing industries into groups, as in- cluded in the schedules of the bill, schedule 1. covers industries in which employers are liable to contribute to the general accident fund. The first four classes of this schedule are as follows :— Class 1—Lumbering; logging, river-driving, rafting, booming, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER sawmills, shingle mills, lath mills; manufacture of veneer and of @ > celsior; manufacture of staves, spokes, or headings. 4 Class 2—Pulp and paper mills. nt ‘ Class 3.—Manufacturers of furniture, interior woodwork, org ans, pianos, piano actions, canoes, small boats, coffins, wicker and ratti ware; upholstering; manufacture of matresses, or bed-Springs. Class 4.—Planing mills, sash and door factories, manufacture wooden and corrugated paper boxes, cheese boxes, mouldings, wi dow and door screens, window shades, carpet sweepers, wood en tor articles and wares or baskets. Wrongful Use Injures Market Conditions The objections which Canadian lumber manufacturers have to the importation of yellow pine into Canada are based more upon the improper use of certain classes of pine, rather than its extensive im- portation. For certain purposes, the use of longleaf yellow pine in Canada is acknowledged to be necessary and Canadian lumber manu- facturers have no objection to fair competition from this source. The real objections are based upon the importation of low grade shortleat yellow pine which is especially subject to the attack of dry rot. This class of material, when used ignorantly in places for which it is not suited, has been the cause of widespread criticism of yellow pine in general. In the consideration of this matter is is interesting to note the views recently expressed by Dr. von Schrenk, consulting engineer of the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association. Dr. von Schrenk exhibited pieces of factory timbers that had been taken from a Can- adian factory, after having been attacked’ by dry rot, within a com- paratively short time after being used in the construction of the plant. This example was one which lead the speaker to dwell at some length upon the necessity for better methods of salesmanship on the part of manufacturers. In Canada, he said, as a result of re- pairs and reconstruction made necessary in some of the big I by reason of the poor quality of pine used in their construc widespread feeling had developed against yellow pine, a fe was most unjust. In the Canadian plant from which the examples exhibi taken the specifications had called for high grade longleaf pine. The material furnished had been a very poor grade of | or North Carolina pine, totally unfit for the purpose for y was used. He believed that the manufacturer who supplied terial was entirely unaware of the use to which the timber be put. The average lumberman was the poorest merchant on Before filling a specification for timbers or lumber, the man ought to find out the purpose for which it was to be used a material called for was unfit for that particular purpose he s endeavor to have the specifications changed and substitute the material. The sample of factory timbers with the dry rot, he indicated simply a case of fool application, and if the mar had known what it was to be used for, he would not have timber. A Washington View A Washington letter to a number of newspapers in the United States, prints the following relative to the recent Timber Royalty Bill passed at the last session of the Legislature: “The Canadian Province of British Columbia is showing the way to all other governments in the matter of doing things for the com- mon people. The B. C. Legislature passed a law introduced by the Minister of Lands, Hon. Wm. R. Ross, which assures to the citizens of that province an income, within ten years, of three million dollars a year from royalties on publicly- -owned timber. This Act, accord- ing to information which comes to interested public men in Wash- ington, does for publicly-owned timber in British Columbia, what the conservationists, under the leadership of Gifford Pinchot, have been trying to secure for the people of the United States “The Act retains in the Provincial Government, for the people, the fee simple title to all timber lands; it permits the taking of tim- ber claims one mile square at an annual rental of $120 per claim, and for the payment to the government of a stumpage price which rises gradually with the increased value of timber. Under the old Act of 1905, the stumpage price per thousand feet was 50 cents. The new Act increases it to 75 cents a thousand feet, effective in 1915, and provides that five years later there will be added to the royalty price Will Teach the Lumber Business “al At.the request of prominent lumber interests, a two-year course — in the business of lumbering is to be opened next year by the Harvard Graduate School of Business Administration, in co-operation with the Harvard Forestry School. In a bulletin announcing this course, the scliool makes the following interesting references to the situation :— Rising labor costs, coupled with decreasing labor, efficiency; higher prices for all supplies and machinery ; and the nearly complete absence of B. C. Royalty Act 25 per cent. of the increased value of lumber at that time, abo minimum price of $18 per thousand, each five years thereafter same thing will be done again, the percentage taken by the g ment to increase gradually from 25 to 40 per cent., the whole a: ment covering a period of about 40 years. “This means, first, that the lumbermen get a reasonable out of their operations—the government takes nothing un! a is above $18 a thousand. It means further, that the government and the timber operators are partners. The g : retains the title to the land, and their right to prescribe gl which the timber shall be cut. The people’s interest is protect, the same time lumbermen are encouraged to take up t develop the timber industry. “The great lesson for the United States in this B. oF lies in the recognition by the Provincial Government that t should share in the increasing value of their own property—a which American conservationists under the leadership of have been and are fighting to have enforced in the developr use of public waterpowers in the United States.” of scientific knowledge of the business of manufacturing and mar! lumber, have brought some of the largest owners and buyers of ing timber to a pass where they seem to face certain and ik unless present methods can be greatly improved in the near. future 7 It has been found that forestry education, after the German tern, does not meet the needs of the lumbering interests. it and necessary, the lumbermen admit, to know how to protect | growth, and to start new growths. But the present and acute »lem is how to manufacture the existing trees into lumber and to the lumber at a profit. Labor changes have played perhaps the largest part in bringing he lumbering interests to their present difficult pass. Ten years ago men of the lumber camps and mills were predominantly Yankees men of the northern European races. They have been replaced french-Canadians, and a medley of South and East Europeans— -s, Poles, Hungarians, and others—who are known under the ve name of “Bohunks.” The new labor is constantly shiit- hree men are now needed to do what two men formerly did. and supplies of every sort are higher. The French-Canadians | axe men, but they are “too flighty to be left to themselves. hing happens’ they go all up in the air.” The ‘“Bohunks” or to the French-Canadians, are unreliable, and require supervision. the mills there is a similar lack of economy and efficiency. a lumberman in the country knows just what his product is To many manufacturing lumbermen the idea of figur- ation on a mill plant is strange and incomprehensible. arging interest on the capital invested in the plant is a tter of great importance to shippers of lumber to and from 1 the United States is the recent application of the railway S i the United States to the Interstate Commerce Commis- e - permission to impose a charge for the service of spotting s application is being opposed vigorously by many of the n’s associations in the United States, among them the Whotesale Lumber Dealers’ Association, which has pre- pete, but forcible brief for presentation to the Interstate i _ The brief calls attention to the fact that, y spurs, age this has not been limited to any particular in- - This policy has enabled the carriers to develop their traffic nous extent, with comparativety little outlay on their , ina great many instances, they have made no outlay large percentage of the business of the country has on this basis. This railroad rate has always been recog- ring not only the conveyance of a shipment, but the full includes furnishing the car, a proper place at which ‘the conveyance of the car and its termina! delivery. De- Reaaustry spurs do not constitute a service for which car- ightfully make an additional charge. The brief points out Canada’s Exports ‘of forest products from Canada during the twelve months January 3ist, 1914, were valued at $42,707,781, as against ‘10 in the twelve months ending January 3lst, 1913, and during the twelve months ending January, 1912. For months ending 1911, the total value of exports of forest as $46,155,909. . rts of wood and manufactures of wood during the twelve ding January 31st, 1914, and the twelve months ending sist, 1913, were valued as follows :— 1914 1913 r To United To United Total Kingdom States ‘mirs. of—Total ... ... 49,160,051 49,629,065 12,277,867 33,682,727 none 1,068,247 529,281 120,150 398,726 iber—Deals, pine . 1,462,022 1,352,430 1,262,870 64,793 eals, spruce and other.. 5,582,410 6,566,062 5,959,156 515,445 iths, palings and pickets. 1,943,152 1,952,099 24,060 1,895,018 iks and boards . 20,289,807 19,851,892 1,842,830 15,380,085 shes 1,372,455 1,531,824 292 1,494,968 square . 1,799,946 584,440 557,778 12,323 locks for pulp 6,450,504 7,082,385 ........ 7,082,385 5,444,474 6,094,657 1,232,268 4,559,909 “wood and manufactures of wood for the twelve anuary 31st, 1914, from the ahs States were CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 new idea. Similarly, the mills themselves ‘are usually inefficiently arranged. Hand labor is found carrying material in the mill that can be handled much more cheaply by mechanical conveyors. Plants in general are imperfectly laid out, and there is waste of labor and of time in all of the ways that the efficiency engineer has made famil- iar as wastes by his reform in other types of manufacturing plants. Much lumber is being manufactured that it doesn’t pay to work up. A recent investigation by a member of the Harvard Forestry School faculty showed that a certain company was working up some- thing like forty per cent. of its logs at a dead loss. The boards from logs of less than a certain diameter did not bring enough to pay for cutting them out of the log. The discovery of this fact required care- ful cost accounting from the living tree, to and through the mill, and into the final market. The whole manufacturing and marketing end of lumbering is in greatest need of just such scientific study as this example shows. — Manufacturing costs must be reduced to compensate for increasing labor expenses, and this means the re-arranging of plants for greatest economy of operation, the substitution of cheap mechanical handling for hand labor wherever possible, and the exclusion of all material that will not pay a profit on the working up and marketing. Railways Want Payment for Spotting Cars therefore, that delivery on a public steam track is a service which is not obtained by industries having spur tracks. Spur track delivery costs the carrier no more and in the majority of cases less than pub- lic team delivery, and it might even be argued that an industry with a spur track shou!d be required to pay less for accepting delivery at such a point, which is less expensive to the carrier. An industry spur is, in fact, of immense advantage to a carrier, assuring it, the traffic of that industry, both inbound and outbound. Industry spur tracks increase the terminal facilities of the carriers, at little or no expense to themselves, and in many cases are constructed at much expense to the industry itself. Moreover, they encourage much more rapid un- loading and releasing of cars. In conclusion the brief calls attention to the iact that if a spot- ting charge were adopted and even a small percentage of industries with spur tracks were to demand the proper placement of their cars on public team tracks, terminals would undoubtedly become con- gested involving serious embarrassment. ; The volume of trade in lumber between Canada and the United States is so extensive that this question is of much importance to Canadian exporters and importers and the result of the application to the Interstate Commerce Commission will be awaited with wide- spread interest. of Forest Products valued at $24,934,988. The total from the United States and the United Kingdom was $26,194,973, as compared with $26,852,755 dur- ing the twelve months ending January 31st, 1913. During the ten months ending January 31st, 1914, imports of some of the important classes of forest products from the United States were valued as follows :—fence posts and railway ties, $2,087,- 687; planks, boards, etc., dressed on one side only, $3,877,843; tim- ber, hewn or sawn, etc., $477,250; pitch pine, $2,586,269; oak, $2,- 261,653. Exports of forest products for the ten months ending January 31st, 1914, to the United States included the following :—planks and boards, $13,670,161; shingles, $1,535,781; scantlings, $762,026; pulp- wood, $6,092,937; chemical wood pulp, $2,020,373; mechanical wood | pulp, $1,850,531. Exports of forest products to Great Britain during the ten months ending January 31st, 1914, included the following; pine deals, $1,258,792; spruce deals, $545, 744 « deal ends, $246, 124; planks and boards, $1, 697,593 ; scantlings, $358, 329 ; white pine square timber, $311,890; red pine square timber, $31, 343; oak timber, $258,619; elm timber, $310, 847; birch timber, $111, 136; mechanical wood pulp, é $1,131, 742; chemical wood pulp, $5,412. ~ ae 39 The Western Freight Rates Judgment Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners Gives its Decision Reducing Scale of Charges in Western Canada—Lumber Rates Unchanged—Details of Finding. Judgment has been given by the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners in the Western Freight Rates case, which involves the whole question of freight rates in Western Canada. Although uno alterations are to be made in the freight rates upon lumber or lumber products, the matter is one which affects the lumber industry closely on account of the bearing which it has upon business conditions in Western Canada and upon the railroads themselves, which are among the largest consumers of lumber. After discussing the evidence and argument in connection with the case, the judgment outlines a com- prehensive basis of tolls and a complete rate structure for all railways in Western Canada subject to its jurisdiction. The territory west of the Great Lakes is divided into three sec- tions. The first is called the Prairie Section, extending from the Great Lakes to the Mountains; the second the Pacific Section, includ- ing mainland rail lines in British Columbia; and the third the B. C. Lakes Section, including the inland navigable waters in that Province. A standard scale of maximum fr eight rates is fixed for each sec- tion. The lowest scale in the West, now known as the Manitoba standard has been amplified to show rates up to two thousand and one hundred miles, and will apply throughout the entire Prairie sec- tion and on the British Columbia Lakes, abolishing the higher scale now charged in Saskatchewan and Alberta. What will be known as the Pacific scale is on a somewhat higher basis and will govern in Pacific territory. These changes result, in substantial reductions from the present standard maxim scales in Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia. Through rates from Eastern to Western Canada are based on those charged from Port Arthur or Fort William. After citing reduc- tions already made by order of the Board in the Regina Rate Case, further reductions are made and a more uniform basis adopted. Ex- amples of the new rates from the Lake Terminals are given below, those to other points being similarly scaled :— Classes 1 2 3 a 5 6 10 To Winnipeg Old rates ... ... R6' (720 Oe": “AB SR Tae 0 WWinnipeg New rates ... ...- 985 @97) S602 38) a2 Regina Old rates um, » LOA TIZ9 WGZS Vie Ge Sy tea Reeina New rates:....../.>.-. 146 122° 9B 7a 05 Sones Moose Jaw Old rates 150°" 132) “106? 79 7) el ae Moose Jaw New rates ... . 153" 6128) OZ uy 7* 76D: “SGD Sa Calgary & Edmonton Old rates 224 186 149 112 102 90 52 Calgary & Edmonton New rates. 213 178 142 106 95 85 49 Saskatoon Old rates .. 175 146 116 87 78 68 40 Saskatoon New rates ... .. Lot 2137 WO Nae. vs Gt a7 Lethbridge Old rates 215° 179 “1420 107” "96 "85" ao Lethbridge New rates... . 201167" ' 138* 100) "90" #79 sae Nelson & Revelstoke Old rates 903: 253: 202 wlSS d4O: 13duieS Nelson & Revelstoke New rates 251 209 167 126 115 104 6i1 Lumber Freight Rates Lumber and joiners work from British Columbia to Prairie des- tinations have been already reduced following the Board’s Order in July, 1913. The reference to these in detail is as follows :— “While this case was in progress, but on complaint standing for some time, the board made an order reducing rates on lumber. The order was appealed; but the issue was settled between the railway company and the shippers. The adjustment having taken place after evidence was given as to lumber rates in the North-west, Mr. Hard- weell has worked out the rates situation as left by the agreement re- ferred to. His report on the subject is as follows and in my opinion should be adopted and no further action taken at the present time :— “By order No. 18738, February 19th, 1913, the board reduced the rates on lumber and other articles carried at the lumber rates from British Columbia shipping points, Manitoba points immediately east of Winnipeg, to and including Molson on the C. P. R., Giroux on the C. N. R., and Hazel on the G. ce P., so as to exceed the rates to Winni- peg by not more than two cents per 100 pounds to the three points named where the difference had been five or six cents. In scaling the new rates so ordered the rates had to be cut down farther east in some cases beyond Kenora. “As a result of the complaint from the Mountain Lumber Manu- _ facturers’ Association, the rates on lumber shingles, etc., from the British Columbian mills to the prairie territory were further reduced by a tariff of the C. P. R. dated July 10th, 1913, and by the G. N. R.’s British Columbian lines dated September 2nd, 1913. The following table which is merely illustrative indicates the extent of the reduction in cents per 100 pounds from Golden, B.C., which has been taken as a en CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER central shipping point, but cor responding decreases were made from Vancouver, Savona, Three Valley, Cranbrook and the other mills. — Joiners Clear Fir, To Work Cedar Pine, ete. Calgary, Alta. ... “ igs) 1Y% ag Edmonton, Alta.ss. sso 5og pines 4 1 Lloydminster, Alta ... 221% Wainwright, Alta. ... 21% Swift Current, Sask. . 21% Regina, Sask, «és . ° 2 Outlook, Sasi J2. 5.4, hae eee Rosetown; Sask . os) aac ace Hunibokit; Sask. 2. >.>. 1314 Waterous, Sask. ... 12 Lipton, Sask. ... brinaee aa 12: 1 Sa Imperial, Sask. ieee Trees 10% 5% Wilkie, Sask. 16 ee Prince Albert, Se a : 12 Weyburn, Sask. en agg Yorkton, Sask i. % 8. 9 3 Saskatoon,Sask.; .-o5 few cee Bh: Esterhazy, Sask? o.7 85 /* ree 3 uNUMuUmMUmndoumdumbOOwmd &uuwmun fe Wintipeg, Man... 30254. 92 45 Delorainée, Mane) See 5 Gladstone,, Man... . ..shsa 0 gim y, Morden, Mian, 2. site eens Stonewall, Mam...) .- +4: sae eae Binscarth, Man. ..2 °}¢2" oie 2 Souris, Mans oA 43 3 «ee Dauphin, Man, )-. <2). aoe 6% 3% Lumber Rate Comparisons Something has been said, although I do not recall it, in the dence, about the blanketing of the Winnipeg rates back into Sa chewan, and even into Alberta; but it is obvious that with (s cents on lumber from Vancouver to Calgary and 40 cents into © V peg, there is not much margin for graduation over the int in miles. What the company did was to scale the rate upwat s | miles from Calgary to Tilley, Alberta, where the 40 a e and continues to Winnipeg. Similarly the Calgary cents was graduated through 479 miles to Pinkie, Sask., pie west of Regina, where the 50 cent Winnipeg rate commences. graduation that is progressive could be obtained only by < the Winnipeg rates, or by a heavy cut in the Calgary rat which no complaint ‘has been registered. cn The same situation prevails south of the international the rates from the Washington coast mil!s to the Great Nort River points (Forgo and Grand Forks, N.D.). United States still classify cedar lumber with shingles at higher rate. Northern’s 50 cents shingle and cedar rate is backed up for from Fargo to Vandalia, Mont., and its 40 cent fir lumber S| miles to Exeter, Mont., compared with the C. P. R.’s 362 and respectively, to Pinkie and Tilley. As regards the lumber rates from the Lake of the Woe 0 from Selkirk, and from the Spruce belt of Northern Mani Saskatchewan, some of Mr. Cowan’s comparisons are apt misleading, omiless put beside the tariffs themselves, for that in order to secure similar distances from different shipp destinations have had to be selected from groups of stations f ing distances, but all taking the same rate. That the grouping number of stations at the one rate particularly as the hauls len necessary, must be obvious, since the stepping up of the ra station to station would produce rates, which, for the longer would be prohibitive and useless. Such grouping is a recognized ciple in tariff construction everywhere. The lumber rate of 11 « from Kenora to Portage La Prairie (182 miles), is set agains cents from Selkirk to Killarney (188 miles), thus apparently sh that if one is reasonable the other must be excessive. But the larney rate extends farther onto Boissevain, 207 miles. The pur of this particular-exhibit seems to me to show a higher basis of for similar distances from Selkirk than from Kenora; yet if we this Selkirk-Boissevain 207 rate of 12% cents against the rate of 14 cents for 210 miles from Kenora to Austin, we get a reverse result. “One more example: At the same page counsel cites 20 from Selkirk to Indian Head against 19 cents for pats sie oe Se 4 i tance from Kenora to Russell. But the 20 cent rate from Selkirk oper- ates as far as Regina, 382 miles, while for 383 miles from Kenora to Percival, Sask., the rate is 2114 cents; again a comparison against the exhibit. “Whether it would be worth while to attempt the removal of these discrepancies only an exhaustive analysis of the tariff and the mileage could show. It appears that during 1913 less than two cars per month were shipped from Selkirk.” A review of the Judgment shows that the whole structure of Western rates, starting from the standard maximum mileage scale, the class tariffs from Lake Superior and Pacific Coast terminals, the class distributing rates, commodity tariffs applying on grain, coal, live stock, cement, fruit, vegetables, brick, sand stone, lumber, dairy products, etc., have been closely inspected and definite decisions given in connection with each. The Monetary Outlook More Normal _ Minister of Finance Sees a Turn in the Tide and Calls ” for Confidence and Courage The budget introduced by Hon. W. T. White, Minister of Fin- ance at Ottawa, on April 6th, although containing no alterations in the tariff upon articles in which the lumbering industry is directly interested, was of great importance to the country in general on ac- count of the alterations made upon the duty on agricultural imple- ments, wire rods, building stone, etc. From the point of view of the lumbering industry, the most inter- esting feature was a section of the speech delivered by the Minister of Finance in which he referred to economic and industrial conditions in Canada and in the world in general. “There is no doubt,” Mr. White said, “that the severe and prolonged financial stringency through which the business world has passed and from which it is only now emerg- ing, marked the culmination of one of those so-called trade cycles well known to economists. Viewing world-wide conditions during the past few years it is apparent that such a cycle has been passed through. We have seen normal money conditions, good times throughout the world, the expansion of enterprises, vast increase in capital expendi- ture upon railway and other construction in Asia, India, Egypt and in North and South America. Last year there was experienced a short- age of capital in all the financial centres, with constantly increasing interest rates, until after a period of prolonged and severe liquidation and the elimination of vast amounts of inflated values, something like normal money conditions again prevail. The world is now in a period of general, but it is hoped, temporary trade slackening. Without such slackening the financial stringency must have continued. The trade slackening alone could bring it to its appointed end. The conditions I have referred to are world-wide. We are particularly interested in those of Canada. Our production has shown a most gratifying in- _ crease in all the great departments of our national activity. In foreign trade this has been our greatest year. What is our present outlook? Bankers and business men unite in the opinion that while it is a time for prudence and caution, it is also a time for confidence and courage The strength of Canada lies in her vast natural resources. That is _ the rock upon which our prosperity is soundly based and founded. _ Any depression, generally speaking, can be but temporary in char- acter until such time as normal money conditions, joined with busi- ness confidence, again restores the wonted activity of the nation. While this is so, we must not close our eyes to the fact that we have been passing through a period of considerable inflation. Our railway policy has resulted in the construction of two vast new systems with- in the past dozen years. Construction upon the main line of these Systems is nearing completion. It must, however, be borne in mind _ that railways are never completed, are always building and rebuilding, always extending their branches and feeders. I do not, therefore, look for any abrupt cessation in connection with our railway construction. Real Estate Situation _ “There has been in real estate throughout Canada a long-expected ' setback in values of speculative, suburban and business properties. _ On the other hand, the values of farm and central business and resi- dential city properties are, generally speaking, not only being main- _ tained, but will undoubtedly, with the growth of the Dominion, tend to appreciation. On the whole the readjustment which is going on in 1 estate conditions throughout Canada is recognized as inevitable d salutary. Commercial prospects for the immediate future seem to e to be encouraging. Conditions will, I think, gradually improve h the returning confidence and easier money. By reason of the umn conditions of last year which permitted soil preparation on an inusual scale in all parts of the Dominion the outlook for agricultural uction this year is most favorable and we may look forward to in- sed production in those other great departments, our forests, eries and mines. ; a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 the student of economics is familiar as regularly recurring phenomena in the financial world. The Balkan War, while immediately respon- sible for the critical conditions which developed, probably disclosed rather than caused the situation. Worldwide expansion in trade, un- precedented demand from all parts of the world upon the loanable capital in the international financial centres, the constantly increasing expenditures upon militarism and armaments, the exhausting wars of the last few years, personal and public extravagance, speculation and price inflation, all co-operated to bring about the financial conditions under review. Death of Herman H. Cook The death occurred at Toronto on Sunday April 12th, of Herman Henry Cook, well known to all lumbermen in Ontario on account of his long and intimate connection with the lumbering industry of the province. Mr. Cook was born in Williamsburg, Dundas County, Ont., on April 27th, 1837, so that he had almost completed his 77th year. Me came of Loyalist stock. His grandfather, George Cook, at the time of the American Revolution, left the Mohawk Valley of New York and settled in Dundas County, Ont. He had two sons, John and George, of whom the former was for many years a member of the old Parliament of Canada, and the latter—the late Mr. Cook’s father—dis- tinguished himself as an officer in the War of 1912. Mr. Cook’s mother The late Herman Henry Cook, Toronto. was of German descent, he being the Dundas. Herman Cook was educated at the Iroquois Grammar School, and in 1858 went into the lumber business in Simcoe County. He secured extensive limits in the Georgian Bay region, and built at Midland the largest sawmill then existing in the Dominion. He accumulated a considerable fortune from this business, and was largely instrumental in the building up of the town. The Midland mill was burned in 1877. Mr. Cook was president of the Ontario Lumber Company, the corporation which grew out of a business founded by him 56 years ago. He was also one of the syndicate, headed by Sir W. P. Howland, which offered to build the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1880. The late Mr. Cook was also widely known as a prominent member of the liberal party and sat in several sessions of the Ontario and Dominion parliaments. He first entered politics in 1871, when he un- successfully contested the provincial riding of North Simcoe. He was elected by the same constituency for the federal house in the following year. He was re-elected in 1871, defeated in 1878 and returned to the provincial house, where he was elected in 1879 and remained until 1882. Next he was elected to the federal house for East Simcoe in 1882 and occupied this seat until 1891, since when he occupied no further public office. Mr. Cook’s death came quite unexpectedly. He had maintained his usual good health until Monday, April 6th, when he commenced to suffer from a slight ailment. On Friday he seemed to have recovered, but late on Saturday afternoon was seized with apoplexy from which : ed to recover, and passed away in the evening of Sunday, April th, : youngest of five sons born in 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Reader’s Viewpoint on Trade Topic Retail Trade Expecting a Good Season—Low Water Making Operators Anxious—B,. C. Outlook More Hopeful Articles or letters to the Editor of the Canada Lumberman, deal- ing with trade conditions, or discussing questions of interest to manu- facturers, wholesalers or retailers of lumber are always welcomed by our readers. Here are a few that have been received lately :— Toronto Outlook Excellent Editor Canada Lumberman: Toronto, April 3rd. We are very pleased indeed to say that our business for the first three months of this year is just equal to last year’s record, but much better than 1912. The outlook, so far as Toronto is concerned, is very bright indeed. We understand that architects’ offices are filled up with all kinds of work for factories and houses. The housing problem appears to be very much in evidence and, from information gathered, we think that the demand for houses will be even larger than it has ever been in Toronto, while factory business, we think, will be fully equal to that of 1913; at least indications are pointing that way now. All of our customers have reported that sales are good and that they have not had any trouble in disposing of the houses they erected last year. Even more surprising is the fact that they have been able to get much larger payments than prior to 1913. It looks as though the people have been saving their money instead of putting it in pre- carious investments, realizing that a good home is about the soundest investment that one can put money into. Further, all our customets are duplicating their business this year, and even more. They state that money is becoming easier and they are able, in most cases, to piace their loans to good advantage at about six per cent. Collections have been very slow; they usually are at this time of the year any- way, owing to most of the builders laying out money for the land. The price of lumber, we think, will probably go up a little but not very much. Conditions in the United States have made quite a dif- ference with regard to prices in a certain class of our lumber, but it appears that there is a general improvement all along the line over there. So it means that they will not continue to swamp our market over here, which will mean also that our manufacturers will be able to get a little better margin for their stock. We do not think retati prices will change a great deal except in hemlock, which should come up very materially. Our requirements for 1914 are based on about the same kind of stock and quantity as we had last year, which, when compared with the general conditions, was a record year with most of the concerns in Toronto. The outlook for the farmers’ trade appears to be very bright from inquiries received, and there was never a brighter outlook than at the present time, and, what is very encouraging is that they all appear to have plenty of money with which to go ahead and do their build- ing. They are also getting out of the old-fashioned idea of simply building a place to live in, as they all want to have the very best stock with the latest ideas and patterns, and it will be up to the re- tailers of the small towns to wake up to this fact, if they do not want the trade to be taken away from them by the large city manufactur- ing concerns.—Webb Lumber Company, Limited. Chatham Trade has bright Appearance Editor Canada Lumberman: Chatham, Ont., March 25th. So-far as the woodworking plants are concerned in this district we report as follows :— During January and the early part of February, trade in our line was somewhat quiet, but during the latter part of February and March to date, things have picked up somewhat, and are giving a much brighter aspect to trade. We feel, from present conditions, and from i inquiries which we have had, that trade will be fairly good for the coming season. In our district, plans are beine prepared for ‘a number of large buildings, and it seems to us that there will be a number of buildings, such as houses, barns, etc., erected in the sur- rounding country. As to collections, in our particular line they have been fairly good, and, although in some cases, as is usual, parties do not pay until they are forced to do so, in nearly every case where payment is forced, we have had no trouble in getting results. We ‘find that prices range about the same as at this time last year, with probably a few exceptions, where certain classes of stock are low, and the holders naturally hold out for as high a price as tl can possibly get. We believe that all retail yards in our particular line in 1 part of the country are pretty well stocked up, and will have enou; to supply the demand until the new cut is put on the market. In this particular district a number of manufacturers have b somewhat quiet, and are running light handed, that is, not havi their usual force of employees, but we feel that, in a short be - ters will resume their normal condition, and factories will their usual force of men. 5 c Farming is one of the most important industries in this 4 of the province.. The farmers are in an excellent condition, as 1 follow, in nearly every case, mixed farming, that is, not o growing of grain, but also the raising of horses, cattle, pigs, etc., and as you know, the markets, especially in stock, : some time, been very good. We believe that the farmers are in a good a condition financially as has ever been the case. Our own trade conditions at the present time do not co quite favorably with conditions a year ago, as last year we had s large orders from the west, which kept us quite busy, and on of present conditions in the west, we have not been able to se same business this year, and we feel that other lines are aff the same way.—John Piggott & Sons. » A Good Season Expected at Exeter Editor Canada Lumberman: Exeter, Ont., March We are pleased toyreport, from our own standpoint and f the present outlook, that we are going to have a good season. ing our own local trade, prospects are good and our wholesale tr: is coming in as fast as we can handle it. We have at present ¢ cated a number of our last year’s contracts at advanced prices. We experienced some delay in the settling of accounts, bu looking after them we have received most of the credits, and, as | wholesale terms are thirty days we find no difficulty in colle them. Comparing business today with that of last year at this tim find it a little better and hope to keep this record if at all poss We are carrying just enough stock to run our business, as we | we will be better off in the end. We think the pine markets will be about the same as last The hemlock is selling a little lower than last year but we still exp there will be a still slighter decrease as, locally, the mills have hemlock in the yards than they have had for some time. The Taylor Company, Limited. Expecting a Gradual Improvement Editor Canada Lumberman: Toronto, Ont., April Up to the present time trade has not been equal to 1912 and 1! but there is an optimistic feeling among the lumber and planin - men that business will eradually improve as the season adv and we anticipate that there will be an average amount of b done during the coming year. The prices of rough and manufactured materials will be the same as they were last season. Collections have not been as good during the past year as they were in previous years to the stringency in the money market, but conditions are ing and investors expect to be able to obtain money at re rates of interest. This will help to stimulate the building trade. There is still a good demand for houses of all kinds and th sent rentals of house property yield good returns upon the 1 ments. Under these favorable conditions we do not expect very muc decline in the volume of building for 1914——George Rathbone, L Evidence of Good Business Ahead Editor Canada Lumberman: Toronto, Ont., April 1s We are pleased to say that while the volume of business for first three months of this year is about twenty per cent. less corresponding months last year, we feel that it is about as goo could be expected, when you take into consideration the late m stringency and the bad weather. Since money has become a little easier, people intending to b have not yet had their plans completed. There is much evid however, of good business ahead. a So far as collections are concerned we have found ours good < in vo oe 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER although the final settlement was not entirely satisfactory, it was decided that some settlement was necessary, in order to remove cause for worry and the enormous expense entailed. There still remains, however, one serious menace to the mountain lumbermen, viz., American competition. The mountain lumbermen have been sorely tried owing to a large percentage of their output be- ing common lumber, and the facility with which western United States manufacturers can absorb the market for common stock when prices fall off in the prairie states. There is no reasonable excuse for the dumping of American low grade stock, as holding the price firm does not mean an increased price to the consumer, principally owing to the large production from the Canadian coast mills. Firm prices, moreover, would give a steadying and more stable effect to the entire industry. The Dominion Government ought to look at this matter in a common sense way, and the fight against dumping will go on until some recognition of this greatest of industries is made. Although optimism is the word in this glorious province, we do not expect a boom, nor do we want it. We expect that improvement will take place every year, until a high water mark is reached. In consequence, men in charge of large capital consider the present the opportune time to invest in British Columbia——W. Mark DeCew. Michigan Output Nearly Average A despatch from Menominee, Mich., says: While the logging season in upper Michigan permitted getting out nearly as much tim- ber as had been contemplated the same is not true of other large tim- ber fields, and operators are predicting sharp advances in prices as a result. The advances may not come until July or later when the shortage will begin to be felt but it is believed firms with lumber to deliver in the middle of the season will be able nearly to dictate the price of select stock. Operators here have heard that in the Minnesota and Canadian lumber districts the logging season was shortened near- ly seven weeks and that the output is much below the normal season. American lumbermen are said to have secured control of the bulk of the cut in Canada for the season just past, which will make it im- possible for Canadian lumber to invade the American market to any extent affecting prices unfavorably. Government Estimate of Ontario Output According to a report issued by the Ontario Department of Lands, Forests and Mines, the cut in the woods of Ontario during the past winter was as follows:—Pulp wood, 225,250 cords; charcoal wood, 60,000 cords; railway ties, 5,500,000; pine, 350,000,000 feet, board mea- surement; spruce, 7,500,000 hemlock, 35,000,000; other varieties of timber, 75,000,000 ; hard wood (maple and birch), 5,000,000. The total figure last year for pine and other varieties was 552,525,898 feet, and this year the figure is 472,500,000 feet, board measurement. Saginaw Valley lumber dealers are reported to have contracted for nearly 80,000,000 feet of pine in the Georgian Bay district, to be cut for delivery during the coming season of navigation. Flywheels for Aiding the Motor Referring to the article by E. E. D., page 41 of the Canada Lum- berman of April Ist, it might be of interest to readers for me to state that it is practical to place a flywheel directly on a motor shaft in- stead of running a separate belt from the line shaft to an independent flywheel. Prof. Goodman, of England, recommends such motor fly- wheels in certain instances, and it can be easily shown that such design would be more economical than E. E. D’s. arrangement. The best way to connect such a flywheel to the motor shaft would be by means of a clutch pulley. This would enable the operator to start the motor with the flywheel “off,’ and after the motor has at- tained full speed it can be gradually thrown in. The principal thing to be careful of, in placing a flywheel on a motor shaft, is to see that excessive breaking stress will not be set up in the flywheel rim due to centrifugal force. This force is com- puted from the formula C = WV*/gR where C is the centrifugal force in pounds, W is the weight in pounds, V is the velocity in feet per second, g = 32.16 and R is the radius in feet. This formula shows that great velocity is a dangerous thing, whereas great radius is an advantage. That is the probable reason why E. E. D. used a separate drive for the flywheel. However, rather than a separate drive, I would have placed the flywheel directly on the line shaft, whose speed is doubtless lower than the speed of the motor, i.e., in revolutions per minute. Of course, I do not want to say that E. E. D.’s arrangement is wrong, because he may have had the flywheel on hand, and wanted to.use it. He therefore made the speed suit the flywheel, which is perfectly proper. But where a new flywheel is to be used, it is un- necessary to run it through a separate drive. The energy stored in a flywheel is determined from the formula rie oe E = W V*/2g where E is the energy in foot pounds, W is tl weight in pounds, V is the velocity of the flywheel rim in feet per second, and g, as before, equals 32.16. 33,000 foot pounds per minute are equal to one horsepower. From the two above fomulas one should be able to determine: proper flywheel for almost any sawing purpose. W. F. SeHaphorse Will Pacific Coast Mills Slaughter Eastern Prices ye Chase, Talbot & Company, 29 Broadway, New York, in lumber market letter under date of April 1st, say:—The st mostly discussed in the lumber trade, and that which will soon pr of greatest importance, is the matter of just how conditions a be adjusted, to admit to eastern markets Pacific Coast lumbe ducts. Unquestionably, Pacific coast lumber and timber will be keted on the Atlantic in unknown volume after the opening | Panama Canal, which Colonel Goethals promises to be not later early in July. The eastern and West Virginia spruce manufac as well as the producers of southern pine lumber and timber, be expected to retire forthwith from the markets they have her enjoyed. Furthermore, a point worthy of serious considera the fact that slaughter prices will not and cannot produce in consumption sufficient to admit of calculation. = Those lumbermen whose opinions are most sought. are a un the firm conviction that permanency, with the least revolu 0 adjustment of the necessary changes in trade conditions, can complished only through organization. We have long since a the announcement that important interests on the Pacific coast combined with some well-established Atlantic coast “corporati L corporations, with the object of an intelligent disposition ame established clientele, of a large portion of Pacific coast shipm: It seems that almost every producer, large and small, is goi “on his own hook,” and a great many so-called lumber sales L offering the stock. If added emphasis is needed to convince an in vidual that he is not a salesman, it is to be conscious that he h offered stock to a prospective buyer at a lesser price than the b anticipated paying. This fact is true in numerous instances of rece offerings of Pacific coast timber on this market when blanket pr of $21 per M. delivered on dock this port, have been. quoted, buyer’s privilege of making out a dimension specification in and lengths to suit himself. $4 per M. in excess of this figure y suit the buyer as well and still equal or be under ite quotations, no competitive stock. ree rest Are the Pacific coast manufacturers not satisfied aa the com- petition they have to meet in Atlantic coast stock, or is it their fur- ther object to cut every cent of possible profit out from under ea : other? For more than half a century we have fought to maintain an d advance the prices of lumber, but now venture to predict with a wo of caution, that if the indecisive, haphazard, go-as-you-please metho continue (granting, of course, that any considerable volume of bi ness is transacted) a lower range of prices will prevail in the e markets after July 1st than has been known in the last double di Co-operation is imperative if the evils forecasted are to iat avoid La Ontario’s Large Lumbering Investments Hon. W. H. Hearst had occasion recently, in explaining the pro: posed purchase of the Pembroke Lumber Company’s limits for $1 000, to make an interesting reference_to the lumbering industry Ontario. The Department of Lands, Forests and Mines, he said, already the first on the list of revenue producers. In 1890, the’ capital invested in lumber interests in the province amounted to « $74,000,000. Today the total was $260,000,000. “There is no o industry or group of industries,” he said, “which has as much c invested in this province or which employs so many men. Then est approach is the capital invested in fruit stock, which reaches 000,000. Wages paid in the lumbering industry in Ontario duri amounted to $39,000,000.” The value of timber used in Ont nually amounts to about $20,000,000. Most of this was cut and factured in the province. In addition to being a thriving ind on its own merits, lumbering helped the farming community. year over $2,500, 000 worth of farm products went into the 1 camps as supplies. Ontario ranked first among the timber Pp ing provinces of the Dominion, with a total of 32 per cent. whole output, and the largest average selling price in the Domini namely, $19 a thousand feet. The area now under timber license 17,915 square miles. Last year the product of pine had been 254,000,- 000 feet and the timber dues collected amounted to $1,759,169. Ra il- way ties alone had brought in $492,750. Great care was being taken of the forests.. Last year $32: had been expended for fire rangers. The government was also t steps to equip these rangers with the best fire fighting apparatus, 7 5 a . — Si? ee Death of Frederick Weyerhaeuser The death occurred at Pasadena, Cal., on April 4th, of Frederick Weyerhaeuser, the multi-millionaire lumberman, of St. Paul, Minn. Mr. Weyerhaeuser was 79 years of age and died of pneumonia result- ing from a cold which he contracted on Sunday, March 22nd. Mr. Weyerhaeuser’s connection with the lumbering industry in the United States was more notable probably than that of any other single man and his business career was one of the most interesting in all the annals of lumber history. He was born in Germany in 1834 and the family came to America in 1852. Frederick Weyerhaeu- ser went west to Rock Island, Ill., and became a retail lumber dealer ‘in 1856. In 1860 he purchased a small sawmill at Rock Island and commenced his career as a manufacturing lumberman. He then be- gan to purchase timber in Wisconsin, a business policy which he ‘continued throughout the rest of his life. Today, throughout the south, the middle north and the far west, there exist a great number _ of businesses known as “Weyerhaeuser Interests.” He was a remark- ably successful organizer, although not an actual promotor. His personality was striking and remarkable. Honesty, wisdom and sound judgment were his chief characteristics. He never sought for pub- licity, and for this reason was probably one of the least known men of wealth of his time. In his private life he was a man of noble Christ- ian character. He lived simply and unostentatiously. His passing away deprives the lumbering industry of the United States of prob- ably its greatest, most successful and most widely respected member. Death of Henry H. Gibson i ~ Henry H. Gibson, president of the Hardwood Record Company, publishers of the “Hardwood Record,” of Chicago, and editor and manager of that periodical, died of heart disease on March 25th, at the age of sixty years. Mr. Gibson had endeared himself to all with whom he came into business or social contact and had established for himself a reputation as an authority upon timber second to none in the United States. ———~—~—-—S- Pr@bably the most notable achievement of Mr. Gibson’s business ___—s career was the compilation of a remarkable series of articles describ- ing in minute detail the scientific and economic facts regarding every commercial tree of the United States. This work was started in the form of a series of articles which were begun by Mr. Gibson shortly after commencing the publication of ‘““The Hardwood Record.” About ___ a year and a half ago the series was compiled in book form under the title of “American Forest Trees,’ which will stand for all time as a fitting monument to his memory and as one of the highest authorities upon the subject with which it deals. Valuable Information for Belt Users A great deal of interesting information regarding leather belting is contained in the latest catalogue, No. 5, issued by the Graton and _ Knight Manufacturing Company, Worcester, Mass. The catalogue is handsomely published on excellent paper with stiff brown cover and contains many splendid illustrations. Information is included _ regarding mechanical belting rutes, the care of belting, belting tables, ' etc., part of which we reproduce, knowing that it will be valuable to -many readers. _ Onur first suggestion, the catalogue says, we believe to be funda- ‘mental. It is that the care of the belting shall be entrusted to one man, that he shall be held solely and fully responsible for it, that no _ repairs or alterations of any sort shall be made nor any dressing be _ applied except by him or under his immediate direction. No factory is so small and none so large but that this arrangement is a necessity. S a necessity for a variety of reasons. In the first place it makes _ some one man responsible for the belting, -thereby insuring that it a Me eives attention when needed and: not when it is too late, for the _ “Stitch in time” is eminently true in the care of belting, and what is , al - man’s business is no man’s business. Secondly, it insures, as as may be, uniform treatment of the belting, a powerful factor in ermining its efficiency and life. Thirdly, it makes possible a full scord of the efficiency, repairs, term of service, etc., of the individual lts—a matter of vital economic interest. It is desirable to place in charge of the belting a man who has r sen trained in one of the factories where belting is made, and who as had a wide experience in the manufacture and care of belting. Vhen this is not practicable, the man selected for the position should given a short course of instruction either in a belt factory or under ompetent belt mechanic, this instruction to cover the proper care leather, the making of laps, the taking up of belting, ordinary re- equipment for doing all ordinary belt work, the outfit required ither very elaborate nor expensive. uld be the duty of the belt man to make a careful and sys- ction of belting at definite, rather frequent intervals, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 and keep a record of the same. The inspection should be made to ascertain if any of the following conditions exist: First—Whether belting is over-dry or saturated with oil. Second—Whether afflicted with an over-dose of belt dressing. Third—lIf any laps have begun to open. Fourth—Whether the belting is too slack and is slipping unduly. Fifth—Whether the shafting is in line or if a guide has to be used to keep the belt on the pulleys. Sixth— Whether the belt is so badly worn as to be in need of early replacement. How to Remedy Some of the Belt Troubles When belting appears the least bit dry or harsh, the belt should first be carefully cleaned of surface dirt. This usually may be accom- plished by rubbing with a cloth—damping the cloth with kerosene is sometimes of assistance. In bad cases a wooden or metal scraper may be necessary to remove accumulated dirt, but in any event a clean leather surface should be obtained—this should then receive a light coat of dressing on both sides of the belt. This first light ap- plication should be allowed to work in thoroughly before more is’ applied. The applications should be repeated until the leather has that mellow but not greasy feeling characteristic of proper work- ing condition. In cases where belting is exposed to moisture, or where it is accidentally wet, or particularly where the belt works under such conditions that it is first wet and then dry, a little atten- tion in the way of wiping off surface moisture, and applying a light © coat of dressing to the still damp belt will work wonders in the way of increasing its life. The sticky belt dressings are usually to be avoided. In rare instances they may be immediately useful, but if used to any extent they stick the belt to the pulley so tightly that the grain is pulled off the belt, or, working into the leather, they rot it and shorten its life. By keeping simple records and following the foregoing instruc- tions for a period of three years, a large saving in the annual belting expense has been effected, in some instances as high as 50 per cent. This included only the first cost of the belting, labor and material used. Were it possible to estimate the increased output of machines due to more continuous operation without breakdowns, the results would be still more remarkable. ; In order to assist belt users in effecting savings of this nature by the use of the best quality .of belts, the Graton & Knight Manu- facturing Company have had.-prepared in their éngineering depart- ment several belt record systems to meet different requirements. These systems vary according to the size and kind of factory, num- ber of parts used, etc., and by their use every plant, large or small, will be greatly benefited. Avoid Oils, Greases, etc. On the subject of care of leather belts, the catalogue says:— Too much grease is injurious to leather. Mineral oils in particular rot leather very rapidly, and where belting is liable to become soaked with oil, mechanical means should be taken to keep the oil from the belt. Where this is impossible the belt should be removed from time to time and the oil extracted with some solvent such as naphtha or carbon tetrachloride. Packing the belt in dry sawdust or shavings or some similar absorbent material will sometimes answer the pur- pose. If it is not possible to remove the belt, wiping it while on the pulleys with a dry cloth or waste or some absorbent material will help. Machine oil, besides its tendency to rot leather when present — in excess, gives a bad frictional surface, leading to excessive slipping. An excess of oil also has a tendency to injure the sticking qualities of the ordinary cements used in making belting. Frequently, from this or other causes, laps start up at the points, a result sometimes due to running belting in the wrong direction. All belting should be run so that the point of the lap on the outside surface of the belt points opposite to the direction in which the belting is run. To whatever cause the trouble may be due it should be given early at- tention. ee Y In the case of oily belts it will be necessary to degrease the parts to be joined together or the cement will not stick satisfac- torily. Do nat think you are repairing the trouble if you drive a string of tacks through the joint. This is simply making a bad matter worse, for the leather will probably break where you have applied the tacks. There is a right and a wrong way of repairing laps as well as of lapping the ends of a belt together when first installed, and the quickest and easiest way is by no means the most economical in the end. It is very easy to drive a heavy cast iron belt fastener into a piece of leather, but it is just as well, before doing so, to think how much you will weaken the-belt at that point, and how much ser- vice you will lose from your machine by the jump of the belt every time that chunk of metal goes around the pulley. The most satis- factory method of jointing belting is by making a cemented lap or joint. This is a surprisingly simple process once a man knows how; and given the man and the training advised, there is no reason why nearly every belt in a factory should not be joined together in this way. — 2 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Commercial Importance of Spruce 2 Canada’s Most Important Timber Tree Providing Over Two Billion Board Feet of Logs Annually—Fourth of a Series of Articles on Canadian Woods By R. G. Lewis If we consider the quantities of spruce sawn into lumber; con- sumed for pulp manufacture; ex- ported as raw pulpwood; pur- chased for railway ties and poles; manufactured into cooperage stock; and used in the round in mining operations we have a total of over two billion board feet of spruce logs removed from the forests of Canada in a single year. That this is a conservative esti- mate can be readily seen by the fact that the quantities of spruce used for firewood, fencing, piles and rough railway and other con- struction work are not included in the above figures. This would indicate clearly that spruce is Canada’s most important timber tree. The use of spruce for pulp manufacture in Canada in the last few years has increased enor- mously with the rapid growth of this indutsry. The wood has the long, tough, colourless fibres which are necessary for a good pulp- wood and in addition is remarkably free from resin for a coniferous tree. These qualities will probably insure it a place in pulp manu- facture in spite of the increasing use of substitute woods. Spruce is not well suited for mining timbers as it is not durable in damp situations. This lack of durability also detracts from its value for railway ties and for poles. An economical preservative treatment which would protect spruce ties, poles, and props from de- cay throughout their mechanical life would add considerably to their value for these purposes. The use of spruce for lumber has increased greatly in the last few years, with the increased scarcity of white pine; a wood which spruce closely resembles. For rough dimension lumber spruce has practically taken the place of white pine in the Canadian lumber market. Sitka Spruce with Buttressed Base. Five Distinct Species of Spruce There are five distinct species of this tree in Canada all of which are used commercially. White spruce (Picea canadensis) is probably the most important in point of quantity, as it is found in every province of the Dominion. It is not common in Nova Scotia, but is the most important timber tree in Quebec, Ontario and the three prairie provinces. It is un- doubtedly rare in British Columbia. The greatest quantity of white spruce lumber is sawn in Quebec and the total for 1912 for this species in Canada was probably in the neighborhood of 1,050,000,000 feet. The wood of white spruce is light in weight and colour. It is soft, stiff, moderately strong, and tough. It has a fine even straight grain, is easy to work and hard to split. The lumber seasons well, holds nails well, is tasteless, odorless and non-resinous. It resem- bles the soft pines in many details, but is lighter in colour, has a finer grain and is less durable than white pine. The wood of white spruce is the lightest in colour of all the spruces. Red spruce (Picea rubra) is the most valuable of all the eastern species on accouMt of its fine texture and satiny lustre. The wood is very similar to white spruce, but is darker in colour with a distinct reddish tinge and is usually considered to be stronger. ‘This tree is found in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Que- bec and Ontario. The fine grain of this wood is due to its slow growth. It has been said that it takes this tree from two hundred and fifty to three hun- dred and fifty years to reach an average diameter of thirty inches. In Eastern Canada the red spruce is seldom recognized by the lumberman and many of them deny its existence. The tree is often confused with black spruce (Picea mariana) and sometimes even with white spruce (Picea canadensis) although the three species are easily distinguished by the size and shape of their flowers and cones. Canada cut approximately 200,000,000 feet of red spruce in 1912 compared to 860,000,000 feet for the United States. Black spruce (Picea mariana) is a distinctly northern tree. and with the tamarack is found further north than any of the other tree species of America. ‘This tree probably reaches its greatest develop. ment in Northern Manitoba and North-western Ontario. As a general rule, black spruce does not reach a sufficient to be important as a lumber tree. The tree is confined to poor and cold damp situations and grows very slowly. Its lumber is sequently stronger than most other spruces on account of this s! growth. The wood is usually harder than that of the other spruce and is considered to be the most durable species. In the coal mining districts of Nova Scotia, where spruce are the only mining timbers available, specifications for pit k call for black spruce exclusively. Props and pit ties may be of or red spruce or of balsam fir. Experience has shown that boon this material outlast those of the other spruces when placed in ¢ situations. ; In Canada the cut of black spruce lumber would approxi 40,000,000 feet a year and that of the United States would be bn 25 000 000 feet. Sitka spruce (Picea sitchensis) also called tideland spruce is most important spruce species of British Columbia. In this pro’ the tree is confined to the western slopes of the Coast range. reaches its highest development on delta lands on the coast of W: ington and Oregon. It usually grows to a height of a hundred fe and a diameter of three to four feet above the stump, and is no its heavily buttressed base. The wood of Sitka spruce is the sof of that of the spruces and is also the lightest in weight and the da in colour, being a pale brown with a faint reddish tinge. It easily and has a satiny lustre similar to that of red spruce but otherwise very similar in its general characteristics to the other s species. Being the largest of the spruces its wood is most Val on account of the large dimensions in which it can be obtained and large percentage of clear lumber it produces. The tree grows ra as is indicated by its soft lumber and is a very long-lived spec Trees have been found from 4-6 feet in diameter and from 150- feet in height which were from 450 to 750 years old. Engelmann spruce (Picea Engelmanni) is the typical R Mountain spruce of Alberta and British Columbia although its rang spreads out to the southward and includes the interior mour ranges as far south as New Mexico and Arizona. In Canada this t is found on the east slope of the Rockies in the Yukon Territory ; spreads into British Columbia south of the Peace River although i not found beyond the eastern slopes of the Coast Range. It rea its highest development in south-eastern British Columbia , ow trees a hundred and fifty feet in height and 4-5 feet in diameter a quite common. The wood is light, soft, fine and straight grained and is a r yellowish colour with a faint reddish brown tinge. It is sawn in con siderable quantities in the Mountain mills and sold under the na of Mountain spruce. As a general rule this tree does not produce lumber if as lar. dimensions as Sitka spruce although its percentage of clear grad probably quite as high. The annual cut of this material is probably in the neighborhood of 50,000,000 feet in British Columbia as co pared to 33 ,000,000 feet in the Western States. . The lumber of these five species is usually sold simply as sj and where more than one species is cut in a district the ii of each species is not kept separate. Spruce Asa Building Material Spruce lumber in Canada is used in greatest quantities by manufacturers of building material. It is popular for this pu not only because of its cheapness and abundance and the fact can be obtained in all dimensions but because of its physical q The most important of these qualities are its softness, lightness a uniform structure which Produce. a lumber that takes paint we easily worked and which “stands up well” or holds its shape witl minimum of shrinking, warping or swelling. ; In Ontario, where white spruce forms are greater part of spruce lumber on the market, this wood comes third on the list woods used for the manufacture of sash, doors and house trim, fot ing 10 per cent. of all the wood used in this industry. The great quantities of spruce are used for siding, flooring and roof sheeting. Spruce is used also for framing and interior finish but hemlock makes" a stronger frame and pine is more suitable for decorative work and for sash and doors. in In the Maritime Provinces where pine and hemlock are not abundant, spruce-is the most important wood used for building » terial and forms 60 per cent. of the total quantity used. This lu + > er te rf - ——- CANADA _ would be chiefly red spruce. In Manitoba and the Prairie provinces spruce is the most important building material and the lumber used is white and black spruce only. Spruce is used in the manufacture of boxes and for crating ma- terial to an enormous extent in. Canada. The wood has particular “qualities which fit it for this purpose. It is tough, light and strong holds nails well and is odorless, tasteless and non-resinous. Its light ‘color makes it attractive in appearance. Its lack of taste and odor :; et it for food containers and its toughness recommends it for crating. Economical Use in Box Factories Many of the larger, more complete, sawmills have box factories in connection, which utilize slabs, edgings, trimmings and cull ma- ial for box shooks. This practice effects an enormous saving in y material and results in increased profits to the mill owners. Many concerns are engaged in manufacturing box shooks exclusively, ng their own logs and shipping the finished product in the knock- wn form ready: to be assembled by the final users. Many firms ed in the larger cities buy finished lumber or box shooks and rely assemble these for the users. The use of spruce for cooperage is steadily increasing as the local ly of elm and oak decreases. In the Maritime Provinces spruce is the most important wood for this purpose and it seems to be a fairly satisfactory substitute for elm. It is specially valuable for barrels to contain dry fish, fruit and other food stuffs. Large quantities of tight cooperage stock are also manufactured. The wood is valued in this industry for its strength in comparison to weight, and its toughness — jack of taste or odor. In the manufacture of rai!way rolling stock, spruce is used only because it is a cheap material, with the requisite strength and tough- - 7 “ness for siding and flooring in freight cars. It is used for lining re- ____ frigerator cars because of its lack of odor. ; _ There are many purposes for which spruce lumber is used which — do not depend on any of its finer qualities but merely on the fact that ‘iti is cheap, light in weight and fairly strong and tough. These uses, 4 in addition to those already mentioned, include the use of this wood in the manufacture of boats, vehicles and implements, furniture, fix- Ny _ tures, machinery framework, coffins, she!ls, and foundry flasks. In many instances spruce is preferred to other woods on account Bot its lack of taste and odor. Its uses in this connection, in addition to boxes, cooperage and refrigerator cars, include doors and lining of re- _ frigerators and cold storages, kitchen tables and cabinets, silos, wood- ‘en water pipes, woodenware which comes into contact with food such _as butter working tools, bread boards, meat boards, etc. ____ When the spruce grows in close stands in the forest, it develops a long, slender, tapering bole, free from large branches for the greater part of its length. This habit of growth together with the lightness -and toughness of the wood, produces an ideal material for the spars of vessels. In addition to the large quantities of spruce lumber used in building the hulls, many selected trees are felled and made into masts, _ yards, booms and bowsprits. s Spruce can be used in large dimensions with greater safety than 9st woods. Not only is the wood remarkably free from defects, but e defects, when present, show in the surface and there is little anger of a well selected spar failing through some hidden defect. 3 Well Adapted for Special Uses a his same quality together with an unusually straight grain ce a favorite wood for the manufacture of cars and paddles. light, carefully proportioned and balanced sculls used in tts are made exclusively of spruce. No other wood has the and strength together with the uniform structure and straight . Manufacturers of these products in the east have great in obtaining stock of sufficient size for the best class of sculls ly of them import selected sticks of Sitka spruce and Engel- uce from the Pacific Coast for this purpose. As a general o sculls can be made from a well selected 3 in. x 19 in. plank, a e of the most distinct characteristics of spruce wood and one h it does not share with any other wood to an equal extent, is its ance. For the manufacture of sounding-boards in pianos, reson~ an essential quality and spruce is usually demanded for this Its quality of prolonging and increasing sound vibrations rkable one and is due chiefly to its uniform structure, Trees g under unfavorable conditions whose annual growth rings are , produce the best quality of wood. Consequently. lumber from alt ades i is in greatest demand. Wide stock is imperative and es of large size are greatly sought for. selected, seasoned and manufactured and the percentage of very high. For many years the red spruce of the Atlantic preferred by organ and piano manufacturers on account. _of ee ae in Ne ag guanitiss as they can be obtained i in The wood must. be | grain but Sitka and Engelmann spruce from-the- Patifie LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 Organ pipes, bellows, swell-boxes, wind-chests and ribs are also made preferably of spruce as are the ribs of pianos and such small in- struments as guitars, mandoline, zithers, etc. In addition to these more important uses, spruce is purchased in small quantities by the manufacturers or many other commodities. Often it is used only because it is cheap and abundant and often be- cause its use has become a habit. Some of these uses are peculiar and worthy of mention. Spruce has been reported, both in Canada and the United States for the manufacture of bobbins, camera boxes, vent plugs, faucets, and bungs for barrels, flag-staffs, vaulting-poles, Indian clubs, windmill slats, ladders, scales, wash-boards, cross-arms, automobile flooring, excelsior and wood-wool. It is sometimes used for core-stock for veneered products and for the rims of wooden pulleys, as it glues up well and holds its shape. Spruce makes excellent veneer that does not split on drying and can be used to advantage for baskets, berry boxes and plates as well as for built-up veneered products. Framework for Aeroplanes One of the most exacting uses to which this wood is put is in the manufacture of certain parts of the framework of aeroplanes. Tough- ness, lightness and straight grain can be obtained in other woods but none of these are as free from hidden defects as spruce. When the life of the aviator depends on the reliability of each separate part of the flying machine it is necessary for the designer to select materials whose qualities are well understood. The “struts” or upright posts which separate the planes in a bi- p!ane and those parts of the “fusellage” or body framework of a mono- plane which are in compression are always made of this wood. The bent ribs which give the mathematical exactness to the curve of the planes themselves, are made of thin strips of straight-grained spruce, glued together to insure permanency of form and to give the greatest stiffness possible in relation to size and weight. The beams or sills which run the entire length of the machine are made of single pieces of spruce in which the grain must run absolutely straight for the entire length of the piece; often sixteen feet or more. Other woods are used in aeroplane construction but spruce is practically the only wood used for the framework. Spruce will grow in almost any kind of soil and under varied con- ditions and has long been a favorite tree for reforestation. Some of the species are of very rapid growth under favorable conditions while others take many years to reach maturity. Precise figures of the growth rates would be of little value in a general description of this nature, but it might be safely said that spruce does not grow as rapidly as white pine or, in fact, any of the native pines of Canada. It is par- ticularly well adapted for planting in close stands as it will endure the maximum quantity of side-shading. Young trees will endure over- shading for fifty years or more, under stands of other species and when released by their removal, will grow rapidly and reach maturity. Lumber Company Loses Law Suit Judgment was recently given by the Court of Appeal in the case of the Northern Crown Bank of Winnipeg against the Great West Lumber Company. The decision was in favor of the bank. The case’ involved a sum of approximately $600,000. The action arose through a denial on the part of the lumber company of its liabilities to the bank which had made large advances to the company. The com- pany alleged that when these advances reached a certain sum, the bank took an active part in the conducting of the business, to such an extent that the lumber company was relieved of responsibility for any loss which might have been incurred. At the first trial, Chief Justice Harvey decided in favor of the lumber company. Barbados Market Report S. P. Mussen, Son & Company, Barbados, report under date of March 27th as follows:—Lumberstuffs——White pine——There have. been no arrivals in this class of lumber during the fortnight, but deal- ers’ yards are fully’stocked. Spruce.—No receipts, but we have sold a cargo to arrive, which is now about due. Pitch pine—No receipts, but the cargo ex “Ethel Clarke” mentioned in our last, keeps tie market amply.supplied. Shingles—There have been no rece'pts of either Gaspe or cedar laying during the fortnight. Five Thousand Facts About Canada | The 1914 edition of “5,000 Facts About Canada,” compiled by Frank Yeigh and published by the Canadian Facts Publishing Com- pany, 588 Huron Street, Toronto, contains’ in concise and very inter- esting form a remarkably varied assortment of important information regarding Canada and its many industries. The book is, in fact, a ‘mine of information and contains all the essential facts relating to Canada’s progress during the year 1913. Copies may be had froni the above address for 25c each. 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND Electric Drive in WOODWORKER the Planing Mill Advantages of Separate Motors Clearly Demonstrated—Rehandling of Stock Reduced to a Minimum—Equipment of Most Modern Type—Description of Operation By E. J. Barry, Assoc. A.I.E.E.* The inherent advantages of electric drive are well illustrated in the latest addition to the list of planing mills of the Pacific Coast. In June of last year, the St. Paul & Tacoma Lumber Company of Tacoma, Washington, placed in service their new planing mill, equipped with the latest and best devices for the production of finished lumber. Dur- ing the previous year, their o!d planing mill and one of the sawmills were destroyed by fire, and it was then planried to build the best mill on the Coast. Whether this laudable ambition has been realized is left for others to judge; but there is no question that the mill is a model of its kind, and a striking example of modern design and prac- tice. As may be seen from the illustrations, the mill is solidly built and well equipped with sprinkler system and standpipes, as fire pro- tection. The interior is coated with whitewash as a further preven- tive, while the extensive blower system prevents the accumulation of shavings and sawdust, which if allowed to remain constitute a fire risk. Each machine is driven by a separate motor, the absence of line shafting being highly appreciated, The total output of the planing mill is 300,000 feet every day of ten hours, and the total connected load amounts to 1,192 horse-power. High Efficiency of Equipment As money is made or lost in the re-handling of lumber, every effort is directed to reduce this factor to a minimum. The fast feed planers are equipped with feed tables which operate much on the principle of a repeating rifle. The table is loaded with boards which are shot through the planer as fast as the machinery will operate, that is to say, up to a speed of 250 ft. per minute. The paving block machine is the first on entering from the south end of the mill, and is driven by a 75 h.p. motor. There are 15 saws of 25-in. diameter mounted on the arbor, spaced 4 in. apart. A con- veyor driven by the same motor carries the block material past the saws, which cut them into the well known shape of paving blocks. The blocks drop into a conveyor which loads steel cages mounted on wheels, and the cages are then transferred by electric locomotives to the creosoting plant, and after treatment there, are ready for ship- ment. The capacity of this machine per day is from 75,000 to 100,000 blocks. The next machine is a 20 by 16 in. Berlin surfacer, driven by a 1,200 r.p.m. 50 h.p. motor. Heavy timbers for building construction are handled by this machine. Next to the surfacer is a rip saw driven by a 15 h.p. motor. This saw gets through a lot of work in a day. EE ESS eae *Mr. Barry designed and installed the entire electrical equipment for the St. Paul and Tacoma Lumber Co., which is described in this article. How Individual Motor Drive in a Large Planing Mill has provided maximum ef- ficiency at minimum operating expense. A Fay & Egan gatling gun moulder is the next in line, turning out mouldings, 20 h.p. is required for this operation. Next comes a No. 108 Berlin Moulder for heavier material taking a motor of 35 hp. After the moulder is a 64 in. re-saw, driy- en by a 50 h.p. motor. This machine is kept very busy. The next machine is a combined re-saw and matcher, as shown in illustration, which has given excellent service. Here, as in all industries where it is possible to combine two operations in one, the cost of production is cheapened to that extent. Various kinds of lum- ber call for surfacing on one side only, so the material is planed top and bottom, and resawn as it passes out of the machine. A 50 hp. motor is used for the matcher and a like one for the re-saw. The motor for the planer is direct connected, but a silent chain drive is used on the re-saw to allow’a 2'%4-in. movement of the heads. The auto- matic electric release of each driving motor is so connected that a mishap to one will throw the other out, thus obviating the danger of the planer driving the lumber at full speed against the saw when its motor has stopped. Two 15 by 6 Berlin planers follow, driven by 75 h.p., 1,200 r.p.m. motors. Next in line is a 9 by 6 Berlin machine driven by a 50 h.p. motor, and following respectively, a Fay & Egan planer and an S. A. Woods planer, both 15 by 6 and driven by 50 h.p. motors of 1,200 r.p.m. Attached to each of these planers and driven by 15 h.p. motors, are profilers to cut various grooves and beadings in the finished lum- ber. ,; As the lumber passes through the planers it is trimmed to the proper lengths by small swing saws, of which there are 16, driven by individual motors of three horse-power each. These are shown in the illustration. The cuttings from the trim saws drop down a chute into a motor driven conveyor, which carries them to a hopper outside the mill, for disposal. The lumber, cut to proper dimensions, drops on a moy- ing belt conveyor, and is taken to the grading table. After sorting, it is loaded on cars ready for rail or water shipment. The blower system is driven by two 150 h.p. motors, and a suc- tion pipe is brought to every outlet, for the disposal of refuse. The Wiring System The wiring throughout is contained in galvanized iron conduit, for both power and lighting circuits, with the object of securing fire- proof and mechanically and e!ectrically sound construction. A 1,000 kilowatt General Electric Curtis turbo-generator supplies energy at a pressure of 440 volts for power. For lighting, the pressure is stepped Combined Resaw and Matcher Electrically Driven Trim Saws and Lumber Conveyors with Electric Drive La CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 39 up by transformers to 2,200 volts for transmission and is stepped down to a working pressure of 220/110 at the building. The power service is brought in at the south end of the mill, and consists of four 350,000 c.m. rubber covered cables arranged in mul- tiple, twelve cables in all. The conduit is carried under the floor wherever practicable, and care was taken to install it with a view to good appearance as well as utility. _ The main feeders supply two panel cabinets designed by the writer, and built by Evans Dickson Company of Tacoma. , _ the bus bars are accessible from the rear, leaving the fuse mount- ings in the front of the panels, clear of cables. In operation, the doors at front and rear of cabinets are kept closed, and the insides of doors are lined with asbestos over the steel to prevent arcing trouble, in case a fuse should be jarred loose by any means. The fuses are teadily accessible to cut a circuit out of service, should such be neces- Sary, without in any way interfering with the operation of other machines. _ Overload relays have been placed on each motor as protection against overloads, and when properly installed and given a reason- able amount of attention, they form an ideal method of protection. One can tell at a glance if a relay has been tampered with, but a re- filled fuse of heavy capacity may give fancied security. The annoy- ance of a motor continually cutting out will soon cause the operator to report to the proper quarter, and so give the opportunity to prevent damage to the machine as well as the motor.. Then the temptation to replace a fuse with a nail or a handy strip of metal, is well known to anyone experienced in industrial power work. fees ; Ingenious System of Signals __. A planing mill in operation is not the quietest place in the world, and a signal system has been devised to insure that the machines receive attention when required. When an operator wishes to call a machinist to make repairs or alterations, he steps to the nearest post and switches on a red light, showing on the glass the number of his machine. He then pulls the cord of a whistle operated by compressed air, and the machinist has only to look at the signal light to discover where he is wanted. ‘The lighting throughout is by means of metallic filament lamps of from 60 to 250 watt capacity each, and the control is from the filing room located above the planing mill floor. Individual lights and pilot lights are supplied from a separate dis- tribution board, while the general lighting is controlled by 6-50 ampere triple pole switches, controlling lighting panels distributed through the mill. The lighting system is entirely separate from the power, so that an accident to the power feeders would not leave the mill in dark- ness. This also ensures a better and more steady voltage, at the lamps. ~ At all points electricity has proven its efficiency in planing mill work, particularly in the manner in which it is possible to keep the speed of production at the desired level, especially where individual drive is used. A machine at any point may be started up without the necessity of running the cumbersome transmission line shafting and belts, which engine drive involves. Electricity is clean and changes and extensions are easy to make. - President E. G. Griggs of the St. Paul & Tacoma Company has long been an advocate of electric drive, and the electrical profession Planers, Grading Table and Distributing Panel has reason to appreciate the efforts of such’ progressive men, who are willing to take the initiative in pioneering, in what is, comparatively speaking, a new field for the utilization of electrical energy. Quebec to Open New Pulpwood Areas Quebec, April 3—Departing from the rule which has been ob- served for eight years, the Quebec Government has decided to open new districts to lumber and pulp industries and will auction off limits in the Abitibi and Lake St. John districts during the months of August and October. In the Lake St. John region the territory to be opened is north of the lake and in the basin of the Mistassini and Rat Rivers. In the Abitibi it is situated south of the Transcon- tinental, but on the north slope in the basin which empties into James Bay. This tract is traversed by the Poisson, Blanc, Harricana, and Belle rivers. Both limits have been most carefully surveyed by the Forestry Service. These concessions will call for the development of the water powers in the districts and will carry the obligation to construct pulp mills of a specified capacity within three years. The delay between now and August is to allow opportunity for explora- tion and permit of advertising the proposed auction, not only in Can- ada but also in the United States, Great Britain and France, as the government wishes to attract the attention of foreign capitalists to the great natural resources of the province. The government has ap- pointed five official guides to further the interests of colonization. Reasons for Free Entry of Novelty Siding into U.S. A report was recently published in the Canada Lumberman, of the decision of the United States Treasury Board in regard to the duty upon “novelty siding” entering that country from Canada. It will be recalled that after a reference to the Treasury Board a decision was given in favor of admitting this material free of duty. The decision of the Board in connection with this matter states that the evidence is that this lumber, ranging from 10 ft. to 16 ft. in length, 6 in. in width, and 1 in. in thickness is reduced to its present form by being put through a planer, the board being fed through the planer by pressure rolls crowding it against knives. Smoothing of the sides and edges as well as the coving or concaving effect are all produced by planing, the knives being adjusted so as to produce the desired results. These boards are known generally as “novelty siding” and sometimes as “clapboards” or “fancy clapboards.” The witnesses, who appeared to be men of extended experience in the manufacturing and selling of lumber, practically united in saying that planed lumber, as known to the trade, embraced all forms of lumber made through the use of a planer or a planer and matcher. Such lumber, very obviously had not lost its identity as lumber, by being manufactured into an article with a distinct and new name. The most that might be said was that these boards were “lumber manufactured” which was altogether different from “manufactures of lumber.” In a former case, Unittd Stated v. Dudley, it had been held that boards and planks, planed on one side and tongued and grooved and adapted for flooring, ceiling and sheath- ing were nevertheless, not manufactures of wood. The Treasury Board stated also that they were satisfied that it was the purpose of Congress, in the last revision of the tariff, to place all kinds of lumber, regardless of how it had been treated, so long as it had not lost its identity as lumber, on the free list. Blow Pipe System Showing Motor 40 The Uses and Costs of Balsam Fir Market Greatly Widened by Rapid Expansion in Demand for Spruce—Stumpage Prices and Logging Costs A bulletin upon balsam fir, prepared by Raphael Zon has been published by the United States Forest Service. The bulletin is the result of study carried on during two summers in the Adirondacks in Maine, and throughout the whole of the tree’s commercial range. In the introduction the bulletin says :— The enormous expansion of the pulp industry in this country during the last two decades, with its present annual demand for not less than three and a quarter million cords of coniferous wood, has stimulated the use of balsam fir, which but a few years ago was con- sidered of little value. With the increase in the price of spruce for pulpwood, balsam fir has begun to take its place for rough lumber, laths, shingles, and box shooks. The cutting of ba!sam fir to any extent for pulp or lumber began only about twenty years ago, as the more valuable species of the northern forests became scarce and as its suitability for many purposes for which only white pine or spruce were originally used became recognized. Balsam fir, though in general inferior to white pine and red spruce, is now a tree of considerable economic importance in the northeastern forests. The uses for which balsam fir is suited and the appearance of barked wood, especially after it has remained for any length of time in water, are so much like those of spruce that it is commonly sold in mixture with and under the name of spruce, be- cause of a lingering prejudice against balsam fir among pulp manu- facturers and lumbermen. This prejudice, formed at the time of still abundant supplies of spruce and white pine, is based partly on the actual inferiority of balsam fir to those species and partly on insuth- cient familiarity with the wood. The heaviest commercial stand of balsam fir are found in Can- ada, in Quebec and Ontario. On the Cape Breton Islands, balsam fir forms a solid forest, with not over 15 per cent. of spruce and a small admixture of paper birch, covering a plateau of 1,000 square miles. It is estimated to compose more than 50 per cent. of the forest, 150,000 square miles in extent, on the southern slope of the Laurentian shield, south of the height of land. In the United States balsam fir is found in commercial quantities in most of Maine, the northern parts of New Hampshire, Vermont, New York, and to some extent also in the swamps of northern Wisconsin, northern Michigan, and Minne- sota, or, in all, over an area of approximately 35,000 square miles. ' Dealing with the use of balsam fir as lumber, the bulletin says: The increased demand for spruce by pulp men, who were able to pay higher prices for it than the lumbermen, compelled the latter to turn their attention to hem!ock and balsam. Hemlock enters now more and more into building operations, supplanting spruce; while balsam fir, not being as strong as spruce, is relegated to uses for which strength is not a prime requirement. The total cut of balsam fir for lumber in 1909 was reported as 108,702,000 board feet. Balsam fir is softer and more brittle than spruce; it decays rapidly in the ground, and when green does not hold nails well; but being light and tasteless it makes a very desirable box material, especially for foodstuffs. It is extensively used for cheese-box headings, staves for fish and sugar barrels, sardine cases, butter boxes, and the like. It is easily worked, and is well adapted for molding, novelty, bevel, and drop siding. It is of straighter grain than spruce, and in season- ing is less subject to warping and twisting, which makes it the better of the two woods for fence boards, small joists, planing, scantling, laths, and shingles. Its white color often makes it desirable for house finishing, and some consider it superior to spruce for violins. It saws easier, dries quicker, and is claimed to hold paint better than spruce. It has also been found to be suitable for rough lumber, flooring, ceil- ing, studding, crating, furniture, sheathing, children’s carriages, toys, small frames, matches, square timber, excelsior, etc. In the form of box boards it yields about ten per cent. of material more to the cord than does spruce. In 59 out of 141 sawmills which answered the circular letter, the use of balsam fir in the past few years has not perceptibly increased. Thirty-four mills now use from 10 to 40 per cent. more than formerly, 30 mil!s from 40 to 75 per cent.-more, 13 mills from 75 to 100 per cent., while two mills use four times as much as they used three or four years ago. Only three mills report that the amount of balsam used by them has decreased. Balsam Fir Pulpwood Balsam fir finds its greatest economic importance as a pulp- wood. There is a close connection between the extent of the avail- able supplies of spruce in a State and the amount of balsam fir used in the manufacture of pulp and paper: As long as there is a plentiful supply of the former, the use of balsam fir is naturally restricted. But where the demand for pulpwood is greater than the available supply of spruce, balsam is the accepted substitute. Out of about 2,220,000 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER cords of domestic coniferous wood used in the United States pulp industry in 1910, 6 per cent., or 132,362 cords (about 66 board feet), was balsam fir. -4 The principal objection to the use of large amounts of fir in the ground-pulp process is said to be on account of the pit covers the felts and cylinder faces. It is admitted by nearly al and paper men that from 10 to 25 per cent. of balsam can be u ground pulp without lowering the grade of the paper produc few go even so far as to claim that a larger admixture of balsam f from 20 to 25 per cent.—is of advantage, in that it makes the “free”; that is, separates the spruce fibers during the manufac! process and in this way allows the water to be easily drav the sheet. Still others claim that a satisfactory ground wo can be made almost entirely of balsam. In chemical pulp, b of the acids dissolving the pitch any amount of balsam can bi though some claim that paper made of pulp containing a larg mixture of balsam lacks strength, snap, and character. h gives most trouble in freshly cut balsam, while in wood water over a season the amount is so small that it need not into account. Some of the larger mills claim that after bal: has remained in the pond for one year any amount of it can t Difficulties in Logging Compared with spruce, balsam fir is difficult and expensive It is small, and therefore a gang working in a pure stand can not cut in a day as much as when working in spr green, it is heavier than spruce and therefore harder to sn handle, especially in summer in the swamps. It yields a g cent. of cull, and in many cases the presence of rot can not until the tree has been felled and cut into. It floats he many logs become water-soaked and sink, making the d difficult. To offset these dtsadvantages, and to make the sam more profitable, its stumpage price should always be that of spruce. Hy Stumpage Prices and Logging Costs The ruling price in the Adirondacks for cutting and ski wood (long logs) is about $1.50 per cord. In this price the roads is included. The extra cost of resawing the long | 4-foot lengths and piling them along the log road is ordinarily per cord, and requires, in addition to the regular crew of si: sawyers on the skidway. The logs, which in such cases lengths that are multiples of 4—as 12, 16, and 20—are sne skidway, where they are sawed into 4-foot stick and piled. of eight men will cut, resaw, and pile from 9 to 12 cords per cutting 14-foot lengths a gang of six men will cut and skid 16 cords a day. The price of hauling varies with the dist two or three trip hauls per day, with 2 to 3 cords per sled, th is ordinarily $1.60 per cord. If the distance is short and sev are possible the price is less. The stumpage price is a very quantity, ranging all the way from $2 to $3.50 per cord. Suck wood is supposed to contain, besides spruce, 10 per cent. of and 10 per cent. of hemlock. As a rule, however, the percent balsam runs much higher. Since balsam pulpwood is har bought by itself, the price could not be determined, but it is that pure balsam pulpwood would command from 50 cents to cord less than the ordinary pulpwood now offered on the The stumpage price of balsam when not cut Maine, is in the neighborhood of $3.50 per 1,000 spruce stumpage ranges from $4 to $7, a conservative | about $5. Timber more than one-half mile from a lar that is, put in piles of 20,000 to 50,000 board fe February and March, when the snow is good. Har per 1,000 board feet per mile. In addition, it tak yu yard to shovel snow off the piles and help load. Three quired at the landing to mark and roll the logs. Each one-half mile of a landing hauls as many logs as possible landing without yarding; this saves the cost of handli twice. Thus, while the cost of hauling direct to the lan be over $4 per. 1,000 board feet, yarding and then the cost of getting out the logs to the landing to abe board feet. This cost, however, varies with the numbe the logs, the distance to drag or haul, and the ease timber can be reached. Dense undergrowth, necessitating tion of one or more swampers to the crew, will, for instance, the cost of getting logs to the landing. . a From $6.50 to $7 ought to cover, on an average, the cost of ting logs to the landing. Long drives, interrupted by large strete of dead water, make driving an important item in Maine. ; Balsam is driven along with spruce and, except for its g sinkage on long drives, behaves in almost the same way. It s causes a jam, for if a balsam log gets crosswise in a bad pla usually breaks. Spruce, on the other hand, would hang and pe start a jam. : 7 iN, ead é fh ea d te } wy e ‘ eS Se oe oe? ’ Protecting Ties Against Wear At the annual meeting of the American Wood Preservers’ Asso- Ge at New Orleans, January 20-22, the above paper was read by ard F. Weiss, director of the Forest Products Laboratory, at son, Wis. Pictures, diagrams and tables are omitted. In 1907 the American Railway Engineering Association sent out umber of letters asking various railroad engineers what per cent. eir ties failed from decay and what per cent. from mechanical ction. The replies in general were that about ninety per cent. ties failed because of decay, as against twenty-five per cent. of In other words, the mechanical destruction of the ties varied minimum of about ten per cent. for oak to a maximum of about y-five per cent. for cedar. The many good results which have d are being secured by timber treating engineers in protect- from decay are placing each year a larger per cent, of our e cedar class in so far as their mechanical life is concerned. ns that the prob!em of mechanical protection is one of in- ‘ importance. It is a waste of preservative, effort and money ‘into ties an amount of preservative which will protect ties their ‘mechanical life because after the tie has once failed ically it is removed from the track and destroyed. With costly particularly such as are given by the full- ce'l creosote lis problem is of immense importance to railroads, as it may a waste of hundreds of thousands of dollars yearly. If the ton- of the road is light, as with many traction companies, the argu- lere advanced for tie plating and more expensive fastenings of such immediate importance. In fact, in such cases it may ve inadvisable to tie plate, especiaily if the ties are made of . In this paper I wish to discuss briefly the protection of chanical causes of failure and will not go into the sub- than to indicate certain points of interest to timber treat- Iroad engineers. By the mechanical destruction of ties I wear and spike cutting. tection of ties from rail wear is secured by means of tie se serve two primary functions: (1) The protection of om the crushing and pounding action of the rail due to the of rolling stock; (2) the protection of the tie from the grind- of the rail caused by its tendency to creep and vibrate. at variety of plates has been advocated to protect ties from They may be classed, however, as wood and metal e former are rather extensively used abroad, and are also in this country. From the experience which we have had n in different test tracks laid in co-operation with American e results have not thus far been satisfactory. Wood plates or no reinforcement to spikes when these are subjected thrust ; consequently, spikes are more likely to bend and ing is likely to occur. Furthermore, the plates often tend 9se from under the rail and if spikes are driven through y split badly. In some of our tests, where wood plates were | to the ties, they actually became imbedded in the ties. If tted so that the plate can be inserted in such a manner er surface will be level with the top of the tie many of ons are overcome, but this method of treatment increases reparing ties for service and also weakens them. . satisfactory results have thus far been secured, in our ex- at least, with metal plates. These vary considerably in y be classed into two types, viz., pronged or ridged plates tes. The object of the former class is to imbed the plate thus making it a part of the tie and assisting the spikes a . spread. The chief disadvantage we have noted to e of plate is its tendency to gouge into the wood and at times ly destroy it. The untreated interior of the ties is thus ex- the weather and decay is readily admitted. Flat plates do is objection, but are troublesome at times in that they se and rattle under the rail. Furthermore, they simply the tie and offer no reinforcement to the ‘spike against st. ature in tie-plate construction which has perhaps not been erious attention to which it is entitled is the size of plate kind of tie on which it is to be placed. A light, small tie- little or no value in protecting the tie from destruction. sary to have the plate of sufficient surface area so that the action of the rail will be distributed as widely as possible, e sufficient thickness, so that no buckling will occur. As is nown, the various woods which are now manufactured into ffer very appreciably in hardness and in crushing strength. lolly pine, etc., are considerably weaker than black locust e oak, for example. If cedar ties are interspersed in a track “oak ties and the same sized tie-plates are placed upon e cedar ties are going to fail from mechanical destruction far than the white oak ties. That track is best laid which try its proportionate share of a passing load; there- re best result, tie-plates should Ee so designed that the Th A LA ET RET NM STE AT RE AGN CO ee = SS Se eee D CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 41 unit loads placed on various kinds of ties wi!l be approximately the same. Perhaps best results are secured by placing in the track ties of uniform hardness, at least in given stretches. The Forest Products Laboratory has made over 2,000 tests on about seventy species of timber to determine their resistance to crush- ing when the force is applied at right angles to the grain as in the case of crossties. I have taken as my standard for comparison with other woods a white oak tie. A number of woods are stronger than white oak, and hence the size of tie-plate which they would require would be smaller than that required by white oak. On the other hand, most of the ties have a less crushing resistance than the standard white oak tie, and for this reason require larger plates. There is a fixed relation between the specific gravity or dry weight of the wood and its strength; in other words, woods which are light in weight are low in crushing resistance, while woods heavy in weight offer consider- able resistance to crushing. It might be claimed that this property of . hardness or strength should be considered in fixing the price of cross- ties; that is, ties which have a low crushing strength, and which con- sequently require a large-sized tie-plate in order to be protected from mechanical destruction, should, other things being equal, sell at a lower price in an untreated condition than similar ties which are heavier and which offer greater resistance to mechanical destruction. If this principle were carried out in practice it would result in some cases in a readjustment of tie-plates. It is felt that such a readjust- ment is warranted from the standpoint of efficient track maintenance. The question has frequently arisen, “What effect have the dif- ferent preservative processes upon the strength of ties?” This mat- ter has been investigated by Dr. W. K. Hatt at Purdue University. The difference in strength between treated and untreated ties, except in the cases of those treated with crude oil, is so slight as to make this a matter of little practical importance. Of course, this statement assumes that the ties are properly treated and not injured by excessive heating or other causes. The function of spikes is to hold the rail to the tie, which, an- alyzed, means that they must exert a resistance to pull and resistance to lateral thrust, the former resulting from the so-called “bumping” of the rail, the latter accentuated by the centrifugal force exerted by the train in rounding curves. As in the case of plates, a great many methods have been advocated for fastening rails to ties. The Patent Office is filled with devices aiming to secure this apparently simple end. I cannot even attempt to consider.all of the various schemes advocated but will call your attention to three types of construction in more or less extended use. These involve the use of the cut spike, and the dowel. The cut spike is by far the most generally employed in this country. It is cheap, enables a quick laying of the rail, and is easily applied. When freshly driven in sound, heavy timber it also gives very satisfactory results. It has, however, been subject to severe criticism because it frequently becomes loose in ties and under such condition may cause an unsafe track. This feature has led to con- siderable experimenting in an effort to overcome these disadvantages. The screw spike has been most successful thus far in removing the chief criticism levied against the cut spikes, viz., its low holding | power. Screw spikes, however, are more costly than cut spikes and more difficult to insert in the track. Their use, however, is growing and will doubtless continue to do so, as this form of spike possesses considerable merit. In a large number of tests made at Purdue Uni- versity, a part of which were conducted by the Forest Service, it was found that screw spikes had from 1.7 to 3.8 times the strength of common cut spikes against pull, and from 1.2 to 2.4 times the lateral resistance of the common spike. In round numbers one screw spike is about as efficient as two cut spikes so far as holding the rail to the tie is concerned. The large number of ties cut from comparatively soft woods, such .as loblolly pine, have encouraged certain roads to experiment with hardwood dowels. These are simply plugs of hardwood, such as red oak, usually creosoted, screwed into the tie. The spike is then driven or screwed into this hardwood dowel. By this method a very firm grasp of the rail to the tie is secured, and should the spike become loose and worn, the hardwood dowel can be unscrewed from the tie and a new one inserted. Of course, such a method of treatment is expensive; and, furthermore, it has a disadvantage in that it weakens the tie unless the bal!ast is kept in very good condition. Where it has been put to practical test this method has, however, yielded. very sat- isfactory results. This is a feature of preparing ties for service which is also of comparatively recent origin in this country.. As by far the larger majority of crossties now in use are hewn, the problem of securing a uniform bearing of the rail or tie-plate on the tie is of great import- ance. Unfortunately, common practice in this country consists in adzing such ties after they have been treated. This removes the pre- served layer of wood at the very point where its protection is most needed. In order to secure best practice it is absolutely essential to 42 have the rail or tie-plate bear uniformly on hewn ties, and the proper time to adze is before the ties are treated, and not after. While the mechanical adzing of ties is still in its infancy, it is quite likely mach- inery to do this work will become a part of the well-equipped tie- treating plant. Another feature in too limited use at present is the boring of the ties for the insertion of spikes. When screw spikes are used it is absolutely essential to bore a hole into the tie in order to insert them, and if this hole is bored after the tie is treated the unprotected interior is more or less exposed to decay. Boring should, therefore, be prefer- ably done before the ties are treated. Even with the ordinary cut spike, boring is of direct value. The spikes driven into a hole three- eighths inch in diameter has a greater holding power than spikes driven into the tie not bored. This is due to the fact that when a spike is driven into a bored tie the fibres are not crushed to the same extent as when no boring has been made. The following general conclusions can be drawn from this paper: (1) The increasing number of treated ties being used in this coun- try is increasing the importance of protecting them from mechanical destruction because the problem of protection from decay is being rapidly solved. To secure best results, therefore, a protection of treated ties from rail and spike cutting is strongly recommended. (2) It is believed that, other things being equal, the size of the tie-plate should depend upon the kind of tie with which it is to be used. Soft ties demand a larger plate than hard ties. It is felt that this fact should be recognized in fixing upon the price of various timbers for crossties. (3) Preservative treatments with creosote and zinc chloride wheti properly made affect the strength of ties so slightly that any differ- ence in crushing value is of little or no practical importance. (4) On account of their holding power screw spikes are preferred to cut spikes and can be recommended where high-class construction is desired. (5) Adzing and boring ties, particularly the adzing of hewn ties, prior to treatment, is considered of prime importance in preparing them for service. Adzing after treatment should be classed bad prac- tice, as it exposes or tends to expose the interior of ties to decay at a point where protection is most needed. Quarterly Report on Glasgow Trade Edmiston & Mitchells, Glasgow, in their quarterly timber circular under date of March 31st, report as follows :—Business in this market opened somewhat promisingly at the beginning of the year, and a short spell of reasonably good trade was experienced, but unfortun- ately these conditions were not maintained for any length of time, a growing tone of dullness having latterly overspread the market. It is somewhat difficult to account satisfactorily for the diminishing de- mand, although the acute tension in home politics recently has un- doubtedly had an adverse influence on business, and the clearing of the air in this direction would certainly do much to restore confidence, which has been sadly wanting of late. There is further, rightly or wrongly, a growing conviction amongst buyers that values will attain to lower levels in the near future, and such being the case, it is natural to find a tendency to restrict purchases as much as possible to the covering of immediate requirements only. It cannot be denied that values generally have been shaping easier, which is partly due, how- ever, to the fall which has occurred in freights. Imports from British North America Yellow pine logs.—The only sales reported since the opening of the year were 25 logs Ist class wood and some 80 logs 2nd class wood, low prices being obtained in both instances, but more particularly as regards the latter. Little or no enquiry exists to give hope of any early appreciable reduction being affected in the heavy stocks. Oak logs.—A moderate demand has been in evidence, chiefly for first class timber of good average size, in which some selling has trans- . pired at firm values. Small and 2nd quality woods have been little asked for, and there are still considerable stocks of such on hand. Southern States timber has met with rather better request, engender- ed, no doubt, by the scarcity of sizeable Quebec logs. Elm logs.—A few sales were reported of Ist class rock elm, con- sisting chiefly of wood suitable for shipbuilding requirements, at firm prices. Some contracting business, also transpired, although to a lesser extent than usual. The stock on hand amounts to 1,121 loads, and averages 40 cubic feet per log. Birch.—Logs.—Arrivals were few and light in extent. A fairly steady business has passed at quite firm prices, and the heavy stocks carried over from last year are being gradually reduced. Contract business this year was of a rather restricted nature. Planks.—The import was of trifling extent. A moderate business has transpired from stored stocks, while a limited amount of contracting was ar- ranged. Yellow pine deals and sidings——The demand has shown some improvement, a fair amount of selling having been witnessed since CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER a te the opening of the year, and stocks have been appreciably re Sidings have met with better request, although at unsatis prices generally. Third pine deals, 11-inch by 3-inch, have co ed reasonably steady sale, and the stock of these is now well r Shippers have this season only fixed contracts to a moderate e buyers in instances showing an inclination to take the chance of able to fill their requirements on the open market rather than con themselves at shippers’ quotations. ; Liverpool Market Report Smith & Tyrer, Limited, Liverpool, England, in their trade bulletin, report upon trade conditions during the m March as follows:—There is a lack of confidence shown by the porters, who in most cases are inclined to adopt a “wait and policy. A normal business has been done, but there is no ela: about the demand. Pitch pine has not been much enquired fo sales have mostly consisted of parcels forced off under The situation is unsatisfactory and prospects are not pron Hewn timber-is in little demand. Sawn timber, after going stt in sympathy with freights, has fallen again to its previous low Prime lumber is in better demand but lower qualities are d sell. Hardwoods generally are moving off slowly. Sp locally, have been over imported by the liners and prices and will fall further unless a wiser policy is adopted. It to flood an overstocked market. Good stocks for season hold their own in value chiefly owing to the firmness of sel deals—Lower Port deals are wanted, but there is not r able. Ottawas keep their small but steady demand. Hemloc pers are not inclined to accept prices offered. Pacific Coast moving slowly. There is an ample stock of Douglas fir 1 spruce.—The reduction in prices has tended to stimulate th and the market for this material is expanding. -* Se Lumbermen’s Building at the Panama E The Lumbermen’s Building and House of Hoo-Hoo y be erected at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition i of a committee of lumbermen, representative of all inter was recently appointed. The executive secretary is Mr. Boegle, Jr., who has opened offices in the Fife Building, cisco, where visiting lumbermen and others identified with the industry will be welcome at all times. The building will be one-storey structure, covering a large area and surrounde nificent gardens. Its artistic treatment and landscape gard to be of so high a character that the exposition authorities it a choice site in the South Gardens facing the Horticultura ings. The building will combine the requirements of an exhibition hall and the comforts of a luxurious club house. 1 sion has also been made for the great national congresses an ventions of organizations allied with the lumber industry. getic steps are now being taken to secure the necessary f the erection of the building. 2 apes | of, as co ly Personal Paragraphs ; Mr. Simpson, of Brown & Simpson, lumber merchants, | O71 is on a business visit to Canada. af The many friends of Mr. Aubrey Cockburn, the v boat builder, of Pembroke, Ont., will be glad to learn slowly recovering from a serious attack of blood pois which he has been suffering during the past two months. : At the annual meeting of the Riordon Pulp and Paper Com held in Montreal, retiring officers and directors were re-ele lows:—Charles Riordon, President; Carl Riordon, vic Charles E. Read, secretary-treasurer; J. G. Riordon, F. W Walter G. White, E. J. Douglas, directors. Mr. Harvey A. Warner, formerly with the Imperial Lumber Company of Winnipeg, Man., who went in to b himself in Toronto recently, has accepted a position with the Lumber Company of Minneapolis, Minn., with whom he was employed for a period of six years. Mr. Warner has alread: up his duties at Minneapolis. = Mr. Kenneth M. Clark, who is associated in business wi James W. Sewall, of Old Town, Maine, will take charge, f months, of the field work in timber estimating and surveying Harvard Forest School senior class. The employment of a practi timber estimator and woodsman by the Forest School is a step the right direction. Mr. Clark has been associated with Mr. since 1907 in active field work, and has also found time to comp! a course in the Harvard Forest School. He therefore combin practical with the technical to an unusual degree. He has had c of several large contracts in forest surveying for Mr, Sewall, and shown marked ability in his chosen line of work, . : s — ST. i CANADA LUMBERMAN A Pointer on Selling by Width The increasing popularity of the system of selling hardwood lumber according to width, in order that the customer may be able to buy stock that will require the minimum amount of working in his factory, has developed a number of wrinkles that the lumberman has . need to look out for in handling the business. The necessity of pricing this stock in such a way that the in- creased expense of handling will be taken care of, along with a proper charge for the extra service performed in separating. the various dths, is well understood.. The customer is perfectly willing, as a le, to pay the added price, knowing that he is getting it at a figure hich is-a good deal less than the expense of working random widths ud involve. So this feature of _— ee is all right, from all Me é In the Settial measurement of Ts sole on this asis, how- yer, there are occasional troubles which are likely tobe overlooked __ by the dealer who has not given special study to the details of hand- _ ling this trade. In measuring according to widths the 12-foot scale is of course used. The inspector who tallies the lumber, unless he _has received special instructions in this connection, is likely to follow j the usual system, and “call up” widths which are over the half-inch ° mark, as well as “call back” those which are under. it. Inthe usuai _ system of measurement this is a satisfactory-method of equalizing | irregularities of width, and the force of habit is sufficiently ‘strong to result in the same plan being used when lumber is being loaded ac- cording to width, unless the inspector is apprised of the impractica- = Dility of using this plan. In order to dispose of the question—satisfactorily; the-only—safe plan is to use the minimum width alt the way through. If 7-inch widths are being picked out, only boards which are a full 7 inches in width, or over, can be used. Those which are 654 or 634 inches, and would ordinarily be tallied as 7-inch boards, must be thrown out, as far as that particular item is concerned, white if the same customer is buying lumber 6 inches wide, they can, of course, be used in that a connection. -__-—*‘The obvious objection to this plan is that the buyer gets all the better of it. He gets the benefit of all. the “breaks,” ‘since the seller cannot equalize them by giving himself the increased measurement ‘on the “overs,” as he does in the case of most shipments. The cus- 4 tomer gets as 6-inch lumber all the boards that are 6 inches and over _ in width, and pays for 7-inch stock on the basis of all the boards that are between 7 and 8 inches in width. __ Those who have not given this question attention may be inclined to discount its importance and to estimate the footage involved in a ad as too small to worry about. That this impression is not correct was borne out by a recent experience of a hardwood concern. A car- load of thin quartered oak: of..a given width was-shipped to a chair manufacturing concern. The inspector who loaded the lumber was a well qualified and thoroughly experienced man, but he had not gone into the matter of tallying according to widths ina case of this kind, and for that reason he gave his concern the benefit of all the boards __ that were over the half-itich marks. The lumber was shipped and in due time the customer was heard ym. Though the distance was over a thousand miles his kick was it distinctly at the point of origin of the shipment, and that with- out the aid of a seismograph. He kicked on the measurement of the lumber entirely, and not on the grade, which was all right. But the surement differed from that of the shipper by over 1 000 feet! As is was on a shipment of good quartered oak stock the amount in- ved, as the reader will have anticipated, was enough to make the nbers of the:firm which made the sale do some tall figuring trying nderstand how it happened. A little correspondence developed fact that the buyer had measured the lumber in the form indi- d, while the shipper had used the ordinary board measurement tem, to his ultimate detriment. The worst feature of the whole sittation was the fact that. the chaser of the lumber could not use boards that were of less than e specified widths, because they had to be finished for use with that mension. The buyer, as a matter of fact, was purchasing dimen- on stock, although the result was obtained not by remanufacturing but by sorting, and obviously he specified widths that came as close Possible to the dimensions of the finished material. When he got er stock than this, he was unable to use it, no matter how y the argument might be made that it was unfair to the lum- to deprive him of “the measurement on all boards wider than mension specified. - 1 ninated most of the profit, but members of the firm are now ex- rienced enough to avoid making. the same mistake over again. , when they sell a car according to width they are going to ne loss in measurement which will result from the use of ale in this way and are going to at a price accord- AND WOODWORKER 43 This, incidentally, is the only solution of the problem. It might be argued that the proper way to handle it would be to sell according to half-inch divisions, and that when sorting for widths in the lumber yard to pile 6-inch, 6i4- -inch, 7-inch, 74-inch, etc., separately, so that when the time came to load out a car of any given dimension there would be no necessity of giving the buyer something for which he would not be called on to pay. But there are a number of practical difficulties in the way of the adoption of this plan. One is the greater amount of stock that would be needed to carry on the business, and to get a carload of any given dimension, and the other is that buyers se!'dom ask for widths of odd dimensions, usually ordering according to whole numbers. The plan which seems to fit in with the needs of the situation most exactly is to keep in mind the probable loss that will be suffered and then charge for it. The lumberman realizes thoroughly when he sells a car of selected stock that he has had to put in additional labor to sort out the special widths wanted; he probably has had to do a good deal of careful sales work in order to find buyers for the various widths, and consequently he knows that he must ask a price for the lumber which will take care of the extra expense. In the same way he can figure approximately, by reason of ex- perience (and he can make actual tests which will determine the facts), what the loss in measurement is when the 12-foot scale is used as described, compared with ordinary board measurement of random widths, and consequently the proper system is to make an allowance in the price for this factor. Otherwise the result is likely to be a smaller profit per thousand than appeared from a superficial examina- tion of the price at which the lumber was sold, compared with the figures quoted on unsorted material. Another point that should be remembered in sorting lumber ac- cording to width, with the idea of being able to offer special service to the consumer, is that the especially wide stock necessarily must carry a higher margin of profit than the narrower boards. This is for the reason that the wide stuff usually has a considerable premium anyway, and the lumberman could get this without sorting if he were to sell on a basis of a shipment containing a given percentage of wide stock. As far as these items are concerned the labor of sorting them is more or less unnecessary, from a sales standpoint, and is not. re- quired in order to get the maximum price for them. It is, however, a big convenience for the buyer who has been contenting himself with buying random widths, with a guaranteed percentage of wide stock, to be able to buy that class of lumber exclusively if he needs it, and he consequently should pay more in proportion for it than would be indi- cated by the premium offered for the percentage of extra wide stock included in an ordinary shipment. As a matter of fact, many lumbermen who have gone into the question of sorting for widths have found that it is much easier to get the advanced price which they ask for narrow stock tian for wide. Consumers who have been using the narrow stuff, but buying random widths and having to do a lot of ripping in order to get the right dimensions, have realized at once what a big saving they are making in securing the dimensions they need, while those who want wide stock have been getting a good deal of it by the payment of a com- paratively small premium for its inclusion in a shipment of random widths. They fail to realize the extent of the service offered them by the lumberman who is prepared to give them exactly the widihs they need. The lumber dealer who is featuring the sale of special widths is a good deal like the millman who is cutting up his lumber into dimen- sion stock: he must get a price commensurate with the added value he has given his lumber if he is going to be able to continue handling it in that way. The surest method of coming to grief in this business, - just as in dimension manufacture, is neglecting the cost of performing the various features of the operation and failing to make a proper charge for them. Only by studying all of the elements involved and determining the proper price with reference to them can a fair piofit on every sale be insured Hardwood Record. Quebec Wharfage and Storage Charges on Wood and Pulp New wharfage and storage charges have been fixed by the Que- bec Harbor Commissioners in a new set of by-laws which they passed, and which were approved by the government at Ottawa recently. lt is provided that lumber, timber and wood pulp for export will be free of wharfage charges, while pulpwood will be charged at the rate of 12% cents per cord. The storage chargés will be as follows: On timber, lumber, pulpwood, ties, etc., per square of twelve feet, $1 per square per month or part of a month. Buffalo jobbers are figuring on placing an order for 3,000,000 feet of yellow pine, a great part of it being bill stuff, says the American Lumberman. They look upon this trade as bound to improve steadily, especially as they find that the lumber can be sold in Canada. The prospect , is that Canada will soon be receiving much more lumber than it is selling to the United States unless it be the spruce and cedar that goes down the coast toward New York. we ‘ “ ~~ ae WANTED PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other than “Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements of ‘“‘Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. 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Box 945, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 3-8 ee See Hardwood Piles Birch, Beech or Wanted immediately, straight and found Maple Piles, cut from live timber, not less than 8-in. tops and 14- in. butts—length 35 to 40 ft. State best price and point of shipment. Box 9, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 8 Wanted to Buy One million feet 1-in. Dead Cull Pine, also fifty thousand feet 1-in. Cull Spruce or Hemlock. Apply M. BRENNEN & SONS, 6-9 Hamilton, Ont. Wanted To Buy—1000 Birch Logs fresh, clean, straight and sound, 14-in. and up diameter at small end, 8 ft. to 16 ft. long. Delivery to commence as soon as possible. Terms: 75 per cent. cash when alongside track at railway station, balance when loaded Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Mont- on cars. real, stating best price. tf Wanted to Buy 250,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 C. & B; Basswood, winter sawed. Ten cars 4/4 x 12-in. and up Soft Elm. One car 4/4, 6/4 and 8/4 1s and 2s Soft Elm. Box 998, Toronto 7-10 Canada Lumberman, Lath and Lumber Wanted 1000 M. 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Mill Machinery For Sale Complete saw mill plant for sale including two single cutting band mills, gang, and all equipment in first class working order. For particulars apply to the Dickson Company, Peterboro, Ont. 5-8 Second Hand Machinery 150 to 175 h.p. Corliss Engine, 16-in. x 36-in., new two years ago. 75 to 100 h.p. Brown Automatic, 13-in, x 30-in., in excellent condition. 500 to 750 h.p. Buckeye; a good sawmill engine. Boilers, 72-in. x 18-ft. and 54-in. x 14-ft. THOMAS HOBBS, Mail Building, T-t.£. Toronto, Ont. Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 26 cents. Position wanted as circular saw filer. Nine years’ experience. W. C. Morton, Richmond, Ont. 8 _ Position wanted as _ sawyer. Circular. single or double cut band saw. Box 306, Parry Sound, Ont. 8-11 EXPERIENCED LUMBER INSPECTOR wants position. Address Box 986, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 6-9 Position wanted as band saw filer, double or single cut. First-class references. Ad- dress Box 972, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. Ss COST CLERK desires position with a woodworking concern. Ability to organize. Practical and experienced. Best of refer- ences. Box 990, Canada Lumberman, Toron- to. 7-8 Position wanted as band saw filer, or can take full charge of resaw band. Four years’ experience. Strictly temperate. State wages offered. Box 985, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 6-8 Saw filer, band or circular, wants position, 25 years’ good experience, No booze fighter. Good references. Can give satisfaction. Box 300, Canada Lumberman, 119 Board of Trade, Montreal. 5-8 First class sawyer wants position for the coming season on right hand single cutting band mill. 382 years of age. Strictly sober and steady. Six years’ experience sawing on fast mills. First class recommends. Ray Cole, Norwich, Pa. 8 Experienced White Pine Shipper and Sales- man wants position, either in the manufac- turing or wholesale end. « Practical knowledge of the lumber business from stump to market. Best of references. Address Box 7, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 8 Position wanted as Lumber Inspector of soft and hard wood. Could act as Salesman. Twenty-six years’ experience. Capable of superintending manufacture of lumber in big saw mill. .Speaks French and English. P. Provost, Box 157, Hull, Que. 8 Wanted—Position By Experienced Manager To take charge of lumbering operations. Can get results and furnish the highest cre- dentials. Canadian. Box 973, Canada Lum- berman, Toronto, Ont. 8 / Wanted-Employees si Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents WANTED—Experienced book-keeper _ for retail lumber business. State fully previous experience. Box 6, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 8 WANTED—Lumber Traveller for Ontario. Would prefer young man with experience. Reply confidential. Box 5, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto: 8-11 WANTED—One band sawyer and one set- ter for mill with steam feed and nigger and steam set works. Apply to Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited, Cabano, P.Q s WANTED—tThe Fraser Brook Lumber Company, authorized capital $100,000, paid up $53,000, want agent to sell oi balance of stock (shares). Apply to J. E. Pineau, Secretary, Fraserville, Que. 7-8 WANTED—Two band saw setters, two edgermen. Mill starts April, Prince Albert Lumber Company, Ltd 7-8 Prince Albert, Sask. For Sale—Retail Lumber Yard and Planing mill, $5,000. Stock at invoice prices. Last year’s business $25,800. Natural — gas power. Railway siding. 400 ft. metal sheds, etc. Caledonia Milling Co, Ltd, Caledonia, Ontario. 6-9 Active Partner Wanted to join practical man now - ing sawmill at Barriere, B.C., on the C. N. R. Within easy reach of Prairie markets and a plentiful supply of good lumber . Write Box 997, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 7-9 Money To Invest Thoroughly practical lumber and mill man has $2,000 to invest in a good going lumber _ concern, in which he could have a responsible position. Can handle any part, logging or — milling operation. Address Box 248, Wood- stock, N.B. 8 Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. is where buyers of timber property look for op- portunities to invest. If your “ad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumber: Toronto, Ont. a For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sounds Rail and cargo shipping facilities. —— log pond. ‘Ten and a half acres of lan Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, .To- ronto, Ont. 8-t.f. For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hard tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also saw and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 19-t.f. Big Money in Silos Big money can be made in properly con- structed wooden silos and tanks. We “ large U. S. manufacturers and have unques- tionably the best methods for silo and construction. We want to sell our Patents outright to some live manufacturi firm in Canada. For particulars address 1, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. British Columbia Saw Mill and Timber Limit | For Sale A 25-thousand feet capacity Saw Mill, 90 million feet first class Spruce, Red Hemlock and Yellow Cedar, etc., under B Special License. At good shipping point Prince Rupert, B.C. Inspection invited. ei P. O. Box 456, Prince For Sale Complete sawmill outfit, practically ne capacity 12 M. ft. hardwood. Marine boi 50 h.p., and Dutch oven. 40 h.p. engine. 4 carriage with overset lever. Cable Friction canter. Double edger; cut-off and a full complement of large and samll saws and belting, including a 14-inch 2-ply leathe driving belt. Frame building, iron roof. Also Long Mfg. Co. Clipper Shingle chine in best of condition, and outfit c plete; will be sold with sawmill or sepa Mill at Angus, Ontario. Apply Fran aes Barrie, Ont., who will show: n or Chas. T. DePuy, Rochester, Nu¥a aa’ i mee Fine Timber Tracts he "We have a number of timber tracts for | sale in most all states at low prices and ! yeasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts } that are offered for quick sale. Write us what om want, we have it. |” ‘THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber nds, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills r sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ge cut-over lands, and a general real-estate iness. 1-t.f. j Liquidator’s Sale of Valuable Sawmill Pro- __ perty and Plant ‘ Re: Winding Up Act, R.S.C. Chapter 144, and Re: Charlton Sawmill Company Limited With the approbation of the Master-in- | Ordinary of the Supreme Court of Ontario, The ‘itle and Trust Company, the liquidator herein, will up to 12 o’clock noon of the 2nd day of May, 1914, receive at its office, Traders Bank Building, Number 61 Yonge Street, To- ronto, sealed tenders marked “Charlton Saw- mill Company, Limited ‘Tenders,’ for the purchase of the real and personal property of the Company hereunder mentioned. ‘The advertisement and tenders pursuant thereof are subject (as to chattels) to private sale by the liquidator in the meantime. Parties desirous of submitting tenders may ‘inspect the said property or any of the articles hereby offered and the inventory thereof up- on application to the liquidator, The Title and Trust Company, at its said office or to Thomas Hoy, Collingwood, Ontario, for both the freehold and chattels en blos or separately for each or any part of machinery or chattels. Description of Property PARCEL 1. Consisting of about 20 acres within the Town limits of Collingwood, County of Simcoe, Ontario, the particular desciiption of which may be obtained from the liquidator, and upon which are erected the mill building, the office building, dwell- ing and boarding house. ' PARCEL 2. ALL AND SINGULAR the machinery of said sawmill consisting partly of one Waterous single cutting band, one Garland single cutting band, steam niggers, steam kickers, 10 inch steam feed, one double Garland edger, live rollers, trimmers, 200 feet of transfer, ete., ete. _ The mill is in good condition and running order with a capacity of about 80,000 feet per 10 hour day. _ The Real Estate is subject to a first mort- " gage upon which the balance of principal money unpaid and interest up to and _ in- __ cluding the date of this notice is the sum of $2,162.16; and to a second mortgage upon which such balance is the sum of $5,836.30. 7 These mortgages to be assumed by purchaser. Conditions of Sale ge _ ‘Tenders will be a sum including said _ mortgages. An accepted cheque payable to the liqui- _ dator for 10 per cent. of the amount tendered Shall accompany each tender which will be ‘returned if tender is not accepted. The pur- gaia will be required to pay an additional per cent. on notice that tender has been ? accepted, the remainder to be secured to the _ Satisfaction of the liquidator and payable with interest at 5 per cent. per annum in equal _ portions in 30 and 60 days after acceptance of tender, possession of chattels on payment of 50 per cent. and completion of said se- ‘curity. Possession and conveyance of the real estate on payment in full with proper adjustments. The highest or any tender not ecessarily accepted. _ No warranty is given by the liquidator and rs one expressed or implied shall arise in ac- ceptance of any tender. _ The purchaser will be required to search ihe title at his own expense and the liquidator 1 not be required to produce any title leeds or muniments of title or abstract of le other than those in its possession. : ted at Toronto this 1st day of April, A.D. 1914. THE TITLE AND TRUST COMPANY, Liquidator. JOHNSTON, McKAY, DODS & GRANT, ‘a Solicitors for the Liquidator. Wanted—Rails ms No, 12 relaying rails, new or scc- _ Also 1 Frog and Switch, one turn two Lumber Trucks for 3-ft. track. Bros., Ltd., Canonto, Ont. CANADA LUMBERMAN Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Also, Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, 22-t.f. Brantford, Canada. Uses for “Wood Waste” Sawdust is now becoming of sufficient value to ship it to points where it can be used for ice pack- ing, stable bedding, stuffing for upholstery, packing glassware, for shipment of metals, crockery, etc. Sawdust is even used for the manufacture of gunpowder and in Europe it is compressed into briquettes and sold for fuel. A few plants have already been organized for utilizing sawdust for briquettes. Slabs, edgings and tops are now being profitably converted into cooperage stock, broom and other handles, wood turnery, wooden dishes and novel- ties, dowels, furniture rounds, etc. These small things seem un- important at first, yet there were used last year in New York State alone over 800,000 board feet of wood for dowels which are small wooden pins used principally to hold parts of chairs and other kinds of furniture together. Over 962,000 board feet of hardwoods were used for such small articles as shuttles, spools and bobbins. Brushes and brooms consumed over a million and a half board feet, while such apparently un- important materials as toys used nearly 3,000,000 board feet of wood in one year. All of these articles and a great variety of BAUGHMAN’S BUYER AND SELLER Special Price, $1.60 Canada Lumberman -_ Toronto mito IANOFFICE®Scy ¢ JANADIANOFEIEs Shon fauu Montreal Engineering Co., Limited, 164 St. James Street, Montreal. Timber limits examined, cruised and surveyed. Waterpowers developed. Pulp and Paper Mills de- signed and constructed. Projects financed. AND WOODWORKER others can be made from mill waste, short lengths, defective butts and tops that have formerly been considered of no value and left in the woods. Last year over 470,000,000 board feet were used in New York for boxes and crat- ing. This is equivalent in itself to about 3/5 of the total lumber of the State. Many Uses for Oak and Ash The London Timber News says that to the uninitiated in these matters, the vast quantities of oak timber that are annually cut up to keep pace with the trade for boards and all other converted wood sizes seems out of all pro- portion to the number of trees 45 that are annually felled. But then it must be remembered that an oak tree of, say, fifty cubic feet content will cut into a very large amount of boarding, posts, poles, or any of the hundred-and-one uses to which the timber is ap- plied. For furniture manufacture and wagons for mineral traffic, building materials, dome and roofs of public buildings, cart and wag- on bottoms, wheel spokes, railway sprags and many other important purposes where great strength and lasting properties of the wood are points of consideration, oak timber is largely in use. Ash tim- ber is no less useful, especially where strength and suppleness of the wood are qualities in request. ( REGISTERED) RED PINE DRY 8 x 1l 3 x 10 3x9 3x5 3x 4 3’ Shorts 23x 9 23 x 8 2x12 2x 10 2x8 2x6 2x 4 5/4 6/4 x 11 6/4 x B 6/4 x 5 6/4 x 4 5/4 x 9 4/4 to 8/4 Clear and Clear Face. Watson & Todd, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. All our Loaders, Kickers and Canters are made with cylinders of the style shown in the cut. Check Valves are provided in each end, and all piping between valve and cylinder is eliminated. These cylinders are extra heavy and very dur- able, and are absolutely guaranteed by us. We carry in. stock at all times a complete line of Log Deck Machinery—so we can always serve you promptly. Shall we send our Catalogue ? William Hamilton Company Peterborough - Ontario 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Review of Current Trade Conditions" Ontario Very contradictory reports have been received from Northern On- tario regarding the outlook for the drive this spring. The situation apparently is one which leads to much uncertainty. So far as could be gathered from a number of reports, however, there was a large amount of ice in the lakes up to the middle of April, and, as a great many of the rivers in the north have been improved for driving purposes, tlie probability is that, what with the water conserved by dams and the water which will come when the ice melts, there will be a good supply for the drives. In spite of this, however, a number of northern opera- tors have been expressing pessimistic views regarding the outlook. Some operators are of the opinion that the drive will result in a large quantity of logs being held up, while others express a firm conviction that the drive will be one of the best that has been experienced in many years. There is apparently no means of determining in advance just what conditions will be. There is no doubt that the output in the woods during last winter was secured under exceptionally favorable weather conditions and was large enough to furnish plenty of stocks for the coming season’s trade, if the drives are successful. From retailers in many parts of the province we gather that trade, although quiet, has been of a fairly satisfactory nature during the past month and that the outlook for the summer is fairly promising. Farmers are reported to be in a very sound condition financially. Col- lections, although dragging to some extent, have been fairly good, most parties coming forward with payments when pressed. Prices are about the same as they were a year ago, with the exception of a few lines which may be scarce in particular localities. Retailers report that most of the yards are fairly well stocked for the spring trade, and apparently the large majority of them are confidently expecting that, once the building season has definitely opened, the demand for lumber will be quite satisfactory. A noticeable improvement is reported in trade conditions at Ot- tawa, practically every lumberman being now a great deal busier than he was a fortnight ago. American buyers have made a number of im- portant purchases. Building operations are much larger than they were a year ago, as indicated by permits during the past month for buildings valued at $307,800 as compared with $194,489 during the corresponding month of last year. The indications are that the cut in the Ottawa Valley this year will be considerably larger than last year. Sash and door factories are very busy. Eastern Canada The backward spring season has retarded building operations at Montreal, but dealers report that the volume of business is growing steadily. A number of Montreal yards report that they have made a larger turnover during 1914 to date than during. the corresponding period of 1913. The outlook for the export trade with Great Britain is not very bright, according to recent advices from England. This situation will be rendered still less satisfactory by an increase in rail- way freight rates from the Ottawa district, averaging about one cent a hundred pounds, of which the railway companies have given notice. Reports from Boston state that nearly all the large producers are asking $25 for spruce dimension, although some sales are still re- ported at $24.50. Backward spring weather is inducing retailers to hesitate about their purchases. It is expected, however, that the $25 basis quotation will continue. The movement of random is slow, but a firmer tendency is reported. Quotations are mentioned at $21.50 for 2 x 3 and $22.50 for 2 x 4, while for 2 x 5,2 x 6, and 2 x 7 the price ranges from $20 to $21. Sales of 2 x 8 are reported at $22. The demand for 2 x 10 and 2 x 12 is dull, quotations being at $24 to $24.50 and $24.50 to $25 respectively. Spruce covering boards are hard to sell at $22.50. The demand for No. 2 matched spruce boards is quiet, ‘the price ranging from $24.50 to $25 or lengths of 10 to 16 ft. Since Canadian beaded spruce boards have been refused free entry by cus- toms officials, it has been easier to maintain the price. The outlook for spruce at New York is rather uncertain, although most of the yards have much lower stocks than is usual at this time of year. The hardwood trade at Boston is a little more active than it was a few weeks ago and prices are steadier. Plain oak, one inch, is sell- ing at $61 to $66 and maple at $33 to $40. Other quotations are :— brown ash, $58 to $60; basswood, $43 to $45; red birch, $54 to $56; sap birch, $44 to $47; cherry, $95 to $100; white quartered oak, $88 to $92. _ It is difficult to report upon the value of lath at Boston. .Someé SS 7 6 a ~ - om | business, however, is going on steadily at $4.25" for 15%-in., wi $4.15 and $4.10 are also reported. The demand is not so good as should be at this time of year. The usual quotation for 14-ir is $3.75 to $3.80. Shingles are moving slowly. Standard es quoted in most cases at $3.65 and white cedar clears at $3 to with second clears at $2.75 to $3. Supplies of inten gre said to be heavy. Great Britain ) Considering the time of year, the lumber trade in Great | is comparatively brisk. A number of rumours are current heavy reductions in prices, some of them being based upe Nevertheless, pricés in general are about steady and the tone market,continues strong. Throughout Great Britain the wood r is probably i in as flourishing a condition as in any other coun in view of the general feeling that the commercial depression wi be of short duration, reduction in f.o.b. values are not expe permanent, even for the present season. uNo further drop i is expected. The Timber Trades Fancaal of London, in its latest i issue, “As far as the timber business is concerned, it is well” that the trend of the Canadian export trade is in the direc curtailment of supplies to the United Kingdom, largely by the steady expansion of the domestic and American dem position is further emphasized by the statistics just issued which show that with the exception of pine, birch and elm t increase in the export to the United Kingdom, while the | of manufactured wood goods for this market is appreciably 1 etc., being down more than half in value as compared with ceding year. It is noteworthy that the mahogany receivec side amounted to 397,821 feet, a little more than during ing year. On the other hand, Canada’s export of timber States. showed no diminution, but a slight increase, and from that quarter indicates a marked increase upon notably in oak, pitch pine, shingles,” etc. At London, the trade is in a rather complicated position of stock complaining of the difficulty in making satisfactc while, on the other hand, deliveries week by week maintain tals. For the week ending March 2lst, the deliveries a 3,211 standards as compared with 2,465 standards . during responding week of last year. A little more activity is reported at Liverpool in connec forward buying of spruce deals, several cargoes having beet at figures somewhat higher than present prices for liner Liner parcels are arriving more freely than importers desir prices obtained have suffered. The spot market at Liverp steady, but the volume of trade is small. The demand for ( pine deals is limited. The principal importers are apparentl to allow their Ottawa purchases to remain awaiting shipt the market condition is more proulies Tinea in| c.i.f. terms are light. t United ae Reports upon lumber trade ‘conditions in the United State tinue to vary greatly according to localities; weather conditions prospects and financial and industrial situations having a | to do with individual reports. In the southern pine trade a m ful condition is reported. Building operations in many of cities are progressing at a seasonable rate and in some cities pected to surpass those of last year.. The northern pine trade active, but the demand cannot be said to be more than mo Prices ‘of northern pine are-steady. The hemlock trade is prices unchanged. The volume of new business for hemloc east is light, although there are good prospects for the buil mand. Retail yard stocks of hemlock in the upper lake countr ported to be low and a good demand is expected with the op navigation. .Irregularity is reported in the demand for hard which apparently is. not yet up to the volume that was expect in the year. Prices, however, are firmly held in general. Plain moving steadily and,there.is a fair demand for ash. Northern woods 1 remain very firm. Birch logs are said to have been sold in W1 consin as high as $25, a thousand on cars, which is from $2 to $3 h than the prices of-a “year ago. Elm is also about $2 higher t year. One-inch maple is very firm and there is a better dem I basswood than there has been for some time. 2 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER B. P. Bote, Pres. F. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Co., Limited Sarnia, Ontario View of Mills in Sarnia. BEAR IN MIND That we saw the year round and always have large stocks of Norway and White = Pine Lumber = Large timbers cut to order, any length up to 60 feet, from Pineand B.C. Fir. Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. 48 CANADA LUMBERMAN Market St. John Trade Continues Quiet St. John, N.B., April 7; (Special to the Canada Lumberman) :— There is very lhttle change in the situation at this point up to the present. ‘Lhe spring weather is very slowly warming up, the ice sull remains solid in the rivers and lakes and unless warm rains set in immediately, it looks very much as if the lumber mills at St. John will not get in full blast before the first of May, although last year the first ot April practically saw them all under steam and saw- ing. Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company have been operating their two mills for about a week. Messrs. Murray & Gregory’s mill began operations this morning; these are the only mills to start to date. Local business from the yards and factories has not increased to any great extent, owing largely to the cold backward weather, but business can be said to be better than it was. Very little heavy out- side work has yet begun. Prices for refuse, and low grade stocks which are used locally are somewhat higher than a year ago, but the advance is unlikely to continue when the mills start, as this time of year always sees the yards short of low grade stocks and a larger price is paid. Eleven dollars per thousand is now being paid at the mills for cuts of refuse boards, planks, scantlings and deals. Mer- chantable spruce boards, 4 in. and up wide, are bringing about $16 per thousand at the mills, for factory and local uses. Clears are selling at about $25 per thousand. Both the English and American markets are about marking time, the English market being much the better of the two, but stocks there are very heavy. This will not have any great effect upon the mills which have sold their cuts ahead for the season, as the buyers are well able to carry the stocks if necessary. This we hope will not be the case. The cuts, as explained some time ago, were so!d at $17 to $17.50 per thousand superficial feet for the ordinary English speci- fication. In the American market there is practically no business to be found, and therefore no market price has been established. In New York business is even worse than in New England. No stocks of any kind are moving forward from St. John to the American market, with the exception of a few laths. These are being sold at about $3.75, New York. Freights to the English market are very low, ranging from 35s to 37s 6d, with more tonnage offering than is needed. To American ports $3.00 per M. is the price to New York. Conditions for driving look very favorable up to date. Plenty of snow remains at river and the cold weather is preserving it, so that it has not wasted to any extent. _ The quantity of logs to be driven to booms of St. John River Log Driving Company this year will be about 54,000,000, should all get into boom limits. The company have not quite finished their arrange- ments for driving the lower corporation as yet. Prices for logs are not so high as they were some time ago, as the farmers here hauled in more logs than it was expected they would get earlier in the season. Montreal Trade Improving Gradually Montreal, April 11th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): Al though the season is backward, with a consequent tendency to retard building, lumber dealers state that business is satisfactory. It is pick- ing up in a very encouraging way, and several local yards report a larger turnover as compared with the corresponding period last year. The building returns for the first quarter of the year indicate that more permits are being taken out for residences, and that there is a decrease in those for the larger structures. For the three months the total value was $1,855,196, as against $1,867,847 in 1914. Tor last month the permits were for $959,496. It will of course be some time before navigation opens. but ad- vices from England are not optimistic as to the current year’s export business, particularly as regards pine. The proposed increase in rail- ‘way freights from the Ottawa district will be an unfavourable factor in this branch of the lumber trade, as it will mean an added charge to goods which already have to meet with keen competition in the open markets of Great Britain. The railway companies have given notice of an advance of lum- ber freights from Ottawa rate points, which materially affects Mon- treal. In order to meet water borne competition the companies have a lower tariff during the summer months, water carriage being always cheaper than railway carriage. In 1908 the rate was increased about Correspondence AND WOODWORKER SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD a cent per 100 pounds, and the companies now Beek still higher charg on the ground that the cost of maintenance has risen. The new ra apply to both domestic and export business, the increases va from Yac to 2c per 100 pounds, with an average of Ic per 100 pou There is a good demand for chemical pulp, and some of the € dian mills are oversold. The ground wood market is slow, 0 from the United States being scarce. In the eastern portion of United States the water conditions are very good, and until an alteration in this respect, Canadian mills will not recei business from over the border. Newsprint is a fairly good Advices from New York state that contracts have been rene last year’s prices. Ottawa Trade Again Active Ottawa, April 6th, (Special to the Canada Lumberm anticipated revival in trade has arrived with the coming Practically every lumberman in this district reports within the last two weeks has picked up to an encourag Several American buyers have visited local dealers and large purchases. Locally, indications are that the coming season will be breaker. Last month there were 44 building permits is city to the total value of $307,800, as against 38 permits f month last year, the value of which was $194,489 only. been no alterations in prices during the present month. Practically all the men are now out of the lumber can mills are in readiness to begin operations at any time. As ice is out of the rivers, driving will commence, which will April 20th. If nothing unforseen happens, most of the firr out the Ottawa Valley expect to make a considerably year than last. Nearly all of J. R. Booth’s large cut is balance will be, before many weeks. Ss Export firms’ are preparing for the opening of St. Lawrence, which will be towards the end of th the insurance companies do not put their policies i May 15th. is The sash and door Pir thvguenone the city ‘ales busy after a rather lengthy period of dullness. T Davidson now have 250 men working nine hours per d the ten-hour day will commence for the summer seaso is filling several large orders for boxes. At the mill Que., millwrights are putting the machinery into sh work about the 20th of April. The cut there this year 15,000,000 feet. Two new machines have just been le city factory, one a new 12-ton veneer press, made by the made by Baxter D. Whitney & Sons, Winchendon, Maes! Mr. Davidson, general manager of the Estate Davidson, says that are being prepared for displaying in the north frontage of » portable houses, refrigerators, etc., made by the firm. It is pri to put in four big plate glass windows, each 18 feet long and high. The products of the factory shown in these windows seen plainly by passengers coming out from the Broad street of the Canadian Pacific Railway. Mr. John R. Booth, head of the famous heataee firm th his name, celebrated his 87th birthday at his home yeste his birthday not fallen on Sunday this year, he would h it as he has most of his other birthdays by working. Al met with a severe accident at his plant a few months ago, he i able to get down to the mills at ae Chaudiere Falls every ¢ crutches. Mr. Gordon Edwards, of the W. C. Edwards Company, re et home last week after attending the annual convention of ihe Carolina Pine Association, held in Norfolk, Virginia. Sir Henry Egan, head of the Hawkesbury. Lumber Con m and Lady Egan, are spending a vacation at Hot Springs, Va. — os St. John Log Driving Company’s Meeting The annual meeting of the St. John River Log Driving Compat year would be about 61,000,000 feet, including the cut on the Toi The president stated that it had not yet been decided whet company would handle the river drive ty. itacls or let it ou te ae ee a = = yf ‘ea, y e se x ’ 4 a is y 7 ym = nd , : » = ay a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 49 | SATISFACTION FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office ee ene dar Hall, Q ayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA Fancy Woods and Veneers Black Walnut Much has been written as to the way in which mahogany is taken from the woods, the way the trees are located and felled, and the way hewn logs are gotten down to the waterways, and from there to the ocean. Very little has been said, however, regarding the painstaking work necessary in selecting the raw material and producing the beau- tiful pieces of furniture made of our own domestic walnut. Ten or fifteen years ago walnut in furniture, stair work, and interior trim was considered the height of fashion and luxury, but possibly because of the inability of the wood finishers at those times to create the bright, cheerful finishes which the average home builder now demands and possibly also to a degree because of the increasing prices of wal- nut, this most desirable wood gradually lost its popularity until up to a few years ago it commanded but a very small proportion of the pres- tige which it formerly enjoyed, says an American contributor. The character of the wood used in the ordinary run of various types of household furniture does not necessitate any unusual effort as far as the selection and manufacture of the wood is concerned. As a general thing the logs are picked up by men and concerns who make a busi- ness of buying walnut logs in small lots and disposing of them to concerns who manufacture them into lumber and veneers. For this purpose the ordinary run of plain walnut is used without any special regard to figure or curl. The wood used for this purpose is merely in the form of logs and is sold as such, and from them manufactured into lumber and veneers for furniture and similar purposes. However, there is a splendid demand which is never quite taken care of for this wood in the most luxurious form, and that is the wood with the beau- tiful mottle; the so-called figured and curly walnut which commands excellent prices and is highly thought of for all character of high-class cabinet work. In fact, it is difficult to find any character of wood growth which shows a more beautiful surface when properly finished than this highly figured curly stock. It is in this line of work that the walnut log men take the greatest pride. Indeed, it is necessary that these men have a wide and varied experience that they may make a success of the accumulation and disposal of curly and figured stock. While the plain wood is gathered and sold merely in the form of logs, the curly and figured stock, on the other hand, is almost always secured from the sources of supply in other forms. The figure and the curl are the result of natural freaks in the growth and formation of the wood. Asa general thing instead of being found in the logs, they are found in the stumps or in the “burls,’ which to the layman in the ordinary form present an appearance about as attractive as an ultra- mature tree toad. The experienced walnut man, however, quickly determines whether or not such a “butt” as he calls it will develop figure or curl, when he has gone so far as cut the tree. He takes great pride in his ability to tell in a general way just what character of figure each stump that he selects will develop in the veneer or lumber. It is not to be inferred from this that the walnut man merely goes through the woods, looks at the walnut tree, and is able to ascertain exactly for what use it is best suited. As a matter of fact there are usually but one or two trees in every hundred cut which develop any figure worth while that will justify their being placed in the class of figured walnut. The work of selection of figured butts is exceedingly tedious, and when the walnut man discovers one which he considers marketable, that is. a butt that shows that it possesses a strong suggestion of figure or curl, he has it shipped to his assembling yard. Here it is split and the bark and sapwood trimmed off pretty closely to the heartwood. In the figured stock the sapwood is of no commercial value. Various methods are used to preserve the butts after they have been prepared in this way to minimise checking and other deterioration. In this connection one of the oldest of the walnut assemblers of America says that after he has split and trimmed his butts he buries them in sawdust immediately, which procedure keeps them in a most excellent condi- tion for an indefinite period. The veneer manufacturer is a man in- terested in the purchase of these fancy butts, and as soon as he hears of any special offerings he makes a journey to the assembling yard and makes his purchases. The butts are then shipped to the veneer plant, where they are sliced up into the required veneer which is fur- ther matched up in the piano manufacturer’s panel plant for high-grade piano facing. As suggested, the proper selection of walnut in the stump is really more of an art than a cold-blooded business proposi- tion. A man has almost to be born to this work and to pass through years of training in order that he may be able to recognise the beauty he is seeking when he finds it. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER one has a system in practical use that is occasional orders, and after the lumber is brought into the THEIR ORIGIN, VALUE AND USE—COMMENT AND VIEWS | ON AN IMPORTANT BRANCH ~ OF THE TRADE. Yellow Poplar and Its Uses There is more lumber produced from yellow poplar th any other southern hardwood except oak. The commercial the tree is restricted mainly to the southern Appalachian m of the Virginias, Carolinas, Kentucky, and Tennessee, where it to be more than 100 feet high and over 5 feet in diameter. specimens have been found in Virginia nearly 200 feet high z feet through. b _ The wood itself has the same general characteristics as tl white pine, and its range of uses is about the same. Each is u for almost anything not requiring great strength or toughne The qualities which favor the extensive use of popla report, are its straight grain, its lack of odor, the readiness it takes paint, and the ease with which it can be work paneling, packing boxes, type cases, drawers, kitchen, w and toys are made largely of yellow poplar. In Tenness mixing bowls are turned out in sizes up to 4 feet in diameter piece of wood. Yellow poplar stands well in situations expo weather, as in pumps, outside steps, shingles, and fencing. It i durable in contact with the soil, though it can be readily treated preservatives. 4 Estimating and Figuring Mill Waste By Chas. Cloukey v The following letter, referred to me for discussion, subject full of interest to mill operators, and while many of still groping for the light, there are others who claim to see clearly ; but read the letter first: a “T should like to know if any manager of a wood-wo has made a study of the best method of finding out corres lumber used in sash, doors, blinds and interior trim. Prob giving fine results; if would be valuable to the trade. . A “We are generally getting so that we have accounti: that give overhead charges down to one-tenth of 1 per cent., matter of material, which is by far the most important item, we . doing more or less guessing. I think most of us are making cut into pieces and lengths required, we make allowance for and strips left over, which we expect to use again. This can exact basis, as we all know some jobs cut to better advan‘ e | others, and some waste will work into other orders and some ~ goes into firewood. Most of us are basing our estimate of these occasional tests, and I think, by a careful study of the with a systematic method, it can be improved on. Pa, “Some firms charge to the job all the material brought mill, regardless of waste, but I do not think this is right. Prob we should not figure costs so closely on our product that we sh get much closer than either of the above-mentioned methods, b do think we should at least know exactly, as the records will in many ways in knowing the proper grades to buy and will how efficient our cutters are. This cannot be obtained by o tests, but only by keeping records of all the material used for ; tended period. “The difficulty is going to be in getting the waste o: kinds of lumber when different grades are used of one kind, pine, for instance, where No. 1 cuts are used for doors and N sash and blinds. The waste from No. 1 might be used with ) sash, and the clerk, in ‘figuring up the cutting bill of sash, w know whether to credit it as coming out of No. 1 or No. 3 cut: might be accomplished by crediting to No. 1 or No. 3 cuts known to have come from either of these grades, and that abou there is a question could be credited to miscellaneous account. I this would be such a small proportion of material cut, it wot very nearly accurate figures. 7 “Would it be possible to apportion the waste credited to th ce!laneous account to the different grades, at the end of the yea cording to the proportion of each kind used? Again, is it possi work the whole matter of waste out on the cost-of-lumber able as yet to work out clearly myself, and I would like to hear s discussions from others on these two points, also the waste proposi- tion as a whole.” ‘ It has been the writer’s privilege to become acquainted with quite ath 7 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | Mr. Lumber-Dealer | Mr. Car-Builder | Mr. Ship-builder CS ee EF) ae iene se eve cota a eT ae Se o re : THE PIONEER MAHOGANY MILL OF CANADA Door Stock in Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Birch cut to size or Log Run, Several Hundred Thailand Feet of Good Dry Mahog- any in all Grades and Thicknesses Ready to Ship. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR 1914 CONTRACTS | Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Company Montreal West, P.Q. | | iVeak, Black Bean, and all kinds of Mahogany in Lumber and Veneers. 52 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER a number of mills in different parts of the country, and my observa- tions have been that with the same quality of supervision the percent- age of waste is about the same in all mills doing a regular mill work business. By this | mean mostly odd and special work, but still quite a little in stock sash and doors, moldings, casings, frames, fixtures and so forth. ‘The efficient means of keeping down the waste percentage is, first, careful selection of the best lumber at hand for the job; sec- ond, intelligent cutting, and third, a comprehensive system or plan for handling the scrap pieces worth saving for future jobs. Taking up the matter of lumber, we find that the bigger stocks always cut cheaper material, both as to lumber and time. I do not mean that 10,000 ft. of one item will enable a cutter to get out 2,000 ft. of cuttings any cheaper if the pile is all of one width and length, but if it is divided up into half a dozen widths and lengths, it stands to reason that the cutter will spend less time and have less scrap left. As it is not always possible for a mill to keep on hand the most desirable assortment of lumber, perhaps on account of the way the hurry work comes in or on account of limited capital, it may be true that one mill can operate on a smaller percentage than another. The point of cutting cheaper lumber in order to raise its grade is one well taken, but it is also one that should be very carefully watched. The extra waste and extra work in cutting will go a long way in even- ing up the price, especially if the number of pieces involved is small. So let us keep this point in mind when we come to adjust our percent- age of waste. Another feature of importance in keeping the waste down is the variety of the work handled by the mill. We often get a bit of pub- lished advice along this line, but unfortunately we are not always in a position to use it. Just the other day a writer advocated working scrap into surveyors’ stakes—very good advice for the boom towns, but not much for the old ones. We got out some 25,000 stakes one summer and nearly as many two other summers, but by that time there had been eight sections of prairie staked off into town lots and the stake market took a permanent slump. The reader must understand that we are not talking about the speed of cutting now, but about the percentage of waste in the lum- ber itself. However, the time of cutting. enters into it indirectly, for if the cutter spends too much time in holding down the waste item, he may waste more in time than he saves in lumber. ‘This also applies in cutting to raise the grade. The best plan for handling scrap lumber for which there is no immediate use is divided into two parts. The one part deals with strips and consists of ripping them to stated sizes for stops, quarter- round, base shoe, glass bead, small panel molds and the like and rack- ing them up in a convenient manner. Never pile strips out in a pro- miscuous heap and expect to get anything profitable out of them. Rip them up every day or two and burn or sell what you cannot use. Scrap cuttings are much more difficult to handle if they are put in horizontal piles; in fact, piles of scrap are uniformly unprofitable. The scrap shed or room should be arranged to stand all the material onend. If the pieces are longer than 6 ft., they should be returned to the lumber piles. If they are shorter, they should be stood on end and ranged in single rows from the wall out about 4 ft. If the tiers are wider than that, it will be difficult to handle them without letting some of the outer pieces fall down and become disarranged. Any one who will try this plan will find that the scrap-pile will require about one-tenth of the space it will occupy with the pieces laid flat. The reason that it will be smaller is because it will be used up closer. You can go into a scrap room with this arrangement and at once see both sides of any piece without disarranging the others, or without even picking up the piece you are looking at. We all know how discouraging it is to see the end of a piece just like we want and dig it out, only to find that it is too short for our purpose. Then we tackle a piece that we can see is long enough, but when we pull it out we find it has a wind-shake, knot or streak in the middle of it. We are wasting valuable time, and so we go to the lum- ber pile, where’we can see what we are doing, and let the scrap lie where it is, to be buried still deeper. scrap made in the mill, that part fitted for fuel should be converted at once. If it has a greater value on the market as stovewood, it should be prepared for that commodity at once and delivered or stored. The-writer of the letter above has practically outlined one of the approved systems of figuring lumber in mill work, and it was by such simple, comparative means that one of the most up-to-date concerns in the country arrived at a fixed per cent. to add to the amount of lum- ber appearing on the cutting bills. However, it seems to be the prac- tice of more mills to keep track of the lumber brought in on each job, or at least try to do so, and it would seem at first thought that this is the only true way of keeping account of the material in a job. But we run up against so many modifying phases of the subject that it does not look so simple after all. The yard man will bring in what he thinks will cut the job, but the cutter will turn down about 25 per cent. of it as unfit to cut. This If there is a fuel value to the’ ae | amount must be replaced with enough to finish the job, and then it is found that about 5 per cent. of the amount has been cut wrong a has to be replaced. The machines spoil 2 per cent. of it, and, on count of the peculiar sizes, about 20 per cent. of the amount brougl in is taken out in strips and cuttings. Clearly this is not a represe te tive case, a The concern above referred to found that a uniform addition | one-sixth fitted its case very satisfactorily. This covers all waste i errors as well as in sizes and defects, and is added to the n value of all lumber appearing on the cutting bills of the orde course, it would add greatly to the accounting, to add the w; each item or to each different kind or grade of lumber as the fi progressed, so it is added after the total value of the figured Si found. It has been the practice of several mills coming under my n to use a 10 per cent. waste figure, and I am inclined to believe t can be done under favorable circumstances. By this | m stocks of well-assorted lumber, efficient cutting, good scrap ment; and let us not forget that the scientific arrangement of bills is a large factor in keeping a low percentage of waste. When we speak of waste the term should be one of cot and should apply to the foot value of lumber and not to actual material. For instance, all the material in a plank serve some purpose. It may be worth 3c per foot and produ worth 4c or cuttings worth 3c and core stock worth 2¥%c glued up. Still there are some knots, strips and sawdust have a fuel value, either in the shop or out of it. The or arrive at this value is to get it for a given time, as suggested dit it back to the lumber account at the end of the year. The mention of glued-up core stock, crating’ materials like, which are really a converted waste, brings to mind tion of the overhead expense which, with many others, makes that any planing mill business claiming to have figured oO pense to within one-tenth of 1 per cent. of perfection has looked something. But as this is not a discussion of ove only say that when the scrap is converted into core stock and on the billing sheet at 2¥%c per foot, it is not good bookk charge the labor thus expended to overhead expense. } Some mills put all of the crating lumber in the overhea This might be alright if the crating was all bought by the known price, but when the bulk of it is the poor edge of a board ripped off on time charged to orders and resawed on time, it is a sure thing that it will affect the figuring for lose the entire crating lumber in the overhead oa In cess suggested by the letter it wou'd come out as waste, or p difference between the lumber bought, the lumber used a ting bills and the lumber shown by the inventory. With mills doing but little crating this item might 1 much, but with those using several cars every year it wou'd that much waste to increase the percentage to be added to t quantities. So, if a mill is setting about to make a rate of based on several years’ experience, it is well to make a com lysis of the way the lumber is finally disposed of, and then obtained will be of real value. In our mill the cutting bills are made in quadruple, using and sheets of four different colors. One particular sheet is copy and does not leave the accounting department. The ot put in the mill and one goes to the yard boss. The ot kept in the mill ,and if the work is sent out K.D., the yard along to the customer with the goods. Each workman has check for the items worked by him, which he puts on the does his part—but that is getting away from the subieam Worker, Indianapolis. An Efficient Lifter and Shifter The Herbert Morris Crane & Hoist Company, Limi Street, Toronto, have issued an interesting bulletin “B3” d the Morris Traveling Spur-Gear Chain-Block. The bulleti interesting illustrations which draw attention particularly to the construction of these travelling lifting-gears. When an ot chain-block is suspended by means of a hook from the er eye of an I-beam trolley, much head room is wasted which mi wise be used to great advantage. Morris Spur-Gear Blocks in a great many different types, each arranged for a spec conditions for which it is peculiarly adapted. A high speed is obtained by using a small gear ratio, which is only rendered by the extreme accuracy of the work put into the cutting of th and the setting out of the steel side plates. The Morris Trz Spur-gear Chain-block is built right into the trolley so that n room is wasted. This combined lifter and shifter has solv hard problems and is well worth investigation by all who | difficulties to overcome in regard to moving heavy material plants. ‘. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 53 DID ANYBODY SAY «100; TENTS? Ask us about them Smart-Woods OTTAWA Montreal Toronto Winnipeg Jenckes Boilers WE make a specialty of large Tubular Boilers for regular or Dutch oven setting for saw mill service. Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. 54 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OPPORTUNITIES QS ae E. own and offer for sale on attractive terms a few especi- ally well selected tracts of timber running from 50 million to one billion feet that are ready for immed- iate operation, having a good local de- mand at high prices. The timber on the Pacific Coast is the last stand of the great for- ests. Well selected timber in British Columbia is the best investment on_ this Continent and offers especially at- tractive inducements for manufacturers. i RE For further particulars, address A. C. Frost Company Corn Exchange Bldg. CHICAGO LATH Campbell - MacLaurin Lumber Co. Limited Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL as RAILS Relaying 12 to 80 pounds per yard. LOGGING CARS Jno. J. Gartshore 58 Front St. West, Toronto EDGINGS Ontario Mr. W. Jones, representing a firm of German shipbuilders is on a busi- ness trip in Southwestern Ontario, buying a large quantity of select hardwood, The ratepayers of Orillia, Ont., passed a by-law on March 30th for gra ing a loan of $50,000 to J. R. Eaton & Sons, Limited, to assist them in the 5 erection of a woodworking factory which is to cost $50,000. i The Simpson Planing Mill Company, Limited, has been incorporated with — a capital of $40,000, with head office at Toronto, Ont. The provisional direc- tors are A. Rhind, J. Magee, C. W. Wills, E. J. Cluskey and H. B. Duthie, + 7 of Toronto, Ont. The Maple Leaf Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with e- capital of $40,000, with head office at Toronto, Ont. The provisional directors — are E. F. McDonald, B. P. Fitzpatrick, J. M. Adam and A. C. Rutherford, ali of Toronto, Ont. * The partnership heretofore carried on by Wm. J. Lovering, Geo. Wilfrid Boake and Ellwood W. Boake, under the firm name of the Yonge Street Lum- ber Company, at Toronto, has been dissolved by mutual consent. The busi« ness will be carried on in future under the same name by Ellwood W. Boake. The Pembroke Lumber Company, Pembroke, Ont., have sold their timber berth, known as No. 1 and 2 Jocko to J. J. McFadden, Renfrew, Ont. The ~ company state that they will start their mill operations at Pembroke on the first of May with the finest average of logs which they have ever taken out of the bush. The Canadian Handle Company, Strathroy, Ont., have awarded a contract to John J. Smith, Strathroy, for the erection of a woodworking factory at a cost of $50,000. The building will be 180 x 40 ft., of brick and fireproof con- struction. W. H. Braddon, 546 King Street, London, Ont., is interested in the company. Ferguson. & McFadden’s sawmill at Tomiko Village, 27 miles from North — Bay on the T. & N. O. Railway, was totally destroyed by fire on April 2nd, the loss being estimated at over $50,000. The large stock of lumber in the mill yard was saved, although the residence of Mr. E. L. Bucknam, adjoining — the mill, was destroyed. The Andrews Lumber Company, Limited, Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., have neatly completed the erection of their mill at Alona Bay, Ont., and expect to have it in operation in the near future. The plant will turn out about 4,000,- 000 feet of hardwood, spruce and pine lumber fully half of which will be birch, in addition to a quantity of pulpwood, cedar ties, cedar poles, and white pine board timber. The Abitibi Pulp & Paper Company’s paper mill at Iroquois Falls, Ont., will probably be ready for operation on June ist. The pulp machinery will be operating in May. The paper mill will be 500 feet in length and nearly 300 feet in width. It will be of solid concrete construction. 40,000 cords of pulp- wood are already piled on the banks of the Abitibi and Black rivers and their tributaries agaiting to be floated to Iroquois Falls. A bill has been introduced into the Ontario Legislature by the Hon. Wm. H. Hearst, Minister of Lands, Forest & Mines, for the purchase of the timber limits of the Pembroke Lumber Company in the townships of Fitzgerald, — White, Edgar, Bronson, Stratton, Barron, Master & Guthrie, amounting in all to 30634 square miles. The price to be paid by the government is $185,000. — The territory will be added to the Algonquin Provincial Park. Eastern Canadien Villeneuve, Limited, have opened a new yard at St. Jerome, P.Q. Coggel & Long, Sackville, N.B., have commenced the erection of a wood- working factory. The next annual convention of the Canadian Forestry Association will be held at Halifax, N.S., on September 2, 3 and 4. P. Beauchemin & Fils, lumber dealers, St. Paulin, P.Q., have been reg- istered. The members are: P. Beauchemin, A. & J. Beauchemin. Thos. E. Fee & Company, lumber dealers, Montreal, P.Q., have been reg istered. The members are: Thos. E. Fee, H. Palarde and E. A. Fee According to a despatch from London, England, Mr. J. E. A. Dubue has obtained capital for a very large extension of the plant of the Chicoutimi Lum- ber & Pulp Company, Lake St. John, P.Q. t Price Bros. & Company, the well-known paper and lumber people, are erecting a sawmill at St. Gedeon, Lake St. John district, for the purpose of — cutting up their large logs. The pulpwood will go as usual to the existing { mills. “e4 A new company, known as Pulp & Lumber, Limited, has been incorpor- ated, with head office at Montreal, to earry on the business of pulp wood and lumber manufacturers. The provisional directors are H. Lampard, engine Westmount, and H. M. G. Belew and B. C. Bellew, of Montreal. Lynch and Bruneau, Limited, have been incorporated with a capital of $50,000, with head office at l’Epiphanie, Que., to carry on business as manu- facturers of boxes, crates, etc. The provisional directors are W. Lynch, and © M. Bruneau, of l’Epiphanie, Que., and J. O., E. and H. Mathieu, of Montreal, Que. The Ouiatchouan Falls Paper Company, Ouiatchouan, Que., have drawn upil plans for alterations to their pulp mill, at a cost of $20,000. The alterations will include the installations of wet machines, grinders, etc. J. E. A. Dubuc is manager and the engineers in charge are Grenon & Lavoie, of Chicoutimi, The Brompton Pulp & Paper Company, East Angus, P.Q., will erect a new paper mill for the production of news paper. The contract for the mach- inery has been awarded to J. H. Horne & Sons Company, of Lawrence, Mass. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The buildings will be located on the west side of the River St. Francis and will be 72 x 444 ft., two storeys high, of concrete, brick and steel with a granite roof. The power house adjoining will be 52 x 108 feet, and power to the ex- tent of 1,000 h.p.. will be developed. The equipment of the mill and poewr house will be thoroughly modern and up-to-date. The new sulphite mill to be erected at Bathurst, N.B., by the Bathurst Pulp & Paper Company, will be designed by G. V. Steffanson, of the Canada Paper Company, Windsor Mills, P.Q., who is widely known among pulp and paper manufacturers as a successful designer and constructor of pulp and paper mills. ‘ P. N. LeBlanc, Moncton, N.B., is enlarging his woodworking factory, with a view to having more working space. The equipment is not being increased. Mr. LaBlanc reports that he is “preparing for an enormous season.” He is installing a draughting department and is anxious to hear from manufacturers . of building materials in general. J. T. and C. Donohue, of Quebec, who have bought all the stock of pulp wood on the limits and in the yard of the East Canada Power and Pulp Com- pany at Murray Bay, Quebec, will put the mill in operation next month. The plant, which has been idle for over a year, owing to liquidation proceedings, will employ over three hundred men. The Fraser Brook Lumber Company, Limited, Fraserville, P.Q., which was recently incorporated with a capital of $100,000, is the owner of an attrac- tive limit, 15 miles square on the Matapedio River, at a distance of three miles from the I. C. R. The limit is thickly wooded and has never yet been cut, or injured by fire. It is well watered for driving purposes and in other ways pre- sents a very interesting proposition for the company which intends to operate upon it. J. O. Gilbert & Son, lumber and pulp wood manufacturers, Bishop’s Cross- ing, P.Q., report that they intend to build a new plant to take the place of the one they recently lost by fire. The plant will be built and equipped dur- ing the summer months and will include an up-to-date sawmill, shingle mill, lath mill, and a plant for dressing lumber, and equipment for manufacturing hardwood flooring and utilizing mill waste. Details of the plant have not yet been arranged, but will be announced later. Western Canada McClellan & Balfour, sash and door manufacturers, Edmonton, Alta., have been succeeded by A. Galbraith. The Stern Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capita] of $10,000, with head office at Donalda, Alta. The Interior Hardwood Finishing Company, Limited, has been incorpor- ated with a capital of $50,000, with head office at Victoria, B.C. The Western Canada Lumber & Building Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $300,000, with head office at Saskatoon, Sask. W. J. Milford & Company, box manufacturers, Winnipeg, Man., con- template the erection of a plant at Edmonton, Alta., which will give employ- ment to one hundred hands. Sealed tenders are being received by the Minister = Lands of British Columbia, up till noon on May 6th, for the purchase of pulp license X45, to cut 9,400,000 feet of timber, adjoining lot 2242, Pryce Channel, Range one, Coast District. Three years will be allowed for the removal of the timber. Particulars may be secured from the Chief Forester, Victoria, B.C. Tenders are being received by the Winnipeg Board of Control, until April 2ist for five hundred 40-ft. and one hundred 45-ft. cedar poles. Specifi- cations may be seen at the office of the engineer, Mr. J. G. Glassco, 54 King Street, Winnipeg, Man. The Huntting-American Lumber Company is endeavoring to make ar- rfangements for the erection of a sawmill, costing about $50,000, on a 4% acre site near Eburne, B.C. The undertaking depends upon satisfactory arrange- ments being made with the city council in regard to a mortgage which it already holds over the property. The Huntting-American Lumber Company already operates a mill at Vancouver. The forest service of United States collected 40,000 pounds of tree seed last year for use in re-afforestation work. The total area reafforested was about 30,000 acres. The Mountain Lumber Manufacturers’ Association have moved their offices from Calgary, Alta., to Nelson, B.C. All communications in future should be addressed to the latter city. The secretary of the Association is Mr. A. E. Frank: The British Columbia Forestry Branch is anticipating an un- usually early dry season this year and fears that the danger from fire will be much greater than other years. Extensive measures are being taken to cope with these conditions. The Smart-Turner Machine Company, Limited, Hamilton, Ont., are supplying the Goderich Lumber & Milling Company, Goderich, ‘Ont., with one of their Duplex Pumps, and the Hinde & Dauch Paper Company, Toronto, Ont., with one of their Triplex Power Pumps. A summary of the revenues and expenses of steam railroads in the United States for the month of January, 1914, shows a decrease m total operating revenues per mile of 7.5 per cent. and a decrease im operating expenses per mile of 3.3 per cent. The net operating evenue per mile decreased by $56 or 19.5 per cent. as compared with ; ety: 1913, which was 40 per cent. greater than for January, 1912. is. = ae) a ee nm mn ZEDERAL SANT | Ba ROOFING This is a high grade asphalt felt Roofing made of wool felt. You can get the business in your town, and can Slate-Flex Shingles Kant-Leak Roofing Utility Wall Board Write for prices and information. Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. Toronto - Montreal Pine Red and White Spruce Lumber and Timber Write for our Stock List. We always have on hand a good supply of the above line — fine well seasoned stock. Thos. Mackarell & Co. Montreal Ottawa 56 CANADA LUMBERMAN. AND WOODWORKER TOWING MACHINE This machine installed in our pointer will do the work of a steam tug as well as many things a steam tug cannot do. The machine is strong and amply designed, burning coal-oil as fuel. Machine starts direct off coal-oil. The pointer is particularly well built. Ribs and frame are bolt fastened; they are made of well seasoned white oak, steam bent where necessary. The planking is Louisiana Red Cypress. Rubbing streaks are of hard maple. The Adam’s Pointer has proved a good investment for many lumbermen. Write for catalogue and testimonials. Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 57 ~—— Leading Firms ™ CATERING FOR eon aa anh aioe ict oie : _ Mill, — wh each IN h PAINT Ure i Wi) ahh was any 3 4 i; en ee a 9 Oe a ae ne - se 2S ae ~ = eae ae — a —- ALGONQUIN STEEL RANGE. burn wood: Nf | } coal or coke. Special price to lumbermen. HHO Write us. NATIONAL MFG. CO.,LTD, Ottawa. 7 ae MF Viiv. act {A a iN ANA a NTN iA 3 ei TAR! Wen 1 rae mansg epee Geared Locomotives SAW MILL BELTING [YA cool Rails Flat Cars nate our ae PRICES NEW RUBBER BELTING iy it! ALL SECONDHAND Correspondence solicited. SESSENWEIN BROS. Montreal Se :. Horse and Dairy Feeds With Molasses and Alfalfa In Checkerboard Bags. The Chisholm Milling Co., Limited Jarvis Street, - - TORONTO Rey 4; WH WHALE i \ (¢@ ORR Ni URE AY) ALAR ne MN i es WT nae Lae Pt i 3 a * es =. —— oe i —_ wk aa = Send for our Net Price List on i tt of every description, N. SMITH, ,23°,, TORON TO, Ont. et a nme a pe ‘ete MT He! Nia es Wing Screw Boot Calks if ue ut Made especially for Lumbermen = eaty In Bulk or Sacks The Best Oats on the market. fill your next order and prove what Write or Wire for Prices, ANCHOR ELEVATOR CO., LTD. Winnipeg, Man. POL pm err nan uerien Let us We say. 3 en ee be wat” La Me ~ Send for des ee Prices, The Steel Co. of Canada, Limited Hamilton, Montreal, Winnipes ~ ane A o a ar a, > | @: ars NZ ya aN =* 234 fire . attawa, Ont. ' RAS: Jey ox bt He at as . Wife ae —* ‘x a) UN, i Ey et + int in \ ay ane at ua vg ih RGD ARES y W.-H. ora & Co.,Ltd. OTTAWA, ONT. Offices also at Fort William and Montreal Largest Wholesale Dealers ou a 5 & H. Borbridge it a OMe tan TA in Hay and Oats in Canada Write or wire us at any of the above offices. We do the rest. “HE WHO SERVES ‘BEST"PROFITS MOST.’ 58 CANADA ASBESTOS ROOFING Can. H W. Johns-Manville Co. AXES Mack Axe Works Walters and Sons, H. BABBITT METAL Hoyt Metal Company Canada Metal Company BAND MILLS Berlin Machine Works Hamilton Company, William Waterous Engine Works BELT DRESSING Cling Surface Company Dixon Crucible Co., Joseph BELTING Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Federal Engineering Company Goodhue & Company, J..L. Graton & Knight Mfg. Company Gutta Percha & Rubber Co. McLaren Belting Company, J. C. Reddaway & Co., F. Smith, Nathan BLOWERS | Mahoney, A. Ormsby Company, A. B. Toronto Blower Company BOILERS Inglis Company, John Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E. BOX’ MACHINERY Morgan Machine Company CALKS Steel Company of Canada CAMP SUPPLIES Borbridge, S. & H. Hall, Limited, Adam Johnson, A. H- Lamontagne, Limited Morin & Company, Dr. Ed. Palmer & Company, John Palmer Medical Company Smart-Woods Limited Snowdon, C. C. Turner & Sons, J oj. Young, W. F. CANT HOOKS Argall Bros. McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Company Pink Company, Thomas CEDAR Canadian Western Lumber Company Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Company CHAINS Argall Bros Coghlin Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Pink & Company, Thos. Standard Chain Company CHAIN BELTS Ellicott Company, A. M. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LUMBERMAN CRANES & DERRICKS Beath & Son, W. D. Hepburn’ Limited, John T. Morris Crane & Hoist Company Sasgen Derrick Company CUTTER HEADS Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. CYPRESS _ Louisiana Red Cypress Company Wistar, Underhill & Nixon DOORS Batts Limited Benson & Bray. Limited Canadian Western Lumber Co. Haeberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Lumber Company Tessier, Alphonse DOUGLAS FIR Auger & Son Canadian Western Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Timberland Lumber Company Timms, Phillips & Company DRY KILNS Grand Rapids Veneer Works Sheldons, Limited DUST COLLECTORS Ormsby Company, A. B. EMERY GRINDERS Carborundum Company ENGINES Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E Waterous Engine Company EXHAUST FANS Sheldons Limited FILES Disston & Sons, Henry Nicholson File Company FOURDRINIER WIRES Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Company HARDWOODS Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Atlantic Lumber Company Caflisch Bros. Fassett Lumber Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Gillespies, James Heyser Lumber Company, W. E Hocken Lumber Company Hoffman Bros. Company Miller, A. Newman, John P. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Rat Portage Lumber Company Read Bros. Limited Rimouski Industrial Company Snowball Company, IB Spencer, C. A. Stearns Salt & Lumber Company Webster & Bro., James HARDWOOD FLOORING Canada Wood Specialty Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Limited Siemon Bros. BUYERS’ HEMLOCK Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Diver, John M Eagle Lumber Company . Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fesserton Timber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company Haeberle Lumber Company Hocken Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., E. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Read Bros. « * Spears & Lauder Spencer, C. A. Snowball Company, J. B. HOISTS Morris Crane & Hoist Company HOSE Gutta Percha & Rubber Company KNIVES Peter Hay Knife Company KNIFE GRINDERS Canada Machinery Corporation Rogers & Company, Samuel C. LATH Bartram Bros. Beck Mfg. Company, C. Casey-Shaw Lumber Company Christy-Moir Company Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Fraser Limited : Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Georgian Bay Lumber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company McGibbon Lumber Company New Ontario Colonization Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Rat Portage Lumber Company River Ouelle Pulp & Paper Co. Spencer, C. A. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. LAUNCHES Adams Launch & Engine Company LOCOMOTIVES Baldwin Locomotive Works Canadian Locomotive Company Climax Mfg. Company Heisler Locomotive Works Montreal Locomotive Works Sessenwein Bros. LOGGING & MACHINERY EQUIPMENT Clyde Iron Works Gerlach Company, Peter McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Company Russell Brothers Rutherford & Sons, Wm. Ryther & Pringle Company Walters & Sons, H LUMBER Burstall & Company, J. Canada Wood Specialty Company Canadian Western Lumber Company Casey-Shaw Lumber Company # dtp is f a Oa DIRECTORY . Fay & Egan Company, J. A. * Dudley, A. N. Fassett Lumber Company Garrett Lumber Company, T. Georgian Bay Lumber Compal Laidlaw Lumber Company, R. McLennan Lumber Company Montreal Lobe Company Newman, John P er New Ontario Colonization Co. Oliver Lumber Company Parry Sound Lumber Company > Ritter Lumber Company, W. M. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Victoria Harbor Lumber Comp LUMBER CRAYONS Dixon Crucible Company, Jos. Superior Manufacturing Compa OATS Anchor Elevator Company Chisholm Milling Company Dwyer & Company, W. H Fairweather, A. National Elevator Company PACKING Gutta Percha & Rubber Company PATENT SOLICITORS — Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency PINE Anderson Lumber Company, Cc. G.. Beck Manufacturing Company, C. Bradley Lumber Company, EPCG Bromley, W. H. », Cane & Company, ined ea 3 Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills ( Colonial Lumber Company Diver, John M. Donogh & Company, John Eagle Lumber Company East Kootenay Lumber Company ~ Fesserton Timber Company = Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Garrett Lumber Company, T. H. Gordon & Company, George Gillies Bros. Limited ue Graves, Bigwood Company Hobart & Company : Hocken Lumber Company Long Lumber Company ~ + Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company Morse Lumber Company, Fred North Pacific Lumber Compai - Quincy-Adams Lumber C ia Rideau Lumber Company es Read Bros. Limited % Sawmill Owners Sales Company — Snowball Company, J. B. : St. Gabriel Lumber Company Watson & Todd, Limited — Wuichet, Louis a POLES Diver, John _M. Pink & Company, Thos. POPLAR = ia Dawkins Lumber Company, W. H. ‘ Heyser Lumber Company, Quincy-Adams Lumber Company ~ Wistar, Underhill & Nixon PULLEYS & SHAFTING Canada Machinery Corporation CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OES ay The foundation of the efficient and durable saw is the steel from which it is made. Expert workmanship carrying out proven designs as to shape of teeth, etc., cannot build a lasting, smooth cutting saw without the foundation of a suitable steel to work upon. It is chiefly to the extraordinary success of the Disston Plant in producing a superior steel for the purpose that may be attributed the rapid growth and steady demand for Disston Band and Circular Saws. When the Disston Steel Works were established in 1855 a new era in saw making began. It was not only the first plant of its kind in America, but the first anywhere in the World to produce a perfect saw steel—a steel possessing the peculiar qualities necessary to the manufacturing of a perfect saw. -The Disston Steel Works are in charge of an expert who thoroughly understands the requirements of a perfect saw steel and the making of Disston Steel to meet those requirements. Under his supervision are other experts who have, through constant invention and experiment, continued to improve this famous steel. ? Disston Steel can never be duplicated, and that is one of the principal reasons why Disston Saws will retain their superiority for all time. Look for this Brand Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Henry Disston & Sons, Limited Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works TORONTO : - CANADA Branch at Vancouver, B.C. SPARTAN LEATHER BELTING {ad SPARTAN a 59 Disston Steel and Disston Saws The Mark of Perfection in Saws TRADE MARK Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. x, ™~ (Gn SPARTAN ——- is the result of extensive chemical researches and the testing of many different tannages of leather. Where abnormal external conditions exist Spartan Belting should be employed, as the spe- cially tanned leather and the special cement used in its construction resist the injurious effects of water, steam, oil, gas fumes, and heat generated by excessive pulley friction. For overloaded drives where it is not feasible to gét greater power by increasing the belt speed or the width of the pulleys to enable the use of wider belts, recourse should be had to Spartan Belting, remarkable for its pliability and consequently increased pulley grip and its great sile strength. ten- . . a . In short, Spartan Belting is adapted for use under all abnormal service conditions—particu- larly suited for use in saw and planing mills. Its use will ensure your plant against tran sion troubles, power losses, and shut-downs for repairs. Spartan Booklet and full details sent upon request. Why not investigate. The Graton smis- & Knight Mfg. Co. Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal GRA i ON & KNIGHT MFG. CO. Please send me at once prepaid copy of the Spartan book and Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers, “Belting Manual.’ Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal, Can. Home Office and Factory: Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. Town......... ao ai copy of your text book, the Wie WE oe 5 oe Peowence,...0........ 60 PUMPS Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Smart-Turner Machine Company RAILS Gartshore, John J. Sessenwein Bros. ROOFING Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co. RUBBER GOODS Gutta Percha & Rubber Company SASH Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Haerberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company, E. H. Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Tessier, Alphonse. SAWS Atkins & Company, E. C. Disston & Sons, Henry Gerlach Company, Peter Mereen Johnston Machine Company Merchon & Company, William B. Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company Shurly-Dietrich Company Simonds Canada Saw Company Smith Company, R Walters & Sons, H. SAW MILL MACHINERY Berlin Machine Works Breeze-Denison & Company Canada Machinery Corporation Fay & Egan Company, J. A. Gerlach Company, Peter Hamilton Company, William Hill Company, Wm. E. Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Company CANADA LUMBERMAN Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Parry Sound Lumber Company Payette & Company, P. Waterous Engine Company Wickes Bros. SAW SHARPENERS Breeze, Denison & Company Rogers & Company, Samuel C. SHINGLES Bartram Brothers Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Co. Christy-Moir Company Canada Western Lumber Company Dalhousie Lumber Company Forest Mills of B. C, Limited Fraser Limited’ Gillespie, James Heaps & Company, E. H. Larkin Lumber Company, C. A. Long Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Morse Lumber Company, Fred S. Rat Portage Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Timms, Phillips & Company SHINGLE & LATH MACHINERY Gerlach Company, Peter Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Payette & Company, P. Smith Foundry Company SPRUCE Auger & Son Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Cane & Company, Jas. G. Christy-Moir Company Donogh & Company, John AND WOODWORKER Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fenderson & Company, John I'raser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Gillies Bros Leak & Company Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company New Ontario Colonization Co. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Co. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company kead Bros., Limited Rideau Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Spencer, C. A. St. Gabriel Lumber Company STEEL CHAIN Coghlin & Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Standard Chain Company SULPHITE PULP Partington Pulp & Paper Company SNOW PLOWS Pink Company, Thos. TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company TIES Fesserton Lumber Company Spears & Lauder TIMBER BROKERS Cant & Kemp Farnworth & Jardine Frost Company, A. C. Lacey & Company, Jas. D For Cutting TIMBER ESTIMATORS Lauderburn, D. E. Montreal Engineering Company Munson-Whitaker Company Sewall, James W. oy Aj TUGS West & Peachey VENEERS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Co. : Hoffman Brother Company Webster & Bro., Jas. VENEER MACHINERY Merritt Manufacturing Company Perrin, William R. Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. WATCHMAN’S CLOCKS Hardinge Bros. WIRE Greening Wire Company, B. Laidlaw-Bale-Tie Company WOODWORKING MACHINER. Berlin Machine Works Canada Machinery Corporation Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Defiance Machine Company Fay & Egan Company, J. A. Hamilton Company, William Long Manufacturing Company, E. Waterous Engine Works WOOD PULP New Ontario Colonization Co. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co St. Gabriel Lumber Company Pulp Wood The Ryther Multiple Saw Slasher will cut 1,000 logs and over per hour into absolutely Uniform Lengths — Highest Possible Efficiency — Lowest Cutting Costs, per Cord — Minimum Maintenance and Repair. Write for Catalogue The following is a partial list of Canadian plants equipped with Slashers designed and built by Ryther & Pringle Company, for other firms see May 15 issue. Laurentide Company, Limited, Grand Mere, P.Q. Belgo Canadian Pulp & Paper Co., Shawinigan Falls, P.Q. Spanish River Pulp & Paper Mills, Spanish River, Ont. Spanish River Pulp & Paper Mills, Sturgeon Falls, Ont. Bayless Pulp & Paper Company, Ste. Anne, P.Q. Ryther & PringleCo., Carthage, N.Y. Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co., Newfoundland. Albert E. Reed & Company Newfoundland, Limited. Price Brothers Company, Kenogami, P.Q. Chicoutimi Pulp Company, Chicoutimi, P.Q. Baie St. Paul Lumber Company, Baie St. Paul, P.Q. CANADA~-LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS, LONDON, CANADA LIMITED Agencies and Warehouses:—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. WINNIPEG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. TORONTO, ONT. VANCOUVER, B.C. Locomotive Boiler on Skids WO OR AETHOD oF | ex =}) MANUFACTURE 8 wey CATENTEDS § & COINDIANAPOLIS IND. The construction of this splendid Saw will appeal to you at once. It will save you lots of money if you have cut off work to do. ‘It’s the sensation of the Saw World. Making good wherever usec. Write for details and prices E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. Letina iat alt —— = | | Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs | oe time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season | Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timber Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log | Stamping, Hammers, etc. | Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- man’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the west price. { Write us for particulars and brices A RGALL BROTHERS three weeds Quebec HE “MERIT” LINE of Veneer Cutting, Dimen- sioning and Drying Mach- inery is designed first, for ven- eer mills cutting high grade furniture and commercial veneer from expensive timber, and sec- ond, for basket, crate, box and barrel factories using cheaper veneer cut from the less expen- sive. woods, Merit Veneer Lathe In addition to Lathes, Clippers, and Driers, the line, includes Knife Grinders, Log Hoists and Trolleys,a set of CrateHead Machinery, a set of Barrel and Basket Hoop Machinery, Basket and Hamper Bottom Round- ers, Nailing Forms, etc. 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “ ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | A Dominion Timber Regulations .. 76 K Perrin & Company, Wm. R. Adams Launch & Engine Co. ... 56 Donogh & Co., John .. .. .. .. 13 Kent Cordwood Splitter Co. .. .. Pink Company, Thomas ioe Amer. Woodworking Mach. Co. Pudley As NARs oi oe ee ee S| Reieht Mig.:Company, Go 5225-5 220 Q Rae cee: ree rs 7 cepts 2 Dwyer Company, W. H. Arete 21h L Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial | Argall Bros. as ae eee 61 E Lacey, Jas. D; 3.) ce, sae ee Comps ayaiic. 7, + ae Atkins Company, E, ae eae gear egg ae i" ‘es Laidlaw Bale Tie Co. ee ae tt Quincy: Adame Lumber Co. a Auger & Sons’ sec cksno ks aad Rigie ‘faneeineie Ce as Lamontague Limited ... ... ... 57 R Hiticon! Campaee Alu = Lauderburn, D. E. .. .. .. .. . 11 Radcliff Saw Company .l9 Baldwin Locomotive Works .... 75 ims. sam Laidlaw Lumber Co., R. -- + 10 et Poe ke Mts Co., Ltd 2 Bartram Brothers, Limited .. .. 7 Fai F Larkin Company, C. A... .. .. 13 Ried T hance Cb, ‘Lie Front eov Batts, Limited ... Js, 0.0... .. 80 quzweather, Av W. 7... ...... 5% Leak & Company 2. G4) ...15..913 Rimousld: Tndeeet ean F Lumber Co., Ltd... .. . —an ease Sone assett Lum - 14 Leonard & Sons, E. ... ... ... 61 Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. .. ¢ Pshiae Ma chines Weel bdiee, ces auaaeie Farnworth & Jardine .. .. .. .. 11 Long Lumber Company .. .. .. 5 River Ouelle Pulp & Parc Co. * Beck Mic. Company, C.... .. .. 27 Federal Engineering Co., Ltd, -- 55 Long Mfg. Co., E. a eS a? Lrg Samuel C. ae Redon eBay emer secon Fesserton ‘Timber-Co. .. .. «. . 8 SRouiatases Red Cretee om Pe ea See Foodie ae oo Borbridge, S. & H. Syke eT edb a - Bae ee — M Ee ae Wi. 7. NC., JOum ther ringle* a ee —— see am coe Os gb Hoe le of Cas. ip Maciel & Go, Taos Se Bromley, Willian H. ....%% Ps. @7y gece ¢ eee Co., Ld © Mchoney, An gg few 10 Onna Co... Burstall Cog Jie. « wetenge gt Frosg Al ic... 20.5. 2 ct pee, Seetiee Foundry & | Machine Sowaieion W aS Cc Works ... ... . 77 Sheldons Limited ... ... ... ... 7 CaflischP Bross cc. cabs eee toe lO G Mason, Gordon & ca. fc-os os «. IS © Shimeryeesous Samuel Pe. «aoe Cameron & Company .. .. .. .. 12 Garrett Lumber Co, 44... ..... . | 6: Me@ineen Lumber Co. ... .. .. 12 Shurly-Dietrich Company ... ; Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Co... 54 Gartshore, John J. - +» 54 McKinnon Chain Co... .....: 1 Siemen Bros. Ltd. aC Pacts Mekal Company >. Georgian Bay Shook Mills ..... 2 McLaren Belting Co, J.C... . 80 Smart fsraat Mach’ Gay tid ..neescv nce cee 30 40 Birch 34 inch, per cu. ft. seca cisncwiente 20 26 inch, (per ‘cu, fi) e.. es wis aie oho 26 16. inch, per et it: Geenpastaean Los 30 18 inch, per cul ft gecesi nee 32 Quebec Spruce Deals 02h; and ups 6 eee a 00 1 00 Oddments 5:5 .: ether eee hie 62 00 65 00 No. 3 Cuts i. in., G-in.cand wplwide<..cneenaeeee 24 00 1% and 1% in., 6-in. and up wide.. 33 00. 2-in., 6-in. and upiwide ci, Saciten ese 33 00 2%, 8 and 4-in., 6-in. and up WIE, china one Geta Sok iene 43 00 48 00 24 00 . 25 00 . 26 00 . 27 00 . 29 00 . 84 00 -84 00 . 30 00 No. 1 Barn 1 inch j2ot.te tecustet ous eee 8100 45 00 134, 134vand*2-in).- ae, cece 36 00 45 00 2% -and:. O10. te: sevice ole onlay ter 45 00 4 inch (coc..cahepemene taeee ate 50 00 No. 2 Barn 1 inch “Setepty s.cccneute peu 28 00 36 00 134, 13% “and! 2-in. <<... 80 00 36 00 O34 adc cots errant Geneiereeate 38 00 No. 3 Barn D inch feencelsnicnlenecieeien 21 00 28 00 No 1, 1%, 1%, 2-ind 10... 20 00 25 00 Box are a 1, 1%, 1%, aio 1 haha cae 22 00 265 00 2, 134, 254 2a enn s ene 19 00 23 00 "Mill: Culls Mill run culls, l-in. ...... 00 1, 1%, D4 and Sin. ...e.00- 20 00 No. 2 Semmes ees 5 18 00 No. 1, 32-in. pine 1 75 No. 2, 48-in. pine 4 00 No. 1, 48-in. pine 4 75 No. 3, 48-in. pine 3 50 No. 1 48-in. hemlock 3 25 WINNIPEG, MAN. No. 1 Pine, Spruce and Tamarac Dimensions, Rough or = 1S. and 1 6 ft. 8 f 10 ft. x16 ft. KA wae Sots 15 00 18 00 22 00 20 00 Bex GW ark. te 18 00 1800 2200 20 00 KIS: ow die ‘ere 18 00 1850 2200 2000 HE a URS Saree 19 00 1950 2250 2100 eR V2 aie olivine 19 00 2000 2450 22 50 PINE, SPRUCE, TAMARAC & LARCH Mountain Stock Dimensions ee ‘ ,) re.) © No. 1 Common Boards seeeeee G18 BO eee eeee a mi ween eee mY Flooring P| # or 6. inch’ We: 8% 3 csdesies 4 or 6 inch No. 2 4 or 6 inch No. 8 ewe ew ee eee e eee eee Shiplap—Finished @ dach) cee we @ evewee aeanse ics sain 6 inch eee ee see eee fee eee sees eeee 8; 10, 12 inch .ucccc. copenee eee Siding 6 inch No. 1)...4¢- @ inch No: 27. .0e. 6 inch No. BS Snsane Lath No. 1 Cedar, Pine, Spruce .......... No. 2 cedar, pine, “es eos cows wenn PINE ROUGH TIMBER per M. nd 8'x.8 -caJssswcne o a @ “n tb 21 ? x. 10)... ¢-ecneneeee ane cone «ween eae 14 up “to “32 ft. ae. BRITISH COLUMBIA FIR Dimensions, S 1 S. and E. OOH RO 69 09 EH “AK RK HM a Aww xx x 12,;8 to’ 16*it Beeeecee ee 2 -~£t. “sies's ee. ,2mni ni ate aie ee 8, 80, BS so. . ca erate ictal up to 32 ft. ....- ene otal ywietet o 4 x 12-8 to 16e) oe o4 06 > GO ss bt x 12, 18\#e/82, ft: sacs Diane x 12, up to’ 32 ft Baws. ss cee FLOORING No. 1 and 2 red pine, 4 in. .......... 3400 E. G. No. 1 and 2 fir flooring ....... 39 00 B. C. Fir E. G. No. 1 and 2 flooring. 39 F. G. No. 1 and 2 flooring ........ 81 E. and F. G. No. 8 flooring SHIPLAP CSOWONKE hh Pine or spruce ..... Rr nor oe ee 8 to 16 ft., Gin. ...... .. ory Oe B 10” ‘and 12” shiplap . Fir 6” shiplap 10/16 ft. pipes 5a BOARDS—ROUGH OR S.1 S. No. 1 common pine, 10 inch ........ No. 2 common pine, 10 inch ........ No. 3 common pine, mixed ae 0 No. 4 common pine, mixed widths .. am No. 5 common pine, mixed widths .. 10 SHINGLES XXX B. C. Cedar <.sc. aes xX (Ge cae aon piatedes seas xxx ‘Dimension. ....«caeeuscenee se ae LATH ss - No. 1 Mixed W. & R. Pine .......:.. $4 No. 1 B. C. Fi TF oseeeee ceeeee seeece BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. White Pine ; Wholesale Selling Price Uppers 4/4 ...... «see. Uppers 5/4 to 8/4 Uppers 10/4 to 12/4 Selects 4/4 Selects 5/4 to 8/4 ...... Selects 10/4 to 12/4°.. Fine common 4/4 Fine common 5/4 Fine common 6/4 Fine common 8/4 Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Dresiing 5/4 Dressing 5/4 x 10 .. -.. «..-+. «- ) Dressing 5/4 x 12 D No. 1 Moulding 5/4 ...... ...... .. 58 No. 1 Moulding 6/4 ...... .-- +. -- No. 1 Moulding 8/4 ..-.-. -... . (Continued on page 68) er ee ad Ce wee Z ° 9 09 CORD DD DO ND el et et The Shimer Limited, with Expansion, Fig. 628. Groove Head with 8 Bits and self-centering and _ spindle clamping features. Price $36.23 each, complete. The Shimer Limited in solid section, Fig. 625. Groove Head with 8 Bits and the self-centering and spindle clamping features. Price $33.50 each, complete. Fig. 203, Popular Expansion Groove Head with 4 bit seats, complete, net $20.48. Made also with 6 and 8 Bits to each Head. , according to thickness of cut. Samuel J. ‘Milton, Pa., U.S.A. - %, : The alternate and shearing effect of the cu Cutters have exact shape in their ex- CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER . 67’ USE THE SHIMER CUTTER HEADS For Flooring, Ceiling, Siding, Ship Lap, Jointing, Double Ceiling, Doors, Sash, Blinds, etc, Made of steel Forgings, they represent the greatest possible strength in compact and workmanlike manner, em- bodying the vital principles of clearance to all leading Bit Points. reduces to a minimum the tearing-out tendency of cross-grained lumber. terior circles, and uniform product is maintained indefinitely without extra trouble or expense. mf Save the filing to shape at each sharpening of the cutters. They are made per order, carry in their outline the perfect counter- part of the work, thus by simply filing the Bits and setting them to the gauge the fitting of the manufactured parts is assured. A solid Door Head with Bits to work 1 to 1% inch Doors costs only $18.03, and an Expansion Head only $20.63. A solid Sash Head to mould 1 to 1% inch Sash, complete with Bits, costs only $16.91—an Expansion Head fitted out complete only $19.51. $62.87 will give you an excellent solid section outfit, in- cluding Door Cope Heads and Sash Cope Heads. If you want the very best with Expansion the cost will be only $68.07. Double the Ca- pacity of Your Matcher or Moulder By the use of the Shimer Double Ceiling and Double Flooring Heads. Run your stock with double tongue and groove and then re-saw. 100 per cent gain in output for an investment of only $40.94 and upwards. The Bits on the Shimer Double Heads mark the saw cut line of division on the stock so that the sawyer can at once detect any variation of the saw and correct it as the board is passing through. These Heads are not an experiment. We have made them for years and they are in daily use in the best mills of this and other countries. You will find them very complete and practical tools, carrying the Shimer guarantee to do as represented or nu sale. Heads for making Ship Lap The Shimer Cutter Heads for Ship Lap are so proportioned in the Bits and their seats that a perfect draw cut is made. They work interchangeably with our matcher Heads and always produce good work. Price, per set, complete, $33.64 to $38.48, Extra Bits for making Wainscoting on these Heads $1.95 each. Shimer & oe J Bee Sons, Inc. Galt, Ontario, Can. Fig. 23, a Popular Solid Groove Head with 4 bit seats, complete, $17.87. Also made with 6 or 8 Bits to each Head. Groove Head, Fig. 2. For plain matching or tongue and groove joint, complete with Bits, $13.00. Jointer Head, Fig. 55, with 4 Bits in line of work. Also made with 6 and 8 Bits to each Head. With 4 Bits $16.64. Our Bedée Knives, recommended by users as the best thin steel knives on the market, can be furnished in any length or thickness on short no- tice. Write us about your require- ments: 68 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ey CURRENT LUMBER PRICES — Continued No. 2 Moulding) 0/4) cus...) ora sametee 47 00 SAP BIRCH No. 2 Cuts, 1% to 2 in. 48 00 5000 1%-in. spruce laths ...... 4 46 No. 2 Moulding 6/4 sae. <.\ svslesiwtles oe 47 00 4/4 38:-940. 26 = (28. 20) -.22 Barn Boards, No. 1, 1 x 12 .. 4800 5000 1%-in. spruce laths ...... ..... 3 80 No. .2"Moulding 6/4°-<.....< esr nee 47 00 5/4andup 40 - 42 28 - 30 20 - 22 No: U; t= sour 38 00 Ho. : arn : = ‘ sant Scere ov 4 SOFT ELM No. 1,1x 8.. 37 00 New Brunswick Cedar Shingles °. arm x ANd SD .cccee evvvee as 4/4 38 E 40 27 e 29 18 a 20 No. 2, it x a bs =A 40 00 42 00 Extras Pe 3 5 Bee ae he ay bk 8600 -5,6&8/4 40-42 29-31 20-22 No. 2,.1 x 10... 88'00 26 00"| Clears 1cc...) 55-6 See 310 o. 2 Barn 1 x 6 and 65.068.) Wah: 32 00 . No. 2,1 x 8 84 00 3500 Second clears ........ «++e0-- 2 90 A cade ie ay Foal ap SSE rib BASSWOOD No. 3, 1 x 12 .. 3200 3300 Clear whites ....-. ....+- 2 60 0. & arn x Oran SE wees niet ses 26 00 4/4 36 - 38 27 - 29 19 - 21 No. 3, 1 x 10 29 00 30 00 Extra 1s (Clear whites out) 15 ae: Agile of DO nic 'vintem. atetcnite 27 00 Thicker 38 - 40 29 - 31 21 - 23 No. 3,1x 8 29 00 Extra ts° (Clear whites ?aaiee - 10% Bos 1 = ae Le ENRICO OG 23 ne PLAIN OAK - : : Canadian spruce boards ........ 25 00 Red Cedar Extras, 16-in. 5 butts... ._. OR Taare eleigene eis este aero ila 25 0 4/4 54 - 56 35 - 37 23 - 25 Spruce, 10 in. dimension. 28 00 £0)’ Qrinh,... ox 80 00 8800 All other random lengths, 7-in. lows. 1/30-in. maple, $3.75 per M. feet; 5/4to 8/4 36 - 38 25 - 27 17 - 19 Fine common. kine eee 68 00 70 00 and under, 10 ft. and up .. 2100 2150 in maple, $4.00 per M. feet; 1/20-in. } 10/4 to 16/4 40 - 42 80 - 32 22 - 24 Fine common, 1% to 2 in. ..... 7000 7200 65-inch F and up aereuaattable see gg oe ie Mit 4 7 and. RED BIRCH No. 1 (Cats Sein aeeees ae heee . 85 00 boards, 8 ft. and up, p Is .. 23 00 «ed one side, dc. per it.; “4-in.. o-ply 4/4 4-46 80-82 18-20 No. 1 Cuts 1% to@ im v.s00.. 60 00 6400 1x 2 and 1 x 3 furring, p 1s sanded one side 4c per ft. All F.0.B. James- 5/4to 8/4 46-48 32-34 20 - 22 No. 2) Cutajy 1 dma yee ree Sets 40 00 clipped and bundled ........ 23 00 town, New York. This belt pulls 100 h. p. Note the 17-inch slack and then note the tightener used before applying Cling-Surface. We have already called attention to many installations where Cling-Surface has made belts do more and better work. Here is another: When photographed this engine in the plant of J. S. Hag- gerty Brick Co., Detroit, Mich., was de- livering 100 h.p. from a 6-ft. to a 3-ft. pulley through a 20-in. three-ply leather belt, engine speed 75 r.p.m. Center to center of pulleys 20 ft. Since April, 1903, this belt has had good consistent Cling-Surface treatment and has given no trouble. As shown, it runs with 17 in. slack, and without slip. Mr. Henry Malesky, the plant super- intendent, says about this belt: “You will notice that the heavy tightener necessary before Cling-Surface was used is now hanging in the air, clear of the belt. It is no longer needed.” This belt like all Cling-Surface-treated belts, is giving excellent service. It is just one of hundreds of instances where Cling-Surface is saving* many dollars each year simply because it relieves the belts of umnecessary initial tension and entirely eliminates slip. “Tell us your conditions and we will tell you what improvement is possible with Cling-Surface. Write for literature and ask for quotations which are f.o.b. Toronto. Cling Surface Co 1021 Niagara St New York Atlanta “A JAX” The World’s Strongest Chain | Above Cut shows a piece of 9-32 inch Chain proof tested to 3,000 |Ibs. Showing the same pulled to destruction, breaking at 7,800 Ibs. Buffalo N Y Chicago Denver Toronto Ete 66 Boston Memphis (See how this Chain stretched before breaking,) WHY? Pay for Bags, Sacking, Freight, Handling, Cadging on light dirty oats, when the above items of cost are the same on Heavy, Clean, “National” Oats purchased direct from producers and shipped from our elevators in the heart of the best oat sections of the Western Provinces. Write or wire for quotations National Elevator Company, Limited WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Port Arthur, Ont. Do your log loading with the “Ajax” loading chain, every link of which is guaranteed. The illustration tells a convincing story. Manufactured only by Standard Chain Company Pittsburgh, Pa. The World’s Largest Chain Producers. f Montreal: Alexander Gibb, St. Nicholas Bldg. Winnipeg: Bissett & Loucks. Vancouver: John Burns, 329 Railway St. CANADA LUMBERMAN Save Money by using one of our Auto- matic Saw Sharpeners. Saws sharpened on them will do better work and more of it. This cut illustrates our our No. I Circular Saw Sharpener, fitted to handle, a saw up to 40 inches dia- meter. We make a complete line of Automatic Knife Grinding and Saw Sharpening Machinery. Send for Catalog SAMUEL C. ROCERS & CO. 18 LOCK ST. BUFFALO, N.Y. Veneer Press and Dryer Hydraulic and other Presses for mill and factory use. Built in all sizes or to suit special conditions WRITE FOR PRICES AND QUOTATIONS William R. Perrin and Company, Ltd. TORONTO, CANADA Grasararz wes HUTHER BROS. PATENT GROOVER OR DADO HEAD For cutting any width groove from one quarter inch to a inches or over Can be used on any Circular Saw Material. Will cut a perfect groove with or across the grain. This is the only Dado Head on the market that gives entire satistaction on all classes of work. No crew adjustment. For difterent width grooves, simply remove or add inside cutters. Sold by builders and dealers of wood working machinery in all parts of the United States. Will send on approval, in Competition with any other make on the market; if not the best return at our expense. HUTHER BROS., SAW MFG. CO., Inc., 1103 University Ave., RocHEsTER, N.Y., manufacturer Circular Saws, Morgan Pattern Lock-Corner Box Cutters, Concave Saws, etc. : AND WOODWORKER. 69 Dixon’s Graphite Water-proof Grease A single trial of this splendid heavy- bodied mixture of mineral grease and flake graphite will con- vince you of its superiorities, both as a lubricant and as a rust preventive, over any other grease on the market. No saw mill plant should be without it, for the protection of slides, open bearings, chains and wire ropes. Send for Booklet No. 238 on “Waterproof Grease.” Made in JERSEY CITY, N. J. by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company Established 1827 IRE and ¥ IRE PRODUCTS for Lumber Shippers, Pulp Mills, Shook Mills, etc. We stock Extra Strong Annealed Wire for Car Stakes, etc., Bundling Wire for Box Shooks, Laths, Pickets, Boards etc., and Wire Ties for Barrel and Keg Heading and Staves. Wire Bale-Ties, Single Loop and Crosshead Patterns, Wire Nails, Wire Staples, Wire Barrel Hoops. Write for Prices. Sole Manufacturers for Canada of the Carnegie Steel Company’s Patent Steel Hoop for all slack cooperage. The Laidlaw Bale-Tie Co., Limited HAMILTON, ONTARIO Winnipeg Harry F. Moulden & Son Vanceuver George W. Laidlaw WHY you should install the Mahony Blower System in your Planing Mill Fifty per cent. higher efficiency than any other on the market to-day, uses % less power, costs less to install, no cyclone re- quired, eliminates back pressure on thefan. I will undertake to increase the capacity of any system nowinstalled 50to 100% = the application of the Mahony Back Pressure valve on your fan, without using a scrap more of horse-power. YOU NEED this apparatusin your plant Write to-day for prices A. Mahony, 512 Wellington West, Toronto No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will ‘withstand the severest kind Griplock Riveted Chain Belt O f deny ; Be. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. ss! The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Section of Griplock Riveted Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 303—Heavy Duty Foursided Moulder. A heavy substantial moulder suitable for all classes of work. It is the most convenient moulder to adjust and operate on the market to-day. Heavy feed works. Outside top head support. Increased weight. Long heavy table. A. new-BullecuaNes 303 fully describing this moulder has just been issued and will be sent to you on request. Canada Machinery Corporation, Limite Galt, Ontario Largest Builders of Wood-Working Machinery in Canada CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 71 SHAVING EXHAUST FANS|| WICKES GANGS for the ‘*As Staple in a Saw Mill as Sugar in a Grocery.” 4 z FLAT GANGS Unexcelled in the manufacture of Planing Flooring Strips Cedar Siding _Shiplap Mill Silo Stock Door Stock Box Lumber | Boards from cants and flitches, from either hard or soft woods. ROUND LOG GANGS JUST WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES —taking all your small logs just as they come from the pond and cutting them up into boards or dimensions, getting every board there is in the log, never over-slabbing (wish we could say this of all head sawyers.) Built to handle either one or two logs at once, up to 14 in. diameter. KEEP THE SMALL LOGS AWAY FROM THE HEAD SAW and CAR- RIAGE entirely, raise your cutting capacity, and install ecomony by the same stroke. Not an EXPERIMENT, but an ECONOMIO NECESSITY. Think it Over Carefully, then Write ee» us for Details. ' es “The Gang cannot (lag The Sheldon Shaving Exhaust Fan is specially designed to give the best results in the Planing Mill, having a saving in power and speed of 257 to 40%. Write for particulars Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario ii oi = cr Overslab.” Wickes Broth Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building Ascinah Hoes, Be Cire 412 St. Janes Bt. -Mesers. Walker's Limited, 250 Stanley St. 410 White Building - ~ SEATTLE, WASH. Messrs. Robt. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Bank of Ottawa Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Head Office, Saginaw, Michigan, U.S. A. Messrs. Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Ltd:, Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N. Y. _ Manufacturers : of— : é Nailing A Machine for Machines, oe Be 83 = “48 , Operation Lock Cor- | : ner Box Machinery, | Box Board 4 _ Matchers, — | Box Board | Printing Machines. 1 a faa CLYDE IRO 1 | Every manufacurer of boxes; every manufacturer who has nails to drive in Duluth, Minnesota.USA. # any article, or packages of any kind to manufacture, should write the Mor- | gan Machine Company for latest developments in machinery for the Box | Industry. | Morgan Machine Company ' ROCHESTER, N.Y. —— eee u | . 72 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER - Knight Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- quirements of thresher and saw mill men operating in small tracts of timber, as both husk a Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- Size wag! cine! sic, stele ... 8 feet by 6 feet 3 inches Width) of Carriages) 5) (2c) dareua aisle’ usaiei tn ee eee Diameter and Length Mandrel . 2 3/16 by 55 inches Trucks ... ... ... ...- 7-inch wheels and 14-inch axles tween the standards of a wagon Size Drive Pulley ... ... ... ... ... 20 by 10 inches Length Track ... ... ... ... ... 32, 40, 48 or 56 feet when moving from one setting Feed per Revolution of Saw ... ... \... 0 to 3% inches Style and Opening of Blocks ... ... ... Cl-36 inches eed SOL Pte vasarn. wra'aiiivis ol Rastettan eels .+. «-. 4inch Gandy Style Mill Dogs... ... .«« «ee «-s Pony Excelsior to another. Largest Diameter Saw... ... ... .-. «+» «» 56 inches Style Set Works ... ... ... ... No, 1 Single Ratchet Length of Carriages serach voitaeis 12, 16, 20 or 24 feet Write for the catalogue of the Knight With each complete size “‘S” mill we furnish one saw, wrench, cant hook, feed belt, pulley with boxes line of saw mill machinery. ‘or tightener and foundation bolts for husk THE KNIGHT MEG. CO., Canton, Ohio. Canadian Distributors :—R. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver, B. C.. E. Long Mfg. Co., Orillia, Ont. 128,350 Laths In Ten Hours Our Lath-Mill and Bolter have made a test cut in ten hours of 128,350 four foot laths, 1% in. by 3% in., counted, tied and piled. We also make a full line of Lath-Mill and Picket-Mill Ma- chinery, for mills, both large and small. A Few of the “400” who | | use Payette’s Lath- Machinery : f Graves, Bigwood Co., Byng Inlet, Ont. { Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Victoria Hat bor, Ont. | Georgian Bay Lumber Co.. Waubaushene, Ont. ; é Colonia) Lumber Co., Pembroke, Ont. f Theo. A. Burrows, Grand View, Man. Wm. Milne & Sons, North Bay, Ont. C. Beck Mfg. Co., Penetanguishene, Ont. Manley Chew, Esq., Midland, Ont. Chew Bros., Midland, Ont. r. Payette & Company, James Playfair Co., Midland, Ont. ~ Engineers and Machinists PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 73 More is expected of a _ Berlin Matcher than any other because 3erline Matchers have always Berlin Matcher Success has been Berlin Matchers have proven Earned absolutely successful during the past year. By “successful” we mean that our every claim as to their efficiency, producing ability, quality of lumber manufactured and low up keep cost in operation, has been substantiated with every installation of a Berlin Matcher been successful. And Berlin Matchers have always given more than was. expected because they are Berlin Matchers. And this success did not just happen. It was earned by the combined efforts of the most able Berlin Engineers. Their supreme efforts have been centered upon the one object sought; the pre-eminence of Berlin Matchers as producers of finished lumber. That necessitates the possession of features or qualities of acknowledged superiority. Superior design of working features, of supports for those features and of auxiliaries for their immediate assistance in producing perfectly manufac- tured lumber, possessed by Berlin Matchers has assured their pre-eminence. And this has all been earned by diligent, consistent and persistent effort to supply our patrons with the best Matchers that engineering ability, plus the experience of practical mill men, carefully applied, could produce. It is the result of attempts, year after year, to perfect a machine that would manufacture the finest lumber at a cost that insures a profit. The fea- Our efforts have been crowned with success. And, it is to be your suc- tures cess as well as our own. For Berlin Matchers operating in your plant will that made assure a profit on the finished lumber they produce. this match- On paper we can give you only our claims,—reasons why you should, er a success are described See ni — = ——— KILN DRIED BORED FOR NAILING SIDE & END MATCH SIDE & END MATCHED HOLLOW BACK Kiln-Dried, Tongued and Grooved, End Matched, Hollow Backed, Bored for Nails, Bundled to Assorted Lengths, Stamped and Tied with Wire Maple, Beech, Plain Oak, Quarter Cut Oak, Birch Standard Grading Rules: Select—Clear—No. 1.—Factory. ees re Thicknesses: Thirteen- sheen (oe Nine-sixteenths (9/16), Three- cighths(3/8)._ ‘ Midland Brand Hardwood Flooring—-The kind that is advertised. Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. Manufacturers Ay the Tree'to the Finished Product Midland - Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 3 VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS George Gordon & Company Limited CACHE BAY i ONTARIO = Manufacturers of | Lumber, Lath and Dimension Timber Planing Mill Dry Kiln 4 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER See Us First Now that spring has arrived, do not forget when buying, that we have - a full assortment of White Pine, Norway & Spruce | JAMES G. CANE & CO. 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO, Ont. / President and General Manager Assistant General Manager . C. CAMERON, Winnipeg Ww. ROBERTSON, Vancouver Yellow Pine Timber Secretary-Treasurer, WILSON BELL, Winnipeg And Lumber Rough or Dressed Car Material and Long Timbers The Rat Portage a Specialty PROMPT SHIPMENTS = Lumber C O. Lt d. E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. Lisman Cincinnati Ma, and Ohio . H. Garrett Lumber Co. Manufacturers of Fir, Cedar and Spruce | LUMBER Cedar Shingles, Fir and Cedar Lath Long Leaf Timbers, Melon, La: | eee fee ee Car Sills and Sheathing, Cedar Siding Waukegan, Tex. J i ; Buena Visi, Ark. Railroad Material Large and Long Timbers MRE for heavy construction work Send your inquiries and orders to:— . General Sales Office Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. Vancouver, B.C., and Harrison River, B.C. ~ Spruce White Pine Banksian Pine Birch Get our stock list and prices. QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, _ Portland, Maine — mR K ye 7/7 PULP WOOD ~ | Wanted to Buy 10,000 Cords ‘ _ Must clear out No. I Hemlock, 1913 cut 5 feet 4 — 16 45 : 6 — 14 6 : 6 — 16 7 10 — I4 9 10 — 16 SS The Long Lumber Co. JON 5 | sis 4 | Hamilton, Ont. wy : HARD TO BEAT i. =» HOCKEN’S HEMLOCK PINE and HARDWOOD There are many of us in the race but when you sell HOCKEN stock you have something that is hard to beat. Our summer mills are now in operation. Send us your List. | Hocken Lumber Company, Limited | ig Otter Lake Station, Ontario Pe) a 6 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments — | JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. 2x4 b/d x 6 “Everything in Lumber” 6/4 x 11 5/4 x 5 A 3 : " € Large Stocks of Sized or Rough Hemlock and Yellow 7 ‘ ba z - 1 3 5 Pine, in the Roug ; 3’ Shorts E 5/k x 9 x Cedar Telegraph and Electric Railway Poles 20 to 80 ft. — 4/4 to 8/4 Clear and Clear Face. Write for prices Watson & Todd, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. Cite | ne nie = Fraser he Georgian Bay || Lumber Co., ita Wholesale Lumber Dealers | U m b e r C 0 r Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Limited Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa _ Waubaushene, Ontario White Pine Manufacturers of High Grade Red Pine Lu m. b er spe and Lath 53 Queen St. JOHN GILLIES DAVID GILLIES J. S. GILLIES President Vice-President. Sec.-Treas. ee GILLIES BROS AESIDE, ON? 1873 ° BRAESIDE, ONT. | Limited Manufacturers of WHITE PINE RED PINE SPRUCE New York City: Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway * CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | Quebec | Spruce ana Hemlock Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath | BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave, MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office BROMLEY Look where you will, “Bromley’s”’ is the best stock in sight Red and White PINE Wm. H. Bromley Pembroke, Ont. Wholesale | Lumber Lath & CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited. MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock Special price for quick shipments: 6/4-8/4- 10/4 No. 1 Com. & Btr. Birch lin. & 2 in. Merchantable Spruce Toronto, Canada 2 in. & 3 in. Tamarac 801-2 C.P.R. Building, 1 in. Crating Lumber 3 2 x 10-16 Merchantable Hemlock Cor. King & Yonge I WANT YOUR ORDERS | and solicit your inquiries for PINE, SPRUCE, HEMLOCK, HARDWOODS, LATH The Rideau Lumber Co., Limited | Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. 1913 Sawing SPRUCE Dry Factory White Pine—All thicknesses. Deal with me and you will be satisfied every time. cs A. SPEN CER ea at and | Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec Nice Line 1 x 4 and up—6/11 Moulding White Pine. Casey~Shaw Lumber Co. Limited | Hemlock, Pine and Spruce Bills cut to order. SUDBURY, ONT. Manufacturers of Lumber and Lath, | Planing Mill Work We have a good stock of White Pine, Red Hers Jack Pine, Spruce and Hemlock. Planing mill in écnnection with sawmill at Fesserton. Fesserton Timber Company, Limited 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO General Office, Sudbury, Ont. Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined 250,000,000 feet constantly in stock insures filling any reasonable order promptly. Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to merit a still larger increase. Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY Hibernia Building New Orleans, La. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 3 == 3% WaSate ise “eet 2o0 ‘Yeeu? < eee 8S Mt) ate’ rt Fraser Limited | J.B. SNOWBALL CO., LTD. 4 Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada Fredericton, N. B. E eG. v4 SELLING AGENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited Cabano, P. Q. Fraser Lumber Co., Limited Plaster Rock, N. B. F & M Lumber Co., Limited Whitworth, P. Q. MANUFACTURERS OF Spruce Lumber Rough and Finished View of yard and mill—J. B. Snowball Co., Ltd., Chatham, N.B. Shingles, Lath, P iano Spruce, Pine, Hemlock, Hardwood, Lumberys di B d S k Cedar Shingles and Laths Soun Ing oar toc 9 etc. Mills—Chatham, Tracadie, Millerton. We solicit your enquiries. We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie” Brand Edward Partington N. B. Cedar Shingles ..c-, | Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario Points Head Office, St. John, N.B. . Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Mills: St. John, N.B. Blackville, N.B. Marysville, N.B. Dalhousie, New Brunswick Agents for Ontario R, Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited Toronto Manufacturers of If You Need a Position Bleached a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you. | If You are a Capable Man Sulphite Pulp % no matter how small or how big your present position may ee heer i Put you im tou Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber, Laths ‘a The rates are most reasonable, write us. | Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto Hardwoods ue ieee Ae Joun McKercow, W.K.GRAFFTBY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Ottawa Office : Montreal Office: 46 Elgin St. 759 Notre Dame St.,W. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 13 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Milland Novelty Works. All kinds of Hard and Softw ood Lumber. Dimension Stock in Beech, Maple and B pink 5 ss end Cot Frames, Ete. requirements, can furnish you stock that wi iil please. E 37 RESIDENCE 15 WIARTON, Ont. HAEBERLE LUMBER CO. ER AND TIMBER White Pie, ‘Norwey Yellow Pine, Hemlock ak Moul 8, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, = i Poles and Ties. Yellow Pine Timber a Specialty Interior Trim hi Work. NIACARA FALLS, N.Y. A. MILLER Dealer in All Kinds of Hardwood Lumber Office and Yard: 893 Eagle St. Hardwood Flooring - The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON BROS., LTD. For prices write W. T. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 TORONTO Watchman’s Portable CLOCKS We are the only MANUFACTURERS in America WRITE US FOR DETAILS Hardinge Bros., Inc. 1775 Berteau Ave., CHICAGO BUFFALO, N. Y. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lumber Good Grades Right Prices Prompt Shipments We want to move the following stock quick, and if you are inter- ested in any of the items, take it up with us before buying else- where. We will quote you prices that should get the order. We ship all Hardwood in accordance with National Hardwood Association Rules of Inspection. 10 Cars 4/4 No.1, C. & B. BIRCH I ‘“ 6/4 No. 1 rT “ Avit 8/4 No. 1 “ rT; 3°“ 36/4 Ist and 2nd 3 15M ft. 8/4 No.1, C.& B. S. ELM IM ft. 12/4 No. 6M ft. 16/4 No. 7M ft. 6/4 No. 1%Mft. 5/4 No. 3M ft. 10/4 No. 7M ft. 12/4 No. 2 sf ™ Ask About Car 10/4 to 16/4 BIRCH SH NO YO AS F&F FULL LINE OF JACK PINE Above stock dry and well manufactured C. G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited Manufacturers and Strictly Wholesale Dealers in Lumber 206.Manning Chambers Toronto “| Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- { E Buy, Sell and dealin all kinds of Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine, Oak, Red- wood, Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. AUGER & SON QUEBEC The Canada Weal | Specialty Co., Limited | Manufacturers; Lumber, Hardwood Flooring Handles, Poles, Bed. ‘Frame Stock, Cheese Box Hoops, Heading, Baskets, Etc. Write, Telegraph or Telephone your orders 1 ! | | - Orillia, Ont. | R, LAL LUMBER CO. LIMITED | pe a pals Soa Toronto Sarnia Buffalo yl FOR SALE For Immediate Shipment | Hardwood Lumber | Moulding, Sash and Doors. SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood in transit on the Intercolonial j ailway. The Rimouski Industrial Co., Ltd. Rimouski, P.Q. y SPECIALTIES Sawed Hemlock Red Cedar Shingles White Pine Lath Bass and Poplar Siding James Gillespie Pine and Hardwood Lumber — Lath and Shingles ] | | North Tonawanda, N. Y. hf Individuality and Experience Count ‘The experienced individual gives close attention, knowledge and | aggressive interest. He will ren- } der you better and cheaper ser- | vice than the hastily built force | of a corporation. Each of my men has learned in the hard school of long actual experience. | Try me. | Timber Estimates Boundary Surveys Topographical Maps Planting James W. Sewall 16 Centre Street OLD TOWN, MAINE Austin & Nicholson Chapleau, Ontario Rough and Dressed Lumber and Lath Dressing and Matching in Car Lots a Specialty HOBART & CO. CHOICE Southern Hardwoods Cypress, Kiln Dried North ; Carolina Pine Send Us Your Inquiries |_| 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Yard at Prison Point Cable Address ‘‘Hobco, Boston.” | Success or Failure in modern lumbering depends in | anincreasing degree on thorough knowledge of operating condi- This knowledge when obtained by our cruises and timber-land reports is de- pendable. | Munson- Whitaker Co. Consulting Forest Engineers 1 Chicago, 512 Comm’1 National Bank Bldg. 0) Boston _ New York 470 Fourth 622 Tremont Bldg. Ave. Pittsburgh, 900 Arrott Bldg. _] The Penetanguishene Planing Mill i h and Door Factory Planing of all kinds done by carload. Rail- Switch in connection with mill. sses of building material, lime and ent for sale. HONSE TESSIER, Builder & Con ractor _ PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “Well Bought is Half Sold” Let us quote you on the following Specials: 10,000 Ft. 4/4 Ist and 2nd Basswood 100,000 “ 5/4 “* ; ‘i 40,000 “ 6/4 “ " " ao. «Oe ‘ - 2,500 “ 16/4.“ . . 100,000 « 5/4 No.1, 2 and 3 Common 11,000 “ 6/4 Ist and 2nd Brown Ash Z000 “" 16/4 “ . - . 1Z.000 "58/4 “ “ Soft Elm | Car 4/4 No. 2 C. & B. Brown Ash 48,000 “ 4/4 No.1 “ Soft Elm 22,000 “ 8/4 No.1 “ > pF F.O.B. 8c rate to Toronto. Good Average Width and Dry. —ALSO— 10 Cars | 3/8—4 Ft. M. R. Pine Lath F.O.B. I 1c rate to Toronto Thoroughly dry. Must be moved promptly. Graves, Big wood & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Pine ana Hemlock Lumber 1026-32 Traders Bank Bldg, 1 oronto,Ont. Mills: Byng Inlet, Ont. =r + aie an” 9) We are Buyers of Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce Veneers Handles (3 or more ply) (all descriptions) Staves Hoops Headings JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. Bootle, Liverpool, England London Office: Dashwood House 9 Broad St., E.C. Cant& Kemp 52 St. Enoch Square GLASGOW Timber Brokers Cable Address, ‘‘Tectona,” Glasgow Ar and A BC Codes used ARNWORTH & JARDINE Cable Address: Farnworth, Liverpool WOOD BROKERS and MEASURERS 2 Dale Street, Liverpool, and Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Liverpool England "§ LOGSTAMPS Write us for particulars and prices Superior Mfg. Co.,Ltd. 93 Church St., Toronto For Sale by Owners B. C. Timber Lands Git” -P: three +: GN. R. New Railroads | P.. G. E. E. THOMAS 578 Richards St., Vancouver, B. C. Located on Saw Mill Help Competent employees for saw mills and woodworking plants are scarce. The best of them read this paper regularly. To get in touch with good men send a ““ Want Ad” to the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker ( 220 King Street West, TORONTO SFT; ae a 12 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LIMITED OTTAWA WHOLESALE CANADA OAK FIR WHITE PINE . E e e e 6 . ‘g Specialty --- Dimension Timber | HEMLOCK YELLOW PINE NORWAY PINE é Lumber “EASTERN AGENTS TIES Lath NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., Limited | POLES Shingles MILLS AT ~ ~ BARNET, B.C. POSTS ESTABLISHED 1855 THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. OF PENETANGUISHENE LOGGING - DRIVING SAWING Which is the most expensive operat- ion? Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. HeEMLock BiListurFF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait to write. Phone us your requirements. In which is there the greatest need for improvement ? All stock sized or matched if required. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber Why not improve it? The Shaw Motor-Headworks is the latest improvement in Log Driv- ing Machinery. Operated by one man. Will tow 2,000,000 feet. Is quick, light and reliable. California White Pine California Sugar Pine and Arizona Soft Pine For further particulars write RUSSEL BROTHERS | Fort Frances, Ontario, Can. Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber ** LOUIS WUICHET Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS F. N. Wa pig, President. W. E. Harper, Secretary. — The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Ltd. Manufacturers of. Lumber, Lath and Shingles R. S. WALprE, Vice-President. _ Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. 12-14 Wellington Street East, TORONTO, ONT. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 13 Highest Grade Extra Clear XXX B. C. Red Cedar Shingles in Transit If you want quick delivery write, wire or telephone C. A. Larkin Lumber Co’y., Limited TORONTO, ONTARIO MEMPHIS VENEER & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers: Honduras Mahogany and Southern Hardwood Lumber SAWN VENEERS Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak and Quartered Red Gum MEMPHIS - . . TENN. JOHN DONOGH & CO. Wholesale Dealers 1 x 4-5-6-8 Dressed or Rough Spruce 12x82 x 10 Red Pine 1 x 4-5-6, Dressed or Rough “1. D: 1.2 Sand wierd NEN Cult White P ine | 1 * io Mill Culls ALL DRY STOCK. 1205, TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO JAMES E. STARK LUMBER CO. Manufacturers: Quartered and Plain Oak ASH A large stock of Ash continually on hand TENN. Poplar and Cypress MEMPHIS - ‘SALES AGENTS FRANK H. HARRIS LUMBER CO. LTD., 3) cuurcu StREET, TORONTO, ONT. WHOLESALERS : Hardwoods, Oak Flooring, Chestnut, Walnut and Yellow Pine. Mixed Cars Promptly Shipped SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE WILL QUOTE AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. Oliver Lumber Co. of Toronto Limited Confederation Life Building Feet. |For Quick Sale 5.22%. 1 x 4,5 and 7, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway, 44% Beemer ele. 5-1. 615% 7-ini ik we. 1 x 6, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway 1 x 8, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway 5/4 x 4 and up, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway. 6/4 x 4 and up, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway. 8/4 x 4 and up, 10/16 ft. Mill Run Norway. | The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Ce Ltd. 18 Toronto Street, TORONTO, ONT. SPEARS & LAUDE We Specialize in PILING Always on hand a full line of Spruce and Tamarac Piles, 25 to 50 feet. 1 in. and 2 in. Hemlock and Spruce. Wanted 1 in. Cull Hardwood. ARTHUR N. DUDLEY Lumber, Lath and Shingles 109 Stair Building Toronto Phone M 6368 Our Mills now ready to cut HEMLOCK TIMBER up to 12 x 12 — 24 We have on hand a full line of Hemlock Lumber, Ties & Post Cut This Season Prompt Delivery guaranteed. . Write, wire or phone for quotations. Manufacturers & Wholesale Dealers 501 Kent Bldg., TORONTO 14 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER J. Burstall & Company | Timber and Lumber Merchants | Shippers of All Kinds Head . | aa of Lumber and Timber Office, Quebec, Que. Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England When You Want Lumber From Such Logs as these, we have the stock ready for you. Quality and service is the keynote of our success and by devoting our energy to the selling of Soft and Hardwoods we are able to give you at- tention that insures the acme of satisfaction. We are open to contract for our Hardwoods and Soft Woods and can handle any contract for Special Bills. Our new mill commenced operating in January, and is now running double tower. A Typical Logging Scene in Fassett, Que. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited | Fassett, Que. River Quelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED | & St. Pacome, Que., Canada | On I. C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Lumber Lath Pulpwood Quebec City CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 15 = = = = — = E72 ase —= LAE ——S— ———— —z SE = z 2 =) = \ The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Representing 22 Mills 4 6 Branches . What about a mixed car of mouldings, turnings, doors with shingles and sidings. Send for our latest catalogue. It will pay you better than making them yourself. Lumber of all kinds. Your correspondence solicited. Head Office: Coristine Bldg.,. MONTREAL “Mason, Gordon & Co. ®:"=:: Montreal, Que. Everything in Timber Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada Write, Wire or ’Phone for Prices _ . Charlemagne & Lac OQuareau Lumber Co. Mills: Charlemagne, Montcalm, St. Adele The Gres Falls Company t MONTREAL Canada Mills: Thre: Rivers and Cap Madelaine St. Gabriel Lumber Co., Limited Large stock of 1” 14”, 1%” and 2” WHITE Mill: St. Gabriel de Brandon PINE, Bone dry. Head Office: 524 Board of Trade, Montreal, P.Q. 10 /13-Et. Spruce and Hemlock Manufacturers of Offices at - Mills at , Spruce and Pine Lumber and Ground Wood Pulp 97 St. James St., Montreal Mont:Laurier, P. Q. When You Want Help in Your Mill Insert an advertisement in the “WANTED & FOR SALE” department The most efficient mill employees in Canada are regular readers of this paper. Get the best by advertising. Rates on request. Toronto, Ont. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker . Montreal Office: 119 Board of Trade Building 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBER HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CO., Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. LTD. Selects Y K Timbers Shops — Sea Yard Stock Commons Clears and “S “a and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. ice: JAFFRAY, B.C. Limited Taco Heavy Fir Dimension Is Our Particular Specialty There is un- doubtedlyabig market for Mill Equipment of all kinds. Let us Demons- trate our Ad- vertising ser- vice. We please others, we can please you. ‘Are You Interested in British Colum- bia Trade? Theimmensity of the Lumber Industry will within a few years make this Province the most im- portant in the whole Domin- _ ion. The Heavier it is the Better we like it We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. Our grade is posttively right, and prices will please Timberland Lumber Co., Limited ) Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. Shipment by C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C.E.R.R. Western Lumberman Crowe & Wilson Chambers VANCOUVER, B.C. anch iani W. A, ANSTIE, Managing Director. Forest Mills of British Columbia, Ltd. Head Office: Revelstoke, B.C. Mills at Taft, Three Valley, Comaplix, Cascade, Nelson Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Specialties: WHITE PINE, WESTERN SOFT PINE and CLEAR CEDAR PRODUCTS Special facilities for supplying the Eastern Trade Eastern Representative W. J. MacBeth, Toronto We have the Goods Dr. Stewart’s otra Remedies AND NECK TLE or \ Ae Fas J.M. STEWART" S¢ "SURE CURE™ YOUR HOULOERS ANO NECK IN GOOD SHAPE _ THE SAME UNIFORM QUALITY THAT HAS MADE THEM FAMOUS FOR 30 YEARS EE PSE TED Stewart’s Sure Cure opted et peur? the original in liquid form ... . & atian er OZ bottles $5.00 doz. 16 oz. 9.00 Stewart’s Excelsior Liniment ~»- 16 OZ. 32 oz. Stewart’s Lightning Colic Cure, the only colic cure that removes the cause ....... ... 16 oz. _ Stewart’s Pure Condition Powders ... . 2 lb. air tight can 4.50 Stewart’s Hoof Ointment ... ... ... ... so. Ib.\can 5.00 Stewart’s Heave Relief . : 53 . large can 5.00 Stewart’s Cough and Distemper Cure _. 50 doses to bottle 7.00 Stewart’s Proud Flesh Powders ... ... . ‘ 2.50 Palmer's Family Remedies are Sold with the Strongest Guarantee Palmer's ek Ubi oe te ni PMCITEIGULG. i sais ws Mohs te ese oes Pain Remedy . 2 Pe EEA Carbo-Healing Salve . EAC ame rom Oe Giemmcnmands liver’ Pills .-. 1... 0c. cc. ose Kidney Pills ... # SRS ee Oe eae Wild Strawberry Cordial. ree Sees eee siss) Ss, Wing Screw Boot Ca Made especially for Lumbermen Largest Wholesale Dealers in Hay and Oats in Canada ra Co ugh, yee rok 1b a je ay y O,ctmns and rE iquig, "Bang, 7 peor. it ee 81 rey gre % = 2 fll ne + Write or wire us at any of the above offices. We do the rest. “HE WHO SERVES BEST PROFITS MOST.’ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 ** Five Machines in One. eee ee Save a Dollar to a Pound a Day on this Machine It is a practical machine for a practical man and fills a long-felt want in the vehicle repair shop. On this machine you can plane, bore and round, rims and felloes, poles, shafts, etc., as well as perform various other operations at a great saving of time over hand labor. This machine is furnished complete with countershaft and is equip- ped as follows: one three-knife 6-in. buzz planer head with adjustable table and fence; three cornering and chamfering heads each fitted with knives, chip breakers and guides; one special expanding cutter- head with knives and one adjustable boring attachment with fout boring bits. Write for descriptive circular and detailed quotation. ih The Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. No. 5 Rounling, Chamferinz, Planing, Shaping and Boring Machine. MAPLE LEAF SAWS | 2 ( APLE LEAF SAWS, “THE PROVEN BEST,” absolutely guaranteed. Be U M sure and specify Improved Racer Cross Cut Saw when ordering your camp sup- : | plies. They are made of Razor steel and tempered by our secret process, which a) gives the best results under actual working conditions in the bush. t _ Shurly-Dietrich Co., Limited, &,. Branch: VANCOUVER, B.C. ‘Lumbering Tools sn: o. The Standard Tools Split Maple . Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto - Send r Catalogue an rice List s e e ee et Frio 1 Thos. Pink Co., Limited, Pembroke, Ont. i : - a.) oo |! ee eee 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER . (iti , ADAMS. COAL-OIL POINTERS A big advantage of the Adams Pointer is that coal-oil may be used as fuel in- x L stead of gasoline. This oilis found in every camp in the country, it is cheaper, safer and more convenient than gasoline and is just as satisfactory. Adams Pointers reduce your river costs. Adams Pointers do the work of from six to ten men. One man operates all machinery. Adams Pointers carry your men to work and leave them fresh for the day’s work. Adams Pointers draw themselves over rapids and portages. Adams Pointers can be used for warping and sweeping logs out of corners that an Alligator could not reach. Our literature gives full particulars Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season. Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timber Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log Stamping, Hammers, etc. Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the lowest price. : Write us for particulars and prices ARGALL BROTHERS Three Rivers, Quebec Right Footwear for Lumbermen and Sawmill Workers. Ordinary boots or shoes are useless where there is much dampness or wet. For thirty years we have been making our celebrated oil-tanned waterproof footwear from the finest leather procurable, tanned by our own secret process and known as Skowhegan Leather. This footwear has been sold under the name of PALMER’S “Moose Head Brand” Summer Packs and Harvest Shoes, made 3, 5 and 8 eyelets high for use in and around the Mills, the Woods, on the Farm and in any place where hard serviceable wear is required. Made on right and left com- fortable, easy-fitting lasts, light, but strong and durable. No more tired and burning feet. Made from Oil Tanned Skowhegan Waterproof Leather, with full waterproofed Sole Leather Sole and Heel and Solid Insole. Packed in cartons in 12 and 30 pair cases. To introduce them let us send you a case at once. John Palmer Co., Ltd. Fredericton, N. B., CANADA “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Molds se Repaired and Recovered CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont.; and other Lumber Equipment, including boom chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Shawanaga, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. ee en 1 3-block right hand steam feed carriage 4 Lap Grinder. fitted with steam set works, made by Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. =" Set Band Saw Rollers and levelling blocks, with reer py | swedges, a num- ber of second-hand band, gang, edger 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right and slash table saws. hand. 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. POWER PLANT 110 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- Double Duplex, high pressure Water riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. Pumps. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. to 1 left-hand steam nigger. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, h Tonia allowed 125 Ibs. steam. eas 2 P : 125 h.p. Water Wheels. 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two cs ‘ kickers complete for right and left Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. hand mills. a . 10 h.p. Engine. 2 Roger Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber. Mitts & Merrell Hog. Waterous double edger, 6 saws. Wood Machine for 22:in. wood. 2-saw trimmers. 20-ft. Slash table. 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, met ot for ripping dry lumber, not in- made by Diamond Iron Works. Stalled. 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. Wood Machine for 16-in. weod. Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. a to tot Ot = _ 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. Lath Mill with bolter. Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. = 30 light are generator. — There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and turn-tables, particulars ef which may be had on application. to Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and Machinery, with tools necessary for repair work. i Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. All of the above open for inspection S.C. band saws. at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. Limited 26 Ernest Avenue, TORONTO, CANADA 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN 16,000 to 45,000 good shingles per day of ten hours. YES, that’s what ONE MAN WILL joint and sort when operating our GENUINE “Dunbar” Shingle Machine We are Pioneers in this line of work in the Dominion, and the “ Genuine Dunbar” is manufactured only by us. Write us for particulars of this, and also when in need of lumbering machinery and supplies. The Smith Foundry Co., Ltd. Successors to McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Mfg. Co. Fredericton, N. B. —sRTER GER ih MANUFACTURERS. Theta 02) OANPBUILDERS te ‘4 ‘ 7 la a : VN STAVES. BARRELS. COOPERAGE®. ‘HOOPS... *- PAILS’ } . . CHURNS CANDY PAILS BOX BOARDS... “2 CHAIR: STOCK -) “CLOTHES: PINS ° pees SHEADING KE SHINGLES ashe LUMBER. "| COPTPLETE PLANTS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF RRELS, KEGS, STAVES Hap BM" OUR SPECIALTY. ‘° ‘FFOR PRICEIS AND FURTHER -PARTICULARS, ADDRESS( BNy) 7" PETER GERLACH Cieteeryano pod G * NANSEES WARE : AND WOODWORKER “Dunbar” Shingle Mill f hide mill is acknowledged the most complete and satisfactory shingle mill on the market. It has a capacity of from 15000 to 45000 per day accord- ing to the quality of the lumber. Our literature contains full particulars. Maritime Foundry & Machine Wks. Limited Chatham, ° New Brunswick “PRoeTOR VENEER DRYER , “No checks or splits in veneers dried in the “Proctor” Method. Enormous produc- tion at low cost. Perfectly flat and pliable. Write for list of users.” a Send for Bulletin No, 4 THE PAILADELPAIA TEXTILE MacrINERYCo. PHILADELPAIA, PA. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 Our Popular Cutter Heads Figs. 202 and 203 are the leading tools, having Conical Duplex Bit Seats and The Shimer Cut- ter Head Expansion. Flooring Bits will work from 13/16 to 1%-in. in thickness with tongue and groove proportions expanded to suit. Price, net, complete with one set of floor- ing Bits, the gauges for setting the Bits iC, GORE RUNGE <> ERs Geta ss «peo. OR Extra Bits for F looring a Aes 2.5, 104 With 4 Bits to each Estra, Bits) for cetling ie. 2. .-> am. -«. 10.40 Head. Jointer Heads Figs. 54 and 55, with four Bits in line of work, shear the cut downwardly to insure a sharp and clean upper edge. They cut clean and free and are shipped out under our guarantee to give satisfaction. Price, Heads, complete with Bits for 15/16 ‘to’ 134-in., met jonly) so. 2. $81.20 ; oe Extra Bits 1%-in. face, the set ... ... . 10.40 The Shimer Limited’’ with Expansion $72.46 per set, complete. Extra Bits, 240s taces ieee. |). > aR O. G. Batten Heads | Increase Your Output with tse Sales ne de this work, having 3 Bits in line of cut so ar- ranged upon their seat inclines as to protect | the Same Labor and Power Costs) °°" "=" Price, two Heads, complete with Bits, net OLN pte Mae nts co ae arein Bete eee 0 WL. Ge Shimer Cutter Heads increase the output by cutting down the waste | 5.4.4 pits, each, net... ... ... cc cee 2,08 labor, by faster feed and cleaner finish and by working many pieces in a_ satisfactory manner which ordinarily would have gone into the offal pile. Double Ceiling Heads Figs. 45 and 46 are made in solid section, steel forged, with Bits of special design to cut Shimer Cutter Heads are provided with Circular Bits, the shape oi which never change when the Bits are sharpened, but remains the same - 5 E i “ two tongues on one edge of board, and two until the Bits are entirely used up. This feature also guarantees a uniform sccies aa eCnbaie alee at nded. aa ' product and that material matched or moulded today will fit with that made two se boards: tongueds and ipvouved."” Very . . ° complete. by the same set of Bits at any time previous. Price, with one set of Bits, set ... ...$40.94 Our 1914 Cutter Heads have every down-to-the-minute improvement Extra Bits, per set of (8) ... ... ... ... 16.64 , . . . . . . | 2 for the saving of time and labor and appeal instantly to the practical mill q Cat ‘ ‘ * ‘ fon y te ‘ * man as tools that will enable his men to do good work and more of it. Ship Lap Heads j % ae : us oe Le ee Figs. 38 and 39 are made of steel forgings, Give them a trial for 30 days and be convinced of their merit by what |, oy, = le re gh a P they can do for you on your own machines. duty. The bit seats have the latest improved | slants to provide free cutting edges, and we | sell them at the following low and net prices: ‘ ; 5 é : Heads with one set of Bits to work 15/16 Th Sh C b t H d f D te 134-tn. thick, net... =cagek. 6. 4. $84.84 ' e Imer ompination ea or voors, boc... eS 4 extra set o DIC an aide) Cees | Minis tay tale .96 | Sash, Blinds and Mouldings The Head illustrated herewith is intended more Door, Sash and Coping Tools particularly for the mills which make only a few That save all the hand fitting. No chahging of mouldings or Door and Sash patterns and change ith ES patterns, therefore, no trouble in framing door and sash parts when matched with the Shimer Cutter Heads. DOOR AND SASH HEADS work several times a day. The outfit consists of one Combination Head Th HS i | | with one set of Sash Bits, one set of Door Bits, one Fig. §2, solid flange, Door Head .......$10.75 set of Cope Heads and Door Cope Bits, and two Ae ba gr enae reer Pe idee? le 3.75 Sash Cope Bits for the lower Door Cope Head. Fig. 206, Expansion Sash Head 2.35 P Bits to work l-in. to 14%-in. Doors, 4... 7.23 The Bits are quickly changed and set to the Difemextia tobswouk 1 rae 1%4-in. Sash (2 gauge, when the Door and Cope moulds or the Moulded Bits, $4.30; 2 ees sits, Sash and Cope moulds will match to a nicety = il aL O)) ces aes Ba - s+ 1.16 Bits can also be adjusted for different thicknesses = ail a COF E a ADS e19-4 =n ld (3) 6 Pic. @3, Cope Heads (2) ... 5... ... ...paeeee : of Door and Sash mould. Gaping WBits;. ewe os. 2) ose. ss gece. sie Mien ee Price of outfit complete $47.31, guaranteed to be made of the best materials and sent on trial. The Shimer Box Board Matching Head make a uniform cut and close fit, as well after years of use as when new, with no e e e Planing Mill Supp 1es friction upon the Bits. For thicker material : : ° the’ Bits can be expanded. We carry a full stock of many articles needed in a hurry by the mill . : : : ; Price for two Cutter Heads to match %% man, and can fill orders promptly for anything in our line, such as Wrenches, | to % inch, $29.15. Planer Head Bolts, Nuts, Washers, Gauges, Set Screws, Brass Washers ee also. furnish | when desired a Yoke ; ; - , Mandrel with self-oiling boxes, boxec -0.b. for under Bits, etc. Prices as low as consistent with good work. Galt, $11.05. Samuel J. Shimer & Sons, Inc. _ Milton, Pa., U.S.A. - 4 « Galt, Ontario, Can. 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER For the Money You Pay SIMONDS SAWS" Give You Better Value Almost any new saw will cut good lumber. But—You have got to wear a saw out to find out what its real value is. 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Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For _. manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention t e Owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, ulp mills, ete., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. vi ‘ol. 34 Toronto, May 1, 1914 No. 9 B.C. Fir and the Panama Canal ~ What will be the effect of the opening of the Panama Canal upon the lumber trade of Canada? No one will be able to answer the ques- ion fully until trade has settled down into its new channels, but most if those who have been thinking of the matter have already found out, heir own satisfaction, that the effect wi!l be wide-spread and im- ant. By way of giving an instance which will indicate at the out- that the effect will be extensive, it is only necessary to mention the fact that the Panama Canal has already been the chief factor in the awarding of the contract for 24,000,000 feet of timbers to be used n Toronto’s harbor improvement works, as reported in the April Ist e of the Canada Lumberman. A small quantity of the timbers for this contract will be delivered by rail, but the contract is spread over four years, and after the opening of the canal to traffic, which is expected to occur about the first of July of the present year, the bal- nee of the timbers wi!l be shipped by vessel to some Atlantic coast ort, and from there trans-shipped for carriage to Toronto. Here contract involving over $250,000 taken in advance of the opening e canal, which the canal has rendered possible. After the canal come into operation and trade has settled into its new channels, it sonable to believe, in view of this preliminary example, that the ilities for increasing the trade in British Columbia timbers in tm Canada and the Eastern United States will be very great. At present, British Columbia timber and lumber pay a freight f 67c per hundred Ibs. to Toronto from coast points. Fir in the | weighs 3,200 Ibs. per thousand feet, so that the freight rate es out at $21.44 per thousand feet, a pretty stiff handicap when = timber has to face competition from eastern products and southern % ‘Under the rates which will be brought into effect by the Panama ul British Columbia fir from coast points wi!l reach Toronto for ¢ of about 40c per hundred Ibs., which figures out at about per thousand feet. Between $12.50 and $13.50 is expected to be LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 the actual rate per thousand feet. This will mean a reduction in freight charges of between $8 and $9 per thousand feet and will en- able coast manufacturers of fir to lay their products down in Toronto at less than the price of yellow pine. When one considers the in- creased trade in yellow pine which has developed during the last few years throughout all parts of Ontario and Eastern Canada generally, it is reasonable to conclude that the market for fir under the new conditions will be a large one. Shingles from the coast now pay 75c a hundred lbs., or about $1.20 per thousand pieces. By way of the Panama Canal the rate will be about 65c a hundred lbs., or about $1.04 per thousand pieces, making a reduction of about l6c per thousand pieces. Under the above conditions the trade in Eastern Canada is likely to undergo important alterations. One of the most important changes is likely to be the development of large receiving and trans-shipping yards in Eastern Canada. For the accommodation of the trade, it is probable that companies will be formed in the east which will estab- lish extensive receiving yards where vessel loads of British Coluntbia products can be stocked and sold to the trade in the required quan- tities. Such a yard at Toronto would be in an excellent position to handle a large share of the trade for Ontario. An average vessel car- rying British Columbia timbers, by way’ of the canal, will probably hold one million feet or more and it would not require many of these cargoes to tax the capacity of the yards which now exist. Large as- sembling and trans-shipping yards would seem to be the natural solu- tion of this feature of the situation. Under such conditions more- over, it would be possible for British Co!umbia fir lumber and finish to be shipped as part of a cargo made up mostly of timbers, thus enabling the whole of the coast manufacturing industry to take ad- vantage of Panama Canal rates and get their share of the Eastern trade. Another manner in which it is possible that the problems of shipment may be solved, would be for a few large dea!ers in the east to join in making up a cargo. Take for instance a vessel load of British Columbia doors, which would probably swamp a single east- ern dealer, under the conditions prevailing to-day. Two or three dea'- ers might join in securing a vessel load, to be divided up among them. The door trade might even be handled by one large firm which would build a warehouse at an eastern point, such as Toronto, and carry in stock at all.times a large quantity of British Co'umbia doors. There are numerous methods in which the trade may be handled. These in- stances are simply mentioned, to show that, so far as the actual hand- ling problems are concerned, they can be readily looked after and wil! find the most advantageous solution shortly after the trade opens up. The solution of price problems, once British Columbia fir reaches the east in large quantities, is a matter of much greater importance than any of those which have been mentioned above. It is a'ready being discussed with great concern by eastern manufacturers of spruce, pine and hemlock and the manufacturers ‘of southern pine. A large New York firm of wholesalers, discussing the situation says :— “Unquestionably, Pacific coast lumber and timber will be mar- keted on the Atlantic in unknown volume after the opening of the Panama Canal, which Colonel Goethals promises to be not later than early in July. The eastern and West Virginia spruce manufacturers, as well as the producers of southern pine lumber and timber, cannot be expected to retire forthwith from the markets they haye heretofore enjoyed. Furthermore, a point worthy of serious consideration is the fact that slaughter prices will not and cannot produce increased consumption sufficient to admit of calculation. “Those lumbermen whose opinions are most sought are a unit in the firm conviction that permanency, with the least revolutionary adjustment of the necessary changes in trade conditions, can be ac- complished only through organization. We have long since awaited the announcement that important interests on the Pacific coast had combined with some well-established Atlantic coast corporation or corporations, with the object of an intelligent disposition among an established clientele, of a large portion of Pacific coast shipments. “It seems that almost every producer, large and small, is going in 28 ‘on his own hook,’ and a great many so-called lumber salesmen are offering the stock. If added emphasis is needed to convince an indi- vidual that he is not a salesman, it is to be conscious that he has offered stock to a prospective buyer at a lesser price than the buyer anticipated paying. This fact is true in numerous instances of recent offerings of Pacific coast timber on this market when blanket prices of $21 per M. delivered on dock this port, have been quoted, witli buyer’s privilege of making out a dimension specification in sizes and lengths to suit himself $4 per M. in excess of this figure would suit the buyer as well and still equal or be under the quotations on competitive stock. id “Are the Pacific coast manufacturers not satisfied with the com- petition they have to meet in Atlantic coast stock, or is it their fur- ther object to cut every cent of possible profit out from under each other? “For more than half a century we have fought to maintain and advance the prices of lumber, but now venture to predict with a word of caution, that if the indecisive, haphazard, go-as-you-please methods continue (granting, of course, that any considerable volume of busi- ness is transacted) a lower range of prices will prevail in the eastern markets after July lst than has been known in the last double decade. Co-operation is imperative if the evils forecasted are to be avoided.” There is no doubt that the views expressed by this New York Anxiety Prevails Regarding Driving Conditions The most important matter which is attracting the attention of the lumbermen of Ontario to-day, outside of the uncertain trade con- ditions which are prevalent, is the fact that from many parts of the province reports have been received that the quantity of water in the rivers of Northern Ontario is comparatively small, and that there is likely to be insufficient water for the drives. Whether this would be altogether an unmixed evil under present market conditions is a matter of dispute, but that it is unfortunate from the point of view of the manufacturer is unquestionable. There are still factors to be considered which may prevent low water. If plentiful rains come and if the thick ice, which still remained in the lakes at the end of April, does not all melt away gradually and be of no use to the drives, it is quite possible that there will be good driving conditions. Always at this time of year a great deal of discussion and more or less anxiety regarding the drives develops and it often happens fortunately, that the results of the drives are much better than was hoped for. At present, however, there is much more anxiety on this Toronto Lumbermen’s The plan for the formation of a Toronto Lumbermen’s Club made considerable progress at a second meeting which was held on April 24th. Many of the most prominent members of the trade in Toronto were present at this meeting, and took part in the discussion which followed the holding of an informal luncheon. The upshot of the meeting was a decision to hold three informal luncheons during the following week and to start the club in this manner. After hold- ing a number of these meetings, it will be possible to form a very definite opinion as to how the trade takes to the club idea, and as to the best methods for carrying it out. The formation of lumbermen’s clubs is a comparatively recent development in the United States and probably about a dozen suc- cessful clubs have already been formed across the border. These clubs have been successful from the outset. In some cases they have had for their chief object the development of a better feeling of fel- lowship among the members of the trade. This result has been se- cured in a remarkable degree. Members have found that they could count, in dollars and cents, the advantages which they secured from this better knowledge of one another. They have found also that the actual conditions under which they carried on their business were far more pleasant, when they had a more intimate acquaintance with the men with whom they were doing business. —— =e. ae _— CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ‘the most important effects. of work of this nature, on the club in question, is that it has been able te Soe he ~ firm ‘are held by many other eastern dealers. They contain a warr to the manufacturers of British Columbia, which—if they d i make the eastern markets profitable and thus remedy the depre trade conditions which have existed on the coast for many mont a result of over-production and restricted demand—they must bear mind very seriously. At the commencement of these greatly exten ed trade opportunities, it is of vital importance that the ma turers of Pacific coast products should do their utmost to establis trade upon a basis of reasonable profit, to which end co-operation the part of coast manufacturers would be essential. — The importance of the opportunities which will develop, opening of the Panama Canal, has led the Forest Branch of Lands Department to consider the opening of a branch office ronto for promoting trade in B. C. timber and its products. MacMillan, Chief Forester for B. C., visited Toronto recen connection and enquired into the wisdom of such a course. sult of his visit was that such a branch office will probably lished at once. The idea is to occupy an attractive, centré office where B. C. timbers and lumber and their products tractively displayed, and to gather information regarding portunities which will be forwarded to the trade in B. C. of this nature would unquestionably exert an important i1 the direction of increasing the demand for B. C. products. a ~ a che m score than in former years. The results of the next few \ ly to have a very distinct bearing upon the market conc will prevail this summer. Some of the conditions which are now feared, as it driving results, were such as to make operating con woods more successful than usual last winter, and the ported not only to have been large, but to have been s cases at very favorable costs. Under such conditions, y ing, the quantity of lumber placed on Ontario markets this be large. This quantity would be increased also on account that last winter’s severe storms blew down vast quan which have to be taken out of the woods to avoid des remove fire danger. Taking conditions all round, there are more elements t in connection with the outlook for this year’s trade th any recent year. If fine weather arrives soon and the dri fairly successful, much of this doubt will be removed. Club Making Progress Another object with some of the clubs which in the United States, is the exchange of confidential the financial standing of customers. Whether this plan out in a club which is made up of wholesalers, retailers turers, is a matter of doubt, although it seems reaso that some approach to a plan of this nature might at le There are other objects than those which have boen connection with the formation of such a club, but they z portance and are of such a nature that they can be deve as a club grows, and begins to feel the necessity for in activities and its usefulness. Various plans are carried United States clubs for promoting the general interests « One of the most successful of these clubs ho!ds frequent which important addresses are delivered upon matters of i to the trade. The same means is adopted for bringing to the of large consumers, architects, contractors, etc., the proper which various woods should be put. The interests of the turers of native woods are thus promoted and foreign woods properly appreciated and their right uses made more gene a ir eens CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 _ knowledge of the proper uses of each kind of wood. Every now and ‘then, this club gives a luncheon or a dinner, to which the architects are invited. An address or a discussion follows the meal. Good fel- lowship and a more efficient knowledge of the uses of wood are thus promoted. There is so great a tendency on the part of business men of all ki ds to allow the growth of their business to absorb so much of their time that their opportunities for meeting one another are con- tinually being reduced. By forming and using a club this tendency is ‘counteracted. Not only is good fellowship promoted, but by discuss- trade matters with one another more frequently, the members tain a far better knowledge of trade conditions than would other- wise be possible. An interesting letter upon the Workmen’s Compensation Act for the province of Ontario, written by a prominent firm of lumber _ manufacturers in Eastern Ontario, is published on another page of ‘this issue. The latest information available before going to press was to the effect that this bill would have received its third reading before May Ist, and for this reason the chief objects of the letter, which were to strengthen the opposition to the measure in its present fe orm, and to prevent it from being enacted, cannot be achieved. The passage of the bill alters the whole situation, and now makes it in- cumbent upon those who desire to see the system of paying compensa- tion to workmen for injuries, established upon a successful basis, to di irect their efforts towards co-operating with all who are seeking to as ssist the administrating commission which will be appointed, in cop- i ng with the difficulties which will inevitably arise under the act. Previous articles in the Canada Lumberman have discussed the difficulties which the bill is likely to create. With the bill in the form of a law, it is probable that the correctness of the criticisms which have been made will be demonstrated and that the administrating commission will need, and will welcome, anything in the form of con- _ A report recently issued by the United States Census Bureau details of the production of lumber, lath and shingles in the ed States during the year 1912. Reports from 29,648 sawmills ow a total production of 39,158,414,000 feet as compared with 37,- 00: 207,000 feet from 28,107 mills in 1911. The State of Washington leads in quantity of lumber produced vith a total of 4,099,775,000 feet and is followed by Louisiana, Mis- sissippi, North Carolina, and Oregon in the order named. On the whole, the report says, the showing for 1912 reflected im- conditions in the lumber industry. The total production was ite - than in 1911 by 2,155,207,000 feet or 5.8 per cent. The report- sroduetion i in Washington was the largest recorded since 1906. It ot aed that in the near future, Washington will pass the rte 55 iobds manufactured into lumber, 14 were soft woods tl hardwoods. The soft woods contributed 78 per cent. and the ds 22 per cent. of the total cut. Yellow pine supplied nearly total production of yellow pine was 14,737,052,000 feet and S fir which came second showed a total Of 5,175,123,000 feet. It is not impos- Bees the western hemlock resources are ae developed 2 Soi feet. It is not presumed that Toronto’s Lumbermen’s Club will achieve all these results as soon as it is formed. But it is certain that they will commence to develop early; in fact they have already commenced to do so. The members have adopted a wise course in deciding to proceed slowly and feel the pulse of the trade before attempting to decide matters as the securing of permanent quarters and the deter- mination of the amount of the fees. One of the most interesting fea- tures of the scheme, so far, is the fact that interest is being shown in it from outside points. Several members have already joined from large cities outside of Toronto, both in Canada and the United States. They realize that a central place of meeting such as a club would pro- vide would greatly facilitate their business when in Toronto. It would also increase the importance of Toronto as a lumber market. The Ontario Workmen’s Compensation Act structive criticism which is offered. For this reason we hope that readers of the Canada Lumberman will look over the letter referred to above and also consult a few of the back numbers of tls journal in which the question has been discussed, especially the issue of April 15th, and will then make their own views known. One of the best methods for doing this is to send a letter to us for publication. Such letters, appearing in our columns, will be brought directly to the at- tention of the government whenever they contain suggestions which are likely to assist. The whole question is one of the gravest im- portance to the lumbering industry, because the working out of the measure successfully will improve, a hundred fold, the conditions under which the industry is carried on, whereas, the bill, as it stands, contains elements which may be developed in such a manner as to place upon the industry a burden which many lumbermen will not be able to bear. The wide powers which are being given to the commis- sion, to interpret, and even to alter the provisions of the act, place upon it a great responsibility, and the manufacturers of Ontario may render an important service to the province, at the same time protect- ing their own welfare, by showing a lively interest in the question. United States Lumber Production The output of spruce lumber has been declining for several years, and in the east the decline may be expected to continue because all the principal sources of supply are now contributing and many stands are decreasing. The production of the western species, may increase in response to the demand. The total production of spruce of 1912 was 1,238,600,- 000 feet. The finest western pine is found in California on the western slopes of the Sierra Nevada Mountains, where trees 4 ft. in diameter are common and some are twice that size. The lumber production from this pine does not seem to be increasing. The quantity of valu- able timber is very large, but the cut is limited by what the market will absorb. In 1912 the cut was 1,219,444,000 feet. The production of shingles has declined slowly since 1909, and was smaller in 1912 than in 1908. Western red cedar, sawed most ‘extensively in Washington, Oregon and Idaho, is the leading shingle wood and has supplied from 70 to nearly 80 per cent. of the total out- put each year since 1908. The production of shingles in 1912 amount? ed to 12,037,685,000 pieces. The production of lath has shown a downward tendency during the past eight years and the figures for 1912 are the smallest for the whole period. The production in that year was 252,000,000 pieces smaller than in 1911 and 984,000,000 pieces below that of 1909. The average value of all lumber cut in 1912, compiled from “mill- run” values was $15.35 per M. feet. The average for softwoods was $14.54 and for hardwoods $18.25 per thousand feet. The average value for 1912 was 30c greater than for 1911, due to the rise in value of yel- low pine, Douglas fir, white pine, oak, hemlock, and spruce, which to- gether constitute nearly 77 per cent. of the total lumber production in 1912. The most expensive hardwood lumber in 1912 was tulip poplar. eS. rr a, ee 30 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Ottawa Valley Freight Rates Case Railway Seek to Increase it from 5 to 6 cents per Hundred Pounds—Board Reserves Judgment Ottawa, April 21; (Special to the Canada Lumberman).—Ob- jection to the proposal of the railways to increase their summer ex- port rates on lumber, from points throughout the Ottawa Valley to Montreal, was voiced before the Railway Commission today; on be- half of the lumbermen interested, by Mr. Frank Hawkins, secretary of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association. After hearing some dis- cussion, the Board decided to reserve judgment. Meanwhile the in- creases, which were to go into effect on May 4th and May 6th, are suspended. When the case was called Mr. Hawkins said the lumbermen would like to have an explanation of why the railways propose to make the increase. “Tt comes down to a question of whether the railways have a right to disregard water competition?” said Chief Commissioner Drayton.. “Are you willing to disregard water competition?” he asked of E. P. Flintoff, counsel for the C. P. R., and the answer was in the affirmative. Mr. Hawkins informed the board that prior to May, 1908, the summer schedule of rates on export lumber was four cents per 100 pounds and five cents per 100 pounds domestic rate from Ottawa Valley points to Montreal. In May of that year both rates were increased to five cents, or an increase of 17.36 per cent. Now it is proposed to advance the export tariff to six cents, making a total increase since prior to 1908 of 36.42 per cent.; and this without even the usual thirty days’ notice, for the notification of the latest i increase, to go into effect early in May, was given only on April 20th. Not expecting the six cent rate to go into effect, lumbermen had done business on the basis of the five cent rate and consequently stood to lose heavily if the railways were allowed to act as they desired. Mr. Hawkins was supported in his argument by Mr. J. C. Walsh, tariff expert of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association, and Mr. W. S. Tillston, representing the. Montreal Lumbermen’s Association. Mr. Flintoff sought to show that there was nothing radical or harmful in what the railways proposed to do, but admitted that they were actuated to attempt to make the increase by the fact that water competition between Ottawa and Montreal had practically disap- peared. On April 15th the domestic rate was increased from five to six cents per 100 pounds. The winter rate is seven cents. Whether the board will decide to cancel the recent increase in the domestic rate remains to be decided. Already at Work on Toronto Harbor Timbers Mr. C. C. Yount, general manager of the Empire Lumber Com- pany, from the large timber holdings of which, at Cowichan Lake, Vancouver Island, the timber will be secured for the Harbor works at Toronto, is now busily organizing his staff at Victoria, B.C. Ina recent interview upon the subject, he said:—‘“We are already at work in the execution of our contract for supplying timber for the Toron- to harbor works. At present we are employing a staff of 200 men at the scene of operations at Cowichan Lake. These men are getting out the big timbers which are forwarded to Genoa Bay, where the mill of the Cameron Lumber Company cuts it to the required dimensions. We have experienced some difficulty in getting sufficient cars to meet our present needs, but this disability will, we expect, be overcome very shortly. We purpose installing more logging engines just as soon as the season is a little more advanced. ‘The order for these en- gines has alréady been placed. “The contract calls for the delivery of 24,000,000 feet of timber. At first we shall ship over the C. P. R. as fast as the timber may be required at Toronto, but we purpose shipping mainly through the Panama Canal. The canal, we understand, will be available for use on July 1, next. I have the personal assurance of Co!onel Goethals to this effect. It will not formally be opened for general traffic until January, 1915. As to our projected large mill at Crofton, I can only say that.we stand ready to take this work in hand just as soon as the business outlook warrants such a large expenditure. All our plans have been perfected, and it is now entirely a question of business judgment as to the appropriate time for making a commencement.” Speaking of the effect on the Pacific coast section of the continent of the opening of the Panama Canal, Mr. Yount was strongly of the opinion that it could not fail to have a profound effect on the develop- ment of the entire country. Reducing by one-half the distances of the water-carrying routes of the world, could not, in his opinion, fail to alter the face of things generally and bring about a stimulus in development, heretofore undreamed of. Mr. Yount added that he was confident that President Wilson’s plea for the repeal of the clause ex- empting American ships from canal tolls would pass the Senate. .: Lumbermen’s Club Making Progress “Vd Toronto Trade Discuss Details and Arrange for Three Luncheons at Which to Draw up Further Plans 4 Arrangements for the formation of a lumbermen’s club for To- ronto were materially advanced at a meeting at the Prince Geo Hotel on Friday, April 24th. There was a good attendance, and, a luncheon had been disposed of, those present adjourned to a pri room to discuss the proposed club. Mr. J. L. Campbell, of Campbe and Johnson was appointed chairman of the meeting. The proceeding of the first meeting which was held on Friday, March 13th, were & plained and a discussion ensued as to the best manner in bi “ start the club. ; A committee which was appointed at the previous mee look into the matter of securing quarters reported that, fou days in the week, good accommodation could be secured for lut at the Dorothy Jane Tea rooms in the Yonge Street Arcade luncheon would be served and a private room reserved. Adj this room is a smoking room which members would also be use. The dining room would accommodate about fifty people. A lengthy discussion then ensued as to the manner in w club should be started, whether regular days in the week shou! set aside for luncheon at some convenient restaurant or lunch or whether a regular club should be formed in the first place, permanent quarters. Mr. W. J. Lovering, in discussing this, said that he beliey best method would be to hold two or three luncheons a week d the first month or so and discuss matters in an informal way. would then be possible to settle their plans much more definitely they would see whether arrangements for permanent quarters or luncheons would be feasible. Several members discussed this matter and some were in fa of holding luncheons daily from the outset. The general opi however. was that, for the first few weeks the meetings should not b so frequent, but that two or three in a week would be sufficient. — E On motion by Mr. Jas. Lauder seconded by Mr. Lovering, it was decided to hold the meetings three times a week at first, with a view to having more frequent meetings as soon as feasible. Mr. G. W. Boake, who was one of a committee appointed a previous meeting to secure members reported that 29 members h ready joined and paid the provisional fee of $10. He had also a of 60 other names which would be canvassed as soon as possible. A discussion followed as to the membership in the club, question having arisen whether one membership would include all members of a firm or whether membership should be considered individuals. It was the general opinion that if a permanent club w with various club privileges were formed, the membership should individual. It was also thought that, from the outset, the individu membership idea should be adopted, although, at present, if any met ber desired to bring travellers belonging to his firm, or his partne to the luncheons they would be welcome. A short discussion < took place upon the question of fees and Mr. Boake reported that the provisional fee of $10 was generally considered to be quite reasonable, no objection having been made to it. The final disposition of this mat- ter was postponed until some subsequent meeting when the plans for the formation of the club have become more definite. A motion was then carried that a notice should be sent out to al the members of the trade in Toronto to the effect that three mee would be held during the following week. The meeting then ad journed. A Market in England for Canadian Wheels, Spokes, Etc. — The Canadian Trade Commissioner at London, Eng., in a r report says :—“Having been requested to ascertain the prospects isting at the present time in the United Kingdom for Canadian woo wheels and accessories, such as hubs, rims, spokes, shafts, e quiries have been instituted among leading representatives of the One of the most striking features disclosed by this investig the gradual and steady falling off in the use of wooden wheels direct result of the growing popularity of motor-propelled Upon general lines, the principal wooden wheels which are ne u to any “considerable extent in England are those connected with I; drays, wagons and vans, and quite sma!l vehicles, such as milk ] rows, etc., and the former, the large wheels,-are almost exclu manufactured in this country, although spokes and certain other com ponent parts are frequently imported. “Under these circumstances there has been a large decrease i the importation of wooden wheels generally. These came form almost wholly from the United States, but the fact that the incre demand for American wheels in the home market has reduced — quantity available for export almost below the demand still left i United Kingdom, with a rise in prices, would cause a fair openi Canadian wheels were it not that latterly Sweden has taken a h 4% —" ~iy We Al r ES a a in the business, and is at present sending certain varieties of small ‘wheels into this country at prices stated to be 15 to 20 per cent. below current American quotations. All the same, there appear to be several firms in the London district who are prepared to import from Canada -eertain varieties of wheels, for the disposal of which they have a con- nection, provided that satisfactory arrangements can be concluded for regular supplies. “As regards spokes and hubs, the outlook is distinctly more favor- ble, and it would seem that considerable quantities can be placed over e, if Canadian manufacturers are prepared to sell at competitive s. Oak spokes are in greatest demand, but hickory is used to extent. In this connection it should be noted that the spokes quired are of English pattern, which differs essentially from what is wn here as the ‘American’ type, the kind mainly used in Canada, -any Canadian manufacturers taking up the business would have opt the English pattern, because others are practically unsale- here. For a similar reason, many of the goods made by Canadian manufacturers, being destined for vehicles which are unknown in ‘Great Britain, could not be sold here under any circumstances.” . Canadian Maple Rollers in England __ During the past season of St. Lawrence navigation, 1,315 bundles of these blocks reached Manchester by direct steamers from Mon- treal, and 364 bundles and 14,543 single roller blocks during the pre- ceding St. John and Halifax season. The general run of sizes is as follows: 26-in. x 6-in. diam., 26- in. x 534-in. diam., 22-in. x 6%-in. diam., 22-in. x 534-in. diam., with a small percentage of smaller sizes. The blocks are octagon shaped, and should be made from hard rock-maple, sound, free from knots, shake and splits, and evenly manufactured, and the ends should be painted or tarred. Canadian exporters should be getting more of this trade and the _ Trade Commissioner at Manchester reports that he would be pleased to put them in touch with importers in the district. How Can Small Walnut Pieces be Used? The large quantity of waste lumber produced in woodworking establishments, especially those which use the more valuable varieties of lumber in the manufacture of furniture, etc., presents a problem which is becoming rapidly more important, with the advance in the cost of producing the lumber itself. An extensive Toronto manu- eturer of furniture has found it necessary to get rid of material of this nature, even at a loss, so as to prevent it from accumulating. Large quantities of valuable wood, such as high grade walnut, are included in the waste and he would like to get into touch with firms who could make use of this wood in small pieces. Enquiry recently made of the Forestry Branch of the Department of the Interior at Ottawa brought the following reply :—“The solution ‘any such problem depends on so many factors that a general state- ent would be of little or no value. Much would depend on the size the waste. It is often the case in the utilization of small pieces, of valuable woods, that the cost of handling, sorting, cutting, is prohibitive. Many woodworking machines are designed to raw material of certain dimensions and the cost of reducing the : to these dimensions often exceeds the saving accomplished in g waste instead of large sized lumber. Small waste pieces of wal- an be used in making boat and canoe trimmings, small wood ngs, gun, pistol and air-gun stocks and fore arms, bases for small eces of electrical apparatus, telephone boxes, battery boxes, blocks and engravings, built up billiard cues, brush backs and han- 1 handles, clock cases, parqueting flooring, knobs for drawers, rimming, small patterns, bungs, brackets, gavels, stereoscopes, e frames, tennis racquets, and innumerable small novelties and hether or not the manufacture of any such commodities from would be profitable in this particular instance is another matter. ze of the pieces is perhaps of first importance, then the cost of acture must be considered and a market for the products as- If the manufacturer would write to this branch, giving full de- to size of waste, we might be able to give him some further ons.” readers of the Canada Lumberman, who can furnish informa- ipon this subject, are requested to write to the Editor. - n the Ontario Legislature recently, the opposition asked for in- ion regarding the quantity and quality of the timber on the lips of Thistle and McWilliam which were recently sold. The vent declined to make the information public, claiming that it trary to precedent to do so, and that it might affect the in- he purchasers, in case they wished to sell the property at date. Pie ; BA. » » CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 Death of W. T. McLaurin of Montreal Montreal, April 20th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): Mr. W. T. McLaurin, a prominent retail lumber dealer of Montreal, died on April 17, after a week’s illness from pneumonia. Mr. McLaurin, who was 53 years of age, belonged to a family with long associations with the lumbering trade, and was engaged in the business all his life. He was a native of East Templeton, P.Q., but spent several years in Manitoba, afterwards going to Kansas. On returning to Canada he became interested in the firm of McLaurin Bros., Montreal, and later started the McLaurin Lumber Company, whose yards are on St. Catherine Street East. Mr. McLaurin was past master of Mount Moriah Lodge A.F. and A.M.; Past District D.D.G.M.; Past Z,,,Mon- treal Chapter; Past Preceptor, Richard Coeur de Lion, 32nd degree Scottish Rite; a member of the Mystic Shriners; vice-president of St. George’s Snowshoe Club, and a membér of the Caledonia Curling Club for twenty years. He is survived by a widow, two daughters, the Misses Bernice and Clarissa McLaurin, and three brothers, Mr. Alex. MacLaurin, of the Charlemagne and Lac Ouareau Lumber Com- pany, Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Company, and other lumber com- panies; Mr. L. K. McLaurin, of McLaurin Bros., Lachine, and Mr. John R. McLaurin, of Ellsworth, Kansas. The remains were follow- ed to the graveside by hundreds of prominent masons and business men of Montreal. What Constitutes a Good Yard Manager? The successful management of a retail lumber business is a big- ger job-than the average lumber dealer realizes. Yet when you stop to consider that a well stocked retail lumber yard represents an in- vestment of $10,000 to $15,000 and sometimes more, is it any wonder that it requires a big man mentally to manage it successfully—a busi- ness man in the fullest sense of the word? says a writer in the Ameri- can Lumberman. The great trouble with the lumbermen, and especially is this true of the yard managers for line-yard concerns, is that they have not been educated for retail lumber merchandising. I will venture to say that not one in ten could intelligently explain how shingles are made, tell what a gang saw is, or what raw materials are used in cement and the process of manufacturing it. Yet they handle and sell all of these commodities every day. How many know why plaster in summer time, when it is a little o!d, works “short,” as the masons say, and know what to do to remedy it? These are only a few of the many commodities that the lumberman handles and of which he should have a thorough knowledge. . A well stocked lumber yard handles practica!ly all the materials necessary for the construction of a building, and the successful man- ager should be familiar with plans and specifications, and if neces- sary should be able to take off from the blue prints a list of materials required for a building. In fact, he should be so familiar with the building business that his trade would come to look upon him as an authority on construction, and come to him for advice before building, which would give him a decided advantage in securing the order for the bill. A good yard manager must also be an all-round office man. By that I mean he must be a good credit man so that he can intelligently decide when to grant credit and when to ask for the cash; and hav- ing sold for credit he must be a good collector, for no matter what his profits may be, he has not secured them until he has collected his accounts. He must also know enough about accounting to keep his books not only correct but in such shape as to know which commodi- ties are making him money and which commodities he is selling at cost. Most important of all he should be able to know and under- stand the relation his expense account bears to his sales and gross profits. He should subscribe to several good trade journals covering the lines that he handles so that he could keep abreast with the times and know what other successful dealers are doing. It is one of the laws of nature that everything runs in the course of least resistance, and if he does not keep himself keyed up to the highest possible pitch he will soon run down and get in a rut. These are only a few of the good points that a retail lumber dealer should possess and to many it may sound rather theoretical, yet it is a well-known fact that the’man who knows and understands his business is the man who is making a success of it, and as this is an age of specialists the lumberman or the yard manager who is go- ing to make a success for himself and his yard must specialize in retail lumber merchandising. Wm. Milne & Sons, of North Bay, report conditions bright for operations this season. Their mills have started cutting, and they will cut four million more from their own logs this season than they did last year. They anticipate no trouble with their own drives. | _ Ae i 32 (ai LIN CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER was CONE YT, POLER HOUSE F804 39°0" =—£US SAW MILL PLANT OF THE | fa i ig THLE SINGLE CIRCULAR ee eee | pat a d = — = OLO FILING ROOM 18-6418-6" 24 oizgot | LATH TRIMMER ADA TION 70 FILING ROOM 160°" 186" Ne Se ny ha SY ns ene a SPUR Plan of tracks and piling grounds of the Devon Lumber Company, Limited ew ef CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 Important Addition to Ontario Mills | Devon Lumber Company Starting Fine New Mill Near Chapleau, Ont.—Capacity 125,000 feet per Day—Description of the Plant About four miles east of Chap- leau, Ont., the Devon Lumber Company, whose head office is at Ottawa, Ont., are commencing saw milling operations this year, on a large scale, at a splendid new sawmill which they have re- cently erected. In its equipment, shipping facilities and large stock of excellent raw material in the form of timber on the company’s limits, the Devon Lumber Com- pany have a combination which is certain to place them immedi- ately in the front rank of Ontario lumber manufacturers. The post office address for the sawmill is Pine, Ont. The new plant which has been designed with a view to the most economical and efficient produc- tion of lumber, has a capacity of F. N. McRae, M.P., President. 125,000 feet per day. The output will be white, red and jack-pine, lumber. During the present year the company will manufacture be- tween twelve million and thirteen million feet, mostly white pine, about six million lath and over two hundred thousand railway ties. As will be seen from the accompanying illustrations, the layout of the plant has been planned in a manner entirely in keeping with the most modern principles of sawmill practice, under the direction of I. N. Kendall, Westboro, Ont. Each element of the equipment is advantageously lo- cated and, from the entry of the logs to the exit of the finished product, every operation is carried on with the least possible expense and the greatest possible efficiency and simplicity. The equipment includes a double cutting band saw, a circular gang, which is noted for its smooth running and the uniformity of the lumber which it produces, twin circulars for making ties and slabbing, a lath and shingle mill, and all other machinery that is necessary to complete an up-to-date mill of this kind. In order to keep the plant running to full capacity, two log-jacks are provided, one for each side of the mill. Being located on the main line of the C. P. R. at Devon Station, Ont., the company obtains a fair freight rate into all the large con- suming centres in Ontario, Quebec and the Northern part of the State of New York. The Devon Lumber Company’s yard is located about three- quarters of a mile from the mill and is connected with the mill, as shown by the illustration, by the railway line. All the lumber is handled from the mill to the piling yard by locomotive and lumber lorries. The plans of the mill and yard show that the layout is one of the most up-to-date in Northern Ontario. These illustrations ex- plain the layout better than cou!d be done by any description. Next winter, it is possible that the Devon Lumber Company will haul all their logs by a steam log-hauler. All their operations in the Overcoming a Steep Haul by Steam Hoist—Devon Lumber Co, woods are carried on under the most advanced methods and they are now enquiring into the log- hauler problem, with a view to rendering their woods operations still more efficient. Although the company started their operations last fall, about two months later than is customary, and did not cut a single log until the first day of December, they made an excel- lent record, putting 250,000 logs on their log dump and completing their operations by the 17th of March. One of the half-tone illustra- tions shows an interesting part of the company’s operations, where they are bringing their logs out, against the run of the water, over a very steep hill, by steam hoist. Another half-tone shows another method of overcoming log-hauling difficulties. It represents an ex- tensive cut which the company made through a hog’s back of land in order to connect up two spring lakes. The president of the Devon Lumber Company is Mr. F. N. Mc- Crea, the well-known lumberman of Sherbrooke, P.Q. Mr. W. B. Bartram of Bartram Bros., Limited, Ottawa, Ont., is managing direc- tor. The other members of the company are G. F. Hodgins, Shaw- ville, P.Q.; T. A. Low, Renfrew, Ont.; and Colin M. Bartram, of Ot- tawa, Ont. Bartram Bros., Limited, Ottawa, will be the sales agents for the company. Mr. W. B. Bartram, director and general manager of the Devon Lumber Company, Limited, is also president and general man- ager of Bartram Bros., Limited, Ottawa, Ont., wholesale lumber dealers. Frank N. McCrea, M.P. for Sherbrooke, P.Q., who is president of the Devon Lumber Company is one of the most widely known and successful lumbermen in the province of Quebec. He is connected with the following companies in addition to the Devon Lumber Com- pany :—Brompton Pulp and Paper Company, East Angus, P.Q.; Sher- brooke Lumber Company; Etchemin Lumber Company and Nicolet Falls Pulp and Paper Company, in each of which he occupies the posi- tion of president. He is also vice-president of the Lotbiniere Lumber Company, Lyster, P.Q., and of the Chaudiere Lumber Company. In addition to these Mr. McCrea occupies the position of president of the Stanstead & Sherbrooke Fire Insurance Company and of the Me- gantic Lumber Company. Mr. McCrea was born on a farm in South Durham, P.Q. His first business venture was in the hemlock bark trade which soon led him into a connection with the timber trade, from which his business activities brought him also into touch with railway enterprises and the pulp and paper business. W. B. Bartram, Managing Director. ~ Heavy Cut to Facilitate Hauling—Devon Lumber Co, > a 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “a One of Mr. McCrea’s largest and most successful business trans- actions was the acquisition of the Lotbiniere and Lake Megantic Rail- way and its lands from King Bros. At the time, this transaction was generally considered a risky one for Mr. McCrea, but he saw further ahead than did his friends and the outcome was a profitable one. Subsequently, Mr. McCrea purchased the assets of the Royal Pulp and Paper Company of East Angus, P.Q., and merged this under- taking and property with the Brompton Pulp and Paper Company. In public life Mr. McCrea has not only taken an active interest in Dominion politics, but also in municipal affairs. For a time he was Mayor of Durham, P.Q., and after moving to Sherbrooke was elected an alderman of that city. Workmen’s Compensation in Ontario An Open Letter to the Legislature of the Province From a Lumber Manufacturer—Unjust Provisions Outlined To the Legislature of Ontario: Snow Road, Ont., April 24. Permit us to make through you, the representatives of the people of Ontario, our most earnest protest against the passage of the pro- posed “Meredith Workmen’s Compensation Act.” If we interpret its provisions correctly this enactment is one of the most unjust, iniquitous and socialistic measures that have ever been presented for the consideration of the provincial legislature in the history of the province. Inasmuch as it abolishes all common law rights, thus revolutionizing common law practice, and in its stead places in the hands of an appointed commission, absolute and arbitrary power without redress or appeal, making the commission the first and final arbitrer to award whatever compensation it may see fit, within cer- tain limits, against an employer, in favor of an employee, such a law is peculiarly dangerous to the State. It degrades citizenship by p!ac- ing dishonesty, fraud and crime at a premium, inasmuch as it im- poses upon the employer the liability of paying an injured employee for life, 55 per cent. of the wages received at the time of injury, whether such injury was caused by his own carelessness, by his own wilful neglect, by purposely self-inflicted injury, or by any of these done by his associates. Should-such injury result in death, the widow receives like compensation for life, or until she marries again. Our understanding is, that if two or more employees should quarrel during working hours, such quarrel resulting either in disability for life, or in death to one or more of them, the same liability would fall upon the innocent employer. If, instead of placing this burden on the individual employer, the bill p!aced it on the provincial government, or better, upon the Federal or Dominion government, where all such charges properly belong, the measure would still be the direct means of causing and fostering fraud and crime on the part of our working classes, and, for this reason alone, would be against the public welfare. We do not believe that the voters of the province of Ontario, or the workmen themselves would support this bill. We have yet to learn of a work- ingman who favors it. Our workingmen here have sense enough to appreciate that whatever cripples their employer is against their own interests. I find, in talking with other employers in the County of Frontenac, that their men feel the same way. If we are correct in this statement why should the government vote to impose upon one class of citizens such a burden which would necessarily drive many out of business? - The act is one of the most glaring examples of class legislation ever brought before a legislative body, inasmuch as the large rail- ways (having been built to a great extent, if not wholly, at the public expense, and who fight their employees claims to the highest courts) afford the only excuse in Canada for a workmen’s compensation act. Yet these railways, among other certain classes of employers are ex- empted from liability by the provisions of the act. _ Some employers can shift this burden upon the consumers of their product and thus raise the present high cost of living still higher, resulting in hitting hardest the working men, whom the act is in- tended to benefit most. Unfortunately for the lumberman, owing to strong competition from other provinces where labor is cheaper, as well as to the free trade policy of the Dominion in reference to lum- ber, which permits world-wide competition, he cannot shift the bur- den. In the lumber business particularly, such a law would work the greatest injustice aid hardship and we sincerely believe that it would be the means of driving many, if not all, of the sma!l lumber manufacturers out of business. The lumber business is not conduct- ed in Ontario by large corporations. Its management and conduct is, as it always has been in this province, in close touch with its em- ployees, and therefore has no need for laws which are intended to curb only large modern corporations. For this reason lumber manu- facturers should be exempt from the provisions of such a bill. The same is true of a large majority of employers in all lines of industry in Ontario. In fact, scarcely any class of employers, in the province, we except the large railways affords any reason or excuse for such d tic legislation. as ‘This bill is the result of the appointment of a one-man co: sion. While we have the highest regard for the legal ability of commission, we believe better results could have been obtained by commission consisting of two or more of the most practical busi men in the province. The definition of “manufacturer,” as given in the prelimin section of the bill, is vague and indefinite, not pointing out cle the boundary line between the different classes of employers except for the arbitrary powers given the proposed commissio1 administrative board, would involve endless trouble, annoya litigation in distinguishing the proper classification of em In fact, it would puzzle a Philadelphia lawyer to find anyone to the definition of “manufacturer” will not apply. This bill i similar impossibilities which make it absolutely impractica fact is, this measure deserves much more careful considera appears to have been given to it. In our judgment, any compensation act intended to employers whose past action has made such legislation at a of serious consideration, should be Federal, not Provinci reason that the railways and other large corporations ¢ provincial business and are necessarily beyond the con vincial laws. The burden of all such paternal laws sho public at large, not on any individual, or class of ind even on a single province. The principle upheld by this bi burden should be lifted from the public at large and thru: industry and the consumers of its product, is fundamen The highest purpose of all good laws is to foster and dustry and thrift. Paternalism never encourages thrift or i because it affords no reward to individual effort. hes This bill discourages the employment of labor by thro just burdens upon the employer. It discourages thrift and the part of the employee because it rewards him for gettin honest work by purposely disabling himself. + For all the above reasons, and many more, which wot great deal of space to enumerate we respectfully urge that the p posed “Workmen’s Compensation Bill” should not be pass Chandler-Jones Lumber Company. Keeping Tab on Car Movements ei Lack of system is one of the most generally noted faults i: offices of lumbermen the extent of whose business is sufficie to suggest the adoption of reasonable methods of preventing and loss. ae Cases are on record of cars being shipped out without z record being made and without an invoice being sent to the cus These cases have been uncovered by accident. There are many others, not located, which have been handled in this wa material loss of the lumber company. ' If a business is small, and if the owner of it is on the job time, the chances of serious errors are slight; but when the ce has grown to such a point that the memory of the head of the es ment cannot contain all of its details, the opportunity for loss - siderable. A leading wholesale hardwood concern has recently adop checking system for keeping tab on cars, which seems to be w orth eral adoption. The system is used in connection with shipn its local. yard, and also with reference to shipments from mills which it is operating. The plan has the advantage of and yet seems to provide an absolute check. Ie The basis of the record, of course, is the tally. Tt tally of the inspector is followed by making out a sh duplicate, containing the results of the tally. These s are numbered consecutively, consecutive numbering, in fe basis of the entire system. The sheets of the salesbook are also numbered, its n ponding with those of the shipping ticket. The entry int in addition to containing the facts shown on the shipping wise indicates the price at which the lumber was sold, and of the concern are posted from this record. : In the case of the local yard, the duplicate of the shipp is not needed particularly, but where the shipment was ma distant mill, the duplicate is kept on file at the mill for the info of the superintendent. Pr The bill of lading is issued in triplicate, as usual, and the car m1 ber and other information are entered in a book used for that purpe exclusively. The entries are numbered, the numbers correspondit with numbers printed on the bill of lading itself. a This is the entire system. Now let us consider how it works at what conditions it is calculated to take care of. In the first pla use of consecutive numbers furnishes a “flag” or warning by any lost or omitted record can be indicated. For instance, if th “a ie - er A a ° 2 as ‘son in charge of the salesbook notices that one number is missing, the local yard or the outside mill, as the case may be, is called on to supply the missing number. On the other hand, the salesbook is checked against the bill of lad- ing book, and it is determined that an entry for the salesbook; which, remember, is the basis for the ledger charges, has been made to cor- Respond with every car shipment indicated by the bill of lading book. Phe use of the consecutive numbers on the latter insures the proper entry oi every car, for in the event of failure to turn in the bill of lading u used for this purpose, its absence is immediately noted. ‘he use ot ‘consecutive numbers and duplicates means that a lost record will be noted, and that it can be rewritten without inconvenience. Another feature of the bill of lading book which is worth noting that provision is made for handling shipments which are not made the routine way. For instance, if a car of lumber is purchased at point, shipped to another for drying and then reshipped direct = consignee, there is a possibility ot the record being incomplete nd inaccurate by reason ot the tie-up at the kiln, or the suspension any reason whatever at any other point. To take care of this, the 1 of lading book, containing the car number and other information, carries a special @edication that the movement is incomplete, and that 1 further record must be made of its final disposition. ‘This prevents Blac item from being lost track of, and insures attention being called to the status of the situation. __ Yhe head of the concern which has adopted the system referred _ to said that the checking arrangement was not made simply because a craze for “‘system,” or to introduce red tape into the office. He plained that actual experience had demonstrated the need of some such protection, and that it was furnished for that reason only. “We know of two cars which got away from us prior to the time we put this system into use,” he said. “One we located because the customer wrote to make a complaint about some feature of the ship- nent. That called attention to the omission of the record and enabled to get trace of it. In another case the customer was simply honest ost to call our attention to the fact that no invoice had been sent, enabling us to make an investigation and determine the car which had escaped the proper record. “Take the bill of lading question, for example. No car is shipped without a bill of lading being made out, of course; but when unnum- bered pads are used, it frequently happens, or at least can easily hap- pen, that in case of a ‘jam’ in the office, someone will hurriedly make out the bill without referring it to the proper party for entry. The result is that the car is sent on with no record behind it. his cannot happen under our system. Then again, tally-sheets may become lost and no salesbook record be made. In that event the entry in the bill lading book gives us the clue and enables us to ascertain the in- ‘mation we need. “It might be supposed that the introduction of a system of this nd has been accompanied by an increase of work. On the other we have found that in most cases it has cut down the amount labor required. Heretofore frequent copying, by hand, was neces- to have the proper records made. Now, with a loose-leaf sys- installed, the facts can be written on the typewriter, copies made he same operation, and time and labor saved. It must be remem- et the smaller the number of clerical pedaieien the fewer fab on wagon business. In the big Rigidesis yard or saw- where carload business is the principal item, wagon hauls are to be overlooked if close attention is not given them. Even in yards, where wagon business is the only kind of trade handled, well-known that unless a systematic method of checking this is provided for, wagons will get out without being recorded mbermen will be able to make no charge. or this reason it is desirable that the same sort of record, in , be used for wagon-load hauls as for carload movements. ‘is to say, a ticket, in triplicate, with consecutive numbers ap- should be used. The yard office man of course keeps one kets; one is sent to the customer with the wagon, and the s to the office. Here again the simplicity of the scheme fact that the tickets are consecutively numbered operates to ittention to an omission. ‘is possible, of course, for a careless driver to leave without to get the ticket, or for a careless clerk to wait until all of ds intended for a certain customer are sent out, before making ie tickets; but if the concern insists on every wagon being tick- and if the customers become accustomed to receiving a ticket h load—an arrangement which is a protection to them as well e seller—arrangement will soon become a matter of routine ody in the yard, and will be taken care of accordingly. The eferred to have been designed for the purpose of preventing mistakes, but would also serve as a check on dishonest em- 2s.—G. D. C., Jr., in Hardwood Record. =a gre ae cpg CANADA. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 Dimension Stock Essentials There are about the same number of essential factors to be con- sidered by the man who would succeed in the dimension stock business as in any other special line of woodworking. To succeed best he should show due regard for all of them. It is not the purpose of this paper to go into details relative to all of these features but there are a few things that may be overlooked because they do not appear to be essentials, and it is hoped to draw the dimension man’s attention to such points. A prime essential in the dimension business is smooth work with the machines to the end that the stock may present the appearance of quality. If the stock is cut roughly, thick in some spots, thin in others, and with corners out of square, it will not appeal to the buyer even though it be cut from the best of timber. This means that the very appearance of the stock through careless manufacture may detract enough from its value to spoil the chances for profit in the business. It is an undeniable fact that appearance counts for a great deal even in lumber, and the more lumber is cut into special sizes the more opportunities there are to make or marr good appearances. Rip saws should be as carefully filed and set as for doing cabinet work, so that instead of ugly saw marks that must be planed out, there will be a clean surface that a very little cut with a planer will make smooth. Saws kept in excellent condition will do enough more work to pay for the extra pains taken with them. The band rip saw is a good machine to use in a dimension plant. Usually more pains are taken to keep it in order—it just naturally begets a higher order of mechanical skill—and besides it takes out less in kerf. It might appear that this does not amount to much in ripping up lumber and flitches, but by just a little figuring the dimen- sion man will find that there is as much saving of kerf timber with thin saws in dimension work as there is in sawmilling. He should talk with the band saw people; they will give him the figures and the argument on this point. And then, whether he is using band or circu- lar rip saws, he should see that they cut smoothly. It will pay, and it may mean the turning of the balance for or against success. Another thing; when an order for dimension stock is received it should be filled exactly according to specifications. While this injunc- tion is being given there there comes to mind a pertinent instance. A millman had an order for chair-rung stock of a certain size and length. He cut it to size, but concluded that any multiple of the length would be satisfactory. So some was exact length, some double, some even four lengths. When the purchaser received it he deducted from the invoice so much per thousand for cross-cutting those of multiple lengths, and also some for trimming to exact length part of the stock that was cut single with too much spare length left on the ends for the stock to work in his lathes without equalizing. The millman put in a complaint but the purchaser said that he would rather have paid the straight invoice and had the stock accord- ing to specifications. There is no need to dwell on the fact that it cost that millman more in prestige than was involved in dollars and cents in this one deal. Dimension stock is a different product from lumber, a product in which specifications must be followed carefully in detail if one would succeed in its manufacture. It is a business of details. The dimension manufacturer exists because he will take over and work out details which the user would otherwise have to work out for him- self. If he fails to work them out correctly the consumer naturally fails to see why he should continue to buy stock from that particular dimension mill. The man who will make a pronounced success at dimension stock manufacture is he who glories in the working out of details and in seeing that his machines do the finest kind of work, for these are among the important items of the business though they may be overlooked in a general consideration of essential factors.—Hard- wood Record. Low Water in Central Ontario A report from Lindsay, Ont., says:—The reports that the prices of lumber will drop this season, do not fit in very well with condi- tions such as local companies and others are facing at the present time. While the winter was an excellent one for the men in the woods, there is a scarcity of water, due to the fact ofthe great vol- ume getting away this spring with a rush, leaving the smaller chan- nels on which the lumbermen depend so much, with very little water. Then again, the fires in the north country last fall destroyed some important dams, in consequence of which reservoirs are almost en- tirely dry. The outlook at the present time is doubtful, and the chief hope is that copious falls of rain will relieve the situation. Hon. W. R. Ross, Minister of Lands for British Columbia, has given his approval to a recommendation of the Chief Forester, Mr. H. R. MacMillan, for.the expenditure of approximately $30,000 to im- prove the forest fire fighting facilities of the Department. The money will be spent upon roads, trails and telephone lines in several of the important districts of the province. es z o 36 Cost Accounting in Woodworking Plants Outline of a System which Enables the Manufacturer to Know the Cost of his Product— Factory Routine By Jonas Howe" MOST important matter in connection with any manufac- A turing business is the estimating of the cost of the article produced. Even the all-important sales department occu- pies a secondary position to that of the cost accounting department. It is of no avail to find customers for the product of a plant unless one is certain that the price for which it is being sold includes, not only the cost of production, but also sufficient to cover all incidentals which may not be considered as entering directly into its cost, and furthermore, a profit sufficient to make it worth while for the company to continue in business. Cost accounting has recently become a very minute science and it is possible to-day to figure out and apportion scientifically all the details of cost which are essential ORDER N° 1429 INVOICE ADORESS -... PLACE OF DELIVERY. - wees a ee ee OFFICIAL foriginar) CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 1429 NAME. 8888 ne 8 cece cee eae eee ee eee ee eee -- 2-221 CONTRACT NO... 2-2. --- 2-212 0ee ae nn seen ener INVOICE ADDRESS. .-- ISSUED BY... PLACE OF DELIVERY............ - ...- RECEIVED BY. . WHEN WANTED. Sat RIAPEE Soe mewn ORDER N° ---- FOREMAN'S COPY PARTICULARS Form 1.—Original Order Form and Foreman’s Copy. to any manufacturing business. In the woodworking business, cost accounting, while intricate and varied, is of very great importance and can be systematized in such a manner as to give a company com- plete knowledge, not only of the costs of production, but of the eff- ciency of machinery, departments and of every individual on the staff. A woodworking business, like many other lines of production, is a large manufacturing enterprise with several departments more or less connected or related to one another, and is necessarily at the mercy of competitors, employees and the public. At first glance, it would seem a matter of great difficulty, almost an impossibility to inaugurate a reliable system, which will show the profits on the vari- * First of a series of articles dealing with the problem of cost accounting in detail. Written specially for the Canada Luinberman. COST SCAR FO.No. /AZOG E Brownks CLAMP. BENCH PAINT SHOP OUT SIDE LABOR 2 2 VERERTSR SECA SHRRERSSESNEE ere | oie ae ae RRR RRR EP Cas S eels cia bloke meer i ee RY \) \ »\ | > Q x Z m tS ee ee & ~ PRICE OST: GAIN /7 Y 8 3. 8G | SUMMARY LABOR & EXPENSE | MATERIAL. TRANSPORT Y SS 0 1 r m es PRIME COST | OVERHEAD 9 @ THE COST.. ann: LUMBER & STORE SIS] BSR | “ Form 3.—Front of Cost Card. ous jobs going through, at the same time showing the profits on the different departments, or indicate whether they are profit-bearing factors or not. In the following articles an effort will be made to describe a cost system which will fulfil these requirements, at the same time being clear and concise in its make-up, serving in short, as a system for showing the cust of production and for re- flecting any mismanagement, so that every part of the con- cern may be made to yield its share of the profit. Accuracy is essential with any system for ascertaining the exact amount of time consum- ed in working on various or- ders and for learning the cor- rect quantities of raw material which have been used, together with their proper prices and the proportion of expense which is incurred in providing them. These are the most im- portant features to be consider- ed in establishing a reliable system of cost accounting. Many companies have tried to follow these features in a care- less or partial manner with the inevitable result of failure and confusion. If one attempted to describe the reasons leading DAILY TIME SHEET Location Non. Order Non. 7 15 30 4s 8 15 30 4s 9 15 30 4s 10 1s 3 45 11 15 30 ABCA woers a vi6l 91 a34 SAO A mmREG Depsriment | © eae sf! om Reacler Locstion no /$L Neme . E f ~ Entered according to Act of Parliament of Canade im the year 10)1 by J. Howe Jr. at the Department of Agriculture. f Form 2.—Employee’s Time Sheet. — to failure of this nature, ee. he would have to write " enough to fill an encyclopedia. Probably the most important feat of a successful system is its simplicity, a feature which must acterize it throughout all its details. Complication of any kind be avoided at every turn. Beginning with the employees, a lin amount of responsibility should be placed upon each man who has anything whatever to do with the recording of the time occupied ¢ the material consumed in the completion of a job. Each job m have its order-number which is recorded on the time sheets of © men who are working upon it, and also upon the requisitions for raw material from which it is to be made. The natural and effec method of attending to this is to be careful that a mark or pu showing the order-number is placed upon the time sheet when the is given out. The responsibility for making this mark or punch may be 2 N. a : & REC.FEB 14 1914 com.FEB 16 19/4 eS. |eweme|M.| 7 |W.[T.| FS. Zilog | | | | | WE to o S| Lk CORE ES lal gS PS i 2 SEL LL sonata oy ee aii vill | bail Tact sj | | , ’ Form 4.—Back of Cost Card. placed upon the foreman or operator according to conditions which prevail at the plant. It is important to bear in mind the necessity for relieving the operator of all unnecessary clerical work. With this object in view, one should cut out all red-tape, such as requiring the men to write out a number of minute particulars, which in the end are worthless. The “location number” on the time sheet, indicating just where the man worked is amply sufficient for reference, if one desires to learn just what the operator is employed upon or has been doing. No work should be allowed to proceed in the factory without a written official numbered order, (see Form I.) originals of which ‘should be filed in the general office and first copies in the office of the factory foreman. Following this method the foreman or clerk should eive the number out with each job, that is to say, he should see that ‘the time sheets of the men who are employed upon each job bear the ‘same numbers as the jobs. This can best be done by placing a mark or a punch on the operator’s daily time sheet when an order-number _ is given out, the mark or punch being placed opposite the indicated ‘time when the work is commenced, and the number of the order placed immediately below the mark or punch. Supposing the order is No. 1429 and was given out at 8 o’clock in the morning (see time _ sheet Form II.) When this job has been completed (10.40 a.m. as in- 4 dicated by the time sheet in Form II.), the time sheet is again punched or marked and the order-number of the next job upon which the _ operator works is recorded below. Following out this system makes . ae operator responsible for having the correct order numbers and the correct time marked upon their time sheets. ~ The time sheets are subsequently received by a clerk who figures _ the hours and minutes occupied upon a job and posts the result on the “cost cards” (see Form III.). Requisition lists are used when raw material is obtained for an order. These lists are also used by the clerk in ascertaining the various quantities of lumber and other raw ma- terials consumed. The quantities and their rates are also posted on ~ the cost cards. = When orders are completed the cost cards are withdrawn; the Jabor and raw material amounts are totalled and carried forward; the _ summary is totalled ; the overhead percentage (which will be discussed in a later article) is added and the cost is at once ascertained. re This article has dealt in brief manner with the general factory _ routine of cost accounting in connection with mill work. It is pro- _ posed, in subsequent articles, to discuss the various details which come up for consideration under the following headings :-— . 2. Raw material: Forms—Requisitions, debit and credit system. 3. Expense: Forms. ; < 4. Distribution: Forms—Statistics. 5. General up-keep: Forms—Statistics. 7 A Boom Timbers for Rough Weather Towing VC Montreal, March 18.—Editor Canada Lumberman; Do you, or any of your correspondents know of a boom for towing logs that will prevent their escape in the event of the tug encountering rough weather? I have heard that they tow pulp wood upon the upper lakes without loss and would like very much to have a description of the boom used.—Robert B. Ross. - Capt. E. F. Burke, of Midland, Ont., one of the best informed en in Canada upon the question of towing logs, reports that the best poms, in his opinion, for towing pulpwood or logs, are made of white pine timber, not sma!ler than 24 inches in diameter and as big as they be secured. They should be from 16 to 24 ft. long, bored for 1% chain, coupled about 24 inches apart and blocked all across the Is to keep the chains from cutting into the soft timber. The auger les should be bored about 18 inches back from the end of the booms, pled about 24 inches apart. In towing rafts he reports that it is scessary to have two sets of such booms around each raft. This has been found to be more serviceable than any other kind timber. . Ross states in answer to the information which was sent to above that he used a boom similar to the one described for a - of years, with indifferent success in rough weather. He had formed that a cage-boom built of scantling had been used with results in other places, and asked for further information in re- to it. Capt. Burke has been kind enough to send us further infor- regarding booms of this nature. These were built years ago across Lake Huron, but in Capt. Burke’s opinion were not ser- le. One objection to them was the fact that they were towed a single set of chains, and if a chain parted the raft was split. In booms such as are now used in Northern Ontario, two sets are nd if a chain parts there is still one remaining to rely upon. 0 sets of patent booms could not be used because they would pound feces in rough weather. Another objection was that in using it booms for towing small timber, small logs would get in be- frame work and cause trouble and expense in poking them eover, if a boom of this nature should go ashore it would +4 5. 2) 12 ie CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 probably be ruined. The patent booms also drew twice as much water as the round booms and were very heavy to tow. Sometimes these patent booms were known as “fence booms.” They were made about 35 ft. long, and consisted of a frame work of four pieces of 10 in. x 10 in. Norway bolted to the four sides of two end pieces 24 in. square and 6 ft. long. A third piece 24 in. square and 3 ft. long was used in the centre, the frame work being bolted to it in the same manner as to the end pieces. The bolts used were 1% in. Such a boom would not only be very heavy, but very expensive. The separate parts of the boom were held together by chains which per- mitted them to float at a distance of 2 ft. from each other. Further information upon this subject is invited from readers of the Canada Lumberman. If anyone can furnish information which would be of assistance, we will be very pleased to forward it. Hope to Capture the Eastern Trade B. C. Lumbermen Planning Active Campaign for Taking Advantage of Low Freight Rates via Panama Canal British Columbia lumbermen hoping to invade the New York market and that of Buenos Aires are looking forward to the pageant parade to be held at Vancouver, on June 12 as a means of bringing their lumber and timber to the attention of the Atlantic Coast and South American buyers. Mr. Harry G. Hayes, who has been appoint- ed by the lumbermen to take charge of their parade at the time of the pageant, pointed out recently that following the opening of the Panama Canal there was no reason why British Columbia should not capture a large share of the lumber trade of the East Coast. At the present time, Washington mills competing against the southern yellow pine interests, manage to dispose of a large quantity of Douglas fir every year on the Atlantic coast, selling both in New York and Buenos Aires by cargo as well as shipping overland by car to points in the Eastern States. Although at the present time the British Colum- bia mills do practically no cargo shipping at all to the East Coast and sell comparatively few carloads to the Eastern American towns, Mr. Hayes believes that as soon as the canal is opened for commercial business the mill owners of this province will be placed in a splendid strategical position from a trade point of view. British bottoms are cheaper on charter than American boats, he points out, and Seattle and Tacoma can not, under American maritime regulations, use British bottoms for cargo shipments to New York. This will mean that Vancouver can ship cargoes to New York cheap- er than Washington cities will be able to do through the canal. This relative cost advantage applies even at the present time, around the Horn. He claims, further, that although the cost of lumber production is somewhat higher in British Columbia than in Washington, the dif- ference is not by any means so great as has been supposed and in fact some of the British Columbia mills are producing just as cheaply as any of those across the line. The Panama Canal will have the effect, he believes, of cutting the cost of transportation to the Atlantic Coast by about sixty per cent., thus helping out all the Douglas fir shippers in their fight for the market against the yellow pine shippers of the Southern States. The net result will be, he points out, that both British Columbia and Washington shippers will be aided by cheaper transportation, and through their ability to use British bottoms the lumbermen of this province will have an extra advantage over their fellow shippers of Douglas fir in Washington State. The opportunity for British Columbia lumbermen to seize the At- lantic coast markets, both in North and South America is here,” he said. “Realizing the advantages which they can obtain in a publicity way, many mill men of the city propose to bring the lumber resources of the province to the attention of the buying public just as prominent- ly as possible. It is planned to make the lumber parade for the pageant the most pretentious affair that ever took place in the city. It will probably be from three to four miles long. Moving picture companies are now preparing to take views of the parade, and by means of these, through newspaper reports of the affair, and also through the reports which the Ad Men will send home from their convention at the same time, our lumbermen look forward to a great deal of beneficial pub- licity in the east, which will no doubt lead to the building up of a large future cargo business on the east coast. “Much of the success achieved by the Washington mills came by reason of the advertising they obtained through the monster parades held in Tacoma and Seattle a few years ago. The Seattle parade at the time of the A. Y. P. fair there was seven miles long. Moving pictures of it were shown all over the United States.” Efforts are being made to have every mill in or near Vancouver well represented in the lumber- men’s pageant parade. There will be many special floats typical of the various phases of the industry. , Mistletoe thrives on the western coast to an extent not ap- proached in the east. In many places this parasitic growth is respon- sible, directly or indirectly, for a considerable loss of timber. 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Twenty-five Thousand Pieces Ready for the Drive—Muskoka Wood Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Huntsville, Ont. Interesting Northern Ontario Log Dumps Reports from many of the lumber manufacturing companies of . Northern Ontario indicate that the past winter was an excellent one for taking out logs in the woods. Whether all these logs will come down to the mills during the drives is another matter. The accom- panying illustrations indicate the truth of the reports about the quan- tity of logs taken out. They represent a couple of log dumps be- longing to the Muskoka Wood Manufacturing Company, Limited, Huntsville, Ont. One of the illustrations is of a river scene on Marys River. The log dump contains 25,000 pieces. These logs are piled fully 100 feet high and an idea of the height may be obtained by the comparative height of the men who are working on top of the dump. They are so small that it is with difficulty that they can be made out. They appear merely as small black specks against the background of trees, just to the right of the group of white birch trees near the centre of the picture. The operations in connection with this dump were in charge of foreman James Lamb. The other illustration shows a dump on Black Creek, where 28,- 000 pieces were dumped on the shores and in the Creek under the direction of foreman William Edgerton. Only a section of this dump is shown in the illustration. In all, it extends over a distance of a mile and a quarter. A third log dump, of which we are unfortunately not able to show a good illustration, was in charge of foreman William Bonser. It was located on Axe Lake and contained 35,000 pieces. This dump was in circular form. The logs in these three dumps are largely hemlock, spruce and pine. The company’s hardwood is dumped on the lake shores ad- jacent to Huntsville. During the sawing season of 1914, the Muskoka Wood Manufac- turing Company expect to cut about: four million feet of hemlock, two million feet of birch and other hardwoods and one million feet of spruce and pine. Most of the hardwood will be manufactured into “Red Deer Brand” hardwood flooring at the company’s mill at Hunts- ville. The Forest Products Exposition The Forest Products Exposition which opened at Chicago on April 30th is a most important event for the lumbering industry in America. The manager, Mr. Geo. S. Wood, in a recent official an- nouncement, stated that during the last few weeks, previous to the opening, the interest taken by the lumber industry, and by the pub- lic in general, had greatly increased, and that co-operation had been promised by many bodies of wholesale lumber dealers and manu- facturers in cities which had not hitherto been represented. A these he mentioned many United States cities and Toronto and Ottawa. The indications then were, that the pressure for space by exhibitors would be very great during the last few days before the opening. Many important trade conventions are to be held during the exposition both at Chicago, and at New York, where the exposi- tion will open on May 21st. Opening New District on South Fork of Fraser Eighty thousand acres of land, adjacent to the G. T. P. Railway in British Columbia, will be opened to pre-emption in the valley of the south fork of the Fraser River in June, according to an announcement made by Hon. William R. Ross, minister of lands. The main industry of a great part of the valley, other than farming, will be lumbering, and this should reach considerable proportions. There is a large amount of good timber, and the lumber mills built to handle it, together with the towns along the railroad between Fort George and Mount Robson Park should prove a ready market for farm produce from the district. A large mill with maximum daily capacity of 100,000 feet has been built by the Upper Fraser River Mills Company at mile 142, near Dome Creek. A pamphlet descriptive of the district, with special maps showing the various lots which will be available for pre-emption in the valley in June, is now being prepared and will shortly be issued by the department of lands. Serious charges were recently made in the New Brunswick Legislature by L. A. Dugal, a member of the Legislature, against Hon. J. K. Fleming, the Premier of the province, who was also Min- ister of Lands and Mines. The charges were to the effect that the - Premier had been a party to the extortion of about $100,000 from the lessees of provincial timber lands, of which amount no account had been given nor any return made to the revenue of the province. The details of the charge are to the effect that, in addition to the in-— creased bonus provided for by an act of the Legislature passed dur- . | 4 yy Va | Twenty-eight Thousand Pieces Ready for the Drive—Muskoka Wood Manufacturing Company, Ltd., Huntsville, Ont. CANADA LUMBERMAN D, Calg the last session, every operator had ok obliged to pay $15 a square mile, through the agency of W. H. Berry, superintendent oi sealers, and under the direction of the Premier himself. Shortly after the presentation of the charges in the House, the Premier resigned _ and arrangements were made for an immediate investigation. - Quebec Forbids Rough Lumber Exports from Railway Lands The Quebec Government, through the Department of Crown Lands, has (says, a despatch from Quebec) taken steps to prevent the j petals exportation of lumber to foreign countries by corporations _ who have been granted timberlands as subsidies by the Government. rticle 13 of the Woods and Forests Regulations, passed by Order-in- Council | in April, 1910, will apply for all Crown lands given as sub- - Sidies to railway companies. “Vhe timber in such lands must be manu- -factured in Canada: that is to say, converted into pulp or paper, deals or boards, or into any article of trade or merchandise of which the said timber is only the raw material.” The timber, properly squared or made into ties, will be considered as manufactured, but roughly trimmed lumber will not. Sen Pushing Canadian Shingles A report from Kansas City, Mo., published by a United States lumber trade journal, says: The Chicago Lumber and Coal Company is pushing Canadian red cedar shingles. The company began work- ing with the Canadian product about two weeks ago and their success has been so great that they can’t talk about anything except Can- adian shingles. The Canadian shingles come from British Colum- bia. They are upright shingles and grade 100 per cent. clear, the company say. They are 4 inches and wider, and guaranteed full thickness. [he Canadian shingles are quoted twenty cents higher ‘than the ordinary shingles, but they are going in good shape at the higher figure. po ee Mop Aer mie Overhead Carrier for Lumber Shed An overhead carrier system in connection with a retail lumber shed may be used to much advantage as shown by a description of one installed by a correspondent of the American Lumberman. Their shed, he says, is built with the driveways at right angles to the rail- -way tracks which are adjacent to the back end of the shed. The shed is of the double-deck type, with the roof sufficiently high to enable us to support the carrier track from the roof, which we have timbered up to carry the load. The runways on each side of the driveways at second deck are also built sufficiently strong to carry the load after _ the carrier has been released. At the end of the shed next to the track _ we have a large door opening on a level with the car doors, and just _ inside the shed on the same level we have a platform upon which we rest the carrier while being loaded, the lumber passing directly from the car to the carrier. _ We used an enclosed track, with 16-wheel trolley carrier. To _ this we attached a triplex chain block of two-ton capacity, with suff- cient length of lift to cover the distance from the first to the second deck. Attached to this block we have a car built of 4 x 6 timbers for _ sills and top carrier beam, with 4 x 4 frame work. To maintain the rigidity of the framework of the car a road is run over each arch with _ a nut on each end underneath the sills. At the outer end of the car _ we use a bale, similar in operation to a bucket bale. This bale may be released at top of carrier beam and will fall down so that the car may be removed from load, after which the bale may be replaced _ and fastened with the automatic fastener on end of carrier beam. “? ee is extremely important that the principle employed in the con- = ee ee we nage pub? ~~ is out of balance. The weight of a man standing on the end of id does not affect the balance perceptibly. If one point suspen- ere used this unequal weight would result in the spilling of the operation the load is carried down the track endwise to a point the bin in which you desire to place it, the load is then turned diture of energy and time, while the carrier car goes back to the 0 be reloaded. he convenience and efficiency of this device are its strong points. fs use it enables three men to do the work of four men and two is in the old way, and has the added advantage of filling the up- ck as Bee meintly and as cheaply as the. lower deck. "This fea- AND WOODWORKER 39 Getting Prompt Payment It is a principle of law and a conclusion which your books wili prove, that sales are not completed until payment is received. When you invest your capital by extending credit and it is not returned at the time agreed, your cost is increased and your profit re- duced. ° In these days of strenuous competition, it is up to the dealer to secure prompt return of his capital, re-invest it in new goods, and thus keep up the volume of sales. Have definite terms. First, be sure that your customer under- stands them. Second, enforce them. If they were agreed to at time of purchase, they were plainly satisfactory then and you have every reason to insist that they be respected. Unless the customer con- vinces you that he is fully warranted in asking additional time, insist that he live up to his promise to pay on the due date. A dealer can readily train his patrons into one of two habits— the habit of prompt pay or the habit of delinquency. It may. be impossible to bring about immediately a strict com- pliance with terms. You can’t make a sudden jump, but you can fol- low a policy of swinging your old customers into line and of seeing to it that your new patrons have the right attitude from the start.— Goodyear No-Rim-Cut News. Fundamentals of Success There are a number of fundamental features necessary for the successful operation of a retail lumber yard. One of the essentials is a demand for lumber in the locality where the yard is located. Another is the selection of a stock suitable to the needs of the community. An important consideration is a well-kept yard, uppers protected from the weather, good foundations, planked gangways and the yard throughout kept free from refuse. Also a system of accounting whereby a balance sheet showing the true condition of the business may be drawn off at any time. The items enumerated are those that will naturally occur to the average dealer, are necessarily routine matters, and when once established may be continued for an indefinite period. Salesmanship or securing business on other than general lines is a question that would require a study of local conditions to outline correctly, however, any plan adopted would demand aggressiveness as the principle characteristic. There are many men who possess the knowledge, ability and energy to organize, manage and direct the purchasing, maintenance of stock and an accounting system in connection with a lumber yard. Likewise they can sell lumber at some kind of price, but it often happens that the price is more beneficial to the buyer. than to the seller. As the profit received from the investment of one’s capital and effort is the incentive for maintaining or following any mercantile pursuit, it is quite within the limits of reason to assume that the fund- amental feature of the greatest importance in the lumber business, is a selling price that will be productive of a fair margin of profit. The dealer who knows to a certainty what it costs him to do busi- ness is in a position to state positively the prices at which he can sell; prices that will be fair to the purchaser and still leave him a legi- timate return from the transaction. Should he happen to be the only dealer in his locality, he will have only his own affairs to consider and equitable dealing on the lines specified will quite likely kgep his customers satisfied. Should there be two or more dealers in the same locality and one or more of them is not properly posted regarding the detail and costs of operation, there may be a variation in selling prices. The dealer who is not posted regarding costs, may, from inability rather than wrong intent, make rates so low that they will be un- productive of profit. ss such a case it is quite within the province of business acumen or plain “horse sense” for the dealer who knows to point out to him the error of his ways and aid him in taking a post-graduate course in establishing selling prices that will enable. him thereafter to play the game in accordance with the opinion held by all fair-minded men, which is, “the laborer is worthy of his hire,” or the old adage about not muzzling the ox that treads out the grain. Instructing a brother lumber dealer in a method whereby he may know the right price to charge for his wares is not a menace to the public interests. On the contrary it is a benefit, as it enables him to do business on right and equitable lines, thereby insuring a profit on his trans- actions, likewise induces him to join the constantly increasing throng of merchants who are willing and anxious to accord the same priv- ilege to others. G. A. B. in The Pioneer Western Lumberman. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other than “Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements of “Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. If Canada Lumberman box number is used, en- close ten cents extra for postage in forward- ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of ‘Wanted Employees’ will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. Basswood Wanted Cull. Apply Firstbrook Brothers, Ont. 7-t4 No. 2 Common and Mill Winter cut preferred. Ltd., Toronto, Wanted For Factory Use One-inch Black Ash and Basswood. State your lowest price and grades, together with full particulars. Box 18, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. Shavings and Sawdust Wanted to buy. Would prefer shavings baled and separate from the sawdust. Quote prices at your station. M. BRENNEN & SONS, Hamilton, 7-12 Ont. Wanted to Buy One million feet 1-in. | Dead Cull Pine, also fifty thousand feet 1-in. Cull Spruce or Hemlock. Apply M. BRENNEN & SONS, 6-9 Hamilton, Ont. oe: ee eee eee ee Wanted Soft Elm, 4/4 log run. Birch, 5/4 log run. Quote lowest prices F.O.B. mill for dry or new cut. E. M.- NICHOLSON, Board of Trade Building, 9-t.f. Montreal, Que. Wanted To Buy—1000 Birch Logs fresh, clean, straight and sound, 14-in. and up diameter at small end, 8 ft. to 16 ft. long. Delivery to commence as soon as possible. Terms: 75 per cent: cash when alongside track at railway station, balance when loaded on cars. Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Mont- real, stating best price. fe Wanted to Buy 250,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood, winter sawed. Ten cars 4/4 x 12-in. and up Soft Elm. aoe car 4/4, 6/4 and 8/4 1s and 2s Soft Elm. Box 998, Canada Lumberman, Toronto 7-10 Hard Maple and Hemlock half a million feet hard maple Can cut dimen- We have and half a million hemlock. sion stock, Write best offer. Trenton Cooperage Mills Limited, 7-10 Trenton, Ont. Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit, or some second- hand machinery. the CANATDA LIIMRER- MAN AND WOOPWORKER will bring quick returns. Use our ‘Wanted and For Sale Department ” Red Pine For Sale Four carloads 2 x 4 and up; 18 ft. to 24 ft. P. O. Box 392, Ottawa, Ont. 3-t.f. For Sale Cedar squares, ties, telephone poles, 8 ft. posts, all sizes. 1 car of 1-in. Soft Maple, dry. HERBERT H. WISE, 9 Freelton, Ont. For Sale 2500 Cedar Poles, 25 to 50 ft. long. Apply to MAGEAN & COUSINEAU, 9 Sturgeon Falls, Ont. Lumber For Sale 200 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 875 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, c Montreal, Que. ee For Sale In car lots only: 8/4 Soft Elm. 4/4 Soft Elm Culls. 4/4 Soft Elm, No. 1 C. & B._ 4/4 Soft Maple, No. 2 C. & B. The above lumber is well manufactured and bone dry. Box 15, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. 9 For Sale 2 cars 3 x 4 to T-in. Sound Maple Hearts. 2 cars 4% x 5% Sound Boxed Maple Hearts 1 car 2% in. Soft Elm, No. 1 C. & B. 1 car 2-in. Birch, No. 2 C. & B. 4 cars 1%-in. Beech, No. 2 C. & B. 5 cars 1% in. Maple, No. 2 C. & B. Dry stock. Immediate shipment. Pedwell Hardwood Lumber Co., 6 St. Ann’s Road, 9-t.f. Toronto, Ont. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging | cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, Janesville, Wisconsin. vo (ee Engine For Sale 15-in. x 34-in. single cylinder Wheelock, left hand with pulley and flywheel. In the very best condition, Can be seen in opera- tion. The Steel Company of Canada, Limited, 9 Montreal, Que. Second Hand Machinery 150 to 175 h.p. Corliss Engine, 16-in. x 36-in., new two years ago. 75 to 100 h.p. Brown Automatic, 13-in, x 30-in., in excellent condition. 500 to 750 h.p. Buckeye; a good sawmill engine. Boilers, 72-in. x 18-ft. and 54-in. x 14-ft. THOMAS HOBBS, Mail Building, T-tf. Toronto, Ont. Woodworking Machinery For Sale: 1 40-in. MacGregor-Gourlay bandsaw; 1 42-in. Fay & Egan power feed band rip saw; 6 Ideal variety saw tables; 2 24-in. Champion plan- ers, matchers and moulders; 1 2%-in. Way- moth variety wood turning lathe; 1 Hes- peler improved power mortiser; 1 36-in. Egan double drum sander, H. W. Petrie, Limited, Toronto, Ont. 9 ate eet | Wanted“Esieloemsies Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 25 cents. _ Position wanted as sawyer. Circular, single or double cut band saw. TBox 306, Parry Sound, Ont. 8-10 EXPERIENCED LUMBER INSPECTOR wants position. Address Box 986, Canad Lumberman, Toronto. 6-9 Single cut band or circular sawyer open for engagement. Best references. W. Gar- iefny, Box 49, Chandler, Gaspe Co., Que. 9-10 Position wanted as band saw filer, double or single cut, or in a factory where there are band re-saws. First-class references. Ad- dress Box 972, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 9 COST CLERK desires position with a woodworking concern. Ability to organize. Practical and experienced. Best of refer- ences. Box 990, Canada Lumberman, Toron- to. 9-10 See _Saw filer, band or circular, wants position, 25 years’ good experience. No booze fighter. Good references. Can give satisfaction. Box 300, Canada Lumberman, 119 Board of Trade Montreal. 9-12 ate = _Wanted-E oyees mpl Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents WANTED—Lumber Traveller for Ontario. Would prefer young man with experience. Reply confidential. Box 5, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. 8-11 WANTED—A setter for Band Mill. Want big, strong man able to do all the setting. Cutting principally spruce and pine, making mostly 4, 5 and 6 in. cants for resaw. State experience. Good wages for right man. The & Snowball Company, Limited, Chatham. v.B. ‘ 9 2 Bu For Rent Second storey, Planing factory, 80 by 100 feet. 10 Machines. Power supplied. GUELPH LUMBER CO., 9 Guelph, Ont. For Sale—Retail Lumber Yard and Planing mill, $5,000. Stock at invoice prices. Last year’s business $25,800. Natural gas power. Railway siding. 400 ft. metal sheds, etc. Caledonia Milling Co., Ltd., Caledonia, Ontario. 6-9 Active Partner Wanted to join practical man now operat- ing sawmill at Barriere, B.C., on the C. N. R. Within easy reach of Prairie markets and a plentiful supply of good lumber . Write Box 997, Canada Lunsberman, Toronto. 7-9 Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of — by advertising them on this page. This is where buyers of timber property look for op- — portunities to invest. If your “fad” is he: the investor will see it. Canada Lumberm Toronto, Ont. , For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in lumber and log center on Puget S and cargo shipping facilities. pond. Ten and a half acres of land. one-fourth of appraised valuation. quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. 8-t.f. For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet : of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hard tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sa’ and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 19-t.£. Money To Invest Thoroughly practical lumber and mill mam has $2,000 to invest in a good going lumber concern, in which he could have a responsible position, Can handle any part, logging or milling operation. Address Box. 248, Wood. stock, N.B. British Columbia Saw Mill and Timber Limit For Sale A 25-thousand feet capacity Saw Mill, and 90 million feet first class Spruce, Red Cedar, Hemlock and Yellow Cedar, etc., under B. C. Special License. At good shipping poimt near Prince Rupert, B.C. Inspection invited. A. Cuthbert, P. O. Box 456, Prince Rupert, Bic. 6-11 Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you -want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills — for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. 1-t.f. For Sale Complete sawmill outfit, practically new; capacity 12 M. ft. hardwood. Marine boiler, 50 h.p., and Dutch oven, 40 h.p. engine. No. 4 carriage with overset lever. Cable feed. Friction canter. Double edger; cut off saw and a full complement of large and samll saws and belting, including a 14-inch 2-ply leather driving belt. Frame building, iron roof. Also Long Mfg. Co. Clipper Shingle Ma- chine in best of condition, and outfit com- — HIG: will be sold Pear sawmill or separate. Mill at Angus, Ontario. Apply Frank — McMulkin, Barrie, Ont., who will shone nill, aa or Chas. T. DePuy, Rochester, N.Y. 8-10 J Tenders will be received by the unders up to noon of the 6th day of July, 1914, for # right to cut the Red and White Pine timb on Berths 1 B, 1 C, and 1 D, in the Mis saga Forest Reserve tributary to the north shore of Lake’ Huron, each Berth containing an area of 36 square miles, more or less. For maps and conditions of sale apply to the undersigned or the Crown Timber Agents — at Thessalon, Sault Ste. Marie, Webbwood and Sudbury. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Toronto, April 18th, 1914. N.B.—No unauthorized publication of this notice will be paid for. - 9-18 at Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- ity 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— A Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, pencoaty Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 1! 0-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber T. ble, ‘5-Saw - Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion es r, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and er Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Also, "Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition, ffers will be accepted for all or aaa part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, 22-t.f. Brantford, Canada. eA > Captain Dollar Discusses Tolls Captain Robert Dollar, of San Francisco, owner of the Dollar line of steamships, recently dis- cussed the Panama Canal and the toll question as follows: “There is no doubt but that the canal will be of great benefit to the Pacific Coast but it depends upon how the toll question is settled whe- ther the lumber industry will be greatly benefited or not. It is plain that if the free tolls act is repealed the lumber industry of the Pacific Coast States will be hard hit, as British Columbia manufacturers will be enabled to ship lumber on foreign bottoms _ through the canal at such low rates that American millmen can- - not compete in intercoastal trade. Even if American ships are ex- empted, foreign bottoms © still have an advantage as foreign _ ships are operated at lower cost. y Charging American ships tolls _ simply means an additional bar- mn rier to domestic shipping. It - seems that the lumber business gets hit at every turn and now comes the toll bugaboo and adds me nother thrust to the industry.” Captain Dollar said that there _ were no American lumber ships on the Pacific Coast large enough to make it profitable to carry lum- ber at long distances. He says that a ship, plying from the Pa- cific Coast through the canal to the North Atlantic Coast, must have a capacity of at least 5,000,- _ 000 feet in in to make a fair profit. His company is having built at Clyde, Scotland, a carrier with a capacity of between 3,7 000,000 and 6,000,000 feet to, en- gage in long-distance shipping. : vaptain Dollar has contracted to a ¢ mto, to be used in the construc- n of the government wharf j Export Duty on Logs Phe United States Department State has agreed to open ne- ions with Canada for a e agreement by which the le manufacturers of Wash- n will be relieved of the bur- CANADA LUMBERMAN shingle logs that Canada now imposes, says “The Timberman.” Senator Poindexter took up the question of a removal of the duty on exportable cedar logs. with Secretary of State Bryan, present- ing facts. concerning the differ- ences in the value of cedar logs to the Canadian and American manufacturer. As the United States imposes no export duty on logs or an import duty on shingles entering the United States, it is only fair, he claims, that Canada should reciprocate, thus placing the manufacturers of both countries on an equa! basis. Secretary Bryan has sent to Senator Poindexter the follow- ing notification, stating what the department will undertake to do in the settlement of this contro- versy: “In view of the disadvantages to which the American manufac- turers of shingles along the Can- adian border are subjected by reason of the restrictions placed by the Canadian provinces on the export of logs, and pursuant to your request, appropriate in- structions will be transmitled to our consul-general at Vancouver B.C., to investigate the facts and, if the circumstances warrant, to take up the matter with the pro- per Canadian officials—with a view to secure, if possible, a re- moval of the restrictions, to the end that the American exporters may receive fair treatment. “You are further advised that Jn any negotiations that may take place under the tariff law of Oc- tober, 1913, for the conclusion of trade agreements, the subject to which your letter relates will re- ceive due consideration.” Exposition Flag Poles About half of the large flag poles which have been used on the exposition grounds of the Panama-Pacific Exposition are made in a specially constructed machine that is capable of turn- ing out spars and poles up to 34 inches in diameter and 150 feet in length. About 100 85-foot flag poles have been manufactured, and over 300 electric light stand- ards running as large a's 22 inches in diameter and 60 feet long have been turned out through the use of special machinery. Douglas Fir The production of Douglas fir lumber has increased thirty-eight per cent. in the last two years, according to a recent publication of the Dominion Forestry Branch on the forest products of Canada. This percentage is double that of any other leading Canadian wood for the same period. This tree made up 67.7 per cent. of the to- tal lumber production of British Columbia, which province is es- timated to contain as much tim- ber as all the rest of Canada. The importance of the Douglas fir is exemplified ‘by a statement made AND WOODWORKER by Dr. C. S. Sargent, the leading authority on American trees, who says: “No other American tree of the first magnitude is so wide- ly distributed, or can now afford so much timber, and the rapidity of its growth and its power of re- production under favorabie con- ditions make it the most valuable inhabitant of the great coniferous forest of the northwest.” Fixing Line Shafting To fix line shafting in a direct line with an existing shaft, com- mence by fixing securely a wood- en ‘bracket on the wall, standard or column. Be careful to see that the top of the bracket is level, and also exactly level with the centre of the shafting. When this bracket is fixed correctly, then, with a truly parallel straight- edge, level on to where it is de- cided to fix the first permanent bracket ; then fix another wooden bracket close to but not interfer- ing with position of bracket, and so on, as far as may be necessary. These temporary brackets wil! enable you to set off the proper positions of the permanent brack- ets accurately, and also form: an excellent guide in fixing them cor- rectly in position. If, as is fre- quently the case, the line of shait- ing is to be hung from the beats carrying an upper floor, the method of procedure will be ex- actly the same as that already described, only that the (eos Te ary arrangement will take the form of a hanger instead of a bracket. To get the parallel line, stretch a line parallel to the existing shaft for about 20 or 30 feet of its length and as near as possible to it. No doubt there will be pul- leys, straps, and other obstacles in the way, but there will be no difficulty in clearing them. Con- tinue the line the required dis- tance, and when set truly parallel, fix it securely; then set off from it on each wooden bracket the correct centre line of shafting. When this is correctly accom- plished the fixing of the perman- ent brackets may be proceeded with. In order to insure accuracy and also to facilitate the final adjust- ment of the shafting the bracket should be kept about half an inch low. This deficit is made up by a piece of hard wood of the pro- per size being fitted on the brack- et for the plummer block to rest on, In laying down or erecting plant in a new concern the first thing to be done is to get in or set off a line on the floor paral- lel with the line of shafting, or, if this is not erected, exactly true with the projected line. This line should be traced in in some way, so that it may not be lost, as it will require to be frequently re- ferred to. From the scale draw- ing of shop, set off the positions 41 of the foundations of each mach- ine, which, as a matter of course, must be accurately true in every respect with centre line. It is frequently necessary to set off a square line from the centre line. This is very often got in by using a large square, but we much pre- fer the ordinary method of rais- ing a perpendicular from the straight line, In transferring a line from the floor to project a line of shafting, a centre “plumb-bob” must be made use of in conjunction with temporary wooden brackets, as above meritioned. By the meth- ods described, countershaft, aux- iliary, or any description of par- allel shafting may be set off read- ily, but in every case we strongly advise the fixing of temporary means for readily tracing or marking the necessary lines. To arrange the different things true with each other, the greatest care must be exercised to see that machines are set exactly level and absolutely true with the shaft- ings, as if not so fixed no end of trouble will arise through the belt working badly on _ the pulleys. For belt-gearing the shafts carry- ing the pulleys should be abso- lutely level and parallel with each other. If they are so, no diff- culty can be experienced with good belting. In finally levelling the bearings for a line of shaft- ing many erectors lay the straight-edge in the bottom of the bearing. This, for obvious rea- sons, is not a good plan, and the method we adopt in our own practice is to prepare a piece, or, rather, two pieces, of hard wood the diameter of the shaft, cut them to exactly the centre line, and lay them in the bearings when applying the straight-edge in levelling. — Timber Trades Journal. BAUGHMAN’S BUYER AND SELLER Special Price, $1.60 Canada Lumberman - Toronto URNITURE vont ited PRESTON OFFICE. SCHOOL. Montreal Engineering Co., Limited, 164 St. James Street, Montreal. Timber limits examined, cruised and surveyed. Waterpowers developed. Pulp and Paper Mills de- signed and constructed. Projects financed. 42 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Review of Current Trade Conditions Ontario The lumber trade in Ontario continues on the same quiet basis as has prevailed for some weeks. The situation is one which is puzz- ling wholesalers considerably. In addition to the decrease in the de- mand for stocks, as compared with the corresponding period in pre- vious years, the factor of competition is becoming much more severe. Continual changes are reported in the class of stocks which are being used by retailers, and Jarge manufacturers who use lumber as a raw material. So great are these changes that one important wholesaler remarked to the Canada Lumberman that he was more perplexed by the condition of the market to-day that he had ever been before. Wis- consin hemlock, Tennessee hemlock and Michigan hemlock, for in- stance, he said, were competing successfully with hemlock from Northern Ontario, and the Ontario manufacturers, moreover, could not sell their stocks any cheaper and make any money. The whole situa- tion, he said, was exceptionally puzzling, and he could not venture an opinion as to the direction of trade developments in the near future. Prospects for trade throughout Ontario at present, he reported, were not good. Trade in fact is very quiet throughout the country. In the large cities and important consuming centres a fair amount of trade is in progress, although it is far short of the usual volume at the present time of year. Backward weather has had a share in bring- ing about these conditions, but general trade conditions seem to be the most important factor. One of the most serious results of the situa- tion is the increasing tendency toward price-cutting, which is making it very difficult to secure trade at a profit and is causing much more harm than good. A sluggish market such as the present one, cannot be improved by price-cutting. The only result is that many firms, which are already experiencing the difficulties arising out of reduced volume of trade, are suffering to a still greater extent because of the price-cutting which reduces their margins and restricts their trade. In spite of the fact that money became cheaper shortly after the opening of the year, collections are still a matter of great concern to the trade. Wholesalers report that they find it more difficult than usual to get their money. On the whole, the trade seems still to be uncertain about the developments of the immediate future, and to be marking time and seeking to adjust its business and financial rela- tions in such a way as to be ready, either for better trade when it may develop, or for a continuation of quiet times, if improvement does not come soon. Eastern Canada Better trade-is reported at Montreal. Wholesalers say that orders are being placed more freely and there is more’ pronounced activity thoughout the trade. Shortleaf yellow pine, and the better grades of southern pine are affecting the market to some extent. Practically all prices are unchanged and firm. There is a better demand for hardwoods. Prices of lath are firm and stocks are scarce. New Bruns- wick shingles show a tendency towards slightly easier prices. The desire of the railway companies to increase export freight rates from Ottawa points to Montreal is causing the trade some anxiety as the market in Great Britain is slow. Ocean freight rates however, are low, being 37s. 6d. per standard, a reduction of 5s. as compared with last year. A better demand is reported for spruce at New York and in the adjoining territory. Very little new building has been started, and the yards are going along quietly with their present supplies which seem to be ample. Indications of stronger prices are noticeable and it is thought that the worst of the situation has passed, so far as price cutting is concerned. Some improvement is also noted in spruce at Boston. Quotations of less than $25 basis are becoming rare. It is thought that there will soon be extensive building activity which has been held back by bad weather. Better demand is reported for random. For 2 x 4 $23 has been asked recently, although it is still possible to buy at $22.50 and sometimes $22. For 2 x 3, $21.50 is be- ing quoted, but there are still sales at $21. For 2 x 6 and 2 x 7 the price ranges from $20.50 to $21, with 2 x 8 at $22.50 and $23. En- quiry is light for 2 x 10 and 2 x 12 and quotations are $24 to $24.50 and $24.50 to $25 respectively. The demand for hemlock boards at Boston is light and buyers are refusing to pay more than $24. Many of the sales are going through at $23.50. An increasing demand is reported for lath at Boston and prices are stiffening. For 154; which was recently selling at $4.10, the rock bottom price is now $4.15 and some sales are being made at $4.20. It is even said that some merchants are asking $4.25 and getting it. be ip BY! — i ae “a For 1-in. lath, $3.90 is asked, but business is still going through $3.75 and $3.80. White cedar extras can be had at $3.50 and sta: brands are selling at $3.55, with the commission off. Second cle are ranging from $2.75 to $2.90. Vancouver and Washington shing are selling at Boston at $3.75 for the best brands, while very g extras are to be lad for $3.65 and $3.68. pis i Great Britain The Board of Trade report for the month of Match is v factory. Both exports and imports show increased values. — chief increase in imports was in raw cotton. The total value ports was £66,935,228, an increase of. £5,592,784, over Mare or 9.1 per cent. The total value of exports was £44,518,661, crease of £2, 828,714, or 6.7 per cent. For the three months March, the imports showed an increase of 0.3 per cent. and ports an increase of 4.9 per cent. as compared with the fi months of 1913. Imports of hewn timber from Canada March, 1914, totalled 1,193 loads as compared with 2,719 k March, 1913. The values were as follows:—March, 1914, March, 1913, £12,004. In spite of the satisfactory Board of Trade report, it is to find anyone who is satisfied with the London spot m: wood goods. Deliveries have contiued on a fairly extensive but have not been .sufficient to diminish the surplus stocks o sizes. Importers, therefore, are not showing any interest in buying. Export business shows a little more signs of life. — have remained fairly steady, particularly*for good stocks. — cult, however, to secure good prices for stock which is of grade. New Goods are expected to arrive on a somewhat low of prices, on account of the reduction in freights. Deliveries don docks for the week ending April 4th totalled 3,983 loads pared with 3,742 in the corresponding week of last year. — ill & Sims’ recent auction sale, 2%-in. Quebec birch planks br ls 7d, and 2-in. ls 5Y%d and 1s 5d.. Be A fair amount of business has been completed at Liv cargoes for forward delivery on c.if. terms, and values h well maintained. Offerings of the better class of deals do not to be very large. Liner parcels were still arriving, at latest 1 and apparently “no reasonable offer” was being refused. — son’s liner shipments have been of a better quality than importers have been able to secure them at much lower p those which have prevailed for cargoes of inferior deals ; specifications. The spot market at Manchester is fairly s arrivals of parcels not being so extensive. It is exp when cargoes which have already been contracted for, com arrive, there will be no necessity for taking such low prices existing today. ae _ Up to the end of March, imports into Manchester and Li were more than half as much again as those of the correspo period last year and were only 500 standards less than the consumption. Without any further arrivals there was, at | ports, more than three months’ consumption still in stock, one month to go before the season proper would commen building trade appears to be on the eve of a revival, but provement must become much more definite before the effe in the luniber trade. : sha A little more improvement is reported in the Liverpool marl for birch. Arrivals have been more frequent. At present, sumption is a little greater than the arrivals can keep up witl stocks are being gradually reduced, although not to any great Values remain steady, especially for logs. Heavier arrivals are « pected during. the next month or two. - ; « At Glasgow, conditions remain unchanged, the volume ness continuing fair. A little more request is reported for and there has been a steady movement from stocks. The de best for wider sizes, but there has been an increased enquiry Quebec yellow pine deals and sidings are moving steadily, rapidly. Stocks on hand are somewhat depleted, except for s United States Business conditions throughout the United States continue o a very perplexing basis. Inactivity seems to have spread, rather fl otherwise, in spite of the fact that there is an abundant supply a Da = 2% . cheap money and that the government crop reports have been encouraging. A great deal of attention is being paid to the d which will be given by the Interstate Commerce Commission t CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER B. P. Bote, Pres. F. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Co., Limited _ Sarnia, Ontario View of Mills in Sarnia. BEAR IN MIND That we saw the year round and always have large stocks of Norway and White = Pine Lumber = Large timbers cut to order, any length up to 60 feet, from Pineand B.C. Fir. Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. 44 the application of the railroads for a five per cent. advance in freight rates. It is believed that, if this application is granted, the railroads will gradually get back into the market. They will be certain, at least, to place orders more liberally than at present. The steel trade, although still operating on the same basis as a month ago, is receiv- ing very few new orders. During the last fortnight an increased demand has developed for: lumber from the smaller towns. A month ago the demand was from the larger cities. This is a seasonable development, due principally to the retail trade and the factory and building requirements. Big consumers have not been making any unusual call. The dullness, so noticeable in all other branches of business, is also evident in the Market Correspondence Continued Improvement at Montreal Montreal, April 27th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): The improvement in trade, noted in our last issue, has continued, despite the late opening of the season consequent on the bad weather. Whole- salers state that orders are being placed with much more freedom, and there is a decidedly optimistic feeling as to business in the immediate future. Some firms, however, view with dissatisfaction the continued dumping of short-leaf southern pine in Canada, at prices which have a tendency to depress quotations for pine lumber. It is also stated that, lately, some of the better grades of southern pine have been coming more freely into the Montreal market. Quotations for practically all descriptions of lumber keep firm. ~ Hardwoods generally are in better request. Lath is very scarce and stiff in price, but New Brunswick shingles, extras and clears, are inclined to ease off. Exporters are complaining of the attempt of the railway com- panies to increase freight rates from Ottawa points. Orders in Great Britain have been booked on the basis of the present schedule, and in the event of the new rates being confirmed by the Railway Commis- sion, losses of from $3.40 to $5 per car will have to be borne. Those might have been avoided had the companies given notice at the end of last season instead of at the commencement of the present one. The present outlook is adverse to any heavy export business, the de- mand for Canadian lumber in Great Britain being slow. One good feature is a reduction in ocean freights, the steamship companies charging 37s. 6d. per standard against 42s. 6d. last year, when rates were raised to the extent of 5s. now taken off. The reason for the re- duction is the anticipated scarcity of cargoes. Ground wood is a quiet market, owing to the excellent water con- ditions in the United States. This will probably continue for an- other four or five weeks, after which it is expected there will be some heavy orders placed with the Canadian mills. Prospects are that the consumption of ground wood pulp will increase considerably this year. Chemical pulp is a strong market. The manufacturers of kraft are shipping very heavily. ~The trouble in Mexico will make for larger orders for newsprint from the United States. The previous war, in which the United States were engaged, increased the use of paper by 30 per cent. Ottawa Operations Retarded by Ice Ottawa, April 21, (Special to the Canada Lumberman).—It was expected that the sawmills along the rivers in this district would have begun operations by this time, but the ice is still fairly thick in many places and until it breaks up, operations will have to be held up. In some parts of the Ottawa Valley, especially at Lake Des- chenes, an expansion of the river, the ice is still strong enough in some places to support a team of horses. Trade generally is not very brisk. There is a noticeable absence of any movement in speculative building even though Ottawa, like Montreal and Toronto, is badly in need of small houses. The country has not yet recovered from the financial stress that has been so marked lately; and no very radical change is looked for until the result of this year’s crop is known. No changes in prices worthy of mention have taken place recently. There has been considerably more timber cut in the woods dur- ing the past winter than for several previous seasons, and most of it has already been sold. Prices have remained steady and no advances are expected for some time; at least not while the market continues in its present condition. Whether wood blocks are better for street paving than asphalt is again causing considerable discussion amongst civic officials in CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ” lumber trade. There has been no contracting for large amounts. | The Southern pine situation is reported to be fairly encouraging. Conditions on the Pacific Coast are practically unchanged. A little better trade is reported in Northern pine, although the demand has been held up by bad roads. Shipments are about normal and there is good propect for increased business, as crop conditions are ideal. Prices are firm and manufacturers are expected to have a shortage of possibly 30 per cent. compared with the normal output. The de mand at the foot of the lakes is seasonable. The spring demand fe hemlock has not yet started actively, but dry stocks are low and th outlook is regarded as promising. Eastern spruce manufacturers rm port that orders are more numerous. Prices are unchanged. SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD Ottawa as several contracts for spring paving are about to be | There is a marked disposition in some quarters to try out the w blocks more extensively, since they have proved sasisfactory on Plaza and the new Bank street bridge. Senator W. C. Edwards, head of the lumber firm that bears name, made application today to the Private Bills Committee, of House of Commons, to secure the legal right to dispose of sur hydro-electric power which he is developing at his plant at the li Chaudiere Falls. The Commission had been consulted. It is understood that W. C. Edwards Company have for s time been generating electric power for their own plant and “finding they have a little surplus, desire to dispose of it at reasonal rates. As for competing with the Hydro-electric, Senator Edwa says the idea is absurd. He explains that he is president of the Ot wa and Hull Power Company, from which concern the Hydro-ele : Commission buys most of the power it supplies to the people of Ottawa through the Ottawa Municipal Electric Commission, which operates under the the jurisdiction of the Hydro. oa A good deal of talk is being indulged in both in Great Britai and Canada to the effect that Hon. George Perley will be appoi successor to the late Lord Strathcona, as High Commissioner for Canada. It is said that his appointment to this high office is prac- tically assured. Incidentally Mr. Perley is a native of the United States, having been born at Lebanon, N.H., and one of the be known lumbermen in Canada. He took over his father’s extens interests on the death of the latter and became a partner in the firm — of Perley and Pattee. Mr. Perley is now identified with the Riordon — Pulp and Paper Company, of Hawkesbury, Ont. St. John River Clear of Ice A despatch from St. John, N.B., under date of April 21st, says:— The St. John River is clear of solid ice this afternoon the entire distance from Grand Falls down to Bear Island, about 22 miles above — Fredericton. The ice has been running as far down as the head of — Mactnaquac Island, 14 miles above this city. A tremendous jam has formed there and extended at noon today as far up river as Bear Island. The big jam is already eight miles long and the tremendou pressure of ice running the entire length of the river as far as Grand Falls with a heavy current behind it is expected to cause the ice on — the lower river to make a move at an earlier date than expec Those who-keep close tab on the water and ice at this season of year were surprised this morning when word reached here that ice had been running throughout the night from Grand Falls de to such a short distance above Fredericton. The St. John River L Driving Company’s officials were taken completely unawares. Arthur V. Rowan, manager of the corporation drive, reported the preparations for handling the early run of logs were about pleted and the company were ready to hang their boom’ just as s as the ice moved out. ‘ “a8 Liverpool Requiring Only Moderate Shipments The United States Daily Consular & Trade Report in a re issue contained the following reference to the timber trade at Liver- pool, England, and other Mersey ports during 1913:—‘The ton employed in the timber trade of Liverpool and other Mersey po during 1913 is estimated at 896,000 tons, as against 821,000 tons in 1912 and 737,000 tons in 1911. (These figures include the tonnage which entered the Manchester Ship Canal from the River Mersey.) The business of the past year in the aggregate, as indicated by the above figures, exceeded all previous seasons. The year opened t fairly favorable conditions, comparatively light stocks, a firm ma . ~ ee -CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER SATISFACTION FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry - stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office MILLS AT 27 Besse Place Sayabec, Que. Cedar Hall, Que. ; ; Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN but as the season advanced business became more difficult, labor troubles, it is claimed, causing delay in deliveries and transportation, which tended to check consumption, and dearer money restricted operations. “On the whole the deliveries were only fair. With the exception of spruce deals and pitch pine, values were fairly maintained through- out the year, and stocks, though ample, at the close of the year were not excessive. For the current season shippers are urged to act with care in shipping moderately. During the spring and summer, freights ruled firm and at high rates, but declined sharply during the late autumn. ‘«The arrivals of American pitch pine during 1913 were very large, about 8 per cent in excess of the total for 1912. The season, com- menced with light stocks and a fairly steady market, but prices for all kinds declined as the season advanced, chiefly owing to drooping freight rates, and sales became most difficult at reasonable prices. The stocks at the close of the year were quite ample for the require- ments.” Canadian Stocks at Liverpool and Manchester H. W. Lightburne & Company, Liverpool, England, and John E. Moore & Company, St. John, N.B., report upon stocks of Canadian spruce, pine and birch at Liverpool and Manchester on April 1st as follows:— Spruce and Birch Month Ending 31st March, 1914 Liverpool Import Consumption Stock 1912. 1913. 1914. 1912. 1913. 1914. 1912. 1913. 1914. N.B. & N.S. Spruce & Pine, Stds. . . 2,220 1,840 3,850 2,450 1,950 3,490 3,580 2,900 6,090 Birch Logs, Loads 440 0 480 300 400 60 340 400 540 Birch Planks, Stds. 388 79 200 449 279 261 352 473 461 Manchester Spruce, Stds. .. .. 620 1,680 1,530 3,600 2,390 2,400 5,260 6,840 11,560 Birch Logs, Loads 0 0 100 20 40 200 40 300 -140 Birch Planks, Stds. 127 12 24 85 67 91 55 424 370 Stocks in Manchester and Liverpool Combined ’ Spruce 1910. 1911. 1912. 1913. 1914, Manchester ... 6,850 6,040 5,260 6,840 11,560 Liverpool 4,990 4,470 3,580 2,900 6,090 11,840 10,510 8,840 9,740 17,650 Stds. Birch Logs Manchester . 120 60 40 300 140 Liverpool 360 260 340 400 540 480 320 380 700 680 Loads Birch Planks Manchester ... 915 6 55 424 370 Liverpool 527 152 352 473 461 1,442 158 407 897 831 Stds. Liverpool and Manchester Markets Weaker Duncan, Ewing & Company’s monthly timber circular dated Liverpool, April 1, has the following to say respecting New Bruns- wick an Nova Scotia spruce deals: The import to Liverpool for the month was 3,850 standards, leaving a stock on hand of 6,090 stand- ards here. To Manchester 1,530 standards were imported and 2,400 standards were deilvered, reducing the stock to 11,560 standards. The market is weaker in Manchester and Liverpool, and liner parcels were sold during March at £8 10s to £8 15s, c.i.f. Liverpool, for an ordinary Halifax specification. Wholesale prices current are quoted as follows: Birch, St. John, 1s 6d to 2s; birch planks, ls 2d to ls 4d; spruce deals, St. John, Miramichi, etc., £9 10s to £9 15s. ' London Timber Market Report Churchill & Sim, London, England, in their wood circular under date of April 3rd, report that stocks in the public docks at the begin- ning of the month amounted to 13,877,000 pieces as compared with 12,350,000 pieces at the corresponding date in 1913. Deliveries for the first quarter of 1914 amounted to 6,518,000 pieces as compared with 6,274,000 pieces during the corresponding quarter of 1913. Importations from New Brunswick were as follows :— Pine deals, 3,000 pieces, against nil pieces in 1913. Spruce deals, 54,000 pieces, against 105,000 pieces in 1913. Birch planks, 100,000 pieces, against 64,000 pieces in 1913. There were no importations from the St. Lawrence. _ The month’s importation was practically limited to some parcels of birch planks which are wanted, and prices are again inclined to harden. The market for pine deals shows no change, and the stock is ample in view of the demand. Spruce deals were sold somewhat ri - AND WOODWORKER freely during the month, but recent prices were strongly maint with here and there a slight improvement in values. 4 Irom the pitch pine ports the figures are :— Deals, etc., 132,000 pieces, against 72,000 pieces in 1913. Timber, 9,400 pieces, against 23,800 pieces in 1913. The stock of sawn timber has been reduced during the month but is still large. Prices fell away under a little pressure to re and under the influence of a demand checked to a large exte labor troubles. The market for deals is weaker, and the stock accumulated somewhat. Values to arrive are fully maintained, < tonnage rates are inclined to strengthen a little, so that timber s be good holding until business is less hampered by industr putes, for there is much contracting work waiting to be carri when normal conditions are restored. = British Columbian and Oregon Pine.—There is too much = instock at present, and prices are lower. Quotations ahead h reduced by a reduction in the rates of large sailing ships, and look for the market in the immediate future is by no mea factory. Prices current are quoted in the circular as follows:— : St. Lawrence Pine Deals, etc., per P.S.H.: £ ie Ist bright and dry, regular sizes ... .. ... 5 Ist bright and dry, oddments ... ...°... .. 20s ee 2nd bright and dry, regular sizes... ... ...... 26. 2nd bright and dry, oddments ... ... ... ... 18 * 3rd bright and dry, regular sizes ... 7...) ES ee 3rd bright and dry, oddments ... ... ... ... Li be 4th bright and dry, regular sizes ; 4th bright and dry, oddments ... ... ... . St. Lawrence Spruce Deals, etc., First, regular sizes 7) 50008 pee second, regular sizes .:.\. 9 ose Third, regular ‘sizes’; 7. 77. oe Fourth, regular ‘sizes . 2 Seen eee Battetigg ects ex New Brunswick Spruce Deals, etc. ... ... ... ... I Oddments, Battens and Fourths ... ... ... ... Quebec Timber, per load § 2A Yellow Pine /.. ...) 4. 7a ee oy eke Oak - 02). ..5. 5 pe eae Eleniee oie 2 = Pah : Biréh.. New Brunswick, etc., Birch, per load ... ... ... ro The stock of Colonial timber, deals, etc., at the the first of the month is reported as follows:— __ The stock of Colonial timber, deals, etc., at the public do of the month is reported as follows:— al, baal 1914. 1913 Colonial Pine Deals and Battens in Pieces 508,000 403,000 ee Pine. 23. 4.4 ee es 19,000 22,000 pruce ditto 3....9) fam oe as 739,000 460,00 Oak: Tintber 22% 3. ee ee in’ Loads © sseeee : BN Oak Planks, etc. (American) ae Birch: Dimber 2:8 6: eee se 259 Birch Planks) ee Saeen fs 4,927 Elm! Timber 3:.he9 be ee : 1,492 Ash. Timber; scan oad pouleeeeee 40 Yellow Pine ‘Timber 2. “22 5 902 Glasgow Market for Canadian _ Calder, Henderson & Livingston, Glasgow, in timber market report under date of April Ist, say :— _ St. Lawrence:—There was no import of wan ing the quarter. As evidence of the extremely poor sumption ‘only totalled the low figure of 160 loads. boardwood no business was transacted, notwithstanding t inducements in price made by tired holders of stock. — of prime Idaho wood out of a parcel that came forwar Pacific Coast, and of a very attractive specification, was shipbuilder at a very cheap price. Only one or two minor a low figure of 2nd class boardwood came under notice, very heavy, and values of first class and second class, in vie cheaper import cost of new shipments and also the poor have declined considerably and the tendency is toward figures. Square.—Was never asked for. There is only a The demand for elm has been quiet. Values of first c size have been fairly well maintained. First class oak of go fication was in demand and realized firm prices. Stocks of cription are now pretty well cleared. The market is entirely b hewn birch logs and there are enquiries for 15-in. average and Planks have sold well and there are no stocks in first hands. Pine.—Firsts—There were few enquiries and these were cipally for undersizes. Some deals about 13 inch average vy at from £40 to £41 per St. Pet. Std. No sales of regular under notice. A small lot of undersizes sold well at £31 10s. ss m fa : "i a ao sy ee =F sy Tw! coi ia CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Capacity - Efficiency - Service Canadian Western Lumber Co. Limited Fraser Mills, B. C. Everything in Coast Lumber Daily Capacity (20 hours) Lumber and Timber........ 1,000,000 feet Fic Doane oa: £252 hoa. Mees it's 2,000 Mimples..............-..-4.- 900,000 Three Ply Fir Veneer Panels .... 30,000 sq. feet Perfect Douglas Fir Doors Our Doors are sold by progressive Dealers from Pacific to Atlantic being made from the choicest selected stock produced by our big mill and manufactured by the most improved method in Canada’s Largest Door Factory insuring the finest workmanship and _ beauty of finish. Write for prices F OB your station in straight cars or part cars with Circle F. Red Cedar Shingles Branch Sales Offices and Representatives: TORONTO, ONT. L. D. Barclay WINNIPEG, MAN. MANITOBA ee ALBERTA ea : : . J. Sullivan, Irav- Hugh A. Rose, - 66 King Street East, H. W. Dickey, E. S. Malone, elling Representative A- Montgomery, 66 King Street East, Toronto, Travel- Lombard Street, Lombard Street, W. W. North, Trav- Travelling Toronto ling Representative Winnipeg Winnipeg elling Representative Representative Canadian Western Lumber Co. Limited Fraser Mills, B. C. 48 pine sidings were weak in value and were sold down to £28 17s 6d per St. Pet. Std. for 11 to 11% inch average. Seconds—Were in poor request. Broad deals sold at from £30 to £31 10s. No transactions took place in regulars owing to the absence of stock. Undersizes sold at around £20 12s 6d per St. Petersburg Standard. Thirds—The demand was principally for regulars and a fair quantity was disposed of. Broad deals sold at from £19 5s to £20 5s; Regulars at £185 s to £18 10s; Undersizes from £13 10s to £14 10s per St. Petersburg Standard. Fourths—Broad deals were not enquired for. Quotations were around £13 10 s to £14 10s. Regulars were slow of sale at from £13 5s to £13 15s per St. Petersburg Standard. Undersizes were neglected. ; Red Pine.—The stock is very light, but is sufficient for the ex- isting poor demand. 9 x 3 Merchantable quality is quoted at from £11 to £11 10s per St. Petersburg Standard. Spruce.—Enquiries were not numerous, and were confined most- ly to 9 inch and up, and values of these were firm. 7 and 8 inch Deals were quiet and prices were barely steady. The stock is mostly of narrow specification and although moderate is quite ample. New Brunswick and Nova Scotia—Birch—Logs—Arrivals were light but enquiries were not numerous, and although the stock is low it is sufficient for present wants. 14 inch average was sold at 21d per cubic foot. Planks.—While stocks in first hands have been cleared, mer- chants have still a large holding, but values, however, have been fairly steady. Deals and Battens.—Pine—A small shipment came forward and went to store. There is no outlet at present for this class of pine. Spruce—Arrivals were light. The demand has been disappoint- ing and sales for the most part were of a retail character, buyers hold- ing off in anticipation of lower prices. Values declined and the tend- ency is towards lower figures, principally in the narrow sizes. Deals 9 inch and up were in best demand and sold around £11 to £11 10s, the narrow sizes 7 and 8 inch from £9 10s to £9 15s per St. Peters- burg Standard. The stock is moderate, but is ample in view of ex- isting demand. Retail Yard Management—Some Pithy Advice By T. A. McAllister The following advice in the form of a series of dont’s” is the result of my experience after managing a retail yard for many years. Man- agers who follow out the following ideas will find their troubles greatly reduced. 1st—Don’t neglect to keep in touch with general methods in the building trade. 2nd—Don’t neglect to keep your stock well graded in the yard. 3rd—Don’t crowd down your grades to make your prices com- pete with other lumber yards, as this is the first wave that will upset your business. 4th—Don’t buy poorly sawn or manufactured lumber because you get it cheap. , 5th—Don’t promise a customer to fill a bill without a prospect of doing so. 6th—Don’t let your stocks run down so that your customers have to go elsewhere to get their bills filled. 7th—Don’t try to hold a troublesome customer. 8th—Don’t neglect to establish a good collecting system. 9th—Don’t help to support a lazy lawyer or collecting company at the expense of the hardworking customer. 10th—Don’t neglect to advertise your business liberally in your own country lumber trade journal, as it is surprising how much con- fidence is placed in an advertising business, as compared with one placed in a general newspaper by biulders, contractors and architects. No doubt much depends upon where the yard is situated and how it is laid out for convenience, but I must say I have seen more trouble arising from the above-mentioned mistakes than from the inconveni- ent laying out of yards. The ordinary lumberman, in looking over a well laid out yard will keep it in mind better than he would the par- ticular system of getting business and keeping it. Trade Enquiries The Dominion Government weekly Trade & Commerce report recently contained the following enquiry. The name and address of the enquirer may be obtained by writing to the enquiries branch, De- partment of Trade & Commerce, Ottawa, stating the number of the enquiry. 249. Veneer Panelling.—A London firm wishes for the addresses of Canadian firms who can contract to supply birch or maple veneer panelling in large quantities. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ~ ~— ee ng = ’ Lumber and the Panama Canal That the importance of Douglas fir as a factor in Eastern mar- kets will be very great after the opening of the Panama Canal, is apparent from the large amount of space which is being devoted to it in the general and the lumber trade press. The New York Lumber Trade Journal, in its latest issue, has an article with a great deal of interesting information upon this subject which we reproduce here- with :— i Douglas Fir The Panama Canal will in course of time mean more to Dou a1 fir than to any other single article of commerce. No other commodit is likely to constitute so large a percentage of the total volume traffic through the new water route as this product of Washingte Oregon and British Columbia. — Lumber now ranks third in point of quantity transported by - and water, coal and iron ranking first and second respectively ; in the movement of freight through the canal lumber will undo take first place in time, and of the many varieties of the prod will be carried from ocean to ocean, Douglas fir will exceed an in bulk. The grounds for making this prediction are reas The estimated stand of Douglas fir timber in the United S greater than that of any other soft wood and more than the co stands of all the hardwoods. According to United States ment Forest Service reports the available supply ranges from billion to 350 billion feet, a supply which at the present rate of ye: consumption of Douglas fir (5 billion feet) will last for sixty y more. as Douglas fir is considered as perhaps the most important of erican woods. Though it ranks second to Southern Yellow point of quantity manufactured, in the variety of uses to which be put it now has first place. Fir to the far West is what white pi is—or rather has been—to the East, useful for almost every pu for which wood can be used. White pine would continue no dot hold supremacy in its wide scope of usefulness did not its vani sources of supply and consequent high price tend to greatly rest its field. z It Grows ; } Douglas fir grows in ten States of the Union and is known bj as many names. In the East and in foreign countries it is best m3 the name of Oregon pine, in California it is called spruce; also referred to as Douglas spruce, Washington fir, Oregor spruce, Puget Sound pine, and British Columbia pine; shall read later by the names of red fir and yellow fir. B used more than all others is “Douglas Fir.” The species is most abundant and attains its largest s greatest importance for commercial purposes not far above sea in Southern British. Columbia and between the coast of Washi and Oregon and the western foothills of the Cascade Mountz The trees in this territory grow to a height of from 200 to 300 close together, the fir, mixed here and there with hemlock and forming very dense forests that yield from 35,000 to 60,000 boarc per acre, and frequently as much as 100,000 feet or more. ' Ind some acres will cruise as high as 500,000 board feet to the acre. W compared with the average of perhaps not more than 6,000 to 8,0 feet in other sections of the country, these figures seem incredii and yet when it is known that a single fir tree has scaled as muc 60,000 board feet and that frequently a tree will yield as high as 000 feet or more of lumber, it is not difficult to understand ho immense acreage totals are reached and that a comp trees within the area of an acre will make a surprisi may be interesting here to refer to some actual me cently made in a Puget Sound logging and milling © logs from four Douglas fir trees taken at random We not particularly to ascertain the total footage in the trees, bu arrive at the taper and number of feet in each log. hence whil following figures do not indicate the full height of the tree n actual number of logs sawn from them, they will serve to illus lumber contents of the general run of logs: Tree No. 1—Three logs scaled a total of 4,520 feet. Dian butt, 42 inches; top diameter at 104 feet, 28 inches. 4 Tree No. 2—Three logs scaled 7,114 feet ; butt diameter 52 incl top diameter at 104 feet, 34 inches. 4 Tree No. 3—Four logs scaled 10,880 feet ; butt diameter, 60 inel top diameter at 136 feet, 34 inches. ’ Tree No. 4—Four logs scaled 14,973 feet; inches ; top diameter at 104 feet, 40 inches. — Red and Yellow Fir There is a wide variation in the character and grain of D fir. In color it varies from a reddish-brown to a clear yellow, grain it may be coarse, medium or fine. The diameter growth tree for the first fifty or one hundred years is rapid, resultin; coarse grain wood, while the later stages of growth are as a ft x . butt diam eter, beear “ om Peri, re Ree by : Aah ‘ - CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 49 The rain may drizzle, pelt or drip: They CANNOT leak and NEVER rip. aa SOLD SOLELY BY - Smart-\ Montreal Toronto Winnipeg nods Ga LIMITED i Jenckes Boilers WE make a specialty of large Tubular Boilers for regular or Dutch oven setting for saw mill service. Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. Ve oer 50 CANADA LUMBEKRMAN AND WOODWORKER slower and result in a fine grained wood. Because of these decidedly different characteristics, Douglas fir is divided by lumbermen into two classes: Red fir and yellow fir. Red fir, of a reddish tinge in color, has a coarser grain than yellow, and is usually obtained from second growth timber or from the heart of older trees. Yellow fir is usually close grained, soft and fine in texture, comes from the outer portion of mature trees, and runs into a larger per- centage of clear lumber. Red fir is the wood most commonly used for structural purposes and in the merchantable grade is slightly stronger than yellow fir. The results of a number of government tests show thé percent- age of select grade in red fir to “be 34, in yellow 48. Merchantable orade, red 34, “yellow 35. In seconds, red 27, yellow 17. This indicates that as a rule yellow fir contains fewer defects than red. The yellow fir has an average of 15 annual rings of growth to . the inch, while red fir has an average of 9. The rate of growth there- fore in yellow fir is considerably slower and more uniform than in red. The rings of old growth yellow fir are so close together in many instances that it is impossible to count them without a microscope. As many as 700 rings have been counted on a single stump, and no doubt trees may be found that reach an age of more than 7/00 years. There are whole forests of trees averaging 5 feet in diameter and some may be seen as large as 15 feet. The trees near the coast, which are 200 years old, average 200 feet in height and have a diam- eter breast high of not less than 36 inches. From this growth may be produced timber and plank clear of knots and other defects for 100 feet in length. We call attention to these differences between red fir and old growth fir for the reason that they roughly mark the time between the material that is largely used for structural timber and the beautiful grained material that has such exceptional qualities for interior trim and other forms of lumber, for which it competes with high-class pine. It might be truly said that it is because of these widely different fea- tures in the same wood that Douglas fir can be put to such varied uses. Strength The United States Government Forest Service has made many tests of the strength of Douglas fir. Tests on bridge stringers indi- cate that red fir in dimension sizes is slightly stronger than yellow, while the tests on car-sill sizes and small clear specimens show a slight increase in strength for yellow fir. The difference in strength, how- ever, is not enough to warrant a discrimination in favor of either red or yellow fir. ‘Reports of the Forest Service state that Douglas fir as a struc- tural timber is not surpassed, and though it stands second in breaking strength to long leaf pine, it is considerably lighter in weight. The average results secured from the tests on Douglas fir and of those on other structural timbers is shown in the table given below. Large-sized green timber was used in all of the tests upon which this table was based except for longleaf pine, which was partially air dried, and this fact explains in part the a Ppareat superiority of long- leaf pine over Douglas fir. Bending Tests Fiber Stress Modulus of Modulus of Species at Elastic Rupture, Elasticity, 1,000 Limit, Lbs. per Lbs. per Lbs. per Sq. Inch Sq. Inch Sq. Inch Longleaf Pine <... 3,800 7,200 1.560 Douglas Fir ... 4,000 6,000 1,510 loblolly Pine ..”.. 3,200 5,600 1,430 Short Leaf Pine ... 3,300 5,600 1,470 Western Hemlock ... 3,700 5,600 1,320 Western Larch 3,500 5,400 1,410 Tamarack . ie 2.800 4,600 1,220 Norway Pine 2,600 4,000 1,190 Grouping these species according to their breaking strength, we find that Douglas fir and longleaf pine are the strongest; loblolly pine, shortleaf pine, western hemlock and western larch form an inter- mediate group, and that Norway pine and tamarack are the weakest. In the quality of weight the marked difference between the long- leaf pine and Douglas fir may be noted in the following table. All wood contains moisture in varying quantities. Green Doug- las fir may contain as much as 10 pounds of water per cubic foot. In comparing the weights of various woods it is necessary therefore to reduce them to the same moisture content. Weight per Cubic Foot, Pounds Air Dry Weight _ Kiln Dry Species Lbs. per Weight, Lbs. Cu. Foot per Cu. Foot Bongcleaf Pine» /.0).. ..-. Ve ee 41 36 Douglas Fir . oe apie Sr ms! 29 eeieiiy Pie... ee Gee ee ee 36 31 Siioctleat Pitle ... .....< 4. + ote 35 30 Steereen: Hemlock... ... 9... © eaten ae 28 Mesteciabarch ...-... @...8 pane 35 30 Rite se cw. ee ee 35 30 WOKWAYEUNG. i. 0s) ss 2s 6 oe 29 Zo Ts ” meal oc _— Other Qualities While Douglas fir stands at the head of the wooden in the ma of weight and tensile strength, it also has other qualities which co i mend it for structural purposes. The durability of the timber com- pares favorably with other species, since the trees have a compara tively small amount of sap wood and practically all structural tir nn bers are cut from that portion of the tree nearest the heart. Douglas fir is practically free from shakes, and checks are only occasionz encountered in green timber, although they develop as the wood sons. When it checks from drying the strength of the timber i reduced below what it was in a green condition, since the incre the strength of the wood due to seasoning more than offsets the vy ening effect of the checks. Large and Long Sizes In the production of large spars, dredger spuds, long pi tall flag poles, Douglas fir is not equaled by any other woo world. It stands in a class by itself. From what other spec able for these combined purposes could be produced a mast 1: in length and 36 inches in diameter at the deck, or a spud 36 by 40 inches and more than 90 feet in length, or immense qu: piling, ranging from 80 to 110 feet long, or a flagpole 220 feet about 22 inches square at the butt? These figures are ta sticks actually logged, manufactured, shipped, delivered and « for the purposes named. a The opening of the canal and the use of steamers built es] for carrying lumber will enable unusual lengths and si brought to the Atlantic Coast to better advantage and at cost than heretofore, and it may be safely predicted that th for Douglas fir for these particular uses and for timber ge have a rapid and substantial growth. Piling and Poles The long, straight, slightly tapering trunk of Dougla strong, resilient and durable qualities particularly fit it pile timber and for poles. As the supply of cedar poles di and a satisfactory butt preservative treatment is found for D it will probably be substituted for cedar, although even nov to a considerable extent for telephone and telegraph p cities, where utility and handsome appearance are cana and attractive sawed poles of fir are in use on many street Douglas fir is frequently preferred to all other ava for mine timbers, because of its durability, lightness and it is used for this purpose as far East as Pennsylvania an countries. Lumber Manufacturing Methods By G. D. Keller One of the most skillful sawmill men in the country, recently discussing that business, made the statement that 1 ber just happens, instead of being manufactured. He took t that the average sawmill does not produce anything like of lumber that it should, and that this is caused by reason that most of the attention is given merely to keeping the sa instead of getting the best possible results out of every log put on the carriage. While his indictment of sawmilling probably not true as regards many of the lumber manuf the country, the fact that there are many former sawmill have found it more profitable to confine their efforts to business, without attempting to operate a mill, suggests must be something in his beliefs. The main trouble, according to most.sawmill experts, : sawyer is not enough of a grader. In other words, he is : to work with the end in view of producing the best, fe sarily the widest, lumber. Sometimes, it is pointed out, stock is the cull lumber, whereas this should be the narro’ ing that proper attention has not been paid to this deta facturing. The temptation to cut the log as far as possib side without turning is responsible for this condition. If p: is taken to look for indications of the knot or other defect y reduce the grade of the lumber, the log can be turned befor is opened, and thus the grade of the lumber will continue Another point where errors are frequently made is in gi structions to the sawyer to manufacture a given quantity of thickness. It frequently happens in cutting a log that one dim will be found better, as far as getting quality lumber is cone If iron-clad instructions are given and the sawyer has no cho the matter, he is frequently compelled to produce boards whic below the grade it was possible to have secured from the log. I cut up. On the other hand, there are certain paatica objections # ™ é - _ a « CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 5! TIMBERS - DOORS - FINISH Fir Casing, Base, Interior Finish and Mouldings RED CEDAR SHINGLES CEDAR BEVEL SIDING E. H. HEAPS & CO., LIMITED VANCOUVER, B.C. 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Co. of Toronto, Limited TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG CALGARY VANCOUVER What You Want—Get! What You Don’t Want—Sell! A small “Want Ad,” in the “Wanted and For Sale Department” of the Canada Lumberman, will do it. Low rates and quick results. ) | _ Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, 220 King Street West, Toronto 52 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER plan which make it impossible to allow the sawyer as much leeway as many think he should have. The labor of sorting a large number of thicknesses after they have been cut would add greatly to the ex- pense of running the mill, and it is a question as to whether the in- creased value secured would more than offset the handling charges. Nevertheless it would seem to be fairly easy to demonstrate that the man at the saw should have enough leeway to be able to avoid the obvious error of making a poor board when he can get a good one simply by changing the thickness. Logs Should Be Sorted References have been made before to the desirability of sorting logs before manufacture. Some sawmill men assert that they cannot afford to do this, and that they have to manufacture the lumber just as the logs are piled. This results in oak, poplar, chestnut and ash logs being brought on one after the other, and in the expense of handling being much greater, since the stock has to be sorted to var- ieties as well as to grade. This disadvantage would be overcome by a traveling derrick, and while the expense of this equipment is con- siderable, it is likely that the increased facility of handling would pay for it in a short time. However, the principal point to be considered in connection with bringing all kinds of logs to the saw without being sorted is that no saw can be expected to do good work, or at least its best work, under those conditions. Things may be adjusted splendidly to cut oak, but if a hickory log is put on the carriage next, or a poplar log is brought forward, it is certain that equally good results are not going to be ex- perienced. The sawyer who is constantly confronted with a condi- tion of this kind can hardly be blamed for getting discouraged. It makes a good deal of difference how a log is brought to the saw. Ifa band mill is being operated, the small end of the log should be brought against the saw first, as in this way it gets a better start into the log. On the other hand, a circular saw has been found to produce better work when the butt end of the log is struck first. This is a simple distinction, yet it is not always observed. A lot of lumber is wasted by unintelligent handling of the edger and trimmer. These two machines can save and make a lot of money for any mill by raising the grade of the lumber, yet it is the exception rather than the rule to find the best men in the mill operating them. Usually it is considered sufficient to have anybody who can perform the purely mechanical work of handling these machines, the best men being reserved for the work of sawing. This is a mistake, and one which could be corrected with excellent results. Some mills, however, have solved this problem rather well by having their lumber graded immediately after it passes through the edger. In other words, the inspector measures the board, determines whether it should be trimmed or altered in any other way so as to improve the grade, and then sends it on into the yard. The usual way of having it go to the edger and trimmer, and then to the grader generally is ineffective, for the reason that it is a good deal of trouble to lay out a plank and send it back into the mill for resawing. The proper place to determine how the grade can be improved is while it is at the machines where this work can be done. The arrangement of the machines so as to enable the inspection to be made is sometimes difficult. Usually, by having another man whose duty it is to turn the board so the inspector can measure and grade it without having to turn it over with his rule, the difficulty attached to this is elim- inated. Odd Length Trimmer an Important Man The education of the man in charge of the odd-length trimmer is an important feature, to which too much attention cannot be given. It takes practice and intelligence to operate an odd-length machine to advantage, and-to give the manufacturer the best results from his material. In some cases sawmill men have been tempted to discard this machine because they have been unable to get the right kind of operation, but the better plan is to pick out the best man it is pos- sible to get, and then give him plenty of instruction in the importance of the proper operation of his machine. The use of the odd-length trimmer will save many a board from being graded down, and will, when carefully operated, make enough money for the plant where it is used to pay for itself in a comparatively short time. Referring again to the fact that the character of the log should be studied and the best stock it is possible to make under the cir-- cumstances taken out, the sawyer who can solve the problem thus presented by every log which comes before him is a valuable man. Not long ago a prominent manufacturer, who had. secured a large tract of oak timber and installed a mill, had given instructions to manufacture all of it into l-in. plain oak. It so happened that when the logs began coming into the mill it was discovered that on account of their having been attacked by worms, nothing but cull lumber would be produced if the original plan were followed out. There was a conference of the superintendent, the sawyer and the chief ex- ecutive of the concern, and after discussing the various ways of get- ting around the obstacle, it was decided to manufacture bill oak i stead. It happened that the price on this character of stock began 1 rise about that time, so that the sawmill man made good money the output. If he or his men had gone blindly ahead and man tured plain oak, cut in l-inch thicknesses, the operation would p ably have resulted in a decided loss. This is an extreme case, probably does not happen often; but it goes to show that the pr tion should be studied and the question asked, ‘““What kind of lum should this log be cut into?” Frequently a swell-butted log comes into the mill and the tion arises as to how to handle it. Experience has shown t best way is to saw exactly parallel with the outside of the log of parallel with the line of the heart. The reason for this The defects, shakes and rotted portions of such a log are certain to be found at the large end. Consequently the portion wz by sawing in the manner indicated will be the pyramid formed by angles at the bottom of the log. In other words, such a methog cause the manufacturer to lose the portion of the log whic make his lumber defective if it were used. There is bound to somewhere on a log of that character, and the point is to put it it will do the least damage. Quarter Sawing a Fine Art Quarter-sawing oak lumber has gotten to be a fine ; sawyer who knows just how to attack a log in quartering, get the best results, can usually get a job anywhere. It is piece of work, and for this reason many practical sawmill that there should be a man, picked for the job because of ness, whose duty it would be to examine every lo quarter-sawing, and select the points at which it is to way all cracks, shakes and knots would be dodged as sible, so as to make these defects come in the narrowest | this plan the ends of the logs would be marked as they ca mill deck, so that the flitches would be split off in such as to make the most of the opportunities presented. T this kind would improve the grade of lumber there seems to doubt. ; The cutting of thick lumber is also a difficult job when tion of keeping the grade up is considered. The flitch shoi fully watched for signs of the underlying defect which will up at the next cut, and turned down when it becomes ap a common board would be made if it were to be sawed anc on the same side. After thick lumber is manufactured it is not taken good care of, but is allowed to warp and check so” troy a large part of its value. The better plan is to go to pense necessary to cleat the ends, especially in hot weatk most of the damage is done, and to board up the ends of the keep the air from circulating too freely. This precaution will k stock in good condition, and ‘when it is realized that deprec thick lumber means a more rapid loss than on other dimen importance of the plan is understood. The purely mechanical end of the sawmill’s operatio: not be underestimated. That is to say, it is necessary to saws properly filed, to have them properly adjusted and to h carriage in good shape. But, on the other hand, it is eq sary that those operations which have to do with the gra lumber manufactured be given attention. It makes no diff enc perfectly manufactured a board may be, there is a loss to of the mill if it is a common board when it might have or second. The properly-run mill will combine the exac facture (which should be constantly sought) with the in plication of the principles of selection, so as to get lumber \ only truly made, but which is the best lumber that it was produce from the logs which were cut——G. D. K. in Worker, Indianapolis. Will of the Late Wm. Gillies Probate has been granted by the Surrogate Court of On the will of the late Wm. Gillies, well-known lumberman facturer, of Carleton Place, Ont., who died in Toronto | last, leaving an estate valued at $210,460. The principal sist of book debts, promissory notes, cash, etc., $93,270.50 other stocks, $81,530; life insurance, $8,560; real estate, $2 whole estate is bequeathed to numerous relatives and frie * ga . i ls Se re ce et teers ey Henry Disston & Sons, Inc., Philadelphia, Pa., report that Frank Gould severed his connection with them on April 20t some time past Mr. Gould was sales manager of the hardware partment. John L. Palmer, senior member of the firm of the Pa cal Company, Limited, Windsor, Ont., manufacturers Veterinary Remedies, is again on his old territory, calling on t bermen and contractors. : Se ale is Se ee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 53 Say ! Superintendent Have you ever figured the saving a Linderman Dovetailer would effect for us? LET US FIGURE, FOR. A FEW MINUTES :— ' We cut annually about M. feet of 4-in. common strips, aver- age price per M. $ MGS EC ER Ee Se oe a 8-in. and 10-in. shiplap brings $ per M. If all 4-in. strips were worked into 8-in. and 10-in. shiplap we would receive ... GROSS PROFIT COST OF JOINTING ON A LINDERMAN DOVETAILER 75c per M.; cost of matching and handling, 50c per M. M. feet at ee MOSM NCEE hehe ios sek Goel sw PTs li emcee gn mie se bt NET PROFIT .. .. BESIDES, we cut M. feet of 4-in., 6-in. and 8-in., No. 3 grade lumber for which we receive $ , but for our 10-in., 12-in., 14-in. and 16-in. No. 3 Grades we average $ per M. If all were made wide we would receive $ ; cost of joining and handling $1.00 per M. $ NET INCREASED PROFIT... $———— BESIDES, if we had a LINDERMAN we could cut 2-in., 2%-in., 3-in. and 3¥%-in. strips instead of leaving them in the slab. We should get about M. feet. In the slab they are worth about $ In lum- ber they are worth about $ It will cost about $1.25 to join and handle $ NET PROFIT ABOUT BESIDES, we could work all our shorts into full 16-ft. lengths; make grain doors and save 10 per cent. of edging waste, work in our short shorts, besides using the machines for other purposes. What say you Superintendent ? SHALL WE WRITE THE LINDERMAN PEOPLE AND INVESTIGATE? It looks as though we are losing money. Let us send this information to the Canadian Linderman Co. Limited Works at MUSKEGON, Mich. WOODSTOCK. Ont. 54 : CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OPPORTUNITIES _.. E own and offer for sale on attractive terms a few especi- ally well selected tracts of timber running from 50 million to one billion feet that are ready for immed- iate operation, having a good local de- mand at high prices. The timber on the Pacific Coast is the last stand of the great for- ests. Well selected timber in British Columbia is the best investment on this Continent and offers especially at- tractive inducements for manufacturers. eS EEE SS For further particulars, address A. C. Frost Company Corn Exchange Bldg. CHICAGO LATH Campbell - MacLaurin Lumber Co. Limited Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL New RAILS Relaying 12 to 80 pounds per yard. LOGGING CARS Jno. J. Gartshore 58 Front St. West, Toronto ee , EDGINGS Ontario F, Menard, lumber manufacturer, of Sturgeon Falls, Ont., is putting up a new circular sawmill at Field, on the Sturgeon River, on the line of - h e C. N. O. Railway. ' A report was recently published to the effect that Geo. A. Watson, F sh- erton, Ont., intended to erect a plant at Markdale. Mr. Watson advises that this is incorrect. i e John Harrison & Sons Company, Limited, Owen Sound, Ont., report they have taken out about 35 per cent. more logs during the past winter ; usual. They manufactured about 10,000,000 feet. v The Hydro-electric Commission of Ontario will srObanie purchase about — 2,000 cedar poles of various lengths from 25 to 50 ft., for use at Windsor, The chairman of the local board is D. Bowlby, 32 Sandwich Street West, Windsor, Ont. The Elora Furniture Company, Limited, has been incorporated wit a capital of $40,000, with head office at Elora, Ont. The provisional directors are J. E. Walser, F. Daub, O. C. Schmidt, P. Datb, and S. B. Jeanneret, all of Elora, Ont. ’ Work has been commenced at Stratford, Ont., upon an "dau to the ‘ Kalbfleisch Planing Mill. The cost of the addition will be $2, 500 and it will be 49 x 86 ft. The equipment will include hoisting and covering machinery. | The manager is Mr. E. Kalbfleisch. The Brantford Piano Case Company, Limited, has been Sicorpemmed with a capital of $100,000, with head office at Brantford, Ont. The provisional directors are M. S. Phelps, Rochester, N.Y., and W. D. Schultz, J. me if H. Ham and S. M. Burnley, Brantford, Ont. A report was recently published to the effect that the Pembroke een ber Company, Pembroke, Ont., had sold berths No. 1 and No. 2 in Jocks Township, Ont., to J. J. McFadden, of Renfrew, Ont. The company report that this was an error and that they have “purchased” not “sold” these berths from J. J. McFadden. € The Interior Hardwood Company, Wilmot Street, Berlin, Ont. have commenced work upon an $18,000 addition to their plant. The addition will be five storeys, 160 x 50 feet, of red pressed brick with stone foundation. It will contain pine floors and wood lath. The plant will be equipped with ad- ditional woodworking machinery. The Haight & Dickson Lumber Company, Limited, of Sudbuty, Ont., are putting in a new circular mill with a capacity of 15,000 to 18,000 feet per day at Green’s Siding, District of Sudbury, on the C. N. O. Railway, which will be ready to start cutting about the end of May. Their other mill located at North Star Mines on the A. E. Railway, with a capacity of 14,000 feet per day, will start cutting May 1st. This company will cut upwards of three million feet this season, nearly all of which will be pine, with a little spruce. — The head office of the company is at Sudbury. Eastern Canada Messrs. Blair & Rolland have removed from 234 to 130- 131 Coristine Building, Montreal. The partnership between Trudeau and Despariais, lumber merchants, me) Sherbrooke, Que., has been dissolved. : William Copping, Joliette, P.Q., reports that he has nearly complete A the erection of his sawmill and expects to commence operations early in May. The firm of Rainville & Robichaud, sash and door manufacturers, 0 of Montreal, has been registered. The members are J. L. Rainville and a Robichaud. The sash and door factory belonging to Evans and Tite at Bish ve Crossing, P.Q., was recently destroyed by fire. The mill and machinery a total loss, which was partly covered by insurance. The plant will be reb Tenders have been invited for the purchase as a going concern of the business of the late Mr. J. H. Redfern, Montreal. The lumber in the totals 3,000,000 feet, while that at the mills amounts to a further 1, 400 000 There are also contracts calling for the supply of 1,850,000 feet. ss 7 The North Shore Power Railway and Navigation Company, 125 St. Pete Street, Quebec, who operate a large plant at Clarke City, P.Q., have gi notice that they will apply during this session to Parliament for an act ch ing their name to the Gulf Pulp and Paper Company and to authorize the to carry on the said business anywhere in Canada. : The Bathurst Lumber Company, Limited, Bathurst Village, N.B., are con- structing a first class dressing and resawing plant at Bathurst Village and hope to have it going by the 1st of June. The mill will be equipped with th S. W. Woods Company fast matchers and with the Mershon resaws. F blower system will be installed by the Allington & Curtis Company, o — ton. The mill will be driven electrically from power manufactured in the company’s plant. The shavings and sawdust from. this plant will be blown to the main boilerhouse for fuel, a distance of about 800 feet. The whole plant will be up-to-date and first class, and the company say that it will be the finest of its kind in Eastern Canada. The foundations will all be con- structed in concrete and the entire building will be covered with metal. 4 : '~ A despatch from Amherst, N.S., says: A large transfer of timber land was put through by I. J. Soy, of Amherst, recently, whereby some eight thous- and acres on the eastern side of what is known as the Economy River Divi- sion and belonging to the Nova Scotia Lumber Company, was sold to Mr J. H. Livingstone, of Wentworth; Mr. Charles Hill, of Truro, and Mr. Star- rett, of Bass River. Mr. W. J. Gillespie, of Amherst, is largely interested in the Nova Scotia Lumber Company and with him are associated Mr. J. W. Seaman and Mr. Prescott, of Walton; Mr. Samuel Freeman, East Amherst, and the estate of the late Honorable W. T. Pipes. It is understood that the purchasers have an option on a further two thousand acres of this same pro- _ perty until June ist. The price is not mentioned but it is rumored to be in the vicinity of seven dollars per acre. * Western Canada The Pine Tree Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $10,000, with head office at Munson, Alta. The Mitchell Lumber Company, Liimted, has been incorporated with a capital of $25,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C. The Huntting, Merritt Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $100,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C. Lutz and Krans, Limited, have been incorporated with a capital of $100,- 000, with head office at Victoria, B.C., to carry on business as timber merchants. The Alberta Lumber Company, Vancouver, B.C., recently lost its plant at False Creek, by fire. The loss amounted to about $100,000 upon the plant and $50,000 upon other buildings and timber. The Provincial Government of British Columbia has sold to the British Columbia Sulphite and Fibre Company, who own a pulp mill at Howe Island, B.C., 1,070. acres of timber on the Sutlej Channel. The company will under- take to have the area cleared in three years. The holdings comprise 6,000,000 feet of hemlock, 2,000,000 feet of larch and 3,000,000 feet of cedar. 4 Burnaby municipality, B.C., will shortly have in operation its first shingle mill on the North Arm of the Fraser River when the Shull Company, an American firm with mills in Everett and Portland commence erecting a plant in D, L. 161. This mill will be on the Eburne line of the B. C. E. R. near the South Vancouver boundary and below Riverway. Although Burnaby has numerous mills on Burrard Inlet this is the first one to be erected on the Fraser in the municipality. This plant, which will have twenty-five machines, will be able to turn out half a million shingles a day, employing fifty hands _ with a monthly pay roll of $15,000. Yellow poplar, or tulip tree, the largest broadleaf tree in America, has been known to reach nearly 200 feet in height and 10 feet in , _ diameter. , 2 Hickory is the strongest Canadian wood. When properly season- eda hickory column will support a weight of twelve tons per square _ inch cross-section, which is considerably more than what could be ~ borne by a pillar of cast iron or steel of the same length and weight. * A Vancouver lumberman has estimated that “one ton of refuse ' goes to the burners for every thousand feet of lumber cut.” In his own sawmill he has eliminated this waste by breaking-up the refuse into small pieces which are manufactured into fuel briquettes at a cost of only $3 a ton. Ee Mr. C. B. Thorne, manager of the Hawkesbury mill of the Rior- — don Pulp and Paper Company, Limited, has gone to Europe. It is the _ policy of the Riordon Company to send a man to Europe every three or four years. Mr. Thorne will remain there four months studying conditions and new methods in Germany, Scandinavia and England. Wistar, Underhill and Nixon, wholesale lumber dealers, Real ate Trust Building, Philadelphia, Pa., have sent a very useful dar for the year 1914, to their friends in the trade. The calendar | is in the form of separate sheets for each business week, each eet being sub-divided into six sections, upon which is sufficient ace for jotting down memos, engagements, etc. __ At the annual meeting of the Canada Lumber Sales Company, nited, Montreal, it was reported that a first dividend on the pre- d stock, of 8 per cent., and a first dividend of a similar amount on he common stock, had ‘been declared. It was also decided to increase 2... Be eacil manufacturers are looking to California incense ‘or Pencil wood, a —_ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 55 Belting for Special Work can be used in temperatures up to 250° Fahrenheit, and is proof against most chemicals met with in manufac- turing. It is also unaffected by moisture. Write us for our book on com- plete Belting information. Other Lines :— Scandinavia Lanco Balata High Speed Leather Belts Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. Toronto - Montreal ur tock ist Should be on the desk of every Lumber Dealer. We carry a large stock of Red and White Pine Spruce Lumber and Timber Thos. Mackarell & Co. Montreal Ottawa 56 CANADA ASBESTOS ROOFING Can. H W. Johns-Manville Co. AXES Walters and Sons, H. BABBITT METAL Hoyt Metal Company Canada Metal Company BAND MILLS Berlin Machine Works Hamilton Company, William Waterous Engine Works BELT DRESSING Cling Surface Company Dixon Crucible Co., Joseph BELTING Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Federal Engineering Company Goodhue & Company, J. L. Graton & Knight Mfg. Company Gutta Percha & Rubber Co. McLaren Belting Company, J. C. Reddaway & Co., F. Smith, Nathan BLOWERS Mahony, A. ‘Ormsby Company, A. B. Toronto Blower Company BOILERS Inglis Company, John Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E. BOX MACHINERY Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Morgan Machine Company CALKS Steel Company of Canada CAMP SUPPLIES Borbridge, S. & H. Hall, Limited, Adam Johnson, A. H. Lamontagne, Limited Morin & Company, Dr. Ed. Palmer & Company, John Palmer Medical Company Smart-Woods Limited Turner & Sons, J J. Young, W. F. CANOES Dixon, F. M. CANT HOOKS Argall Bros. McFarlane-Neill Mfg. Company Pink Company, Thomas CEDAR Canadian Western Lumber Company Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Company CHAINS Argall Bros Coghlin Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Pink & Company, Thos. Standard Chain Company CHAIN BELTS Ellicott Company, A. M. Reed & Co., CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LUMBERMAN BUYERS’ CRANES & DERRICKS Morris Crane & Hoist Company CUTTER HEADS Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. CYPRESS Louisiana “Red. Cypress Company Wistar, Underhill & Nixon DOORS Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Canadian Western Lumber Co. Haeberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Lumber Company Tessier, Alphonse DOUGLAS FIR Auger & Son Canadian Western Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Timberland Lumber Company Timms, Phillips & Company DRY KILNS Grand Rapids Veneer Works Sheldons, Limited DUST COLLECTORS Ormsby Company, A. B. EMERY GRINDERS Carborundum Company ENGINES Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E. Waterous Engine Company EXHAUST FANS Sheldons Limited EXHAUST SYSTEMS Geo. W. FILES Disston & Sons, Henry Nicholson File Company Simonds Canada Saw Co. FOURDRINIER WIRES Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Company HARDWOODS Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Caflisch Bros. Fassett Lumber Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Gillespie James Harris Lumber Co., Frank H. Heyser Lumber Company, W. E Hocken Lumber Company Hoffman Bros. Company Miller, A Newman, John P. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Snowball Company, J Spencer, C. A. Stearns Salt & Lumber Company Webster & Bro., James HARDWOOD FLOORING Canada Wood Specialty Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Limited Siemon Bros. HEMLOCK Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Diver, John M Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fesserton Timber Company’ Graves, Bigwood & Company Haeberle Lumber Company Hocken Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., E. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Spears & Lauder Spencer, C. A. Snowball Company, J. B. HOISTS Morris Crane & Hoist Company HOSE Gutta Percha & Rubber Company KNIVES Peter Hay Knife Company Simonds Canada Saw Company KNIFE GRINDERS Canada Machinery Corporation Rogers & Company, Samuel C. LATH Austin & Nicholson Bartram Bros. Beck Mfg. Company, C. Casey-Shaw Lumber Company Christy-Moir Company Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Georgian Bay Lumber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company McGibbon Lumber Company New Ontario Colonization Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Rat Portage Lumber Company River Ouelle Pulp & Paper Co. Spencer, C. A. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. LAUNCHES Adams Launch & Engine Company LOCOMOTIVES Baldwin Locomotive Works Canadian Locomotive Company Climax Mfg. Company Heisler Locomotive Works Montreal Locomotive Works Sessenwein Bros. LOGGING & MACHINERY EQUIPMENT Clyde Iron Works Gerlach Company, Peter Russell Brothers Rutherford & Sons, Wm. Ryther & Pringle Bsn coed Walters & Sons, H LUMBER Austin & Nicholson Burstall & Company, J. Canada Wood Specialty Company Canadian Western Lumber Company Casey-Shaw Lumber Company DIRECTORY -Fesserton Timber Compan Dudley, A. N. Fassett Lumber Company Garrett Lumber Company, T. H. Georgian Bay Lumber Company Harris Lumber Co., Frank H. — Laidlaw Lumber Company, Re ae McLennan Lumber Company — P Montreal Lumber Company Newman, John P. < New Ontario Colonization “ Oliver Lumber Company Parry Sound Lumber Compan Ritter Lumber Company, W. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumbe Victoria Harbor Lumber Co LUMBER CRAYONS © Dixon Crucible Company, Jos. — Superior Manufacturing Company fe OATS Anchor Elevator Company Chisholm Milling Company aA Dwyer & Company, W. H. or Fairweather, A. W. ‘gale National Elevator Company by a PACKING ie Gutta Percha & Rubber Company ' PATENT SOLICITORS Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency 1 PINE Anderson Lumber Company, C. % Beck Manufacturing Company, C. - Bradley Lumber Company, i Cx Bromley, W. H. a Cane & Company, James Ga ; Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Comp any Colonial Lumber Company +s Diver, John M. 4 Donogh & Company, John Eagle Lumber Company East Kootenay Lumber Company — Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Garrett Lumber Company, T. H. Gordon & Company, George Gillies Bros. Limited : Graves, Bigwood Company Hobart & Company Hocken Lumber Company © Long Lumber Company ~ Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company — — North Pacific Lumber Compan rl Quincy-Adams Lumber Compan Rideau Lumber Company _— Sawmill Owners Sales Comp: Snowball Company, J. B. St. Gabriel Lumber Company — Watson & Todd, Limited Wuichet, Louis POLES Diver, John M. Pink & Company, Thos. POPLAR Dawkins Lumber Company, W. Heyser Lumber Company, W. E. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Wistar, Underhill & Nixon = PULLEYS & SHAFTING © Canada Machinery Corporat Fay & Egan Company, J. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 57 WHY? Pay for Bags, Sacking, Freight, Handling, Cadging on light dirty oats, when the above items of cost are the same on Heavy, Clean, “National” Oats purchased direct from producers and shipped from our elevators in the heart of the best oat sections of the Western Provinces. Let us lift you above roofing competition There is no money in ordinary roofings that have to be sold at cut prices. Your pro- fits are so small that it scarcely pays to handle them. Let us place you above unjust, ruinous, cut- price competition by appointing you our ex- clusive dealer in your town for Jf ASBESTOS ROOFING When you sell this roofing you make big profits because you don’t have to cut your price. And you practically get a monopoly of the roofing business in your territory because J-M Asbestos Roofing is different from all other roofings. Made of alternate layers of Asbestos felt and Trinidad Lake Asphalt. Con- tains nothing to rot or deteriorate. Gives perfect fire protection. And on account of its all-mineral character, never requires coating or raeli ing. We are also prepared to furnish J-M Regal Roofing, the highest grade rubber roofing on the market, and lower in price than J-M Asbestos Roofing. Write today for Special Dealer Proposition. THE CANADIAN H. W. JOHNS-MANVILLE CO., Ltd. Manufacturers of Boiler Preservative; b wl - Ah. off « A . i inguisher ; Asbestos Roofngs Frecoe ASBESTOS = , GEIPeRS: a TORONTO MONTREAL WINNIPEG VANCOUVER 2449 Write or wire for quotations National Elevator Company, Limited WINNIPEG, MANITOBA Port Arthur, Ont. Calgary, Alta. Suction Gas Producer Plants High Class Gas Engines for ANTHRACITE, COKE or CHARCOAL for WORKING ON TOWN SUCTION or pe 2 NATURAL GASES The ideal drum for out of the way SECTIONAL VIEW Horizontal up to 180 B. H. P. "| GEORGE ANDERSON CO. OF CANADA, LTD., $2,%xs° MONTREAL 58 PUMPS Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Smart-Turner Machine Company RAILS Gartshore, John J. Sessenwein Bros. ROOFING Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co. RUBBER GOODS Gutta Percha & Rubber Company SASH Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Haerberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company, E. H. Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Tessier, Alphonse. SAWS Atkins & Company, E. C. Disston & Sons, Henry Gerlach Company, Peter Mereen Johnston Machine Company Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company Shurly-Dietrich Company Simonds Canada Saw Company Smith Company, R. H. SAW MILL MACHINERY Berlin Machine Works Breeze-Denison & Company Canada Machinery Corporation Fay & Egan Company, J. A. Gerlach Company, Peter Hamilton Company, William Hill Company, Wm. E. Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Company Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. - OTh e Saw With The Keen and Lasting Edge” CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER . Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Parry Sound Lumber Company Payette & Company, P. Waterous Engine Company Wickes Bros. SAW SHARPENERS Breeze, Denison & Company Rogers & Company, Samuel C. SHINGLES Bartram Brothers Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Co. Christy-Moir Company Canada Western Lumber Company Dalhousie Lumber Company Forest Mills of B. C, Limited Fraser Limited Gillespie, James Heaps & Company, E. H. Larkin Lumber Company, C. A. Long Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Morse Lumber Company, Fred S. Rat Portage Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Timms, Phillips & Company SHINGLE & LATH MACHINERY Gerlach Company, Peter Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Payette & Company, P. Smith Foundry Company SPRUCE Auger & Son Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Cane & Company, Jas. G. Christy-Moir Company Donogh & Company, John We also manufacture a complete line of high grade solid tooth saws, rift saws, shingle and heading saws, grooving saws, mitre saws, wide and narrow band saws, mill saws, drag saws, gang saws, cross cut saws a machine knives. Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fenderson & Company, John Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Gillies Bros Leak & Company Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company New Ontario Colonization Co. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Co. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Rideau Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Spencer, A. St. Gabriel Lumber Company STEEL CHAIN Coghlin & Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Standard Chain Company SULPHITE PULP Partington Pulp & Paper Company SUCTION GAS ita i: PLANT Anderson & cee Geo. SNOW PLOWS Pink Company, Thos. TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company TIES Fesserton Lumber Company Spears & Lauder TIMBER BROKERS Cant & Kemp Farnworth & Jardine Frost Company, A. C. Lacey & Company, Jas. D Inserted Toot Cireular All Radcliff insert tooth saws are fitted with the world famed Hoe Bits and Shanks. The body steel is tempered to the highest degree of perfeenaa with sufficient pliability to avoid breakage. | Send for catalogue and prices Radcliff Saw Mfg. Co., L TORONTO TIMBER ESTIMATORS Lauderburn, D. E. Montreal Engineering Company Munson-Whitaker Company Sewall, James W. TUGS West & Peachey VENEERS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Co. Hoffman Brother Comnaa Webster & Bro., Jas VENEER MACHINERY ~ Merritt Manufacturing Company Perrin, William y Philadelphia Textile Machinery Cc WATCHMAN’S CLOCKS Hardinge Bros. ) WIRE ee Greening Wire Company, BL : Laidlaw-Bale-Tie Company . -' { 4 ie WOODWORKING MAC HID Berlin Machine Works Canada Machinery Corpor Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Cor Defiance Machine Company Fay & Egan Company, J. A. Hamilton Company, Willi Long Manufacturing Compan Mereen-Johnson Werks | Waterous Engine Works woop PULP New Ontario Colonization Co. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co St. Gabriel Lumber Company © Saws a. Y a ae CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 59 Should be Read by Buyers, Managers Superintendents Foremen and Engineers The “Belting Manual” fresh from the press tell how to: —Install Belting. —Care for belting. —Repair laps. —Make belts endless on the pulleys. —Lace belts. —Clean belts. —Remedy some of the belt troubles. —Find the width and lengths of belts. —Find the Horse-Power of belting. —Find the speed of belting. A a CTUay Slap The fifteen pages of mechanical rules and tables are unusually complete and com- piled expressly for use in solving the daily problems of Power plant practice. In short, the “Belting Manual” is a veritable fund of practical belting information —the latest and most authentic book of its kind. Just take a minute to send the coupon—to-day. The Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. | 0. 6.00.2" nce ce Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., MONTREAL, P. Q. Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal, P. Q. eae Home Office and Factory, Worcester, Mass., U.S. A. raJana © 2c |. AT aa aa. ool Phy aR oe 8 ea ie Address No te -___ Our “‘Educational Talk’”’ which was scheduled for ; the May Ist issue of this publication will appear = | ~” ma°”6 She ee ke SS in the June Ist number. Subject:—‘“Progress Made in the ; Position ... 02.0... ...ee seers ceteseeneeees Manufacture of Leather Belting.” © laa le ee ee 60 A Adams Launch & Engine Co. .. 22 Amer. Woodworking Mach. Co. Anchor Elevator Co: 3.0.5. seen Oo Auderson & ‘Go. (Geos . 0 seat Anderson oc (Co, kGr Gian LO Areal Bros. .. 2. « Fh), See Atkins Company, E. Cc ee Se ee Meme: SON: >) oleh cko eee ee 10 Austin &-Nicholson ... ...°..0 “dl Baldwin Locomotive Works .... 75 Bartram Brothers, Limited .. Batts, Limited . ahs LES. fa oO Beath & Son, Ww. D. ro eee Berlin Machine Works ... ... .. Beck Mig. Company, C. .. .).0) 17 Benson 6 Bray <9 Sed eo ee 26 boupridse, S: Geakcaa ceo ae am RO Bradley Lumber Co., E. C. ... .. 4 Breeze, Denison & Co. ... ... .. 62 Bromley, William H. .. .. .. .. 7 Barstali Cone]. 22 wee. "ee 14 Cc Gatisch Brosh. 4c. %.. 00 ~. 19 Cameron & Company .. .. we te Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Gas 54 Canada Metal Company ... ... . 68 Canadian Locomotive Co. .. .. . 75 Canada Lumber Sales Co. Canada Wood Specialty Co. 144: 10 Can. Mach. Corporation, Ltd.... 70 Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. .. 1 Can. H. W. Johns-Manville Co.. 57 Can. Linderman Company ... .. 53 Canadian Office & School ante fore Company... 6/2. 41 Can. Western Lumber ots ede tee Gan Gane 'Compantyowli< Gu, cieu. dace, bee Cant & Kemp .. .. she Wr cena ae _ Capital Wire Cloth oon b ahha 6a ou. "25 Carborundum Company ... ... . Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. .. .. .. 8 Chisholm Milhng Co. ..5 5-5... 20 Christy-Moir Company .. .. .. 10 Cleveland-Sarnia Saw Mills Co. . 43 Climax Mis. Company ... .:. .. 75 Cling-Surface Company ... ... . 68 Glydeslron Works: (35s... a. one Coghlin Co., B. J. .. D Dalhousie Lumber Co... .. .. . 9 Dawkins Lumber Co., W. H... .. 18 Dixon. Crucible Co;, Jos, :.._ 5). ~69 TL ASG SRS em yr pe oe 73 Diver, J. M. a arent PO. Defiance Nisehink Works: Scke. Nitte me ae . Have You an Invention The Patent Selling & Manufacturing Agency CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Disston & Sons, Henry ... Dom. Mahogany & Veneer Co. .. Dominion Timber Regulations .. Donogh & Co., John .. Es Dudley: AY. ON oe, ee ee Dwyer Company, W. H. ... Eagle Lumber Co. East Kootenay Lumber Co. Elgie Jarvis Lumber Co. Ellicott Lumber Co. ... F Vairweather, A. W. ... ...«-- «- Fassett Lumber Co., Ltd... .. .. Farnworth & Jardine .. re Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. .. Fesserton Timber Co. .. bre Fay t& ean €G:,-J- As we wm. ss lenderson & Co., Inc., John ... Forest Mills of B.C... . Fraser Bryson Lum. Co., Fraser Limited .. Frosty ALeGi.,< Ltd. .: G Garrett Lumber Co. Gartshore, John J. aie Georgian Bay Shook “Mills alten Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Ltd. Gerlach, Peter Gillespie, James . Gillies Bros., Ltd. .. Goodhie & Coe i, a... - Gordon. .& Co, Geox... 78). 8. 22 Graves, Bigwood Co. .. wee Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. ... .. Greening Wire Co., B. ...7... .. Grand Rapids Veneer Works ... Gutta Percha & Rubber Limited H Haeberle Lumber Co... .. Hall, Adam ~ fee Se Waliinnke. Hamilton Co., Ltd. Hardinge Bros. .. wate Harris Lumber Co., rank H... HE PStCr ci cn een pee ee, oe Heaps: & Go. Lids. BE. ie. Heisler Locomotive Works ... . Heyser Lumber Company .. :. Hobart & Company... .. .. Hocken Lumber Company ... Hoffman Bros. Co. Hoyt Metal Company ... Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Co I Inglis Company, John Jenckes Machine Co., Ltd. ... .. Johnston), As H.«. 2-3 eee eee q , Line. in K Kent Cordwood Splitter Co. .. .. Companye:,: Spe eiere (oe) marie information you desire. James R. Cameron, M. E., Manager Head Office, Suite 301-302, 22 College St.. Toronto Factory & Workshops, 206 Simoes Bees. Toron Kuight Mfg. Company ... 62 L Lacey: Jasin pie 73 Laidlaw Bale Tie ea 69 Lamontague Limited ... eae a Lauderburn,D. Ey ae eee Laidlaw Lumber Co., R.... .. .. 10 Larkin Company, ‘G. A; .. 2. .207 43 Leak & Compatiye=.\. 2.0) one 13 Leonard & Sons, E 2 63 Long Lumber Company .. .. .. 3 Long Mfg. Co., E : 67-78 Louisiana Red Cypress Co. . 8 M Mackarell.& \€o., Thos, .2. 2... of po Massee & Felton Lumber Co. .. Mahoney, A. .. aly Maritime Foundry & Machine W orks) 3.06 24 Mason, Gordon & Ce. 35 McGibbon Lumber Co. 12 McKinnon Chain Co. ae iI McLaren Belting Co., J. C. 80 McLennan Lumber Co., ne 15 Mereen-Johnston Machine Cou,"s. 74 Merritt Mfg. Company ... ... Me a tig Miller & Co., A. BSc. .38-> ... 9 10 Montreal Engineering. ee 41 Montreal Lumber Co. ». .. « .. 10 Morris Crane & Hoist Co., Her- bert. saeaesre 4 Montreal Cosomeges Works; Ltd. 74 Morin & Co., Dr. Ed, 20. Morgan Machine Co. , TRS Munson-Whitaker Co. . 11 National Elevator Co, ..:) ..% 57 National Mfg. Company ... 20 Newman, John P. 10 New Ontario Colonization oe. ewe ais Nicholson File Goss. .2 0s sen 1) - Oliver Lumber Co. pialcieeatess' ples Ormsby Co., Ltd.; A. B. ee Palmer. Company, John ... 3 Palmer Medical Company ... .. 17 . Parry Sound Lumber Co., Ltd.._ 23 Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. 9 Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency ape) Payette & Company, P. aS Philadelphia Textile Machinely 24 Perrin & Company, Wi. Ree Vink & Company, Wm. R. ... . Q Quebec & St. Maurice ind Company... .. .+ Quincy idcites Panes ‘Gs Pe R Radcliff Saw Company .. F Rat Portage Lumber Co., “Ltd. Reed & Co., Geo. W. Reddaway & CoRETS.>. Rideau Lumber Co., Ltd. Rimouski Industrial Co. .. .. oe Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. .. San Rogers & Co., Samuel C. Russel Bros. .... <» ae P Russell Wheel & Foundry ‘Cau aa Rutherford & Sons, Wm. ... Ryther & Pringle ... ... ein ® <_ 2+ aoe S < Saw Mill Owners Sales Co. - Sessenwein Bros. .../ 2.3. ee0eee Sewall, Jas. W. .. .. jose Sheldons Limited <..).3 eee . Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. ... Shurly-Dietrich Company ... Siemen Bros. Ltd. .5 (2 -aaee Smart-Woods, Limited . ‘Smith, N. =.. 2 eee Smith Foundry & Machine | Smith Pea R. Hee Stiowball, J. Bis? sues Spears & Lauder ie ' Spencer, C. A. =u Standard Chain “Company eta Stearns Salt and Lumber Co. - Steel Co. of Canada ... St. Gabriel Lumber Co. Superior Manufacturing Cs. eee ; ; T - Tessier, Alphonse .. Thomas, Ed. . eae Thurston- Flavelle Lumber Eo... a \ Timberland Lumber Co. .. .. . Timms,: Phillips & Co. .. Toronto Blower ‘Go. 3) eee Turner & Sons, J. J. -2eeeeeeeee . i st a ras oe ne oe Vv : Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. .. 12 Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd. Watson & Todd . : Webb Lumber Company Perens. Webster & Bro. Ltd., James .. West & Peachy. + ee Wickes Bros. - ‘a Wistar, Underhill & Nixon oS _Wuichet, Louis .. .. Y Young Company, W. F. ... mh! ay ¥. ry ee ae “eta Bee nick If so, we can help you to obtain every dollar of its worth. We possess the expert drafting and choke ability ; essential machine shop and equipment for developing prac models; the necessary knowledge for the proper investigation patent records, etc., and the procedure on obtaigig pater that will give you absolute protection. We obtain and sell patents in every country. Write us for CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 Or Ss SANS) VON pp As 4 When You Overhaul me ¥ \ all =| Y Sh —| l= | Install =lle VAS LN it RO osm Soi “Acme Waterproof” Leather Belting This brand is especially well suited to the wet places in a saw or pulp mill and will run true as long as it is in service. When you are overhauling your mill equip it with ‘‘Goodhue Belts” and you will never regret it. They are honestly made of solid leather—every inch a good belt and they won’t stretch. SS Za NK Get our details and prices. J. L. Goodhue & Company, Limited DANVILLE - QUEBEC A New Swage The Best Yet United States Patent for Sale This new swage invented by ourselves has all the good features of other swages plus some special patent features of its own. Those practi- cal saw men who have used this swage pronounce it ‘‘ The best yet.” View I. View 1 illustrates a swage sawn in half to show its method of work- ing. The tooth is swaged by a series of three rollers which cannot bind. The tooth is rolled out and not drawn. A double thread is used on the locking lever. The first thread is rapid so that a slight movement of the lever allows the swage to travel on the saw without being lifted over each tooth. The second thread is slow so that the swage may be securely locked on the saw. The point at which the rapid thread ceases and the slow thread operates is governed by an automatic spring. We offer for sale the United States Patent. If interested write us. Breeze, Denison & Co. Newburgh, Ontario EEE = _ <— - = 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | Disston Steel and Disston Saws The foundation of the efficient and durable saw is the: steel from which it is made. Expert workmanship carrying out proven designs as to shape of teeth, etc., cannot build a lasting, smooth cutting saw without the foundation of a suitable steel to work upon. It is chiefly to the extraordinary success of the Disston Plant in producing a superior steel for the purpose that may be attributed the rapid growth and steady demand for Disston Band and Circular Saws. When the Disston Steel Works were established in 1855 a new era in saw making began. It was not only the first plant of its kind in America, but the first anywhere in the World to produce a perfect saw steel—a steel possessing the peculiar qualities necessary to the manufacturing of a perfect saw. The Disston Steel Works are in charge of an expert who thoroughly understands the requirements of a perfect saw steel and the making of Disston Steel to meet those requirements. Under his supervision are other experts who have, through constant invention and experiment, continued to improve this famous steel. Disston Steel can never be duplicated, and that is one of the principal reasons why Disston Saws will retain their superiority for all time. The Mark of Perfection — Look for this Brand in Saws Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. Henry Disston & Sons, Limited Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works TORONTO : - CANADA Knight Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for ‘use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- quirements of thresher and saw ¥ mill men operating in small tracts of timber, as both husk Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- pize Husk |... 6... 2.) 1205) 8) feet’ by, G? feet Si guches Width of Carriages ... . ... 33 inches Diameter and eih Mandrel . 2 ea by. 55 inches Tatieks The construction of this splendid Saw will appeal to you at once. It will save you lots of money if you have cut off work todo. It’s the sensation of the Saw World. Making good wherever used. . Write for details and prices E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. No More Breakdowns—No More Delays This is the slogan that users of Griplock Chain Belt have adopted. No hooks to be opened up, no breaking of chain belt in Griplock. Griplock is so constructed that it will withstand the severest kind eee rere Chats Belt of service. It is built by the Chain Belt Company, Milwaukee, Wis., a concern that fully understands the requirements of the Lumber and Saw Mill Trade. We would be very glad to mail you sample links for your inspection. ‘ot’ The A. M. ELLICOTT CO., Montreal, Que. Elevating, Conveying and Transmission of all kinds a specialty CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER NOTICE Dealers and Contractors This 200 page handsomely bound Stock Millwork Catalogue brimful of useful information is free to Bona- Fide Dealers and Contractors only. 64 | Laghyee< es =) OE OL PERT AG Tn SI wpe | (4 The Wm. Rutherford & ee Co. Limited MONTREAL, P.O. | \ 1 425 Atwater Avenue CANADA LUMBERMAN FAY-EGAN “LIGHTNING” The ‘‘ 333” itself forms the cost cutting in- stallation of many up-to-date Planing Mills through- the country—it will reduce manufacturing costs 4o to 50% and raise grade of lumber 10 to 30% as com- pared to the old style matchers—but in most cases, the ‘'333” with either Horizontal Band Resaw or Profiler forms the Planing Mill men’s ideal. The cut in manufacturing cost is even greater with one of these combinations than the almost un- believable economy of the ‘‘ 333 ”’ itself. High Duty Matcher and Surfacer. your own office. No. 333 Planer and Matcher---the foundation of many time, labor and lumber saving installations. Every lumberman is more or less acquainted with the Modern Fast Feed However, we have had printed a thorough treatise on this type of machine,—in fact, it seems just like taking one apart in The combinations of the ‘‘ 333” Fast Feed Machines are also shown and described in detail. coupon—nothing more—and we will send this Book. J. A. FAY & EGAN CO. 465-485 W. Front St., Cincinnati, O. AND WOODWORKER A 333-335 Matcher-Resaw, with Resaw below the bedline of the matcher will work bevel siding, ship-lap, etc., double thick and resaw at 200 ft. a minute. A 333-288 Matcher-profiler will work ceiling, novelty siding and other formed stock at Fast Feed Matcher speeds. In both cases the ma- chine takes rough stock and finishes it in one opera- tion even more perfectly than when put through separate machines. A 334 Automatic: Feeder added to any of these units keeps it full and each piece but- ting, insuring maximum production every hour. and all the appliances for Send us the CURRENT LUMBER PRICES—WHOLESALE — 66 TORONTO, ONT. Car Lots White Pine: 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 57 00 1%4 inch No. 1 cuts and better 64 00 68 00 2-in. No. 1 cuts and better.. 67 00 72 00 134-in.. Nos 2G. (Re Be aie seems 50 00 52 00 2-in. No. 2 cuts and better 56 00 60 00 B/4 NOs 1 Cuts: ciclo v0 se siete 45 00 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 cuts ..... 52 00 YS: No.1) cuts) & sccnaue unemees 55 00 A/4 No. 2 cuts . focusses 4 36 00 56/4 and 6/4 No. 2 cuts ..... 42 00 R/4 Nol 2! cutavenc care seisic6. aie 45 00 A/A No. Si cutee dew case nae Os 28 00 5/4 and 6/4 No. 3 cuts ...... 82 00 B/4°No.'B cute. ceywel enene) ss 33 00 1-in. Good Shorts .....scovse 40 00 45 00 1 x 4 and 5 com. and dressing 2500 26 00 1 x 6 common and dressing .. 27 00 29 00 1 x 8 common and dressing .. 27 00 29 00 1 x 10 common and dressing .. 32 00 34 00 1 x 12 common and dressing... 3600 38 00 1 x 10 and 12 mill cull stocks. 24 00 l-in. mill cull sidings ...... 22 00 56/4 and 6/4 x 4 m.r., m.c. out. 26 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 5 m.r., m.c out. 26 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 6 m.r., m.c. out. 28 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 8 m.r., m.c. out. 28 00 5/4 and 6 /4x 10 m.r., m.c. out 33 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 12 m.r., m.c. out 36 00 2x 10 common ...... «eeees 26 00 2 and 3 x 12 common.. ..... 30 00 32 00 1 x 8 box and common ...... 23 50 24 50 1 x 10 inch box and common. 25 00 26 00 1 x 12 inch box and common 27 00 29 00 1-in. mill run sidings ........ 25 00 27 00 l-in. mill run shorts ........ 20 00 1-in. mill run Norway ........ 23 00 2-in. mill run Norway .......-- 25 00 Norway, c. and cf. 1-in, ..... 83.00 84 00 Norway, c. and cf. 1%-in. ... 85 00 36 00 Norway, c. and cf, 2-in. ..... 85 00 386 00 Spruce mill culls ...... «+++. 20 00 Hemlock No. 1: 1x4 and 5-in. x 9 to 16 ft. .... 20 00 1 x 6-in. x 9 to 16 ft. ...... 23 00 1 x Bin. x9 to 16 ff. ..0... 23 00 + x 10 and 12 in. x 9 to 16 ft. 25 00 1 x 7, 9 and 11 in. x 9 to 16 ft. 22 00 1-in. No. 2, 6-ft. to 16-ft. .... 17 50 2x 4 to 12; 10 and 16 ft. .... 24 50 2x 4 to 12-in., 12 and 14 ft. .. 23 50 2x4 to 12-in., 18 GENS, Deitch etasiere 25 00 Bix 4 to 12-in:, 20) ft. 2... 28 00 Ors 4 to 12-1n., 22 ft. a sciexjans 27 00 DisvA to T2ini, WSU Lt. 2c lareeicienie 23 50 Welt otertie vee Stesaslavers 80 00 Q-in. No. 2, 4-in. and up in width, 6 to LEE wivate artic’ aia iace 18 00 Clear in B.C. cedar, kiln dried. 55 50 65 50 Douglas Fir Dimension Timber up to 32 feet: 8x8, 10x10, 10x12, 10x14, 12x12, 12x14, 14x14, 14x16 up to 82 WES: Sn oo ssiciois'ep) ea aalom pelstelaieie 34 00 6x10, 6x12, 8x10, 8x12, 10x16, 12 x16, 16x16, 16x18, 18x18, ‘20x 20, up to 82 ft. ....2. sees 84 50 6x14, 8x14, 12x18, 18x20, up to vy Mit | Se Rte HO COO ro 85 00 6x16, 8x16, 10x18, 12x20, 14x20, 16x20 up tol82) ff. foc. «5. 85 50 10x20, up to 82 ft. ...... ..«. 86 00 6x18, 8x18, up to 82 ft. ...... 86 50 6x20, 8x20, up to 82 ft. ........ 87 50 Timber in lengths over 32 feet take the - additions: 33 to 385 ft., 50c; 86 to 41 to 45 ft., $8; 46 to 50 ft., $5; 51 AO tea: $7; 56 to 60 ft., $9; 61 2 65 ft., 40 ft : $12. Oe “$6 to 70 ft., $15; "71 to 75 ft , $18: 78 to 80 ft., $22. Fir flooring, edge grain ..... 44 50 No. 1 and 2 clear 1-in. Fir rough 45 00 No. 1 and 2 clear 1%, 1% and Dine AT) TOU sicleis nic ee vias 47 00 1%4-in. No. 1 4-ft. pine lath.. 4 50 1%-in. No. 2 4-ft. lath ........ 420 1%-in. 82-in. pine .........- 1 60 1%-in. No. 1 4-ft. hemlock lath 8 75 1¥%-in. mill run hemlock lath 3 50 x pine or cedar ‘shingles .... 1 05 XX_ pine or cedar shingles.. 2 25 XXX pine or cedar shingles .. 8 20 XX B. C. cedar shingles ..... 2 25 XXX 6 butts to 2-in. ........ 8 20 XXX 6 to 23-16-1i. ...-.2.: 8 40 7, 7, A oc PET 3 60 Ash, white, 1sts and 2nds, 1% and 2-in. 60 00 Ash, white, No. 1 common ........ 45 00 Ash, brown, ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... 50 00 Ash, brown, common and better ..... 89 00 Ash, brown, ists and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4. 60 00 Birch, ists and Pnds yk (Ae sions tras 39 00 Birch, No. 1, com. and bet., 4/4 .... 33 00 Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 and 8/4 .... 42 00 Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 10/4 and 12/4.. 45 00 Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 16/4 .......... 50 00 Basswood, ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... 40 00 Basswood, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4. 35 00 Basswood, No. 2 and 38, common .... 18 50 Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. 44 00 Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, com. and bet. 38 00 Basswood, 4/4, No. 2 com. and bet. 32 00 Soft elm, ists and 2nds, 4/4 ........ 40 00 Soft elm, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4 .. 34 00 Soft elm, No. 2 and 3, common ...... 17 50 Soft elm, 6/4 and 8/4, 1 and 2 ...... 42 00 Rock elm, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 x 8/4.. 55 00 —— elm, No. 2 com. and bet. 6/4 and CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 8/4 wesceu oem” te. «Roemer Soft maple, 1Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ey seca Soft maple, com. and bet., 4/4 ...... Soft maple, 6/4 & 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. Iiard maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ..... Hard maple, common and better, 4/4. Hard maple, 12/4, & 16/4, Ists and 2nds. Red oak, plain 1Ists and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4 Red oak, plain 1st and 2nds, 4/4 . Red oak, Plain 1sts and 2nds, 12/4 6/4 White oak, plain, Ist and 2nds,_ 4/4. White oak, plain, Ists and 2nds, 14 and 2-in. ajsisieaio |b acejclnien Stetina White oak, plain, 1sts and 2nds, 12/4 and 16/4 da cane «beip thine el” pee White oak, % cut, lIsts ‘and 2nds, 4/4. White oak, y% cut, 5/4 and 6/4, Ists and ude: +252. eae neta slew a White oak, % cut No. 1 common .. Hickory, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ........ Hickory, 6/4 and 8/4, I1sts and 2nds. OTTAWA, ONT. Manufacturers’ Prices Pine good sidings: l-in. x T-in. and up .......... -$52 00 14%-in. & 1%-in. x 8-in. & up 55 00 2-in. x T-in. and up ......... 58 00 40 00 No. 2 cuts 2 x Sin. & up .. Eine gece strips: 1%. -in. and 1%4-in. 2-in. Pine good shorts: l-in. x T-in. and up l-in. x 4-in. to 6-in. i in. and 1%-in. sete eeeee T-in. to 9-in. A sidings «+. 25 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing sidings .. 30 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing strips .. 29 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing shorts .. 22 00 Pine, 1-in. x 4-in. s.c. strips .. 22 00 Pine, l-in. x 5-in. s.c. strips .. 24 00 Pine, 1-in. x 6-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 Pine, 1-in. x T7-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 Pine, 8 s.c., 12 ft. to 16 ft. 26 00 Pine, 1-in. x 10-in. M.R. .. 27 00 Pine, s.c. sidings, 1% and 2-in. 28 00 Pine; Git, UStrIDSet-it) ce eriesele 21 00 134, 134. send) -2-inw eee sens . 24 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 1 x 4 to 6 tm Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1 x 5 21 00 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1x6 21 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 6’-11’ 1”x10” 24 00 Pine, box boards:. 1” x 4” and up, 6’-11’ .... 18 00 17x 8" to: 6”, 127-167" cae 19 00 Pine mill culls, strips and sid ings, l-in. x 4-in. and up, OO CO 69.09 Ps xAK MK HH ae ry a aera $2 4,2 x 6, 4 x 8, 18 to 82 ft. ........ 2x 10, 2x 12, 8 to 16 f. jee 18, 20, 22 “tt. ae oS eeew weerneneal 24, 26, 28, 30, 3 vecese Seeded ie siian 2 x 14 up to 32 rs vcleece) sepa eiiemnet 3x 4to4x 12, 8 to 16% .caeeeeee 3 x 4 to 4 x 12, 18 to 32 ft. ....cccee 36 6x 6 to 6 x 12, up to 82 f 21. FLOORING Pe No. 1 and 2 red pine, 4 in. .......... 0 E. G. No. 1 "E! Nor soa » saute 89 DD CG, Kir °. flooring. 39 0 F.. G. No. 1 and 2 flooring ........ 31 00 E. and F. G. NG. 3 flooring ........ 80 00 SHIPLAP Pine oF Spruce .sccsc «secs Meee 8 to 16 ft., 6 in. ...... Docces eee xe 0 and 12” ‘shiplap Bot Fis 6” shiplap 10/16 ft. ....... 3 0 BOARDS—ROUGH OR S.1 S. oo ae Saale is} oe No. 1 common pine, 10 inch ........$81 00 No. 2 common pine, 10 inch ........ 25 0 No. 8 common pine, mixed widths .. 20 No. 4 common pine, mixed widths .. 14 5 No. 5 common pine, mixed widths .. 10: SHINGLES XXX B.C, Cedar ....0< 32 00 No. 2. Barn 1 x10) copies a Ae a a CANADA ™ Old Town “Canvas” Canoe A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed DISTRIBUTORS : Henry Morgan & Co., Montreal, Que. Holt Renfrew & Co., Quebec, Que. F. A. Kirkpatrick, 81 Summer St., St. John; =N7Bt Grant-Holden-Graham, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. Ther tn; Eaton Co.,.-Ltd., Toronto, ‘Ont. Northern Canada Supply Co., Cobalt, Ont. Cochrane Hardware Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Ont. J. Darch & Sons, London, Ont. Rice Lewis & Son, Toronto, Ont. Photo taken by employee of Laurentide Co. Ltd., Grand Mere, P. Q. Their Supt., Forestry Division, states canoe damaged in Rapids, canvas held, braced up canoe and continued journey down St. Maurice River 70 miles. Used canoe balance of season and all following year. F. M. DIXON Canadian Representative Lumber Our stoves are specially designed to meet all requirements of camp work. We know exactly what is neces- | sary and desirable in this class of stove. We put into all our stoves the best of material and workmanship coupled with the best of expert experience. The ‘Leader Range’ for coal and | wood, shown in this cut is specially adapted to Lumberman Camps, Boarding Houses, Hotels and Rail- read Construction Camp Work. _ We also make this Range with side hinge doors. It is large, heavy and strongly _ built. Has good oven space and large heating surface. When a 8 ood, solid, reliable stove is wanted the ‘Leader’ will give satisfaction. Write for our catalogue. Beardmore Building MONTREAL LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Provide for the Future In every lumber manufacturing section of North America are to be found crumbling ruins of mills whose owners elected to depend on the open market for their log supply, who refused to invest their good money in standing timber. In practically every case the “Open Market” has proven an unreliable source of log supply. Farseeing operators have come in, sized up the supply of timber tributary to certain points and bought the bulk of it. Many of the mill owners who had the first and the best opportunity to purchase, because of their neglect, have been forced out of business and have seen their investment in plant and equipment depreciate to the extreme low limit of its value as junk. Does that.possibility confront you? If it does, please bear in mind these facts: Now is the time to provide for your future supply. We can give you exactly what you need. Your copy of “Washington Red Cedar, America’s Overcoat Wood,’ Lumber Users Guide No. 12 awaits your request. Send for it. Timber Land Factors Chicago, Ill., 1750 McCormick Building Portland, Ore., 1313 Northwestern Bank Bldg. Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building NO. 10-36A SIX HOLE LEADER RANGE AND KESERVOIR A DAM HALL, Limited Manufacturers A name Heaters, etc., for Lumber aeaciag Hotels, and Railway Construction NOW ! James D. Lacey & Company Peterborough, Ontario 74 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER | 7 Horizontal , | Slab Re-Saw | A Horizontal Slab Re-saw will increase the capacity of idocuUE td yt Ny au a py BS a saw-mill from 15 to 25 M ft. at a less cost for equipm ent and a less cost for operation, — Rs Se than can be accomplished in any other way. i -_ 5 - vile One customer in Canada has purchased 7 of our Re-saws, another 4 and another 3. Catalogue gladly furnished without obligation to you. It also illustrates many special Box Factory Machines. = The Stuart Machinery Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. - Agents for Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba Waa MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Mereen-Johnson Machine Company, "vs." KEEP THE WORK GOING. d) | Nothing is more important in logging than the prompt and certain movement of cars. Delays affect the whole work. To avoid delays, locomotives must be reliable and al- ways ready for service. —! Our standard logging locomotives are built to insure reliability and constant service. Only tested materials are used in their con- struction. All wearing parts are made to templates and gauges. Interchangeability of like parts is guaranteed, and long delays waiting for duplicate parts avoided. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 75 CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES FOR GNoOR SN? Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. sete Logging Locomotives Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp curv es. Any weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog “* H.” CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD.., VANCOUVER, B.C. Mikado Type Locomotive, Polson Logging Co. The Mikado is a good type for heavy hauling, where runs are fairly long and high steaming capacity is needed. The Especially adapted locomotive illustrated traverses 30 degree - at = —— age curves, and can be used on rails weigh- [trourceeen | | = > Se ing 49-50 pounds per yard. It is simple | LOGGING co. LID ; NN uneven tracks. For in construction, strongly built, and rides logging, switching well on uneven tracks. and pulling on main lines, mills, fur- When in need of a logging locomotive, maces and indus- consult Engine being operated by the Trout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. trial purposes. of Trout Creek, Canada Just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. The Baldwin Locomotive Works Heisler Locomotive Works Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. ERIE, PA., U.S. A. Whitney Engineering Co., Tacoma, Warb., North Western Sales Agent _—_ ee Za = G A Reliable Engine in the Woods In logging operations the scene of activity is often many miles from repair facilities so the wise lumberman will appreciate the importance of a reliable locomotive. Our locomotives are built with this fact in view. They are sturdily and simply constructed and will give continual service all the year round. Logging and industrial locomotives are a specialty with us. We are prepared to construct any special types or submit specifications. If you are in the market we will be pleased to hear from you. Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, Kingston, Ont. RPT, Se OER EES ie Spas a yicty Re SLaR ES. Carer, af" V¢ oe CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “tan iv ie Dominion Timber Regulations » Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, th Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on either side of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of ‘the Dominion Timber, Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by. a duly qualified Dominion — Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each of such berths shall the thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sole at than the price so fixed. eh, a Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time of s. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in — three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and = not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at a time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in the city or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, or by a draft issued by a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If — default is made in any payment required .by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. ; The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square mile except for lands situated to deal west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acre. The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :— Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. : Railway ties, eight feet long, 1% cents each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each. Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. And 5 per cent, on the sale of all other products of the berth. Timber Permits Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine operators and others on application to the Dominion Timber Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. * W. W. Cory, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, ? : Deputy Minister. December 20th, 1912. . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 77 New Ontario Colonization Co. Lands, Lumber, Lath and Pulpwood Planing Mill Work Clay Belt Lands for Sale Located in Townships of Kendry and Haggart, District of Temiskaming, Ontario We have the following on hand ready for shipment : ; 4 Merchantable Spruce 1 1 Not altogether what we : 2x 4 say but what users Say af a 8/4 Mill Run Tamarack ‘We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- igs gees, ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- a4 nt 5 per mot = gonial os sider them indispensable to lumbermen op waters of 4/4 Mill Run Poplar French River or similar streams.”’ Sales Office: New York Telephone Bldg. BUFFALO, N.Y. Will move a bag containing 60,000 logs, 77. in calm Shather 30,000 in . head erry Mills: JACKSONBORO, ONT. West & Peachey - Simcoe, Ont. Timber Concessions in the Province of Quebec Notice is given by the government of the Province of Quebec that, on the 11th of August and on the 2zoth of October, 1914, permits to cut timber on over 8,000 square miles of Crown Lands will be offered at public auction. The territory to be disposed of comprises some 1,200 square miles in the basins of rivers Ottawa, Harricana and Bell, in the Abitibi region ; 6,000 square miles in the Lake St. John northern region ; 350 square miles in the Lake St. John East agency ; 242 square miles in the Matapedia division. On the first date above mentioned, permits will be offered at ordinary conditions on some 3,000 square miles. The timber grants advertised for the 20th of October, comprising the basins of three large rivers in the Lake St. John region with considerable water powers, will be subject to the obligation of manufacturing the wood into pulp or paper within the Province of Quebec. For particulars, please apply to the Department-of Lands and Forests, Quebec, Canada. | Elz. Miville Dechene, Quebec, 11th April, 1914. Deputy Minister of Lands & Forests. 78 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Mark of Quality SS MACHINERY: ~ oO ¥ ng = “Lip.crs” BP PPP DUTY HEAVY DUTY EDGERS- Built in 54 inch to 84 inch sizes. We have a high grade, dependable machine to suit your special needs. For cuts, quotations and free advice of our engineering department, do not hesitate to write us. See Additional Advertisement Page 67 The E. Long Manufacturing Co., Limited, Orillia, Canada | Robt. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver Represented by : Stuart Machinery Co., Ltd., Winnipeg Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Calgary and Edmonton Williams & Wilson Ltd., Montreal CANADA LUMBERMAN. AND WOODWORKER ‘|| Waterous Engines Pantinuous Service with Little Attention Make your choice of.an Engine for the Sawmill the Waterous Side Crank Sawmill Engine. It is built for the work. With strength and simplicity it combines the ability to be on the job all the time There is nothing to get out of order. Parts are few, are sturdily built of the best of materials, and are easily gotten at for oiling and overhauling : : : Give it an occasional wipe- -down and a dose of oil on the wearing surfaces, and the engine will run from whistle to whistle without a hitch : : We build both Single and Twin Engines of this type in sizes up to 600 H.P. If you want an engine that will give you absolutely reliable service F “Ask these | Users About Them under all sorts of conditions ask us for Catalogue and Prices St. Maurice: Lumber Co., Three __ Rivers, P.Q. - Robert McNair Shingle Co., Ltd., 2 Port Moody, B.C. . ik Carney and Benzie, Salmo, B.C. 3 | St. rargense Pulp and Lumber Co., __ Chandler, P.Q. ; ‘Lumber Co., Kamloops, Reicabies we furnish Power Plants complete in all sizes, and have made a specialty of Sawmill installations : : : Any Information we can give you is yours on request THE WATEROUS ENGINE WORKS Co.., LTD. Semen Brantford, Canada —_—_ Winnipeg, Man. Vancouver, B. ) 2 Brid es. Lumber Co., Fort George, i | Esurance. ‘Lake Lumber Co., Summit Lake, B.C. Mona h Lumber Co., Savona, B.C. @ John Breaky, Breakyville, P.O. Crows Nest Pass Lumber Co., _Wardner, B. = CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Our thirty five years experience in metal mixing enables us to place on the market aba bit that we believe to be absolutely perfect. For high speed mach nery and engine work it is out anequal. It is specially designed for saw-mills, planing mills, threshing engines, t $5,000,000.00 engines, pumps, rolling mills, pulp machinery, and all classes of stationary engines. 4 high grade metal made of the very best selected stock, and carefully compounded. worth of mixed metal If your dealer does not stock this, write us and we will take pleasure in making yours sold annually. ment of a 25 Ib. box. HOYT METAL CO., Toronto, Canada Have factory and office at Eastern Avenue and Lewis Street, Toronto, Canada Factories also at :— New York, N. Y. London, Eng. BATTS LIMITED THE WEST TORONTO LEATHER MANUFACTURERS OF B E L T . Staved Columns | ; THATS Veneered Doors Newel Posts KNOWN OUR Sashes - Flooring ee F X T = AN Pine Doors and GIN [= : OAK < \ oes = EXTRi As) Turned Newel Posts and Re S } Balusters 18507 —— Cee ere MONTREAL TORONTO | WINNIPEG VANCOUVER BATTS LIMITED The J. C. McLaren Belting Co. MANUFACTURERS ‘Limited WEST TORONTO, ONT. General Mill Supplies MONTREAL BOILERS “INGLIS” boilers are the product of over 50 years’ ex- perience and study combined with the most modern equipment for boiler making. “INGLIS” boilers are made in every type and all sizes. Let us quote on your requirements. The John Inglis Co., Ltd. Engineers and Boilermakers 14 Strachan Ave. Toronto, Canada Mentreal Representative—A. Angstrom, 509 Canadian Express Building Toronto, May 15, 1914 7 Time is Money The rapid cutting File is the economical File i. Files Branded 7 American - Arcade - Eagle - Great Western - Globe - Kearney & Foot - McClellan - J.B. Smith Electric- Welded Boom Chain fMore _ ° ov {More oy, {More %\Weld = 7% \Strength 25 ‘> \ Wear | NICHOLSON FILE COMPANY Port Hope, Ont. - Sheared Toggle T Bar Hook , Two Sheared . Forged Toggle and Ring and Link Toggles 3 and Ring Made in Canada Write to Fully Guaranteed McKinnon Chain Co., St. Catharines, Ont. AROUND THE WORLD In addition to its success in this country, Dick’s Balata Belting is doing notable transmission service in every country on the globe. It is manufactured in Glasgow, has been on the market over 25 years, and has an unbeaten record for Jong service in hard places. We are the exclusive Canadian Agents for Dick’s Balata Belting. For further details write for Catalog No. 17. DICK’S Balata Belting Leather Belting | Wood Split Pulleys Shafting Hangers _Iron Pulleys Steel Pulleys Saw Mill Supplies Clutches Babbitt Wood-Working Machinery Steam Goods THE CANADIAN FAIRBANKS-MORSE CO., LIMITED Fairbanks Scales Fairbanks-Morse Gas Engines Safes and Vaults Montreal Toronto St. John, N.B. Winnipeg Calgary Vancouver UR first aim is to please our customers. Why not give us a trial when next in the market for Pumping Machinery? THE}BELT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY USE The S —* Smart- | urner _ We guarantee our ‘‘Camel Hair” Belting will outlast, transmit more power, oe _ prove easier on bearings, stretch less than any other class of belting running . _ under same conditions, and if our claims are not borne out by results, we are achine O. ready at.all times to make any rebate on the cost of our belt that will make it — » eost no more than any other style of belting. Service considered. Limited Stocks carried by The A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, Hamilton sf Canada TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER le a “Weldless igus Steel Chan” me h of 7/16-inch Weldless Steel Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 lbs.), or fully double the Admiralt a =. os 3 aii ere load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of area at the fracture. 4 = -CAN YOU BEAT IT? WRITE FOR PARTICULARS |B. J. COGHLIN CO., Limited * a MONTREAL ee a GPE nt eh bet 33 * a te —— see CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products THE LEADING Be LINES 3 Doors —- 4 Sash = 15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? The up-to-date dealer who carries a stock of Hardwood Veneered Front Doors, wants widest possible range of designs, but is always hampered for room. Here are three designs of Veneered Doors and four designs of Midland Interchangeable Sash. > Sash D Door No. 81 Be sor No. 612 Deor No. 79 These doors and sash are all you require to carry. Each door will make up into five different designs. The sash are easily fitted, just as easy as a pane of glass, and are interchangeable. The same piece will fit each of the different destetas You will require additional sets for each additional sized door you carry in stock. See our new door catalogue ‘‘Midland Doors’’ for full information and prices. Door No. 613 Door No. 615 Door No. 82 Door No. 83 3 Doors+4 Sash=15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. Manufacturers from the Tree to the Finished Product Midland - Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS George Gordon & Compan | CACHE BAY ; ONTARIO = Manufacturers of | Lumber, Lath and Dimension Timber ‘Planing Mill — . Dry Kiln 4 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER See Us First Now that spring has arrived, do not forget when buying, that we have 7 a full assortment of White Pine, Norway & Spruce 2 JAMES G. CANE & CO. 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO, Ont. President and General Manager Assistant General Manager ™ ee : . C. Cameron, Winnipeg Ww. Ropertson, Vancouver — Secretary-Treasurer, WILSON BELL, Winnipeg Yellow Pine Timber And Lumber Rough or Dressed Car Material and Long Timbers a Specialty PROMPT SHIPMENTS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. Lisman, Ala. Cincinnati, Manufacturers of and hio Fir, Cedar and al 7 us H. Garrelt Lumber Co. LUMBER ere Cedar Shingles, Fir and Cedar Lath = Senet Long Leaf Timbers, sone Short Leaf Finish q Meta ba ee" Car Sills and Sheathing, Cedar Smee, | T . e e ier cis ree Railroad Material Large and Long Timbers 7 ee for heavy construction work Send your inquiries and orders to :— General Sales Office Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. Vancouver, B.C., and Harrison River, B. C. a White Pine Banksian Pine Birch Get our stock list and prices. QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, Portland, Maine © . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 5 a (eee on We offer for Immediate Shipment <5 the following N Bone Dry White Pine F.O.B. Tomiko. Get our prices. 50,000’ 1 x 7-9-11—10/16 C and Btr. 184,000 1 x 4 & 5—10/16 a 100,000’ 1 x 6 10/16 140,000 1 x 12, No. 1 Mill Culls 98,000’ 1 x 10 * ‘150,000 1x 4 The Long Lumber Co. Fess Hamilton, ae ME | Run Away with the idea that because a man is making profits, he is building up a business for him- self. You might make profit on any sort of goods, but it is the goods that you can con- scientiously recommend that will build up your business. Our Best paaley and any H E. M L O c K ay epee PINE and HARDWOOD We specialize in Timber come under this latter category: _ Summer Mills now in operation Write us your requirements _Hocken Lumber Company, Limited Otter Lake Station, Ontario % CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments — JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. “Everything in Lumber’”’ Large Stocks of Sized or Rough Hemlock and Yellow Pine, in the Rough Cedar Telegraph and Electric nee Poles 20 to 80 ft. Write for pric DRY RED PINE Spec Ain 3 x4 2x 6 6/4 x 4 3 x 10 3’ Shorts 6/4 x 11 5/t x 9 3x 9 23 x 9 ' 64x 6 1x6 3x 56 ee ae. 6/4 x 5 4/4 to 8/4 Clear and Clear Face. Watson & Todd, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. OFFICE :—413 Hammond B Timber kB coe Idg. j ‘ho one Cadillac 2275 Commercial Purpose Georgian Bay Lumber Co. Limited Fraser Bryson Lumber Co., Lta. Wholesale Lumber Dealers Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario a White Pine Red Pine Spruce Lumber and Lath Manufacturers of High Grade Lumber Laths JOHN GILLIES DAVID hee Office, “Sours.” Ottawa, Can. J. S. GILLIES “a GILLIES BROS. stii3be‘omn Limited Manufacturers of WHITE. PINE RED PINE | SPRUCE New York City: Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway aE ae | Hemlock Lumber Cedar Shingles | Lath ) BARTRAM BROTHERS . T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave, MONTCLAIR, N.J. The Best There is Red and White PINE Wm. H. Bromley Pembroke, Ont. See 2 ELZE__—___ AM SSeS ————— ss The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Representing 22 Mills 6 Branches What about a mixed car of mouldings, turnings, doors with shingles and sidings. Send for our latest catalogue. It will pay you better than making them yourself. Lumber of all kinds. Your correspondence solicited. Head Office: Coristine Bldg.,. MONTREAL Mason, Gordon & Co. Everything Write, Wire or Phone for Prices _ 2 Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Co. ’ Mills: Charlemagne, Montcalm, St. Adele The Gres Falls Company Mills: Three Rivers and Cap Madelaine St. Gabriel Lumber Co., Limited Mill: St. Gabriel de Brandon Head Office: 524 Board of Trade, Montreal, P.Q. Manufacturers of Spruce and Pine Lumber «4 Ground Wood Pulp 80 St. Francois Xavier Street, Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. 97 St. James St., Montreal AND WOODWORKER 15 Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada Montreal, Que. in Timber Large stock of 1” 14%”, 1%” and 2” WHITE PINE, Bone dry. 10/13-ft. Spruce and Hemlock Mills at Mont Laurier, P. Q. Offices at When You Want Help in Your Mill Insert an advertisement in the “WANTED & FOR SALE” department The most efficient mill employees in Canada are regular readers of this paper. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Get the best by advertising. Rates on request. . Toronto, Ont. Montreal Office: 119 Board of Trade Building 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBERS HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CO. LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Selects | Timbers Shops | Stee Yard Stock Commons ¢ Clears and a> and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. Limited Head Office: JAFFRAY, B.C. Mills at: CRANBROOK, B.C., RYAN, B.C., JAFFRAY, B.C, Heavy Fir Dimension Is Our Particular Specialty There is un- doubtedlya big market for Mill Are You Interested in British Colum- Equipment of | The Heavier it is the Better we like it bi T d ? all kinds. Let . la lrade! prt sicie We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to vertising ser 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. vice. We please others, we can please Theimmensity of the Lumber Industry will within a few years make this Province the most im- portant in the whole Domin- ion. Our grade is posttively right, and prices will please you. waste Timberland Lumber Co., Limited | Lumberman Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW. WESTMINSTER, B.C. Crowe & Wilson Chambers Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. VANCOUVER, B.C. ai Brkach at Wlatines Shipment ry C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C. E.R.R. W. A, ANSTIE, Managing Director. Forest Mills of British Columbia, Ltd. Head Office: Revelstoke, B.C. Mills at Taft, Three Valley, Comaplix, Cascade, Nelson Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Specialties: WHITE PINE, WESTERN SOFT PINE and CLEAR CEDAR PRODUCTS Special facilities for supplying the Eastern Trade Eastern Representative W. J. MacBeth, Toronto | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Let Us Send you a trial order of White Norway Pine OUR SPECIALTIES: Laths, Boxes Wooden Pails, Box Shooks, Tubs. We can do dressing, matching and resawing. Place your orders this way and save freight. C. Beck Mfg. Co., baited Penetanguishene, Ont. HAVE YOU A GOOD SYSTEM OF LIFTING AND SHIFTING? TRY A MORRIS TRAVELLING BLOCK. THE HERBERT MORRIS GRANE & HOIST GOMPANY, Limite, EMPRESS WORKS, PETER STREET, TORONTO Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont.; and other Lumber Equipment, including boom chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Shawanaga, Burpee, Monteith, Carling, Christie, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 1 3-block right hand steam feed carriage fitted with steam set works, made b Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. steam feed cylinder. 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 110 in. Double- cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. 1 left-hand steam nigger. 1 Log-loader. 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. 2 eal Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and umb 1 Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2 2-saw trimmers. 1 20-ft. Slash table. 1 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. 1 Horizontal Slab Resaw with ort wheels, made by Diamond Iron Works 1 70-ft. Transfer Chain for bette lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls an transfer chains to complete outfit. 1 Lath Mill with bolter. 2 Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM 1 Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. and saws. 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. 1 Hand Machine for cut-off saws. 1 Lap Grinder. 1 Set Band Saw Rollers and _ levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- ber of second-hand band, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT 2 Double Duplex, high pressure Water umps. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 Ibs. steam. 2 125 h.p. Water Wheels. 1 Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. 110 hp. Engine. 1 Mitts & Merrell Hog. 1 Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. 1 Wood Machine for 16-in. weod. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, net in- stalled. 1 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. 1 30 light are generator. There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and turn-tables, particulars ef which~ may be had on application. Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and Machinery, with tools necessary for repair wor All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. Limited 26 Ernest Avenue, TORONTO, CANADA CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK POPLAR ASH Yards at Nashville, Tenn. We can ship you promptly any of the above Stock, Carefully Inspected WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Wistar Underhill & Nixon Real Estate Trust Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Hoffman Brothers Company | Fort Wayne, Indiana Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From: 1/30” SLICE CUT VENEER 1 [20" SAWED VENEER 2” BAND SAWED LUMBER Specialty : QUARTERED WHITE OAK Canadian Representative: G. H. Johnson, 125 Tyndall Avenue, Phone Parkdale 736, Toronto, Ontario Service First 20,000,000 feet Dry Hardwoods for immediate Shipment. Below is a list of Dry Lumber which we can Ship Promptly POPLAR: 4/4 Panel and No. 1, 18 to 19 in., one car. 4/4 Panel and No. 1, 20 to 21 in., one car. 4/4 Panel and No. 1, 24 to 27 in., two cars. 4/4 1sts and 2nds, 7 to 17 in., four cars. 10/4 1sts and 2nds, 7 to 17 in., one car. 16/4 ists and 2nds, 7 to 17 in., one car. CHESTNUT: — 4/4 1sts and 2nds, 1 face 6 and up, two cars. 4/4 No. 1 Common, 8 cars. ———— PANY: OUR SPECIAL LIST Ane 6/4.Sound Wormy, 3 cars. car 1x 6 in. firsts and seconds Basswood. 8/4 ‘Sound Wore, 8 cae. cars 1 x 6 to & in. firsts and seconds Basswood. med car 1x 12 in. and wider firsts and seconds Basswood. 5/4 ists and ands, 6 and up, 8 cars. ; : t 2nds, r car 1 x 5 and6in. No. 1 Common Basswood . 7/4 Tats ood Dada Gard dete Gare: car 1x 7 in. and wider No. 1 Common Basswood. 4/4 No. 1 Common, 6 cars. F 2 iz 6/4 No. 1 Common, 3 cars. car 1x 8 in. and wider No. 1 Common Basswood. 7/4 No. 1 Common, 2 cars. A - = y, cars 1 x 6 in. and wider firsts and seconds Beech. 8/4 No. 1 Common, 2 cars. cars 1 x 6 in. and wider No. 1 Common Beech. RED OAK: 4/4 No. 1 Common, 3 cars. 5/4 No. 1 Common, 1 car. 6/4 No. 1 Common, 1 car. 8/4 No. 1 Common, 1 car. The above is a list of dry lumber which we can ship promptly. All our own manufacture, band sawed, and thoroughly sea- soned. Do not place your order before writing for prices. car % in. No. 2 Common and Better Beech. cars 1 x 6 in. and wider. No. 1 Common Birch. car 1 x 6 in. and wider No. 2 Common Birch. cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and Better Soft Gray Elm. cars 12/4 No. 1 Common and Better Soft Gray Elm. car’ 16/4 No. 1 Common and Better Soft Gray Elm. The Rieatns Salt & Lumber Co. Ludington, Michigan W. H. DAWKINS LUMBER co. MANUFACTURERS OF BAND-SAWED OLD-FASHIONED SOFT YELLOW POPLAR ASHLAND, KENTUCKY W.M. RITTER LUMBER COM RPOWDNRNRD DFE EEE Canadian Representative : John Hall, Box 32, Toronto, Canale Phone oeene 3222 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 1g HARDWOOD | | United States Manufacturers and Wholesalers sel ing Canadian Business THE W. EF. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods 15,000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. Write for prices. Sell Hardwoods in Canada Reach the furniture factories, piano factories, sash and door factories through Canadas National lumber medium. Published —semi-monthly. Write to-day for ‘rates. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Toronto, Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS | HARDWOOD LUMBER Wholesale Aaah toad Yards and Mills at— Sales Offices Union City, Pa. Monticello, Ky. JAMESTOWN, N. Y. Hambleton, W. Va. Ross Point, Ky. Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. _straicHT OR MIXED CARS. IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. ~ 20 Pattern Lumber Free from pitch Easily worked No Shrinkage Redwood HUMBOLDT AIR-DRIED Has been used by PATTERN MAKERS on the Pacific Coast for Fifty years. Canada Lumber Sales Co., Limited Dominion Express Building, 145 St. James St. Montreal, Canada The Redwood Pioneers of Canada Save All The Hand Fitting! Use Shimer Cutter Heads in which the Bits are simply filed or ground to sharpen and set to a gauge—no more trouble than filing a saw. They eliminate hand fitting and make the men and machines so efficient that a quality product can be turned out in paying quantities. They save time, save labor, save ma- terial—do away with the fitting, trying and other annoyances, and cut so easily and clean that power is also saved. They main- tain uniform patterns because the shape of the pattern is tutned into the long-life Circular Bits and never changes when the Bits are sharpened. Shimer Cutter Heads are provided with the latest develop- ments in the art of reducing friction and wear on the knives. The Bits are bolted to Conical Duplex Bit Seats to secure perfect point and edge clearance. Working in pairs and in upper and lower series upon the Head, they divide the cut in a shearing manner, lessening the tendency to pull out knots and splinters on hard and cross-grained lumber. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER For Immediate Shipment 15,000 ft. of 3” No. 1 C. & B. Maple 25,000 ft. of 1” No. 1 C. & B. Maple 12,000 ft. of 2” No. 1 C. & B. Maple 50,000 ft. of 2” E. I. C. & B. Dry Birch Best Quality and Bone Dry rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. Glengarry Lumber Company, BERLIN :: ONT. The “Shimer Limited” Cutter Heads, with Expansion, Fig. 627 and Fig 628 FOR THE HIGH SPEED MATCHER These Heads have a chucking device which self-centers them on _ the spindle and grips firmly thereto when the device is drawn up, over- coming the abjectionable set screw as a means of fastening the Head to ~ the spindle. It is reliable and practically perfect in results. The Bits carry a larger areal surface and the Bit chambers are of greater depth to compensate for the new chisel point given to the Bits — for greater relief to the parts coming into contact with the lumber. They are simple and strong throughout, have no delicate parts to break down or get out of order, and are safe and efficient tools for matching flooring, etc., at high speeds. Price, net, for Flooring, $72.46 the set complete. The edge outline of the Bit only comes in contact with the lumber and shapes it accurately. As the cutters are filed or ground to shape on the inside of the circle the shape never changes. All that portion of the cutting edge is brought into service as the cutter is sharpened and brought around upon its holding bolt to again fit the gauge. There’s a Shimer Cutter Head for every kind of matching and moulding service. If you will state your conditions and give us measurements of your machine we will send you the proper tools on free trial. Write us today. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Inc., Galt, Ont, Can. “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Molds Limited Repaired and Recovered Galt Knife Company, Limited High Grade Machine Knives of every description for Woodworking Plants and Pulp and Paper Mills—also Metal Cutting Shear Blades up to 120-in. long Our New Catalog will be ready about June rst. Ask for a copy. GALT : ONTARIO. Nothing But the Best Satisfies us. é What About You. e CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 TIMBERS - DOORS - FINISH Fir Casing, Base, Interior Finish and Mouldings RED CEDAR SHINGLES CEDAR BEVEL SIDING E. H. HEAPS & CO., LIMITED VANCOUVER, B.C. Mills at Ruskin and Vancouver, B. C. . 445 Hastings St. West, Vancouver, B. C. Correct Application and Design of a Shaving Exhaust System Has Developed into a Highly Specialized Engineering Project There are only a few Slow Speed Systems in Canada Our installations conform to the latest and best practice New Systems designed to Fit Your Present and Future Requirements. Old Systems Overhauled and Corrected. A dust collector on one of our large Our installations are £00d investments The Boiler Feeders of the same sys- Canadian factories. This en- tem illustrated on the other ‘tire system was put in byus | Our service is complete side of the page. a few months ago. The A. B. Ormsby Co., Limited, Winnipeg, Toronto Associated with The Metal Shingle & Siding Co., Limite Soe uiecl o Seskcean'’ Culesy Blow Pipe Department Consult Our Expert RUSSEL LOGGING CARS Mr. Lumberman It’s the Russel Car you will be interested in. The Russel Car is unsurpassed in quality, service and capacity. iW a ae a i oe \ Pan ; Built for any capacity and to “ll i —— i fan! YN V" accommodate any. length of log desired. ¥ ‘? ks | | -—-Canadian Representative— Vancouver Machinery Depot Limited a a ~} Russel Wheel & Foundry Company, Detroit, Mich. __ Vancouver, B. C. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 22 Massee & Felton Lumber Co. HARDWOOD LUMBER ‘ Mills: MACON, GEORGIA SHIPPING DRY STOCK LIST MAY Ist, 1914 a QUARTERED RED GUM 3/8 ee 2 Common ... 3,500 2 No. 2 C ofa AJR Sst and: Qind's2. sei, .od nen, Ge ee 60,000 ef ne hat eee an 4/4 No; ‘Common’ <.50 aise icin tera ees lass oe aa eee 135,000 3/4 No. 2 Common Se 14/000 5/4 No. 1 Common pees 15,000 ee ae! a 3 ‘i 4/4 No. 2 Common ... 450,000 4/4 1st and 2nd Figured, Se 30,000 5/4 No. 2 Common ..: ~ -4,000 4/4 No. 1 Common Figured 30,000 6/4 No. 2 Common ... * 7,000 4/4 No. 3 Common ... 200,000° ¢ { PLAIN RED GUM 5/4 No. 3 Common ... 6,000 : 3/8 1st and 2nd ... 13,000 . me ) 1/2 1st and 2nd°... 15,000 MISCELLANEOUS | 5 1st id and. a. 20,000 ’ J ? va ee ant ond a retin 8/4 No. 1 Common and Better Hickory ... ... ... ... -.. 25,000 : 5/4 1st and 2nd Le. RCE. i cc ny ak OR 6/4 Log Run Elm ... ... «.- «+. «+s 43,000 4/4 No. 1. Common Red sas -+.. Bs sYikeccs. ae 2c TODO oy ie ee eenaee Fee bee ee nee nee nee tee gen 5/8 Now. Common Red) s.0. a A icttc kes A ee aire 15,000 mi = eed FeePe ee 2 Fades Eee amie 9 4/4\Nol 1 Common Red *%...5 ccf coe. week Mi bee REOSODG 8/4 No. 1 Common Cypress ... -.. °f2. 152 ++ pee “see + 2,000 Bye Nei 4 Common gind ; cee on ee EN ce 4/4 Log Run Beech 20... Ve ie is Sn ct 2 900 | ee 47,000 5/5 and 6/4 Log Run Persimmon cay CEs He Dee ah eee 12/000 ae er ap: 1 Common Ash ... ie - 20,000 SAP M 6/4 No. 2 and 3 Common Mahe ite. «~ 24,000 3/4 1st and 2nd Sap ... 10,000 4/4 1st and 2nd Sap ... 60,000 5/4 1st and 2nd Sap ... 9,000 oe ; 6/4. 1st and 2nd Sap ... 50,000 1/2 Ast amd 2nd osc cece cs | 0 csc Wiesel) elehereteie an ean 4, 8/4 1st and 2nd Sap ... 11,000 3/4 1st and 2nd . > wna woes owen, | siete ide lala aren 7. 4/4 18-in. and up panel Seda, ko > Reaenamremrerieas® Sat 02” 20,000 1/2 No. A’Common White 2. -.,. ......8ae 3° oven ere i b/s, NowiCommond Sap. 4) Wa ce) eeseyels ace wee 6,000 3/4 No.1 Common White.» ..'.... 22. :a¢.24s =o eee 7 | f Bi4Nes dr Common Sap ene nee «. dytr skis wane 19,000 4/4 No. 1 Common White ... ... 60, hil J 4/4 No. 1 Common Sap ... ... ... 4... 110,000 5/4-No. 1. Common. White i5.. 2... .«. shee dee ws, 0D a byt No; DuCoemmonsap: suis amb eee Uae Seweiue Uebel ok 28,000 4/4 No. 1 Quartered,W. O. ..0 «2... 22 sti =) orca nee Sinaia { Gas Nona iGommron Sap taco hk, thoteeile + 2) eve) los eee OL ae 70,000 4/4 Ast. and 2nd,Red (Oak o5 2.2 200 tee ale nkel eee 9. Wd a 3/4" Nowa Common Sap, vt. atniaiteae sc) iss [eo alw aoe) celatey ata 12,000 4/4 No. 1 Common Quartered Red Oak 17,000 saaee aon ee 4 SS y —_ | wae Rad mt 1 J. Yh cert all Refuse Burners Write for sample and full Moe SES Paeg Alligator Ropes THE B. GREENING WIRE CO. LIMITED ‘Montreal, Que. ee Ont. | " rm ¢ Sawmill Carriage Ropes tip 608 boa gcaeesbere itt t a alld ln PO oy Sa ee > irs CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 Every Woodworker is Interested in a Band Saw, But there are few Band Saws that interest every Woodworker. Here, however, is one that will, and this is why : It bears the name “Defiance” which is a guarantee that it is a well built and accurately fitted mach- ine, up-to-date in every particular. The wheels are 28-in. in diameter by 1'%-in, face, covered with pure rubber bands; they are given a‘true running balance and are supported upon ground steel spindles running in long self-lubricating bronze bearings. The lower wheel is of the solid web type covered with metal shield, while the upper wheel is covered with a screen shield or safety guard. The table is 24-in. x 28-in. and will tilt to an angle of 45 degrees; an ingenious spring tension device auto- matically regulates the tension on the saw blade and non-friction guides are used both above and be- low the table. This machine will take stock 12-in. thick and under and is furnished complete with brazing tongs and vise. Defiance Machine Works, Defiance, Ohio, U.S. A. 28” Band Sawing Machine Solid and Inserted Tooth Circular Saws We make a specialty of these lines We remake old Solid Tooth Saws into new Inserted Tooth Saws Write to us for quotations. Our saws have been before the public of Can- ada since 1855, and have won a reputation far excelling any other make of saws, combining as they do so many points of marked superiority. By the old method the tempering of circular saws was to a great extent a matter of chance. By our Patent Process that uncertainty is en- tirely avoided. Being tempered and straightened by heat and pressure in air-tight ovens at a uniform heat between heavy revolving plates, we produce a perfectly even temper throughout the plate, and being free from that uneven strain or tension caused by so much unequal hammering they are not so liable to buckle, which was a great source of trouble and expense in the old style of saw. These saws will stand up to their work better under all circumstances, and being made of a higher quality steel than it is practical to use by the old method, they hold an edge longer and will do more work than any other saw on the market. We. are prepared to make prompt deliveries of all Saw Orders—Rush Orders by mail or wire receive immediate attention. R. H. Smith Co., Limited Saw Manufacturers, ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Pink’s Lumbering TOOLS rises gua he Standard Tools Split Maple Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. _ Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow. peer prckaves by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto Thos. Pink Co., Limited, Pembroke, Ont. Send for Catalogue and Price List : Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants 24 CANADA. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER For the Money You Pay SIMONDS SAWS) Give You Better Value » ‘ Almost any new saw will cut good lune But—You have got to wear a saw out to find te out what its real value is. And it’s in real value as well as new value that Simonds Saws excel all other makes. | Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited 17th Street and Western Ave. sor, VANCOUVER, B. C. _ MONTREAL, QUE. ONTARIO Canada’ Ss Banner Province Ontario’s timber production last year valued at $26,774,937 or 40% of Canada's total output. ST. JOHN, Pine production, 905,442,000 ft. B.M. - Pulpwood, 246,282 cords. . ai Railway Ties, 5, 704,459.50 | Ontario’s woodworking industries, using 34, | different kinds of wood, provide a ready | market for the lumberman. Eighty-two per | cent. of lumber used in Ontario’s industries purchased within the Province. Ontario’s vast resources offer unsurpassed opportunities to the lumberman. For maps and full information regarding Ontario, apply to HON. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. CANADA, LUMBERMAN Worker Issued on the Ist and 15th of every month by HUGH C. MACLEAN, LIMITED, Publishers HUGH C. MacLEAN, Winnipeg, President. THOS. S. YOUNG, Toronto, General Manager OFFICES AND BRANCHES: Telephone A. 929 - - 220 King Street West VANCOUVER - Telephone Seymour 2013 - Hutchison Block “MONTREAL - - Telephone Main 2299 - - 119 Board of Trade WINNIPEG - Telephone Garry 856 - Commercial Travellers’ Bldg. “NEW YORK - - Tel. 3108 Beekman - - 931 Tribune Building CHICAGO - - Tel. Central 6403 - - 1155 Peoples Gas Building LONDON, ENG. - - - - - - 3 Regent Street, S.W. : TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION & Wood Mihada’ United States and Great Britain, $2.00 per year in advance; other foreign countries embraced in the General Postal Union, $3.00. 5 ey F Single copies 15 cents. a “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is published in the interest of, and reaches regularly, persons engaged in the lumber, woodworking and allied industries in every part of Canada. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, and invites free discus- sion by its readers. _- Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- Be iy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade ‘at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. F manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention Mf owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, p mills, ete. “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly € most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. q rol. 34 Toronto, May 15, 1914 No. 10 “—_ i The Traveller’s Strongest Argument There is no hard and fast rule for regulating the number of times when a wholesaler or manufacturer should call upon his custome. If there were any such rule, it wotld probably be broken more often han any other rule that we know of. Nevertheless, one of the most mportant matters connected with the successful management of 1 holesaling or manufacturing business has to do with this question. The most successful man in the business of selling lumber is one who sombines the ability to make himself welcome and the ability to regu- ate his calls in such a way as not to miss-any important chance of ecuring an order. € There is no doubt that the consuming trade have, many a time, i good excuse for wishing that fewer travellers would call upon them, or that those who do call would do so less frequently. Everyéne who has had experience as a lumber traveller knows how frequently he has found a line of travellers waiting for an jnterview with a customer m whom he hoped to take an order. Every consumer of any im- tance knows how frequently he has devoted a large part of a very isy day to interviews with salesmen, when he could have employed is time much more profitably. And every traveller, no matter how cessful he may be, knows, to his sorrow, of a few occasions at least hen he has just missed a juicy order which he might have had if e had been on the spot a little sooner. Some people will say that is simply a matter of the survival of the fittest and that it makes e difference, one way or the other, because in the end the business is transacted and the stocks are moved, and the best man with the best ock gets the best results. _ But is this really the case? Is it not often the fact that the man ho gets the order does so by chance? It is his lucky day perhaps; srhaps also it is the customer’s unlucky day, if he only knew it. He t get the stock or even better stock at a price which would be profitable to him. Then again, the consumer cannot help feel- AND WOODWORKER 25 ing many a time that there should be some way of regulating the visits of the salesmen so as not to involve the consumption of so much valuable time in interviews which cannot result in business. And the salesman; what about his side of the case? Does he not feel many a time, that if he could only get out of the calls which result in nothing, he could show far better results? Nowadays, when business conditions are slack, this question comes up for more discussion than it did a year and a half ago. Then, a traveller did not mind a few hours spent upon a profitless visit, be- cause he felt pretty certain that he would soon run down some excep- tionally good orders which would more than bring up his average. But to-day, the shoe pinches badly, and the profits of the firm grow continually smaller, in proportion to the number of calls which one pays upon firms where no business is to be had. It is just under con- ditions of this nature that the real lumber salesman is borne, and the mere order taker is shown up. To-day, when orders are few and salesmen are many, the man who keeps incessantly before his customer the fact that real value is what he should consider, not simply price, and who shows the customer that he can give him such value, both in stock and in service, is the man who is most likely to win. The “value” argument is one which will carry more weight to-day than any other. Large and important consumers know very distinctly just what their trade requires and are in a position to appreciate the importance of getting, for their money, a class of stock which will work up most advantageously. It happens often, that the salesman is told his prices are too high, and that, by taking the trouble to explain the quality of his stock, he can show the consumer that in reality this price is lower than the price of the stock which the consumer has been buying for some time; stock which prob- ably involved so large a percentage of waste as to make it actually more expensive than the high-priced stock of high quality. These questions of value and price are rather everyday matters to experienced salesmen and to the ordinary buying consumer. We would not discuss them here, were it not for the fact that they involve questions which never seem to be settled. They are disposed of per- haps for a time or for a particular consumer, but they crop up again in a new locality or a little later on, when new business conditions arise. It is strange how often a consumer or a salesman settles all these questions in his own mind without putting his conclusions into practice. There is something about the coming together of a sales- man and a customer which often upsets all theories. The moment they commence to discuss a question of buying or selling, some strong cur- rents of thought seem to come into play, which obliterate, for the time being, all those well worked out theories to which they have each de- voted so much time. In good times, lumber selling, or buying, is much more a matter of simple business contract than it is when times are dull. Then it becomes a psychological study—a scientific exercise of all the skill acquired from long experience. Every year sees changes in the methods of doing business. There was a time, not so very long ago, when much of the lumber selling business was conducted upon a plan which meant large sales at regu- lar, but lengthy intervals. The last few years have seen this changed into a system of frequent purchases of smaller. quantities, involving much more frequent calls upon customers. A few years ago, one heard only occasionally of the “hand-to-mouth” policy of the consumer. To- day, it seems as though every consumer of lumber was doing business upon this basis only. The amount of personal canvassing which the trade requires to-day, seems out of all proportion to that which existed a few years ago. We hear it said to-day, however, as we did then, that there are too many salesmen and that the trade is “over-solicited.” Perhaps, in a few years time, when competition has become still keen- er and business more microscopic, we will look back upon the present as a time when things were more leisurely, and when the trade was not solicited too frequently. In the light of the past, and with the experience of to-day to guide, it seems as though “over-solicitation” is not the cause, but simply one of the results of some more deeply seated evil. If we go far enough 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER back we will come to something which is much more like a cause than an effect; namely, “lack of salesmanship” in the widest sense of the term. “Lack of salesmanship” does not simply mean inability to ap- proach a customer in such a way as to get upon his good side‘and take his signature to an order. It means really something far more vital, in connection with the successful work of a salesman. It means in the first place lack of appreciation of the other man’s point of view, and in the second place lack of appreciation of one’s own opportunities. Every man who takes an order for stock in regard to which there ex- ists a possibility that the consumer will be disappointed, or will have reason to feel that he might. have done better, is falling short of his possibilities as a salesman. The first consideration in selling lumber should be, to give the customer such value that, upon the next occa- sion when he requires stock, he will be prejudiced in favor of the firm Dry Rot Causes Expensive Lawsuit A most interesting and important judgment has been given in Montreal by Mr. Justice Panneton in the case of the Canadian Spool and Cotton Company against Peter Lyall and Sons and Messrs. Brown and Vallance, architects. The question at issue was one involving the use of timbers in a mill building. After the building had been in use for about a year, dry rot commenced to set in in some of the tim- bers and the owners replaced them with steel. Then they brought suit against the contractors and the architects. The result is a judg- ment in their favor against the contractors for $71,120.85, while the architects are jointly and severally condemned with the contractors in the sum of $67,022.12. According to the reports of the case which are now available, the contractors, according to the specifications, under- took to supply “all timber, Georgia pine, long leaf straight grain and free from knots.” That they did not do so except in the case of very small quantities was admitted and proved. The reason given was that it was found impossible to get the required quantities otherwise than at prohibitive prices, as it would have to be picked at different mills. Instead, they had used a good merchantable grade of wood. Mr. Justice Panneton, commenting on this point, remarked that con- tractors had their own ideas about the fulfilling of a contract, but in the present instance there was a direct breach of contract, the conse- quences of which the contractors did not anticipate, relying, as they did, upon what in practice was considered as good timber at least for solidity and some other qualities. Unfortunately for them, it did not turn out to have the same resisting ability to the dry rot germs as that required in the specifications. The result was that after they had taken possession and had installed their machinery, plaintiffs had been forced completely to renew and replace the beams throughout the structure with steel. It was expense incurred in this operation from whom he has already purchased. There can be no two we about this. Its force is greater in dull times than in good. It apg to-day more than it ever did before. i There may be too many men upon the road to-day offering lun ber for sale, but that is not the trouble. The real trouble is that the are many men upon the road seeking to take orders instead of seekii to give value. The root of the evil is right here. The number times that a customer should be visited is an important matter, bt u has nothing like the same importance as the giving of value. In nf giving value will go a long way toward solving the problem f 1 often a customer should be called upon. The salesman who gives vy will find in many cases that it is his strongest argument, and 1 subsequent occasions when there is business to be had, it will seek instead of it being necessary for him to seek the business. that went to make up the claim which, as presented, totalled $ His Lordship in giving judgment said: ““Defendants Brov 3 Vallance merely deny the main facts of plaintiffs’ ‘ae say that dry rot was due to causes over which they had no and for which they are not responsible. But they further urge anc offer for their defense that plaintiffs allege that the baiblla we never finally accepted by them, and that fact being alleged they sé a that under the Civil Code, plaintiffs have no right of action, as tl building was the property of defendants Lyall and Sons. 4a “That allegation of plaintiffs’ declaration is denied by both fendants in their plea. But whether finally accepted or not it does alter the situation. Defendants Lyall and Sons have allowed tiffs to take possession of the building to start their operations t and the dry rot was discovered only after plaintiffs have been in possession of the building for nearly one year and defendants I and Sons did not pretend to have anything more to do with the b ing, and so far as they were concerned the delivery was complet What plaintiffs did in undertaking to replace wood by steel was a acceptance of the building which would preclude them from finding fault with it for anything for which defendants Lyall and Sons wou be responsible otherwise than under article 1688 of the Code. T years’ liability exists even after delivery and acceptance has be had. When plaintiffs’ plant and machinery were all in the buil di and the works in operation, plaintiffs had to go to work at once t do what was necessary to prevent further damage which woul result from allowing the decayed wood to go to pieces and c down the whole machinery, involving perhaps the loss of life.” Tt is announced that the case will be forthwith taken to appeal The Proper Marketing of Lumber - a3 Whenever any discussion arises in regard to advertising lumber, the editorial department of a lumber trade journal naturally feels in- clined to withdraw and leave the discussion entirely in the hands of expert advertising men. The subject is one which, in a large meas- ure, lies definitely outside the field of lumber manufacturing. When it comes to a question of lumber selling however, the situation im- mediately changes and, inasmuch as the editorial efforts of a lumber trade journal are devoted to publishing information which will assist all who are engaged in the business of producing and. distributing iumber, an occasional reference to the subject of advertising is per- missable. These thoughts are suggested by a letter which was recently received from Jas. D. Lacey & Company, Timberland Factors of Chicago, in the course of which some exceptionally forcible points were brought out in connection with the subject of advertising. The firm in question have naturally found advertising in trade journals one of the most direct methods of appealing to their customers and pros- pective customers, who’ are peculiarly of the lumber manufacturing class. One of their advertisements, which is well known to most readers of trade journals, bore the pecan “Timber is Cheaper Tc day than it was Three Decades Ago.” 3 The strength of this ,heading attracted ‘ne notice of the « of “Printers’ Ink,” a reece devoted particularly to discussion advertising business. The editor of “Printer’ Ink” wrote to J Lacey & Company and asked them a number of questions, the « one being as to the probability of lumber manufacturers becc extensive advertisers to the consumer. The interesting featu the letter above referred to are contained in the reply sent t question. 5 After giving an interesting resume of the lumber manuf: industry from its earliest days, when the finest white pine trees 01 produced two or three logs, and any trees with visible defects 1 discarded, a contrast was drawn with present day methods invo so great an increase in the quantity of lumber secured from an of land. “The demand for lumber was constantly broadening,” says’ letter; “until about ten years ago. At that time substitute mate began to come on the market. A place was made for them by sistent advertising and aggressive sales methods. Lumber manui turers regarded the situation tolerantly. ‘hey conceded the possi- %: bility of advertising patent roofing, composition shingles, cement, hollow tile, concrete blocks, and all manner of substitutes, and by _ means of advertising to promote the use of such materials, but their product was something that ‘could not be advertised.’ _ “Furthermore, they did not know and do not know, how to use advertising, or just what the results of advertising should be. They have figured that $3,000 spent for advertising produces intangible 1 results, whereas $3,000 spent for a salesman produces tangible or- s. They heretofore have sought the salesman instead of the ad- vertising. . “Substitute materials have been used to build dams across out- ets for lumber. Instead of new uses opening up and affording new outlets, some of the old ones are being closed up and the result is congestion in distributing markets and original sources of supply. “It is easy to advertise lumber, because we have proof of its value on every hand. There is no great initial expense of introduction in- volved, as in the case of new materials. A faint perception of that - fact has penetrated the mental orbit of lumbermen and is being given _ more and more recognition as the days go by. “Lumbermen have a very keen perception of the value of their product. Unforunately they have credited the building and home- _ Owning population with similar informatjon. Thirty years ago, when q we lived close to the woods and other elementary things, their view was correct, but the forests have been cut away and our surround- New customers or o!d ones should look alike to the retail lumber dealer. The best standard of treatment for an old customer is that which a dealer gives to a new one whom he hopes will become regular and profitable. Old customers, even though the amount of their trade “may be comparatively small, are generally a greater asset to the re- tailer than a prospective customer for a fairly large trade. The old customer is a satisfied one and his regular trade is a permanent asset “so long, as he is given satisfaction. Moreover his satisfaction is an a active advertisement for the dealer. These are simple facts in con- “nection with the management of the lumber business, but unfortui- ately they are not always recognized as fully as they should be. There should be no difference whatever in the treatment of customers, whether they are old or new. The standard of the retailer should be to satisfy every customer, once he has satisfied himself of the cus- t tomer’ s ability to pay. _ Seeking for new customers is often allowed to interfere with the service given to old ones, to the direct loss of the dealer. If one can- not Ry Took after both ends of the business satisfactorily, he is trying to cover too much ground or else he needs more assistance in his busi- ness. To keep o!d customers and make new ones at the same time, requires careful and Systematic study. In looking for new customers many methods are available. The most important however, is the ex cercise of eternal vigilance. Advertising, sending out circular letters, and making personal canvass are the chief methods. If they are not tended to systematically, the number of new customers will not nce the number of old ones dropping off on account of competition on account of families moving away from the district. No oppor- y should be neglected of working up new trade by the method ferred to. If the staff is not large enough to do justice to this work, t should be enlarged so that proper attention may be given to both inches of the business. a business which render it capable of furnishing customers tly with exactly the goods they require. Its duty is to keep tomers who have been secured and to encourage them to make pner purchases. Its work commences once the firm has got into with a prospective customer. If successful, it persuades the 1er that he will do well to purchase, and when‘he has purchased that the goods are delivered in such a manner and of such a y as to make him feel pleased with the transaction. > aa CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 ings largely are man-made. Lumbermen who started in business twenty to thirty years ago are slow to acknowledge the change. “This new generation ‘which knows not Joseph, must be educated regarding lumber values, but first it is necessary to educate the lum- ber-manufacturer to the necessity of educating the consumer. The initial work is progressing as rapidly as could be expected.” The letter then outlines the various lumber advertising campaigns which have been inaugurated in the United States, including those of the Louisiana Red Cypress Manufacturers, the Southern Arkansas Soft Pine Manufacturers and the Northern Hemlock and Hardwood Manufacturers. It also notes that the West Coast Lumber Manu- facturers decided to advertise recently and that the Yellow Pine Manufacturers had been doing so for some years. Continuing the letter says: “Lumber advertising is essential to the proper marketing of lumber. Every builder should be advised regarding wood values and wood advantages. Seemingly the public has swallowed, if it has not digested, all the misinformation regarding the worth of substitutes.” In conclusion the letter says :—“In our estimation all that is need- ed to make lumber advertising profitable is the proper understand- ing of advertising by the lumbermen, an appreciation of the fact that advertising is one phase of sales effort, not a panacea in itself, and the further admission by the lumberman that the man who pays the bills is entitled to complete information regarding the materials he uses and is a person of consequence, whose favor should be sought.” | Retailers’ Customers—Old and New A service department may be considered by some as unproduc- tive of value. Ina restricted sense of the word this may be true, buz, as a profit producer, the importance of “‘service” is great. The differ- ence between an aggressive, expanding business, and one which is practically stationary, may be measured very exactly by the difference between the efficiency of their services. If a retail lumber company is expanding at about the same rate as the community, its service is probably good, but there are many firms whose business expands even more rapidly than the community itself, impossible as this may at first appear. Such a business will be found to be following out the most advanced and effective methods of giving service. Its conception of service does not stop with furnishing simply the goods and the ser- vice which it might be expected to furnish, and supplying the district with sufficient for its ordinary growth. It involves also anticipating the requirements of the community in its own lines and in lines re- lating to lumber; so that a customer who is building, may be supplied © with other building materials which he might have to seek in several different stores or possibly in some other town. It involves also per- sistent and effective preaching of the gospel of expansion; encouraging the community to grow; instilling into it, in short, the same pro- gressiveness that characterizes the company itself. To put the matter briefly, the retail lumber business depends up- on all these departments exerting their utmost activity in getting new customers, satisfying all customers, and encouraging trade. These are the positive trade creating factors and they must be closely allied with similar standards in connection with watching credits, studying stocks, and systemizing management. None of these factors can be neglected without affecting all the others adversely. Actual success depends upon all, and continued success depends upon their being properly balanced in proportion to the extent of the business and its possibilities of growth. A report from Vancouver states that the Board of Works recently refused to consider tenders for lumber ranging in price fom $11 to $14. 50 per thousand feet, because the tenders were from firms which do not use white labor exclusively. A resolution was recently passed by the City Council to the effect that it should endeavor to encourage firms which do not employ Orientals. A Vancouver lumberman has estimated that one ton of refuse goes to the burners for every thousand feet of lumber cut. 28 CANADA Driving Operations Ontario Manufacturers Report Better Conditions During Past Fortnight—Water Lower Than Usual Throughout the North The driving conditions in northern Ontario improved consider- ably during the past fortnight as the result of a fair amount of rain- fall. Results in connection “with drives are indicated by the following reports which have recently been received. Grant & Kennedy, New Liskeard, Ont., May 5th: This is not a good year to drive, as the water is low and the weather has been cold until now, while the snow got away little by little. Graves, Bigwood & Company, Byng Inlet, Ont., May 7th: Our drives are all progressing favorably, and the rain we had about ten days ago filled all the creeks and streams upon which we have logs. The Knight Brothers Company, Limited, Burks Falls, Ont., May 5th: We expect to have sufficient water to get down all our logs. For- tunately all our drives are short this year and we do not anticipate any trouble. Chew Bros., Midland, Ont., May 5th: Our lumbering operations this season have been conducted on an island, consequently there will be no driving in connection with that. It is just a matter of getting the various lots together and making up a raft. The Clyde Forks Lumber Company, Clyde Forks, Ont., May 6th: We expect to get all our drives down now. The main body was about ten miles from our mill and, although things did not look very favor- able at first, the prospects at present are favorable. A. Mitchell, Powassan, Ont., May 5th: I do not drive any logs myself. In regard to river driving in this district the Iast two or three weeks have been very good as the water has been very high, but it is going down fast now, and unless we get some heavy rains it will dry up very quickly. Geo. Neibergall & Son, Parry Sound, Ont., May 8th: Log driving conditions here are alright. We expect our drive to come out in an- other week and a large drive has come out already. The water, how- ever, is getting low, and there may be a shortage at the end of the Season, unless heavy rain comes. Keewatin Lumber Company, Limited, Keewatin, Ont., May 7th: Driving conditions here are fully as good as they were last year. All of our ‘driving is done on lakes, and the stage of water in these lakes is about normal. We do not think we will have any difficulty in get- ting our logs to our mills this year. rm Wilson, Campbell & Campbell, Massey, Ont., May 5th: We do not anticipate any trouble with the taking out of our drives this sea- son. In fact, we expect to be out in a very short while with about a million and a half of hemlock, pine and spruce. The recent heavy rains in this district will assist materially in getting out of the timber. The Trout Creek Lumber Company, Trout Creek, May 9th: We have all our drive out) but in the neighborhood we know of a drive ‘which, we think, will be stuck, unless we have a lot of rain. As there is not much driving in our localities, we do not know much about the drives, but think there will be shortage of water unless we get wet weather. -An operator in the Bruce Peninsula, Ont., under date of May 2nd, reports a very difficult time with his drives. We were first held back, he says, by ice staying on the lake and leaving no room to run logs out. Since then, water has been low. We had no rain of any kind till April 28th, and then not enough to do any good. Two days more will complete the drive, but this is two weeks longer than it should have been. Ninety per cent. of our present stock is sold at last year’s prices. George Tennant, Bracebridge, Ont., May 6th: There is no doubt about the existence of a shortage of water in this locality this season, but have no information as to whether any of the lumbermen are going to have their drives hung up or not. As for my own I will have no trouble in getting it to the mill, as 1 have only a short distance and a good stream that can be driven any time through the summer. Jacob Kaufman, Berlin, Ont., May 4th: The driving of logs at our mill is nearly completed. There ‘apparently has been sufficient water at this point. We have 1,750,000 feet of logs this year, principally hemlock. The cost this year is nearly $2. 00 in advance of last year and the wages are about the same. Holt Timber Company, Limited, Chicago, May 8th: Our drives on the Magnetawan River from Deer Lake to Byng Inlet are progress- ing very satisfactorily indeed and are up to last year in point of time. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER oS Ses Helped by Rainfal This is largely due to the fact that we had sufficient water in storage supply our needs, but we made extra efforts in order to obtain it, ing the conditions which have since developed. There is practically reserve of water in the swamps or ponds unless artificially impoun There is still time for the rains to help out the drives but our un standing of it is that throughout the Ontario woods the water s Pe very low, and that reserves are also very low, and the likelihood i: driving will be seriously interfered with. Estate of Alfred McDonald, Peterborough, Ont., May & have two large saw log drives, one coming vut of Nogies Creek other out of Squaw River, into Pigeon Lake below Bobca Swamp Lake is the head of ‘Nogies Creek and the water was five fee lower when we commenced to drive than at the same time last year. will require a lot of rain to get out of this creek. Otter Lake is head of Squaw River and it had a full head when starting, but no r. since to keep it up. We have quite a number of storage dams on stream and expect to get out by employing double the usual nut of men to keep the logs running clear with the one flushing of - irom the supply dam. Unless we have plenty of rain soon we would not be surprised t hear of many logs being hung up in this locality. . ¢ & The Pearce Company, Limited, Marmora, Ont., May 7th: Driving conditions in this district have not been at all good. Considerabl difficulty has been encountered owing to the unusually low w: which is from three to four feet lower than usual at this season of th year. We are confident, however, that one drive at least will arr ive safely and we hope also to succeed in bringing the other through, al though it is heavy work and will be longer coming down than has b ec the case in a good many years. We do not know of any other parties who will have any drives on these waters, viz., Crow River, River and Beaver Creek. We understand also that firms who h considerable bodies of logs further west in the Trent River Dist c are practically tied up, and unless we have heavy rains during the nex two or three weeks it is very doubtful bees: they will succeed it getting their stuff out. Our cut of pine will be about the same as usual, but we will ag have as much hemlock. As we were practically sold out of both thes stocks last fall, we will require considerable of the new cut to stocl up for our local trade. While the local market is fair it is not by any means as brisk as it was at this time last year. 4 As the costs of logging operations and driving are ale as heay y as a year ago, in spite of the favorable weather conditions, it will b very unfortunate if price cutting is resorted to, and we doubt ver; much if it will do much good towards increasing sales. Apparently American competition is pretty keen. They are quoting very loy figures in order to get the business. We might say further that th present season has been one of the most puzzling that the writer ha experienced in many years, indications being so conflicting. The Davison Lumber Company, of Bridgewater, N.S.,. estimat e: its cut of lumber during the winter at 40,000,000 feet. 2 James Robinson estimates that the cut of lumber on the Mira michi River in New Brunswick last winter amounted to about 000,000 feet. He says it is becoming more difficult to get men ta to the woods to cut lumber by contract, owing to the scarcity at and higher wages in other lines of industry. Will Help Lumber Trade With China and Japan. a In a report to the Dominion Trade and Commerce De Mr. Gordon Johnson, the new Canadian Trade Commissioner te and Japan expresses the view that the opening of the Panama will be of great advantage in developing the Ganadian lumbe and paper trade with the Far East. “While Eastern Cana states, “is handicapped by its great distance by water from the O the opening of the Panama. Canal will put Montreal at leas favorable a position in regard to distance as European countri that not only British Columbia, but Ontario, Quebec and the ] should be in a position to take a ‘share i inmat> The forests of Argentine are said to contain enormous reserves 0 quebracho, a tree of large size producing a very hard wood containing from 16 to 26 per cent. of tannin. In 1911, Argentine exported 68 tons of tannin extract, besides 35,793 railway ties made from this woo: and 438,216 tons of the timber. ity “CANADA The importation of Wisconsin and Michigan hemlock into On- iario has been increasing of late, and the Canada Lumberman recently received a letter from a large consumer of this lumber, which brought up the question of how it can be imported into this province and com- ‘pete successfully with the hem!ock produced by Ontario manufactur- ers. The consumer in question uses a large amount of hemlock, and in ‘his ‘letter said that he could buy the Wisconsin hemlock much cheaper and that it was a better class of lumber. He had taken as much as 5,000 feet absolutely clear out of one carload of 1 x 10-in. hemlock, ‘and he concluded by saying that it was “only a matter of a short time before the Ontario hemlock manufacturers would have to get in line and put up a proper grade.” . The hemlock manufacturers of Ontario recently drew up regular grading rules and formed themselves into an informal sort of an asso- ; “ciation. While they are not organized in any way, they hold regular eetings and exchange information as to the output of stocks, and the _ general state of trade. At all their recent meetings it has been the opinion of those present that their grading rules have been the means of improving trade conditions greatly, and that during the last six ‘months or more, prices of hemlock have been so low in comparison with the cost of production that, if they were to go any lower the ‘manufacturers would have to operate at a loss or go out of business. These views and those expressed by the consumer of hemlock referred to above are so clearly opposed to one another that the Canada Lum- berman, feeling that something in the form of an expression of views from the hemlock men would help to clear the air, sent a copy of the _ remarks of the consumer to a number of hemlock manufacturers in _ Ontario. In reply we have received the following letters :— Has No Trouble Selling Canadian Hemlock Grades Editor Canada Lumberman: Owen Sound, May 4th. We thank you for having called our attention to remarks of an : “Important Ontario Consumer of Hemlock.” Our experience is that Michigan and Wisconsin hemlock is in- : variably sold graded as what they call “merchantable” and includes up to thirty per cent. of number two quality. , We had one of the largest manufacturers in Michigan here the other day and he was asking $18.00 per m. for their hemlock of this grade, in cargo lots, running from 2 x 4-in. to 2 x 12-in. and the buyer vould have to take this stock as it runs, mixed widths and lengths. _ Weare setling No. 1 quality, assorted widths and lengths, giving the buyer the number of pieces of each size wanted, at $20.00 per m. f.0.b. car here and on this basis, we have no trouble in selling all we can manufacture. ia The expense of logging and manufacturing has increased so much at we could not successfully continue if we had to sell at a lower price. There are a few wholesalers and scalpers in Ontario who are con- tinually using arguments of this kind in order to force the manufac- rers to lower their prices. “hese wholesalers and scalpers do not crease the consumption of lumber and in our opinion the trade could get along very nicely without them.—John Harrison & Sons Com- pany, Limited. Thinks “ Ontario Consumer” Should be a Wholesaler Editor Canada Lumberman: Huntsville, Ont., May 5th. Weare inclined to think that the Ontario consumer who has had ech wonderful luck purchasing Wisconsin hemlock should go into wholesale business, or better still come north and show some oi northern mill men how to manufacture hemlock and sell it with a fit, at $3.00 to $5.00 per m. less than last year’s wholesale prices. are inclined to think this consumer was in very badly last year, e has fallen into a particularly soft spot for 1914. We tried to pick the clear 1 x 8-in. and wider out of a million and a half feet of hem- cut in 1909 and only put up about 6 m. feet. This 6 m. feet was bsolutely clear. We gave up in disgust trying to get clear hem- ; We might also say that during the present day we have been ed up by peepomsible Toronto lumbermen who bought 1 x 6-in. 1 x 8-in., also 2 x 4-in. and wider 10 to 16 ft. hemlacic at a price to the best price we received during 1913. This stock w as fresh the saw and the dealer who bought it has as good credit as’ any the city. e do not wish to appear ina discussion of the present prices of ilock but are satisfied that before the snow falls in 1914-15 it oe. y LUMBEKMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 he Reader’s Viewpoint on [rade Topics Ontario Hemlock Manufacturers’ Ideas Regarding Wisconsin and Michigan Stocks—A Few Questions About the Panama Matter be difficult to obtain sufficient hemlock to meet the needs of Ontario Northern Manufacturer. The Panama Question—What is the Answer? Editor Canada Lumberman : Toronto, May 5th. Your editorial on “B.C: Fir and the Panama Canal’ raises many questions that will be settled only by time and actual experience. It seems to be assumed off hand that, because someone has pre- dicted that lumber will be carried by water from the Pacific Coast to Atlantic ports for 20c per 100 Ibs., therefore there will be a tre- mendous decline in values in the east; that the eastern markets will be flooded with cargoes of Pacific Coast lumber and that receiving and trans-shipping yards in Eastern Canada will handle the business which is now done direct by rail from the British Columbia mills. It is easier to ask questions than to answer them in the absence of definite information or experimental knowledge. But there are a few questions that may be raised at the present time. Is it likely that Pacific Coast manufacturers will give to the east- ern dealers the full benefit of any reduction in freight rates that may follow the opening of the Panama Canal? Why should it be assumed that Pacific Coast lumber on a freight rate of 20c to an Atlantic seaport will be a ruinous competition with yellow pine on a relatively lower rate by rail from the south to northern points? Is it likely that the great transcontinental roads in Canada and the United States will hold up a freight rate of 67c per 100 lbs. and let the Panama Canal route take away all the Pacific Coast business? Are railway freight managers built that way? Freight rates are based on many factors, time occupied in transit, return cargoes, etc. Tramp steamers will probably be the first to experiment on rates. What return freight can a steamer obtain from the Atlantic back to the Pacific Coast? One-way traffic is not a paying proposition. Iexperience alone will demonstrate what rates will be profitable for the carriers, and until the Panama Canal route has been tried out, ‘we are only making guesses. What share of the expected increase in trade will the British Columbia manufacturers obtain? Oregon, Washington and Cali- fornia sawmillers have equal advantages in this market. Is it a feasible business proposition to assume that a receiving and trans-shipping yard in Eastern Canada could be made to pay in competition with the carload trade direct from the British Columbia mills to the retailer in Ontario? These are a few of the questions that time and experience only can settle—John Donogh. such as competition, Will Cross the Bridge When They Come to it , [Sditor Canada Lumberman: Toronto, April 30th. The effect of the Panama Canal upon the lumber trade is some- thing which we-have been thinking about for quite a long while, and upon which we have had correspondence with some big firms in the south. Their-answers at that time were, “that they would cross the bridge when they came to it.” It is a big question and in the course of time prices as between southern pine and B. C. fir will level themselves up like so much water. We have been given to understand that the price of the British Columbia timbers for Toronto harbor was about $30.00 per M., which would make the contract $720,000. If you are taking the price which has likely been paid for the timber at the coast your figures ($250,000) would not be much out of the way. We find the freight on shingles is costing us from $1.02 to- $1.05 per M., occasionally slightly more. One of the things which must not be lost sight of is that a great deal of the business as between eastern points and B. C. is for hurry- up orders, 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 cars perhaps, and such orders could not very well be filled via the Panama Canal. It is true that there are firms who propose having facilities on the eastern coast for filling such bills from stock but they could carry twenty million feet, and be asked every day for what they have not got, and such stocks could not be carried ex- cept at very considerable cost. a Hamilton & Willis, incorporated as the Vancouver Cedar Lumber Com- pany, have taken over the saw mill and plant of the South Vancouver Lumber Company, at Eburne, B.C., which was owned and operated by W. R. Dick. Mr. Hamilton was manager of the Canadian Cedar Lumber Company, Van- couver, while Mr. Willis was sales manager of the Hastings Shingle Company, Vancouver, 30 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Has Canadian Pine Met Its Equal ¥ Siberian Yellow Pine Manufacturers Securing Recognition in United Kingdom —Will Probably Invade China and Australia Also Several articles have been published in the Canada Lumberman during the past year, dealing with the trade in Siberian yellow pine, with the United Kingdom. ‘hese articles drew attention particularly to the fact that this Siberian product is generally acknowledged to be the equal of Canadian white pine, and that it is being accepted in the United Kingdom as a perfectly satisfactory substitute. An important illustrated article dealing with this timber appears in the annual special issue of “Timber” of London, England, which was published on March 3lst. The references in the article to “Quebec yellow pine,’ refer, of course, to the well-known Canadian white pine, which is generally known in the United Kingdom as “yellow pine.” The “standard” referred to is the St. Petersburg standard hundred of 1980 superficial feet. To trace the history of this comparatively new wood, the article says, will possibly be of interest to a large number of our readers, especially those who have for many years handled Quebec yellow pine, and who, by reason of the consistent appreciation in value of that most excellent wood, have found, as time has gone on, that not only the demand, but also the margin of profit, has gradually dwindled, until it has become a question whether it is worth while putting the Canadian wood into stock. In fact, large holders of pine have in recent years been compelled to consider the advisability of turning their attention to other branches of the timber trade, be- cause of the more and more restricted demand for an article which had been with them the corner stone of their operations. It is possible that, with the advent of the substiute which is the subject of this article, the decline in the use of pines, which has made itself so unpleasantly felt, will be arrested, and, by reason of its efficiency as a substitute for the Canadian article, and the considerable ad- vantage offered in price, a revival and broadening of the consump- tion may be inaugurated. Granting that Canadian and Siberian pine are of equal merit, there is one very substantial reason for merchants regarding the latter sympathetically, and that is, the larger margin of profit which it bears. Prices of Siberian Pine : We have seen a price list of one of the great importing firms of this city, according to which an abundant inducement is offered to merchants and consumers. We see that 1 in. to 2 in. thick, x 7 in. and up wide, averaging 13/14 in., can be purchased at £29 per St. Peters- burg standard hundred, as and where lying in the docks. Other prices are as follows :— 2% x 7 in. and up, av. 13/14 in. .. £30 3.in. and 4 £7 in. to) ans 5% Pays ES 3 in. and 4x 11lin.. See at 35 ein. and 4-x7l2 invand wp. st: £36 While, for a selected specification of siding, as, for example, 2 x 12 in. an~ up, £33 10s. is asked. Such prices make Quebec stocks look very ccar, and, at the same time, show that other pines, such as the Califostian variety, cannot hope to attract much attention. It is an undeniable fact that each succeeding shipment has shown in some feature or other distinct improvement on the previous one. The grading and manufacture has consistently improved all the time, but what is much more important, the recent shipment imported in Liverpuol and London, ex the “Andree Rickmers,”’ for example, shows that closer attention has been paid to the regularity of char- acter. What, after all, does it really matter, from any practical] man’s doint of view, if a small percentage of pieces in a parcel is not quite uniformly sawn or contains minor defects. These are trivial difficulties which are easily adjusted, or even overlooked, by merchants, if the nature throughout compares favorably with the sister wood. > After a brief reference to the’ botanical identy of Siberian yel- low pine, the article continues:—It would be claiming too much were Quebec shippers to assert that even the best of their produc- tions were free from a substantial percentage of pieces which might be termed hard-grained, and this being a fact generally admitted leads one to the belref that Vladivostock shippers will not set themselves such a stupendous task to equal Canadian shipments as it appears to be on the face of it. An outline of the development of the import of Siberian yellow pine into the United Kingdom is then given, after which the article says :—Generous opinions are expressed by the leading pine men of the United Kingdom, but it should not be overlooked that mixed shipments such as have been sent over in whole steamer loads gives the chance for adverse criticism. It is only fair to say that the atti- a tude of Quebec shippers vis-a-vis Siberian yellow pine is by 1 means uniriendly. Un the contrary, a number of them have frank admitted that the bulk of all shipments of planks, etc., so far made this country, was identical in all respects of merit to their own lu ber. It seems therefore, only a question of eliminating an unsat factory percentage from the shipments to put the Kastern wood the same level ot excellence as the Western. A great deal of study ; care has been given to this point. “a The Low Grade Problem Troublesome The market in the United Kingdom calls for the higher grac of Siberian yellow pine and the dimculty has already arisen posing of the balance of the product. Lhe heavy logs now b taken out of the woods running trom 20-in. to 4U-in. are ca!culate to give 25 per cent. of lst quality export planks, etc., and herein lie the chief reason why the export is hardly ever likely to reacn big figures. Vladivostock is 12,0UU miles trom the United Kingdom, ti ireight £6 to £8 per standard, and chartering difficult. 1t tneretore does not pay to ship anything but first quality, with, perhaps, som seconds, in favorite sizes like 3 x 11 in., and broads. Jo product 1,000 standards of first and seconds, the millman must cut, roug nly 4,000 standards, and in the disposing of the 3,0UU standards of wnat 1: termed out there “Brack,” he is up against a very troublesome p position. Up till now the Russian‘ Government has called for enor- mous quantities of this lower-grade sawn material for building bar- racks, etc., and there have been other outlets, which are now non: existent. True, the Chinese Eastern Railway is a big buyer, but one mill can easily supply their yearly requirements. What, theretore is the millman to do with his 3,00U standards of lower-grade stock, if he is ambitious enough to wish to cultivate export connections tor a quantity like one thousand standards? Perhaps the solution lies in the great Chinese market through Shanghai, which absorbs abou! 150,000,000 feet of merchantable Oregon pine per annum. a __The export of wood from Vladivostock made enormous. stride: in the years 1910-1912, as can be seen from the following table:—_ 1910. 19712 1912. cubic feet. cubic feet. cubic feet. 399,700 949,550 1,219,570 Of the 1,219,570 cubic feet exported in 1912, 317,892 cubic feet consisted of yellow pine logs, and 461,032 cubic feet of yellow pine sawn lumber. Owing, however, to the fact that the sale of the pro- duction of the lower grades now presents greater difficulties, it is highly probable that 1913 will show a slight recession, and, as far as 1914 is concerned, everything goes to show that the quantity of saw goods now being prepared at the strictly limited number of sawmills which have remained in the export business will be so small in quan- tity as to render it unwise to prophesy. 4 Looking for Wider Markets There is little doubt, it is stated, that the Siberian and Man- churian timbermen have their eyes on the two immense markets al- most at their door, namely, Australia and China. Pacific Coast lum- bermen have had these two huge markets pretty much to themselves but in the face of what follows, it cannot be doubted that before long our American friends will be compelled to contest every Pacific mar- ket with the Russians, and it is by no means without the bounds of possibility that the war will be carried into their own Continent. We see no reason why Siberian shippers should not enter the great gentine market, which takes large quantities of “Select and B pine, and even the Eastern States themselves may not be immu _The article then discusses in detail the shipping facilities at various harbours in the far east and concludes in part as follows The outcome of all this will not be to flood our markets with firs quality pine deals and sidings, but Pacific Coast lumbermen wi have been in the Chinese and other Pacific markets for years ar years are certainly going to feel a bad draught, and it has been su gested that, instead of fighting the competition, the Americans shi apply their experience and co-operate with the Russians. It m be argued by readers when they learn of the preparations being n to facilitate shipments at Vladivostock and Nicolaevsk, that t natural result must be to occasion over-supplies of high grade pine Well, it probably will result in a much larger production of U. K material, but by the time that the timber industry in the Far Eas! has attained to that condition of development which this article fore casts, the supply of first class pine from Canada may be very mu diminished, and so the balance will be maintained. . A Pa» os Pee? a s in At a recent meeting of the Victoria, B.C., Board of Trade, an important address was delivered by Mr. Henry Pearse on the export lumber trade in British Columbia. _ “British Columbia today is not getting a tithe of the existing Pacific export timber trade. It cannot be a matter of price for the eason that practically the same conditions of production obtain all long the Pacific Coast. It must be because we are not commercially quipped to handle the business that is offering.” Mr. Pearse’s re- narks were opened by this statement, which formed the basis of what e had to say on the subject. He referred to the fact that the United States, through its Department of Forestry, assisted by their com- mercial departments, were demonstrating to the timber consuming countries how valuable was the Pacific Coast timber. Brochures were _ published declaring that “Douglas fir may be considered as one of the _ most important of American woods.” He added, however, that the average importer would imagine that the northern Pacific Coast “be- gan and ended with the United States.” Something ought to be done, he claimed, to bring British Columbia more prominently before the - importing countries. Without action British Columbia would not for many years get anything near its fair proportion of the export business. “Tt is not sufficient,” Mr. Pearse continued, “for the milling in- dustry here to sit down and say that,-with the opening of the Panama Canal, everything will come right. It is not sufficient for the govern- ment, Dominion or Provincial, to say that the country possesses the ~ supply and therefore, when the demand comes we shall get the busi- ness. With the exception of the United Kingdom and the eastern United States markets, the Panama Canal will have little geographical effect on the export trade. There is a slight advantage in exporting to South Africa, but the larger markets such as the Argentine, the _ Orient, and Australia are not affected by the canal route. From an experience gained during the last twenty years, of the export pro- ‘duce trade, I say most emphatically that unless some provision is made immediately, whereby the world’s importers are educated to the fact that British Columbia possesses a large quantity of timber, and is able to export that timber, the United States will dominate the whole of the trade on the Pacific Coast and put back foe industry in his province a decade.” - Significant Figures of Foreign Trade _ Going into his subject in detail Mr. Pearse observed that he Ps ought it could be proved by statistics that there was a reason for British Columbia’s failure to get a fair share of the business. “Twenty years ago,” he said, British Columbia was shipping 34,000,000 feet t of a total of 111,000,000 feet shipped from the Pacific Coast to istralia, South America, China, Japan, Mexico, Central America, nited Kingdom, Europe, Africa and other foreign parts. In 1913 e province shipped to the same countries 47,000,000 out of a total 0,000,000. Twenty years ago British Columbia enjoyed more tha rty per cent. of the Pacific export trade. It now is content with ess than eight per cent. “Taking Australia alone—in 1912 British Columbia shipped 25,- 000,000 feet out of a total of 199,000,000. In 1913 British Columbia | shipped to Australia 10,000,000 feet out of a total of 238,000.000 feet. e British Columbia shipment to Australia in one year decreased 15,- 0000, ie., sixty per cent. and the American shipment increased 39,000 000 feet, i.e., twelve per cent. “The chief consumers of Pacific Coast timber are Australia, fest Coast of South America, and China, who take 460,000,000 out a total 600,000,000 exported. The next largest consumer is the United Kingdom, which, in 1913, took 45,000.000 feet.” _ Mr. Pearse went on to quote from an article by Major H. G. Joly Lotbiniere, published by the Quarterly Review in September, 19153, S gives some interesting figures with respect to the lumber export and there was one paragraph of significance, it follows: “With opening of the Panama Canal, we (England) shall no doubt some time to come, receive large quantities of Douglas fir, a ies which has been intorduced into this country (England) as est tree and promises exceedingly well; but British Columbia r will be in great demand in China, Australia. United States and America, and we cannot count upon receiving a permanent sup- om this source.’ At this point Mr. Pearse quoted some interesting figures: “Tight- ears ago the shipments from the Pacific Coast to China and were: “Washington and Oregon—22.499.767- feet, B.M.; Brit- ‘olumbia—15,550,324 feet B.M. ; “total. 38,050,091 feet B..M n 1913 Washington and Oregon—122.442.362 feet B.M.; British ia 5.176,157 feet B.M.; total, 127,618,519 feet B.M. 2 > Sa aE SE ES CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 C. Trade Opportunities Neglected United States Firms Steadily Increasing their Domination in Foreign Markets—Situation Reviewed by Henry Pearse “The shipments alone to China were: Washington and Oregon— 106,429,576 feet B.M.; British Columbia—452,412 feet B.M.; total 106,881,988 feet B.M. “The figures,” he added, “relating to Chinese shipments are so extraordinary that the only explanation is that the Puget Sound shippers have sent their boats up to British Columbia ports, get cargoes and shipped Canadian lumber as American. If this is the case it only makes the state of our export lumber industry more serious.” The Explanation Commenting on the reason for this decline in the export trade Mr. Pearse said that it could not be that the local demand exceeds the supply, because the unfortunate fact was that many of the mills have had. to close down. He declared that it was not that the com- petition was so strong that the mills were selling at a loss on the other side. “Competition never sells at a loss for long,’ he observed, and this gradual decline in the export trade has been going on for the last twenty years. After characterizing the British Columbia mill owner as a prac- tical man, knowing his logging and milling trade, but not the ship- ping trade and import markets of the world, Mr. Pearse declared that it was absolutely necessary, in the interests of the industry, that an Inspection Bureau be established in British Columbia. It ought to be, he maintained, under the control of the Forest Branch of the De- partment of Lands and one of its functions would be to certify offici- ally the grade, and tally all the shipments from our ports. There was no reason why this should be any expense to the government. In the profit and loss statement of the American Inspection Bureau for the year 1913, the gross income was $44,118.54 and the gross oper- ating expenses $39,545.66. It was a well-known fact to anyone in the produce trade that all foreign countries would rather handle pro- duce under an English certificate and through an English broker. This was incontrovertible and was easily proven by the fact that Eng- land herself was practically a clearing house for the world’s produce. British Columbia would be an important factor in the timber markets of the world. The demand was enormous. The English Board of Trade returns for 1911 showed that the United Kingdom imported over $140,000,000 worth of coniferous timber in that year. Their supplies were drawn chiefly from Russia, Sweden, 2nd the United States. He then went into minute particulars of the growing markets of Russia, where the population was increasing at the rate of 2,250,000 a year and where half the annual growth of the ccuntry’s © forests was being cut; of Sweden, where the export of structu-al tim- ber had remained stationary for the last twelve years; of the ‘'nited States, where the original forests had been reduced in area frcin 850,- 000,000 to 550,000,000 acres, and of other nations. This Province, Mr. Pearse asserted, had in the Dougla: fir, a product that, for beauty of appearance, strength, and ease of working was unsurpassed by any timber that could be largely exported. The United States realized this superiority when it devoted several years of a technical investigation of the properties of this wood and estab- lished standard functions for use in designing structures in which Douglas fir was used. “Tn December last,” continued Mr. Pearse, “I wrote to the Cham- ber of Commerce, Melbourne, asking to be put in touch with one or two of the large timber brokers and importers. The response was most extraordinary. Every firm that wrote to me expressed surprise that British Columbia did not do more direct trade with Australia and that more information was not available as to the merits of our fir as a structural timber. I am now in communication with China, South Sea Islands, United Kingdom, South Africa, India and South America and am quite satisfied that the same opinion will obtain in the minds of the importers of the different countries enumerated. “Take the Argentine trade alone—the Mexican Gulf last year shipped nearly 400,000,000 feet of yellow pine, most of which went to the River Plate ports. A study of the map will show that the dis- tance direct from New Orleans to the River Plate is not much less than B. C. to River Plate through the Magellan Straits.” Mr. Pearse declared that the industry had suffered generally by many over-capitalized companies. The solution lay in the employ- ment by the Canadian Government of a man conversant with the shipping and export trade and having knowledge of the local con- ditions obtaining in the lumber industry of British Columbia. He should be invested with as much dignity as was possible to make him an accredited representative of the Canadian lumber industry and he should visit the markets of the world and interview the sev- eral importers and shipping companies. Notwithstanding the labor 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER conditions here, there were markets today in this world ready to take the Douglas fir at a price that would pay handsome profits. Mr. Pearse concluded: “We have a sufficient supply of matured timber on our land to build up industries that would pay tens of mil- I very much fear that that policy of merchandising which is cur- rent with the most progressive ideas in other lines of manufacture has not received that attention on the part of lumber manufacturers which it deserves. But that censure is also merited by all the branches of the lumber business—mill interests, wholesaler, and retailer. We have been lacking in the art of so merchandising as to con- tinue being an attracting force to those who were our best customers, and are failing as well to sufficiently interest those to whom future developments may make us one. We are dealing in lumber, the article that helped civilization to populate the new world, lumber that was as available as it was useful, lumber that was as workab!e and bent itself to the effort of an ordinary workman as well as it did to the effort of a skilled mechanic, lumber, an article which in its varieties was boundless and adaptable to all kinds of uses in the localities where it grew. Consequently lumber merchandised itseli—it did not need much advertising—it almost sold itself. The methods of merchandising to-day are, therefore, based more upon what was, than what should be —and the advertising of lumber, while of utmost importance, is sec- ondary to the fundamentals of merchandising. Lumber Merchandising—the Wholesaler’s Standpoint In discussing the merchandising of lumber, I do so from the standpoint of a wholesaler with a yard to back me up, and also from the standpoint of a retailer distributing in a large city. ‘Let us, there- fore, first consider the changes in location of forest supply; then the change in local demand; the character of a city’s lumber demand and its changes, as compared with that of town or village. We can then see where the substitutes propagate and why they succeed. We must be awake to the transformation from a developing community to one of permanence, as it takes place all over the country, and under this head would come building construction, railroad work, street work, bridges, etc. When we weigh all of these factors in our minds, we cannot help but reflect upon what is necessary to keep “our business” a business. Let us consider the former manufacturer of a time when smaller mills which were sawing wood were one of the mainstays of a community. Did you ever stop to consider the local pride that attaches itseli to boosting the product of a “home” manufacturing plant—would not the emp!oyees as well as the dependents act as boosters? Do you also appreciate the influence in his community of the proprietor and his woodworking force, now manufacturing the wood competitors, a force that the sawmill wielded? Do you not believe his employees are tooting their horns about their products? Would you expect an employee of a wall board factory to use a wood ceiling, or an asphalt shingle maker to buy wooden shingles? Think about this and then let me get back to the old mill town. Most of those old mills have vanished and we find our source of supply at far-off points, with dis- tances varying from 250 to 2,500 miles. The Change of Mill to New Fields A great many of the mill men have migrated from these forest countries to new fields, and this marks the beginning of a change in the merchandising of lumber. The yard was liquidated, or perhaps sold out to some successor. Here it is where the manufacturer separated from retail merchan- dising. The manufacturer has, however, tried to continue in his pa- ternal power of merchandising his lumber. He seems to forget, in a measure, that his personality has passed away from his old com- munity—that he surrendered his right of “eminent domain” to an- other, and he must recognize this condition of affairs. We say, there- tore, “All hail to the old man”—he’s as fine a fellow as walks the earth—but he’s been bossing so long that he kind of overlooked the kid who has grown gray-haired and ought to have a look in once in a while, and a say so, too. Now, why should the wholesale yard man be tolerated? Can the~ mill man successfully sell direct with lumber receding from the main centers of demand? There are other trades establishing branches of their own, or agencies, so as to be before, and nearer to, the people and to offer to furnish them supplies quickly. Here are the lumber- *Address delivered before National Manufacturers’ Association at Chicago. Merchandising of Lumber ap ste lions of dollars in wages annually. I have proved that there is an enormous and largely increasing demand. Shall we be content to wait for years and years, until, by the insistence of demand over sup- . ply business will drift to us? Or shall we reach out and take it now?” From the Standpoint of the | _ Wholesaler and the Retailer | By Julius Seidel” using communities demanding an assortment of all the new of lumber coming into prominence. Who will put his money them? Can you, Mr. Manufacturer, overlook your boy, the wholesaler, and your boy, the retailer, when you outline a national campalgaaas What is the wholesale yard doing for you right now? Nothing less than bringing the forest back to the doorstep of the consu The wholesaler has returned to what was your home town in | forest area. The wholesale yard is trying to build up lumber an continue lumber for a real market, where you can get what you wz nt in or out of season at a marketable price. It is selling to the small yards of the country, who cannot buy straight carloads of the new kinds of wood, since their communities would not consume | them within a period commensurate with the investment. a a Cc Overstocks in Small Yard You cannot expect a retail lumber yard to keep a $20,000 stock in a community that uses only $20, 000 a year all told, and still | all the types to be considered as “progressive.” The source of seal being so far away makes it hard enough for the retail yard to anti- cipate the demand, not to speak of the difficulty it Hee of taking its place in line and waiting for cars besides. The wholesale yard, therefore, in my opinion, must take a large es part in the introduction of new woods as relay stations or storag yards. So the wholesale yard, at any rate, saves the retailer from the e instability of the market, or on slow-moving items. Quite a difference in this method from that of “The Weather Bird” merchandising of the mill man under the “subject to prior — slogan. The sales manager gets to the office, opens your mail, se orders in sight for eight cars 2 x 4-16 ft.; you consult the barometer and find seven more cars with the other boys about town—result. clear sky for 2 x 4—16 ft. So take in sail, turn back half the orders and raise the quicksilver two points. How about No. 2 boards? Heavy gale, looks cloudy—drop your quicksilver, and so on until you scrape the bottom of the harbor. Should Lumber Be a Stable-Priced Building Article? Now, should merchandising in lumber be a speculative game, wheat pit drama, or should it be a stable business? -If we believe in lumber as a stable commodity, can these conditions be remedied? And is our “latter day way” of mill marketing correct and conducive to the making of friends among the family, or of discord and distrust? How can the public have confidence in a double-edged proposition? In the fall, when other lines want business, look for it, prepare for it, we have to stand for the boost; tell the buyer about the waning forest supply, and next spring tell ‘him that the forest has expanded and prices are going down. The wholesale yard is stable—it quotes 4 positive price, which must by the very nature of things, be on the market ; it acts as a promoter of the use of lumber, because it keeps th full line and has the pleasure of. roosting on a volcano of chenatal market conditions. The wholesale yard keeps a complete line of all the commerce woods and must of necessity have a large capital invested in the newer kinds of wood seeking a market. Once it has them in pile, they claim much of the yard’s attention, since a market must be found and de- veloped, or money lost on the investment. Now, I do not relate t - stories from humorous motives. There is, though, humor in the but grim reality will lead you to believe that there is too ae pok < playing among the members of your own family. : This brings up right up to the stern reality of the PAS - wl substitutes are gaining ground with the distributing, or retail yar Mr. Substitute has a policy in his merchandising, a fixed policy. price is established and is not subjected to the daily price barom the “Weather Bird” price. Relation of Mill Wholesaler and Retailer Now, take the wall-board people. They have their agencies whe buy carloads, who take care of the jobbers at a fixed percentage of profit, thus giving the retailer a positive price to work on. Now they work the sma!l buyer earnestly, the latter, the retail yard, can become a car buyer, that meaning a hope of reward for his trouble in the shape of the jobbers’ extra profit. Worth working for, is it not? “3 ae Compare this kind of merchandising with ours. How did your books look to you in December—just like the weather, cold and dreary? But, vhy worry? We are the most Christian people on earth, and oh! so he opeful that the future may be bright. Naturally a dealer does not like to sacrifice real money on a staple mmodity like lumber and, mind you, through no fault of his. He trying to do his duty by the community by keeping a full line, and a ge of six dotlars a thousand on common lumber between high and point inside of a year is not justified. It is not a fair difference to 1 man, wholesaler, dealer, or buyer. As a matter of course, a is in business to make his living by it, and while he wants to nd lumber against substitutes, he must defend his investment st loss, and the substitute has it on us when it comes to that. =. Changes in Building Codes It is the dealer’s duty to watch the building codes in his com- ity and have lumber receive its due consideration. Let us be fair, and not fairly just, in speaking of cement, brick, tile, slate d iron. The types of heavy, enduring structures that tower to the and which issue bonds, often for ninety-nine years, must guarantee destructibility. *Twas ever so long before the Christian era that in e enduring monument stone was used. But we have field enough in business structures where lumber rs safety, chance for remodeling and expansion, in connection with cost. We are not all building monuments for the future. The dealer must be more interested in the styles of lumber. He uld push the bungalow idea of building. Push the double floor idea insulation and deadening of sound. Encourage the architect to ify beamed ceiling in the dining and living rooms, to show the tiful effects that can be secured out of wood products, and thus .up with the style. - As an illustration of what a dealer can do, I will mention that for five years we have been pushing oak flooring. Some circular matter about sanitary linoleum and oil cloth reached me at my home and set thinking. Oak flooring, the most beautiful and sanitary of woods, it struck 2, did not even have a look-in on the business, or a friend to talk for "So we put out 10,000 circulars, with a color-tone of oak flooring its natural color. We sent these to carpenters, business men and esmen of every kind, te'ling of the sanitary qualities of oak floor- said _that’ we would make them a lump price on laying a floor D te, waxed: and varnished. We, of course, told our customer, layer, all about our move working with him—as all we want- the floor out of it. yas in a separate circular for lumber, telling these same t we would deliver to them any quantity of lumber, ut, Ti ed, dressed up, neatly bundled and tied with a blue rib- reac for use. These circulars attracted attention to lumber.» We all the business that was created by it, but we got some other boys got some. Now, the sawmill doth not like cials—it wants to standardize the sizes—wants to make a ide clothing affair out of all its lumber, but there are many e who want odd things that everybody does not have, just as you t your suit tailor-made of original design and imported woolen. dy does not want beaded ceiling like grandpa used. It’s time t up some new patterns. Sell What Your Customer Wants e dealer should be prepared to cater to these whims and “get er to order” with just as much pleasure as the staples. iber in the future will have to be furnished in a most complete State from year to year. The shop work of the carpenter is f issue, because machinery can do it better and cheaper. Sash | door houses furnish sash primed and glazed. Yes, they furnish sand jambs filled, varnished and fitted, ready to set in the wall, casing cut to length and coated. Why should we not learn from . valuable lesson? have been following the path of least resistance in the retail : e want to deliver lumber in the crude, realizing while we do that hand-work at the building site may make the articles, when in , higher than eye-beams, expanded metal, and other things that r us competing for the same order. The advertising of finish- Suse patterns is only a forerunner of what we will come to, or t should have proposed for certain houses long ago. We should ensure the concerns who advertise finished cut-to-order patterns, nould be on this job and learn, learn and learn, and think, think, ; The retail yard will, in certain localities, have to put in mach- ‘to handle this business. Last year we handled a shelving order cut to size. Who knows but if we had not had the facilities this work that the wire rack or ornamental iron form would have the business? And others can do as well. . Lumber Treating If treatment of lumber is to be promoted, we must not overlook CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 this, namely; that the lumber retailer or his nearby wholesaler wil! have to take care of the local man wanting small quantities who can- not offer a treating plant a drum full at one time, yet needs to have your attention and consideration, because he is a true friend of the lumber product. Gentlemen, there is light ahead. There have been types of trees put into lumber sizes for which, by their worth and character, they were not intended. But the Panama Canal will help our business to keep only the higher types of trees into their enduring places so that the third-grade and inferior kinds from cut-over land will take their places and step down to the uses for which they are properly adapted. This subject might be likened to the broad ocean, whose waves touch many shores, and for the short time at my disposal I have en- deavored only to cover the most important as they arise, like the sun of the day, above the water line. The modern way is to diagnose a case before you operate, and we must touch upon the symptoms first to arrive at a conclusion—so I would call this a diagnosis with some suggestions of a remedy. There is need of more family reunion—the mill man has been busy —the wholesaler has been busy, and the retailer has been busy, each interest intent upon solving this great and stupendous undertaking of the merchandising of lumber, and solving it right. May the brother- hood of the forest stimulate closer and more endearing relations for the future between us all. Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers Optimistic Market conditions in Michigan were reported upon at the spring meeting of the Michigan Hardwood Manufacturers’ Association on May 5. The market committee stated that sixteen lake shippers report 15,164,000 feet of maple lumber available for flooring purposes on hand as against 15,367,000 feet on hand one year ago. The same sixteen members reported sales last year of 29,206,000 feet as against 26,890,000 feet for sale this year. The committee report also stated that three large shippers, not members of the association, who cut 7,000,000 feet of flooring stock last year are now out of business. This with the 2,- 316,000 feet less to be sold will reduce lake shipments of the stock by 9,316,000 feet. It was also shown in the report that maple lumber available for flooring in the hands of rail shippers, is practically all sold at last year’s figures or better and the flooring business is in good condition and the manufacturer fully able to pay the prices prevailing last year. The report predicts that prices will remain firm. Owing to the restricted privileges governing transit shipments the committee has discovered that many jobbers have discontinued business so far as maintaining yard stocks is concerned, and it is a known fact that there are few stocks in the hands of the middleman from which consumers can draw their supply of rough lumber. At the same time wood- working factories are mostly running and depleting their reserves, and consequently i in the near future this will make it necessary for them to seek the producer to secure their requirements. The estimated cut for 1914 secured January 1 was 458,000,000 feet. On account of the open winter estimates were again taken April 1 and found to be 450,000,000 feet. It is the opinion of the committee that the lumber business has suffered less than any other of the great industries of the country, atid the Northern hardwoods less than any other branch of the lumber business. Canadian Western Report on Year’s Business The report of the Canadian Western Lumber Company, Limited. Fraser Mills, B.C., for the year ending December 31st, 1913, contains the following reference to business conditions :—“Early in the year acute stringency made itself felt in the building trade throughout Western Canada, resulting in a large decrease in building operations, and also obliging retail lumber dealers to make large reductions in stocks on hand. All this resulted in a sudden and very heavy falling off in the demand for lumber. As a consequence, the company did not put into operation the two new sawmills, which were completed early in the year. As -the depression continued it was decided in August to discontinue night operations. These have not been re- sumed. “The lumber manufactured for the year was 130,155,641 feet, a falling off, compared with the previous year, of 34,905,761 feet. Lum- ber sold aggregated 120,982,383 feet, a decrease of 3,303,050 feet com- pared with the previous year. Owing to the depression the logging camps operated only ten months during the year, but during that time produced 124,542,420 feet compared with 107, 504 670 feet in 1912, an increase of 17,037,850 feet. “In common with other companies, and as a result of increased wages and increased cost of supplies, which became effective at the first of the year, manufacturing costs show an increase over 1912. Owing to extensive reductions in wages during the last month of the year, which are still effective, the directors hope that the costs for 1914 will get back to the basis of 1912. 34 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Judgment Given in Ottawa Freight Rates Case The Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners gave their de- cision on May 12th in connection with the application of the Canadian ILumbermen’s Association and the Montreal Board of Trade to pre- vent the railway companies from charging a domestic rate on lumber from Ottawa to Montreal of 6 cents per hundred lbs., and also a 6c export rate. By a former judgment of the Board the railway com- panies were permitted to charge 7c a hundred Ibs. as a domestic rate and were ordered to charge a lower rate for export shipments. They made a practice, however, of charging 5c per hundred lbs. from Ottawa to Montreal during the summer months so as to meet water com- petition. This year the railways decided to charge 6c during the sum- mer, ‘as water competition is not so keen as formerly. This 6c rate applied'to both domestic and export shipments. The Board now finds that the. railways are entitled to charge 6c for domestic rates if they wish, but that for export shipments from Ottawa to Montreal, they must put into effect within one week, a tariff establishing an export rate from Ottawa to Montreal of 5c per hundred lbs. and rates from points governed by the Ottawa rate, in proper relation thereto. Toronto Lumbermen’s Club Looking for Quarters During the past fortnight, the Lumbermen’s Club of Toronto has held a number of luncheons and the members have discussed very thoroughly the whole club situation. This has led to a very general and definite conviction that the formation of a club is a wise and im- portant step. The discussions have centered about the various kinds of lumbermen’s clubs existing in other countries and the best kind of a club to organize in Toronto. At present, the general opinion is in favor of a club starting out very largely as a social organization, having ‘rooms in connection with some hotel or restaurant where Juncheon may be served daily, and where members may be able to meet one another or bring their out of town friends for luncheon or to meet other members of the trade. A special committee is at present looking carefully into available quarters in the business part of the city, and, as soon as they have a satisfactory report to present, it is expected that a denite step will be taken in the way of organizing the club and estab- lishing it in its own quarters. Finds Ontario Hardwood Trade Optimistic Chas, O. Maus, Atlantic City, N.J., eastern representative of the Hyde Lumber Company, South Bend, Ind., was in Toronto recently on a business visit. The Hyde Lumber Company manufacture hard- woods, particularly cypress, oak and gum, and operate mills at Arkan- sas City, Ark., Millikin, La., and Lake Providence, La. Up to the ‘present, the Hyde Lumber Company have been content with covering the Ontario trade by correspondence. Their business in Ontario has grown so satisfactorily that Mr. Maus will now make regular visits to Ontario and call upon the trade personally. In conversation with the Canada Lumberman, Mr. Maus said that he found a very optimistic spirit prevailing among the Ontario trade at present. They were buy- ing fairly well and assured him that a renewal of good times could be counted upon in the near future.. “The situation as I found it,” said Mr. Maus, “has been good, and I have been very much pleased with trade conditions—more particularly when comparing Canadian trade conditions with those of the United States. While the trade in the United States has fallen off somewhat, this is more due to the dissatis- faction of the railroad companies in regard to freight rates, the Mexi- can war situation, and the over-buying by most of the large manufac- turing concerns a year and a half ago. These firms are now retrench- ing and I look for renewed heavy buying in the United States some time next fall. The enquiries from Canada have been so encouraging that we have decided to make our initial personal visit here and I as- sure you that we have found conditions very pleasant.” Mr. Maus, in conclusion reiterated his views in regard to the better feeling existing.in Canada and expressed the great pleasure it had given him to become personally acquainted with a number of Canadian lumbermen, for whom he had many complimentary remarks — to make. Forest Products Exposition Successfully Opened The first Annual Forest Products Exposition, held under the auspices of the National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association, opened in the Coliseum at Chicago on April 30th. The proceedings of the opening night were in the nature of a reception and “dress rehearsal.” Many invited guests were present representing important associa- tions connected with the lumbering industry. The transformation of the great Coliseum building was complete and wonderful, and the decorations were remarkably beautiful. The entire space in the main building was filled with interesting exhibits arranged with great, care and skill, conveying forcible object lessons in connection with the value and importance of wood. Very complete arrangements were made for the entertainment of visitors who travelled to Chicago to attend the exposition. The Lumbermen’s Association of Chicago made the visitors welcome at their booth and special committees were appointed to look after the entertainment of visiting lumbermen on the different days of the exposition. Among the important exhibits at the exposition the following were particularly noticeable: Wester 1 Pine Manufacturers’ Association; Hardwood Manufacturers’ Asso- ciation of the United States; Yellow Pine Manufacturers’ Associa tion; E. C. Atkins & Company, Saw Manufacturers; Northern Pim Manufacturers’ Association; Southern Cypress Manufacturers’ Asse ciation; North Carolina Pine Manufacturers’ Association; Gum Lum ber Manufacturers’ Association ; National Association of Box Ma: nu. facturers; West Coast Lumber Manufacturers’ Association; Redv Mill Owners’ Association; The Oak Flooring Manufacturers’ ciation; The United States Forest Service, and The Western For Conservation Association. In the annex to the Coliseum a numb of wonderful moving picture shows were installed. For many months skilled photographers have been busy collecting for these exhibits. They illustrated every phase of the lumber industry from the felling of the giant trees tothe completion of the finished product. ’ Large B.C. Timbers for St. John, N. B. An interesting shipment of long Douglas fir timbers was recently made by the Canadian Western Lumber Company, Fraser Mills, B.C. The timbers were shipped from the Pacific to the Atlantic Coast, on one line of railway, making the journey in 24 days. The accom- panying illustration shows these timbers, shipped in a twin-load, when they were leaving the plant of the Canadian Western Lumber Com- pany. Their destination was St. John, N.B., where they are now be- From. Fraser Mills, B. C. to St. John, N. B.—An Interesting Shipment of Long Douglas Fir Timbers. ing used for anchors on the large dredges working on the St. John harbor. These timbers are 18-in. x 24-i -in., 20-in. x 20-in. and 24-in. x 24-in., 60 it. and 70 ft. long. The logs were taken from “the last best stand of timber in the world’—i.e., the Douglas fir of Vancouver Island. They were rafted from Vancouver Island to the booms of Canada’s largest sawmill, that of the Canadian Western Lumber Com- pany, and there manufactured for shipment to St. John. The Canadian Western Lumber Company are equipped to cut timber 120 feet in length and have reduced to lumber logs measuring 9 feet in diameter. Increased Shipments from Pacific Coast to England | The Timber Trades Journal, London, England, in its issue of April 25th has the following to say regarding shipments of Pacific” Coast Lumber to the United Kingdom :— “While the gradual development of Pacific Coast lumber exports to this country is known, it is not largely recognized what ‘ap strides are being made. We have before us a return showing the ship- ments from California, Oregon, Washington, and British * Columk a during 1913, which shows that vessels were chartered for United Kingdom ports, including, London, Greenock, Liverpool, Newport, Newcastle, Glasgow, Queenborough, Swansea, Belfast, and sundry other ports, for an aggregate of no less than 38, 668,686 superficial feet. Of course, a certain quantity of this found its way to the Con- tinent, but the total shows the large proportions which this trade has now assumed. By the way, the “Harold Dollar,” now being built for the Robert Dollar Steamship Company, of San Francisco, will be the largest lumber-carrying vessel in the Pacific service, having a capa- city of 5,000,000 ft.” Practical Belt Lacing Directions Description of the ‘‘Hinge’’ and the ‘‘Straight stitch”’ Methods—The Two Most Common Plans There are several methods of joining the ends of a belt by means of rawhide lace leather. The two most common and practical plans for lacing belts are known as the “Hinge” lacing and the “Straight “Stitch” lacing. Whatever style of lacing is adopted, it is imperative that the ends of the belt to be joined should be cut at exactly right | angles to the sides of the belt, and that the lacing be under uniform ‘tension in order that the belt may run absolutely true when put into operation. Cut the ends of the belt to be joined perfectly true with a ‘tri-square. Punch two rows of holes in each end of the belt. The “holes in the second row should be punched directly back of those in the first row. The holes in both ends of the belt should also be ex- actly opposite. No holes should be less than one-half inch from the edge of the belt, nor nearer to the end than one-half inch. The holes should be spaced about three-quarters of an inch from centre to centre. Directions for Lacing Put the lace through hole No. 5, drawing ends even. Butt the ends of belt together and pass each end of the string of lace between the ends of the belt as shown in the following illustration. Pass No. 1 lace up through hole No. 8, down between ends of The ‘“‘ Hinge’”’ lace looks alike on both sides and gives very pliable joints. belt, up through No. 5, down through No. 2, up through No. 5, down between ends again. Put lace No. 2 down through hole No. 8, up through No. 11, ‘down through No. 8, up between ends, down through No. 4, up be- tween ends, down through No. 7, up between ends, down through No. 4, up through No. 1, down through No. 4, up between ends, down The ‘‘Straight Stitch’’ on Grain (left) and Flesh sides of Belt. through No. 7, up through No. 10, down through No. 7, up between ends, down through No. 4, up through No. 1. Punch hole with belt ' awl and fasten in usual manner directly back of hole No. 1. a To finish the other side, put lace No. 1 through hole No. 9, down | between ends, up through No. 6, down between ends, up through No. _ 9, down through No. 12, up through No. 9, down between ends, up | through No. 6, down through No. 3, up through No. 6, down between | ends, up through No. 9, down through No. 12, then fasten end of lace back of hole No. 12 in the usual manner. = The illustration used with these instructions shows only three holes to each row. The same instructions apply whenever any odd ‘number of holes are required to each row—simply start with’ the _ centre hole. When the width of the belt requires the use of an even number of holes in each row, begin with either one of the two centre holes and follow the instructions already given. __ * Copyrighted by the Graton & Knight Manufacturin Company, Worcester, Mass., U.S.A ‘ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 Cut the ends of the belt to be joined perfectly true with a tri- square. Punch one row of holes in each end of the belt. The holes in both ends should be exactly opposite. No holes should be less than one-half inch from the edge of the belt, nor nearer the end than one-half inch. The holes should be spaced about three-quarters of an inch from centre to centre. Directions for Lacing Butt ends of belt together. Put lace through holes No. 3 and No. 8 from the grain side, drawing ends of lace even, see the fo!low- ing illustration. Put No. 1 lace up through hole No. 3, down through No. 8, up through No. 4, down through No. 9, up through No. 5, down through No. 10, up through No. 5, down through No. 10, tip through No. 4, down through No. 9, and up through No. 3. Punch hole with Welt awl and fasten in usual manner directly back of hole No. 3. Put lace No. 2 up through hole No. 7, down through No. 2, up through No. 6, down through No. 1, up through No. 6, dowa through No. 1, up through No. 7, down through No. 2, and up through No. 8. Fasten lace in usual manner directly back of hole No. 8. The illustration used with these instructions shows five holes to each row. The same instructions apply wherever any odd siumber of holes are required to each row—simply start with the centre lioles. When the width of the belt requires the use of an even number Starting a ‘‘Straight Stitch” with odd number of holes. Starting a ‘‘ Straight Stitch’’ with even number of holes. Starting a ‘‘ Hinge’’ lace. of holes in each end of the belt, lace in accordance with the follovsing directions: Butt ends of belt together. No. 6, from flesh side (see illustration), drawing ends of lace even. Put lace No. 1 down through hole No. 7, up through No. -+, down through No. 8, up through No. 4, down through No. 8, up through Put lace up through holes No. 3 aiid No. 3, down through No. 7, up through No. 2. Punch hole w.-th belt awl and fasten in usual manner directly back of hole No. 2. Put lace No. 2 down through hole No. 2, up through No. >, down through No. 1, up through No. 5, down through No. 1, up through No. 6, down through No. 2, and up through No. 7. fa3zen ivce in usual manner directly back of hole No. 7. The illustration used with these instructions shows only icur holes to each row. The same instructions apply whenever any e-en number of holes are required to each row. An Important Timber Transaction One of the largest land transactions recorded in Quebec province was announced recently, involving the purchase by the Chicoutimi Pulp Company, which is now turning out six hundred tons of wet pulp daily, of one of the largest areas of freehold property in the world. The company has purchased from the. Atlantic, Quebec & Western Railway 400,000 acres of freehold pulp wood lands, which was formerly given to the railway for the construction of 100 miles of railway line, extending from New Carlisle to the Gaspe Basin. This area is located along the branches of the Upper Peribonka River, a stream a mile wide in some places and running into Lake St. John. It is said that the company selected the acquired virgin forest lands along the northern sections of this river in preference to areas further south, for the reason that while a great broad river connected them with the south, no railway within many miles made forest fires at all probable. A second block of freehold land now in possession of the same company, amounting to 110,000 acres was accorded the Roberval & Saguenay Railway, which has already built forty miles from Ha Ha Bay to Chicoutimi, and will continue the same line on to a further distance of sixty miles next year, to the Mistasini River 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER: Mountain Lumbermen Hold Business Meeting A general meeting of the Mountain Lumber Manufacturers’ As- sociation was held at Nelson, B.C., recently, at which it was re- ported that American competition was still very keen in the Pacific provinces, the imports for the first three months of 1914 having been about equal to those of the corresponding period in 1913. The opin- ion was very generally expressed that no relief could be expected in this regard until the Dominion Government would give protection to the industry by means of an increased tariff. : Reports which were presented showed that the iniormation bur- eau of the association had proved very valuable. The bureau gathers reports of all business booked by Canadian operators and distributes it to the members of the association. In this way an excellent idea is secured of market conditions in the Prairie Provinces. The members present expressed their gratification at the order of the Railway Board which had recently been passed, conforming the western freight rates judgment which placed main iine points on the same basis as those in the Crows Nest from a lumber shipment _ point of view. Formerly the main line shippers were charged a higher rate on account of the haul through the Field tunnel. A report was presented to the effect that the Canadian Pacific Railway department of natural resources is making special efforts this year to increase settlement along the company’s lines. It is expected that this policy will prove advantageous to the lumbermen by stimulating the demand for their products. Mr. W. A. Anstie, managing director of the Forest Mills of British Columbia, Limited, Revelstoke, B.C., was appointed to repre- sent the association at the conference which is to be held between lumbermen and forestry department officials at Victoria for the pur- pose of discussing the administration of the new royalty act. The association refused a request from a large retail lumber firm on the Prairies which asked that the Mountain lumbermen should discontinue the practice of selling direct to elevator companies, and that they should make their sales through the retailers. The association commended the action of Hon. W. R. Ross, Min- ister of Lands, in arranging for efforts to increase the export markets for British Columbia lumber and timbers. Mr. N. J. Eastman was appointed grading inspector for the asso- ciation. Mr. Eastman has had a varied experience in the lumber business in the mountain district of British Columbia, and, until recently had been with Mr. W. C. E. Koch, the Slocan Valley Lum- berman. Lumbermen Co-operating in Vancouver Pageant It is expected that all the leading lumber mills in New Vancouver, B.C., will be represented in the lumbermen’s pageant parade to be held -in connection with the Pacific Coast Ad Men’s convention on June 12th. The Canadian Western Lumber Company, which operates the largest plant in the Dominion, will exhibit floats in the parade, and the manager has signified his wish to co-operate in securing animated pic- tures of the mill and plant in action. The promoters of the parade are arranging for a series of views of the different branches of the lumber industry, which will be shown with the photographs of the parade. Panoramic views of the various mills on False Creek and Burrard In- let are being taken. These, in addition to showing the extent of the timber industry, will also be a valuable publicity factor in advertising the city, it is pointed out. Arrangements are being made with leading film exchanges for handling the sets of pictures and distributing them all over the American continent and Europe. Wider Field for Plain Oak Furniture Plain oak is coming back after years of neglect. Little of it has been in evidence for a long time. Fashion dictated the use of other woods, but fashion in that line has about run its course, and indica- tions point to an early and general return of plain oak in the furniture trade, says Hardwood Record. Quartered oak, also, is due for wider employment in the manufacture of furniture. That is, the oak is €X- tending its field of usefulness in most kinds of furniture. For some years this wood has been confined largely to the office and the dining room. Desks and cabinets of oak have been manufactured in large quantities and in numerous styles, and dining tables, sideboards and other appurtenances of the dining room have followed that fashion. In the making of other classes of furniture this splendid wood was ac- corded scant courtesy. Birch, gum, maple and other hardwoods had the center of the stage. These are fine woods, but no finer than oak, and the superior place accorded them was dictated by fashion, which is often as much a law in trade as in the social affairs of men and women. It, therefore, becomes a matter of quiet satisfaction to note a tend- ency on the part of oak to come into the general furniture field again. Plain and quartered oak alike have a place, and by right they never aught to have lost any part of that place. Their substantial qualities ought to place them among woods like gold among metals, superior to vicissitudes of fortune, and beyond the fickle influences of fashion. ' . = The tendency is indicated by the appearance of oak furniture in show windows, where it is more prominent than it had been in a long time. This is the situation, not in a single city or manufacturing dis- trict, but it is so general that the movement cannot be defined as re- stricted or local. A popular form of library table has a quartered ve- neer top, while the frame is made of solid plain oak. The table is not elaborately finished. It is simply a substantial piece of oak for the library. Many pieces on display are finished natural and they afford pleasing contrasts with some of the deep-stained woods. Advice to Woodworking Machinery Buyers In buying woodworking machinery one or two consideratic present themselves, and cannot, in fact, be ignored with impun The first in importance is rigidity of construction, a very necess condition on account of speed of working, the quality of the wor and the liability to breakdown, with attendant cost of repairs and le of production while the machine is undergoing repair. . It is very seldom—and only in special cases where machines required for temporary use—that it is a business proposition to sz fice rigidity to so-called “economy” in first cost. This stricture plies with additional force to the buying of second-hand machine I quite agree with a writer who said recently that “It is better to row money to buy new machinery than to lose money operating m: ines that are out of date in the matter of economy of production; the best plan is to set aside a machinery fund each year before dec ing a dividend, for then it is easy to keep up-to-date without haying to go in debt.” a And machines are quickly out-of-date now-a-days, because con petition is always demanding something better of the engineer, ) on his own account and also to enable the woodworker to increase improve the production of the machines. ' Moreover, rigidity is quired, not only because of the greater security in continued high o puts, but also because the quality of the work is best with machir running at the highest speed. . a In deciding the size of the machine equipment, or the size of a par- ticular machine, regard should be paid first to the size and amount of work required to be produced. As a rule it does not pay to instal machine beyond the size of the work, because both the costs on account of power.and upkeep are made unduly high. And even if an increase in production is anticipated it is rather the better way to put down two machines. } 4 When buying machinery of any kind, it is generally the course of wisdom for non-technical purchasers, with only a limited knowledg of engineering, to consult a third party who possesses this knowled Weare, however, better placed in the woodworking industry. Our « gineers (as far as the knowledge of the writer goes) are reliable. But a word of warning is necessary. Don’t order a machine upon your own judgment alone unless you are quite sure—quite confident—yo judgment will not be-called into question: later—perhaps by your foreman or the man who has to work the machine. — $ In buying machinery it is always advisable first to consult operator (through his foreman), and then consult—not instruct th engineer. It is surprising what help—what knowledge that car subsequently be turned into hard cash—can be obtained freely of th engineer if you frankly state your requirements and repose some con: fidence in him. : a Many proprietors of sawmill, joiners’ shops, ete.—particularly medium or small plants—still prefer to plan their own machine lay- out. It is quite unnecessary to-day, and rather foolish to boot, be- cause, whether a new mill is afoot, or the simplest addition to an existing plant, engineers prefer to lend their expert assistance. It is all a matter of business. Simply stated, the position is that it pays the engineer to make a fast friend of the sawmill proprietor, and, incidentally, the sawmill proprietor has everything to gain and nothing to lose by such business friendship. oa My advice.to leave the lay-out of the shop to the engineer not, I know, be acceptable to all. And there is something to be for the other view. There is a keen pleasure to be derived in lay out one’s own shop, especially when the planner has a liking for ganization. A good way to proceed is to measure up the floor space 2 able, and prepare a drawing set out %-in. to the foot. It is. important that this drawing be absolutely correct in the s detail, particularly in showing doors, windows, pillars, stairs, hois recesses, etc. The need for knowing the exact position of any of the: items will soon be seen. Now measure up all machines, taking t overall dimensions, including the space required for the largest sto any particular machine will take. For instance, with the Log Band Saw take the extreme travel of the table both ways, plus an allow- ance for manipulating the log and cut boards. Draw a plan of each machine with these dimensions to the same scale as the mill plan, on thin cardboard. Cut the shape out, and put a pin through the centre. Now you can plan to your heart’s content, moving the machine shapes =» aon 1. os CANADA LUMBERMAN where you will, fixing them temporarily by means of the pins, until you have finally settled the arrangement. hen past them down on — the mill plan. In laying-out the machines, drives which run through floors must ‘not be overlooked, and where machines are to be motor-driven, the atter, of course, must be added in proper relative position to the cut- out machine shape. Again, the crane must not be forgotten, and machines fed by it must be placed accordingly. Another important factor arises in the arrangement of aisles. Ample provision should be made for the movement and conveyance of stock according to the extreme size of the latter likely to be at any time in any given position. And finally, do not forget that the arrangement should provide tor machines travelling straight forward, or directly around in a cir- ‘cular plan. What I mean is that no work should double on its track. _ Any work which returns and has to cover the sameground later for completing, is subjected thereby to lost motion, and lost motiou % means less profits. And when you have completed your plans, show them to your engineer, and ask him to revise them. b ‘Lime is of the essence of the contract.” This quotation is par- ticularly apt considered in relation to the buying and selling of mach- Bi inery. “lime” is the “bete noire” of the engineer. “So many chance occurrences crop up to delay delivery, and the buyer is so unreason- is. able,” says the engineer ; while the buyer makes retort, “You'll pro- i As in most departments of life ae a b ae to promise more on it is oe to ie Bi There would be fewer disputes under this head, however, if the phe stipulated for a definite delivery date, and not to be content with “about six weeks,” or some such nebulous phrase. On the other hand, it is in the best interests of the buyer to be reasonable shou!d the engineer desire a little longer than the contracted time. Accidents _ will happen, and it is not wise to rush the completion of a machine or plant. After all the standardization that has taken place in machine shops during the past ten years, the day of prompt deliveries seems | as far off as ever. 3 The fact is that the amount of re-designing which has been done .3 during the same period has barred out repetition work, and the mak- Beng of standard machines to stock. By-the-way, is there such a thing as a “standard” woodworking machine? This question would form the subject of what should prove a highly instructive discussion. [¢x- _ cept for.the simplest operations—such as plain sawing, cross-cutting, _ etc.—it does not appear that strict standardization is to the interests _ of the machine woodworker. Of course, the engineer can ‘“‘standard- ize’ a frame, a spindle, a bearing, and similar details regularly re- quired, of given dimensions: But to standardize a complete planer _ and matcher, for instance, as is being attempted to-day, and to refuse to deviate in the slightest particular to meet the special. requirements of a woodworker who desires to meet competition in his own way, by, perhaps, an additional adjustment, or a slight alteration—such refusal is not to the interests of the woodworker, and the tendency ‘should be resisted. Engineers have their labor troubles, and desire to lessen cost production, no doubt, but are not the woodworkers to have consideration “by the same token ?” By which it will be seen that the astute buyer will observe whether his engineer is more con- cerned in selling direct from his catalogue than he is in the operations the buyer desires to perform. How many machines are ordered without saws, cutters, or other necessary tools? The engineer’s remarks on this “kink” . would be interesting. The best machine, of course, cannot work without a tool of some kind, but by what process of reasoning a buyer lays out good money in, it may be, a first class machine, and then imagines any old tool will do—the workman must “make good” —is incomprehensible. A new machine installed under such conditions might quite conceiv- ably do less work than the old. The operator may “by long use have discovered the best way of getting the most out of the old machine, : in humouring it, and if thé - new is not equipped with the tools the engineer intended, it is not to be expected that other than disappoint- : ‘ment will ensue. Good tools, and plenty of them, are the stock of effi- ciency in any shop, and a number should always be ordered with the machine, because when so ordered they are tested in the machine by t e engineer—at least in most cases. With a stock of good tools in the shop there need be no lengthy stoppage on their account. It is false economy to have any lack of good tools. Reference has been made to the necessity of spare tool equipment, and it must not be overlooked that alongside this is the equal neces- for proper provision for grinding, sharpening, and setting. The method—especially where new type machines are installed—is ar hronism, and its presence displays a lamentable lack of courage the part of the person responsible—usually the office. What is the icular advantage of a high-speed machine if tools are prepared machinemen in the old manner? How much more work is being ned out with the more expensive machine if it is standing one- -halt ae rs he a het . i sae _ ae hy, AND WOODWORKER 37 the day? Either “go. the whole hog,’ or stay in the rut. There is no half-way house—not for long. There are very few mills or shops in which the advent of a properly qualified saw sharpener and tool iron grinder would not be a profitable asset. And when installed, let him be responsible not only for keeping the saws and tools ready for use, but also for handing them out and recording them, so that it shall not be possible for tools to be stored away by machinemen who are bitten with the “dog in the manger” spirit. If there is a manager who is dissatisfied with the number and length of stoppages of the mach- ines in his mill, and who is at the mercy of a system which permits of every machineman taking care of his own tools, let him try the method I advocate—let him instal a capable man, make him responsible, and provide him with the necessary apparatus (it is not expensive). Then let such manager note the increased output, and balance same against the expenditure incurred.—Timber. Canada’s Foreign Trade in Wood Products Exports of forest products from Canada during the month of February, 1914, were valued at $1,961,206 as compared with $2,212,- 485 during February, 1913. For the eleven months ending with Feb- ruary the exports were valued at $40,097,151, as compared with $40,- 895,709 during the eleven months ending February, 1913. The exports of forest products during February included the fol- lowing :—pine deals, $69,610; spruce and other deals, $298,076; laths, $57,093; planks and boards, $742,953, of which $629, 430 was ta the United States : shingles, $574,476, of which $553,148 was to the United States; pulpwood to the United States, $535,931; wood pulp chemi- cally prepared to the United States, $240,437 ; wood pulp mechanically ground to the United States, $174,298. Imports of forest products coming into Canada free of duty; during February, 1914, were valued at $788,711. For the eleven months ending February, the value under this heading was $15,125,- 206. The imports of free forest products included the following :— hickory and oak spokes, $18,936; fence posts and railroad ties, $105,- 218; logs and round unmanufactured timber, $19,768; mahogany, $16,- 639; oak, $155,035; pitch pine, $119,408; white ash, $17,065; planks, boards, etc., dressed on one side only, $216,147. National Hardwood Convention Programme The 17th annual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association will be held in Buffalo on June 18th and 19th. The firsc day’s programme includes the reports by officers and committees in the morning, and a special trip to Niagara Falls in the afternoon. On the second day, the report of the Inspection Rules Committee will be presented, an address will be delivered by A. E. Trefz, Field Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, U.S.A., and election of officers and direc- tors will take place. On Friday evening, June 19th, a complimentary banquet will be given at the Hotel Statler, which is to be headquarters for the convention. Special Timbers for Aeroplanes Toronto, May 4th—Editor Canada Lumberman:—We notice in the Cada Lumberman of April 15th an article entitled “The Commercial Importance of Spruce,’ by R. G. Lewis, and on page 37 there are a few sentences commend- ing spruce for framework for aeroplanes. We have had enquiries for “silver spruce” for aeroplane construction from Australia. We see, for the article re- ferred to, that spruce can be obtained in Canada for aeroplane construction. We would be much obliged to you if you could give us any further informa- tion regarding where we can obtain this spruce. — Imperial Export Company, Limited. Mr. R. G. Lewis, the writer of the article referred to, reports in reply to the above question that “Silver Spruce” is not an accepted common name and it would be impossible to say just what species is referred. In New York State where the aeroplane industry is most important the wood used is about two-thirds native red spruce cut within New York State itself. This is the same species that is cut in our own Maritime Provinces (Picea rubra). ; The “Struts” or “spreaders” are made from this red spruce from West Virginia or from Sitka spruce from Oregon. This is probably the spruce referred to by your correspondent as “Oregon Silver Spruce,” although I have never heard of Sitka spruce under ‘that name. Undoubtedly Sitka spruce is the best material for this purpose, as it can be obtained in larger dimensions than any of the other spruces, clear of defect and possessing the essential straight grain. This wood can be obtained from almost any of the Coast Mills i in British Colum- bia, but would of course, have to be selected with great care, by one who understood the use to which it was to be put. “The following firms in New York State manufacture aeroplanes or parts thereof American Aeroplane Supply House, Hempstead, N.Y., International Aeroplane Construction Company, Jamaica, N.Y., Beekman Sash, Door & Woodworking Company, New York, N.Y. If any readers of the Canada Lumberman can furnish further in- formation upon this subject, we will be pleased to forward it to the enquirers. vanwacen wees 338 Hauling Lumber Stocks With Electric Locomotives The hauling of stocks of lumber in connection with any large manufacturing or selling company is always one of the most important problems to be solved. Local conditions have a great deal to do with the method adopted. Of late years, many large companies have found that the most efficient method of performing this work is by means of a specially designed locomotive drawing car-loads upon tracks which Jeffrey 7 Ton Storage Battery Locomotive hauling a train load of lumber con- taining 70,000 feet. are connected with the railroad tracks by means of which the company makes its shipments. One of the most up-to-date installations of a service of this nature has been put in by the Potlatch Lumber Com- pany of Potlatch, Idaho. The equipment for this haulage system was furnished by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company of Columbus, Ohio. From the accompanying illustrations one can gather at a glance how useful and efficient this system is. One of the illustrations shows a Jeffrey 7-ton storage battery locomotive in operation at this plant. This locomotive, small as it appears, is hauling a train containing no less than 70,000 feet of lumber. The locomotives are used for hauling trains of green and dry lumber between the sawmills, sorting sheds, - dry kilns and loading docks. The Potlatch Company discarded horses ae Hi cover Plant of the Potlatch Lumber Company—showing the plan and arrangement of the company’s buildings and tracks. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Machinery and Equipment What Manufacturers of Logging, Sawmill and Woodworking Appliances are Doing and mules long ago because their work was too heavy for animal haul age. Steam and gasoline were out of the question on account of the fire risks and the company decided upon the use of electric locomotive: with both trolleys and storage batteries. The layout of the tracks in the company’s yards is shown by the accompanying diagram. No less than 50 miles of yard tracks have been instafled. On hauls averaging three-quarters of a mite, each loce Jeffrey cab equipped storage battery locomotive at the Potlatch plant. motive is doing as high as 450 tons miles of lumber per day of ten hours, on a single charge with a short extra charge during the noon hour. The records of the company show that this equipment is re- sulting in a net saving of 40 per cent. on the cost of performing the same work with animal haulage. Another of the illustrations shows a Jeffrey cab-equipped storage battery locomotive at the Potlatch plant. These locomotives are also adapted for industrial haulage in large manufacturing industries. They are also used in copper smelting plants, straw board factories, cotton, flour and paper mills and in con- nection with many other plants where trolley wires are objectionable, or where the use of other forms of locomotives is prohibited on account of the fire risks. Wherever a considerable portion of the track is equipped wit a trolley wire, or where the service combines a long haul with a con- siderable amount of switching, a combination trolley and battery loco- motive is recommended by the Jeffrey Manufacturing Company. The use of the battery eliminates complicated trolley wire construction at the switches and sidings and avoids the necessity for watching the trol- ley when crossing frogs. It also allows the locomotive to run ove spurs and into buildings at any point along the line. yA The Jeffrey Manufacturing Company devotes attention especially to the working out of plans for the operation of systems of this nature. To insure the success of a storage battery installation every feature in connection with it should be carefully investigated by someone who is familiar with this type of locomotive. A thorough study of the total amount of work to be done is very important. In a large number of cases the total amount of work is very much over-estimated. Gener ally, the size of, the locomotive can be determined by the grade of the track and the maximum train load to be hauled. An Efficient Gas Plant for Sawmills One objection to the use of gas plants in isolated sawmills and woodworking plants is the impossibility of securing supplies of coal for the producer equipment except at prices which are commercially prohibitive. A gas producer plant which allows of the use of lumbe! (much of it of little value) as fuel, should appeal to many lumbermen The George Anderson Company of Canada, Limited, Montreal, ars manufacturers of gas engines and also of suction gas plants whict automatically make gas from.charcoal, coal, or coke, the former requir ing the largest grate area. Wood is a very poor steam raiser, but when converted into charcoal it makes an excellent fuel for the suc tion gas producer. The cost of suction gas for generating power com- pares favourably with-that of electric current and. steam. The makers state that the running costs are one-quarter those of electricity on a basis of 2 cents per unit, one-third those of the steam engine with coal at $2.50 per ton, and half of the gas engine using town gas at 50c per 1,000 feet. It is also stated that the process is automatic, and resolves itself into. periodical stokings, the plant being easily handled. This , oat type of plant is in successful operation in Australia, South Africa, South America, Spain, etc., where charcoal is the only available cheap fuel. One of the good points of the engine is the simplicity of the de- sign and the accessibility of the parts. It is easy to start and to handle. The smaller sizes are started by hand, while engines over 30 h.p. are started by hand pump which injects the first or starting charge, whicn may.be petrol or compressed air. Canada Machinery Corporation Adds to Its Catalogue The Canada Machinery Corporation, Galt, Ont., have issued two ; new bulletins, Nos. 303 and 504, which are to be added to their cata- _ logue of woodworking tools. - in. or 12 in. wide and is mounted on a substantial base. No. 303 is a heavy moulder, to work 10 It is heavy _ and substantial in all parts and capable of doing the finest work. At set up for any job in minimum time. ticular attention to the feed in this machine and believe it ~ stock 4 in. thick and 17 in. in width. the same time it is extremely convenient in adjustment and can be The company have paid par- has a stronger and more powerful feed than any other of its type. Special attention has also been given to guarding the machine wherever pos- sible, to insure the safety of the operators. No. 504 is a tenoner, single or double head, with or without copes or cut-off saw, designed for light and heavy tenoning, and taking The length of a single cut is 53% in., and of double cut, 8% in. Modern Equipment in Donald Fraser & Sons Mills The accompanying illustrations show some of the new equipment which has been installed by Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited, Cabano, P.Q., and Fredericton, N.B., in their various mills. One of the illus- trations shows a Four-Saw Gang manufactured by Wm. Mershon & Company, Saginaw, Mich., standing in the shop, all complete and ready for shipment. The other illustration shows one of the Mershon Twin Saginaw Band Resaws. These mills are all provided with wheels 66-in. in diameter and they carry 8-in. saws. The twin band resaw in connection with the sawmill, is operated in the same manner as the Mershon single vertical resaw, which is so well known that it needs no description. The twin band resaw illustrated, is provided with the same feed works and means for shifting and locking the feed rolls in any desired position with reference to the saw blade. It is also possible, with very little effort to space the saws any distance apart. If the log mill is sawing 3 ft. deal, the rolls are spaced 3-in. apart and the saws l-in. apart, and in this condition the 3-in. deal will be transformed into three l-in. boards. If the next flitch that is dropped from the log mill is 6-in. thick, it may be sawn in any way desired. Thus, the rolls may be spread 6-in. apart and the saws, say 4-in. apart, and the result will be two l-in. boards and one 4-in. plank; or, the rolls may be shifted to one side and the saws spaced 2-in. apart, and a 1-in. board, a 2-in. plank and a 3-in. deal be the result. This twin band resaw, in short, can be manipulated in any man- Mershon Twin Saginaw Band _ esaw at Plant of Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited. ; CANADA LUMBERMAN 39 AND WOODWORKER Mershon Four-saw Gang at Plant of Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited. ner that is desired. The saw is made to spread 6-in., in which case, of course, one saw only need be used. Equipment of this class enables a manufacturer to combine maximum efficiency with extreme econo- my, through the use of saw blades that are thinner than standard. Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited, in their various plants, have placed orders recently for two Mershon Twin Saginaw Band Re- saws, and one Four-Saw Gang, similar to the one illustrated in the shop interior, and differing only from the Three-Saw Gang, illus- trated in another part of this paper, in that it is comprised of four units rather than three. Previous to this they also purchased and installed a Seven-Foot Twin for canting or sawing their logs. Logs are canted on the large Twin and then delivered to the Four-Saw Gang. In their other mills the same results are practically obtained by the use of single and twin roller feed resaws. The machines are worked out in every detail, the Gangs and the Seven-Foot Twin being supplied with air cylinders for setting the saws to cut logs or flitches into any thickness of boards, plank or deal required. _ The equipment described above is also illustrated and described in the new sawmill catalogue issued by Wm. B. Mershon & Com- pany. This catalogue is intended for distribution among those who are interested in modern sawmill equipment. It may be had by writ- ing to the company at Saginaw, Mich. Personal Paragraphs Mr. William Rutherford, of the William Rutherford Sons Com- pany, Limited, and Mr. W. J. Sadler, of Sadler & Haworth, have been elected members of the executive committee of the Montreal branch of the Canadian Manufacturers’ Association. C. C. Muir, of Nanaimo, B.C., has taken over the general manage- ment of the Island Lumber Company, operating at Duncan, B.C., about half way between Victoria and Nanaimo. He was formerly secretary of the New Ladysmith Lumber Company, Nanaimo. / __Mr. C.C. Mendham who has been connected with the outdoor staff in Toronto of the Herbert Morris Crane & Hoist Company, Limited. has now been appointed Resident Engineer in Berlin for the same com- pany. This appointment is in line with the policy of the Herbert Morris Crane & Hoist Company which consists, not only in carrying large stocks of their manufactures to ensure prompt delivery, but in furnishing also a consulting engineering service for advising on the best equipment for any given set of conditions. . Wm. C. Purves, St. Stephen, N.B., formerly a well-known lum- berman, of St: John, N.B., and also of Baring, Me., and Calais. Me. died at St. Stephen recently. At St. John, N.B., Mr. Purves was a member of the firm of Purves & Warner. About fifteen years ago he retired from the lumber business and conducted a very successful wholesale grocery and coal business at St. Stephen. : Mr. W. J. Foye, of the McShane Lumber Company, Omaha, Neb. visited Toronto recently on business. The McShane Lumber Com- pany turn out about 150,000,000 feet annually and a good deal of their product finds its way into the Ontario markets. Mr. Foye reported that he had been pleased with his Ontario trip and that the company had recently secured some very fair business in this province. 40 A Lock Joint for Casement Sash North Cobalt, Ont., Editor Canada Lumberman: I am sending you a sketch of a lock joint for casement sash, which may interest some of your readers. I have used these joints with great success and find that they work like gears. Only one cutter and one setting of the machine are necessary, providing the cutter is well made. In operating the machine the face side of the sash is reversed alongside of the gauge of the buzz planer. If the cutter is well made, the joint will work free, like a set of gears and will not press the sides of the frame or jambs.—J. Joanisse. Filer’s Diplomacy An old filer, long experienced in the game, attributes much of his success to the fact that he always sought the co-operation of the sawyer. Young filers will do well to profit by this advice. Even if you know your business from A to Z, it will sometimes get you more to ask the sawyer what he thinks. He might suggest a slightly dil- ferent shaped tooth, or a deeper gullet, and when you send him a saw prepared the way he suggested you can bet your last dollar that he will do all in his power to get results with that particular saw. In other words you have him working for you and with you instead of against you. I have seen instances where the filer and sawyer pulled against each other like a couple of Missouri mules. The sawyer “kicked” on every: blade sent out to him; the filer intimated with loud accents that the sawyer was a “rube” and didn’t know a good saw when he saw it. Co-operation between sawyer and filer will make the work of both lighter and easier, and the boss will be better satished and think more of both. Canada’s Imports and Exports of Wood Goods An advance report of the trade of Canada for the twelve months ending February, 1914, shows that the exports of forest products were valued at $42,456,502, as compared with $43,125,791, in the corres- ponding period a year ago; $31,339,637 in 1912, and $35,959,530 in 1911. Imports of wood and manufacturers of wood from the United States were valued at $24,354,020 and from Great Britain at $635,168, making a total of $25,601,277, as. compared with $27,557,307 for the twelve months ending February, 1913. Exports of wood and manufacturers of wood were valued at $33,- 570,483 to the United States and $12,369,385 to Great Britain, a total of $49,479,120, as compared with $49,403,342 during the twelve months ending February, 1913. Details of the exports of wood and manufacturers of wood are as follows :— Twelve months ending February 1913 Total To United ToUnited : Kingdom States Wood and mfrs. of—Total 49,403,342 49,479,120 12,369,385 33,570,483 OgsMars Rohrer a 1,076,574 507,649 117,012 390,232 Lumber—Deals, pine 1,461,882 1,412,251 1,325,634 61,850 Deals, spruce and other. 5,584,805 6,646,020 6,047,436 517,836 Laths, palings and pickets. 1,977,649 1,932,030 2,024,060 1,878,375 Planks and boards ... .. 20,834,278 19,383,923 1,808,947 15,099,074 Shingles 1,380,316 1,579,362 292 1,542,312 Timber, “square a> =. 1,306,971 580,998 554,771 12,741 Wood blocks for pulp ... ... 6,576,024 2 WUS4 Sie Wace ke ae 7,184,817 Wood pulp ... wear) Nevaeh Tyas 5,428,541 6,203,264 1,229,992 4,674,145 Spanish River Co. Loses Appeal A report from New York states that the Spanish River Puip and Paper Mills, Limited, has been unsuccessful in their application before the United States Court of Customs Appeals for free entry of their ground wood pulp lumber under the reciprocity act. The ques- tion involved arose over the prohibition of export of Crown lands woods from the company’s limits. This prohibition was in force when the company secured its limits, but was subsequently’ removed. Exports to the United States were, however, charged the full duty | ° CANADA LUMBERMAN AND 'WOODWORKER upon entering that country. The Board of General Appraisers sus- tained the Spanish River Company’s claim for free entry, but the Court of Customs Appeals has now reversed the decision, claiming that it would be an evasion of the United States law, which is de signed to prevent restriction of every kind upon the export of pulp- wood from Canada. ... sa. «20 eee 0 In receivables 3... sce. 040s. 5 swe ons 0 = ee In R. EB. and Impl. k ee oe ee 5,000 Totter : $20,000 © 1. Charge interest on the first two items (R. E. and Imp. not included) at the beginning of the business year. Interest — at 8 per cent.on $15,000"... >... 2c, a 1 2. Charge rental on the real estate and improvements used in your business at a rate equal to what you should receive if renting to others, which is at least 10 per cent. of the fair and reasonable sales value. Annual rental of 10 per cent. on $5,000 ... izsceap eerie Soe Oe ear gee eee ae 3. For your own:services you should charge an amount equal to what your services would be worth to others; treat in like manner the services of any member of your family, ae ee @ oem pe © though such a one may not be on the regular pay-roll. Balary of manager Of yard... 1+. --- 211 vee eee wee ee ,200 Balatyrol assistant ...29..- --- see wee eee wees 600 _ 4. Charge depreciation on all goods carried over on which you f may have to make a less price because of changes in style, 7 damage through exposure to weather, culls, broken bundles EI i tee. Pe 150 5. Charge depreciation-on wagons, teams, tools and all other fixtures, equipment, etc., subject to depreciation and wear which is usually computed at 10 per cent.—$1,500 at 10 ¢ MSTICEHt, 2. 1. ee ee ee tee oe Pad tee pe ss eh eae as 150 _ 6. Charge amounts donated or subscriptions paid, including advertising, publicity expenses, charity, etc. .. 45183 Day pe __ 7. Charge a!l fixed expenses, such as water, lights, insurance, Meee interest, fuel, taxes, attorney fees, etc. ... ... .-. --. -» $50 8. Charge all incidental expenses, such as drayage, postage, stationery, livery, telegrams, telephones’..- ... ... :.. ++. 120 _ 9. Charge all losses, such as goods stolen, rebates to custo- Memeeiiers) bad debts, etc. ... ... 2-6 we cee ee MEE SAT Poms... MS oe ED 4 When you have ascertained what the sum of all the foregoing items amounts to, prove it by your books, and you will have the total expenses for the year, then divide this amount by your total sales, and you will have the per cent. of expenses. In the above illustration on assumed annual sales of $25,000 and an assumed expense of $4,640, the per cent. of expense is 18.56. A merchant who finds at the end of the year that his profits are EG b 4 + ae sometimes assumes that an excessive expense account is ca the sole reason for an inadequate profit, when the trouble is often due more to his low selling price than to his expense account. _ The subject of the correct method of calculating profits is an im- portant one, and most essential, and there is a variance of opinion as to the correct method. An incorrect understanding of the arithmetic of percentages ‘and failure to observe the correct method of figuring the percentage of | profit on the selling price instead of the cost has been the cause of _ many slim showings at inventory periods. 5 It is scientifically correct to base the margin of gross profit on g the cost price, but it is most important to keep prominently in mind a in doing so the difference between the cost and selling price. A Puzzle in Percentage . If an article cost $1.00 to manufacture and the.expense of selling is 22 per cent. For what must it sell to yield a net profit of 10 per The superficial way of arriving at the answer would be to take the cent? cost of $1.00 and add 22 per cent., or 22 cents, and to the sum of $1.22 _ the answer is $1.47. 4. In this case the expense percentage being 22, the expense is 22 per cent. of $1.47, or 32 cents, instead of 22 cents. .. This illustration shows us that if our percentage of expense on | selling price, as in the example used of the yard selling $25,000 per _ year is 18.56 per cent., then 18.56 per cent. added to the cost of goods - will not cover the expense because we have used the selling price as the basis. : In one case we are figuring on the selling price and in the other on the cost price. , The percentage of profit and the percentage of cost of doing busi- ness should both be figured on the same base. It is a common error to add 25 per cent. to cost when 25 per cent. gross profit is wanted, and imagine that we are getting 25 per cent. gross profit on our sales when we are really getting 20 per cent.. The most important reasons why percentage of profit should be calculated on se!ling price are: 1. The sales totals are always readily ascertainable. 2. Gross cost generally can only be ascertained at the end of the year. ; 4 3. The amount of profitis generally figured on the volume of busi- ‘ness or the aggregate sales as is also the percentage of expense. 4. Allowances to customers and salaries to salesmen are based on sales. As an illustration of the self-deception often practiced in figuring profit entirely on cost, a transaction that recently came to notice may used as an example. In this case the yard manager had a gross profit (on cost) of 22.4 per cent.—the bill cost $500 and was sold for $612. As their expense account was 15 per cent. of their sales, the expense was $91.80. _ case 2 | | | - Cost of bill plus expense ... RBar ny An ROMO Muscling price... ........- ‘ 2.» Ole Od) Net profit... .. a a $ 20.20 3 per cent. on selling price: - add 10 per cent. profit, or 12 cents, giving $1.34 as the selling price, but. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 4! The yard used a printed list at which prices they figured all esti- mates and made a practice of quoting 10 per cent. discount for cash from estimates so figured. Safeguarding the Jointer The National Association of Manufacturers is taking a keen in- terest in protecting employees from injury, and is now issuing 4 “safety first” supplement to its publication, American Industries. In a recent issue the following appeared on “Safeguarding the Jointer’”— an article that is of more than passing interest to men operating and employed in woodworking factories: “While the circular saw is credited with causing more injuries than any other woodworking tool, this fact only remains true be- cause of the great number of these machines in use, as the jointer is equally if not more dangerous, and the injuries inflicted, especially with the old type of machine, are usually of a more serious nature. Like the saw, the jointer is a very common and necessary tool in all shops where woodworking operations are done, and even with the most experienced operators, and the best type of safeguards, the work cannot be considered safe. This is true because of the close proximity of the operator’s hands to the rapidly revolving knives, also the fact that the safety of the operator rests wholly on the hands for controll- ing and manipulating the work. As the stock is pushed over the knives, some pressure must be exerted to keep it in place, and to in- sure satisfactory work, which always brings the hands directly over the gap in the tables and very near the danger point. This requires a careful operator, one whose mind is always centered on his work, and who thoroughly understands the setting and operating of the ma- chine. “There have been many guards devised to improve the safety of this hazardous machine, but the one that will do more to prevent acci- dents or decrease their severity is the safety cylinder. With the old square head type the opening between the tables and knives is very - much greater than with the circular head and once the fingers are struck by the knives they are pulled further in and the major portion of the hand is usually mangled. The circular head on the contrary fills the opening so that there is no space left for the fingers, and the injury, except in very rare cases, does not result in more than clipping the finger ends.’ Another feature of the circular head is when the back table is set too low or when short pieces are being run, the knives have a tendency to cause the work to tip and throw the hand into the cut- ter head. ’ “The circular head does not complete the guarding of the jointer. as it is also advisable to place a guard, either automatic or adjustable, over the knives, as a further step toward safety. There is a large variety of such guards manufactured, having more or less merit, which can be used on many classes of work, while in some cases even the best of them are impracticable and the circular head is the only guard available. Such a guard has another feature in keeping the portion of the knives covered that is not in use, thereby preventing one un- knowingly placing the hand in a position that may cause injury. When the edge of the stock is being jointed there is no need to keep the entire length of the knives exposed. as instances often occur of a workman passing a machine and laying his hand over the knife, or the operator slipping and the fingers being thrown into the knives. “A frequent cause of jointer accidents is due to the operator at- tempting to plane a piece that is too short to be held with safety, which results in its tipping or kicking back, throwing the hand into the cutter head: In Germany among woodworking associations it is a rule not to permit pieces shorter than 1534 inches to be jointed on a hand planer unless special precautions are taken to hold the material. “While it is difficult to set a minimum length, it is always ad- visable to use a push block or other holding device, should there be any possibility of an accident resulting because of short material. Where there is a large amount of short work to be done, a self-feed- ing attachment will aid materially in eliminating accidents from this source. With such arrangements it is only necessary for the oper- ator to push the material to a point where it will be carried to the knives by the means of rollers. spurs or fingers, thereby not requiring him to place his fingers in a dangerous zone. “One that is familiar with woodworking operations has often noticed the slippery condition of floors around saws, shapers, jointers, and other woodworking machines and can readily understand what the result may be should an operator slip or fall while working in their vicinity. Because of the hazards connected with jointer work such a floor condition should not be permitted to exist and the danger removed by placing a rubber mat, old belting or other non-slipping material on that portion of the floor utilized by the operator.” The 17th anual convention of the National Hardwood Lumber Association will be held at Buffalo on June 18th and 19th. PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other than ‘Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will’ be allowed. Advertisements of “Wanted Employment” will be. inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. If Canada Lumberman box number is used, en- close ten cents extra for postage in forward- ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of “Wanted Employees” will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. RSE RS nat Cabarita anted-Lumb ied er © see, sa hbgcone Na estat he Shes Pepa Basswood Wanted No. 2 Common and Mill. Cull.. Winter cut preferred. Apply Firstbrook Brothers, Ltd., Toronto; Ont. 7-tf ! Shavings and Sawdust Wanted to buy. Would prefer’ shavings baled and separate from the sawdust. Quote prices at your station. M. BRENNEN & SONS, 7-12 Hamilton, Ont. Wanted 30° ft. White. Pine and Spruce piles for immediate delivery or ,during the summer at the rate of one or two cars per week. Box 20, Canada’ Lumberman, Toronto, 10> Wanted Soft Elm, 4/4 log run. Birch, 5/4 log run. Quote lowest prices F.O.B. mill for dry’ — or new cut. E. M. NICHOLSON, Board of Trade Building, 9-t.f. Montreal, Que. Wanted To Buy—1000 Birch Logs fresh, clean, straight and sound, 14-in. and up diameter-at small end, 8-ft. to 16 ft: long. Delivery to commence as ‘soon as possible. Terms: 75 per’ cent. cash when alongside track-at railway. station, balance. when loaded on cars. Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Mont- real, stating best price. 4 ; ee TTS Wanted to Buy 250,000 ft. 4/4 No. 1 C. & B. Basswood, winter sawed. be . Ten cars 4/4 x 12-in. and up Soft Elm. One car 4/4, 6/4. and 8/4 1s and 2s Soft Elm, ; Box 998, Canada Lumberman, Toronto . veal DATOS aay For i ge Red Pine For Sale Four carloads 2 x 4 and up; 18 ft. to 24 ft. P. O. Box 392, Ottawa, Ont. 3-t.f. Hard Maple and Hemlock We have half a million feet hard maple and half a million hemlock. Can cut dimen- sion stock, Write best offer. , Trenton Cooperage Mills Limited, 7-10 : Trenton, Ont. % | Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit. or some second- hand machinery. the CANADA LUMRBER- MAN AND WOODWORKER will bring quick returns. Use our “Wanted and For Sale Dengrtwent ” For Sale. Quantity of first-class cheese’ box veneer. G. R. JONES, Eldorado, Ont. 10-12 Lumber For Sale 200 Piecés I x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 375 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, c Montreal, Que. For Sale cars 3 x 4 to T-in. Sound Maple Hearts. cars 44% x 5% Sound Boxed Maple Hearts car 2% in.’Soft Elm, No. 1 C. & B. car 2-in. Birch, No. 2 C. & B. cars 1%-in. Beech; No. 2 C. & B. cars 13%4 in. Maple, No. 2 C. & B. Dry -stock. Immediate shipment. Pedwell Hardwood Lumber. Co., s 6.St. Ann’s Road, 9-t.£. ’ Toronto, Ont. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over lands, and a genefal real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, 1-t.f. Janesville, Wisconsin. aes Ma MAD tee a . ‘For Sale Twenty-three ton Manhattan Yard Locomo- tive, ten ‘car$ and rails. "Apply to ~ E. R:'C. CLARKSON & SONS, : -15 Wellington Street West, 10 Toronto, Ont. WOODWORKING MACHINERY FOR SALE: 1 MacGregor-Gourlay power feed rip saw; 1 No. 51 Crescen! unjversal wood- worker; 5 30-in. Ideal pedestal bandsaws; 1 24-in. Ideal planer, matcher and. moulder; 1 No. 1 Ballantine power feed dowel mach- ine; 1 S-in. three side’ moulder;2 6%%4-ft. iron frame swing saws. .H.,W. Petrie, Lim- ited, Toronto. 10 Second Hand Machinery 150 to 175 h.p. Corliss Engine, 16-in. x 36-in., new two- years ago. ; 75 to 100 h.p. Brown Automatic, “13-in. x 80-in., in. excellent condition. : 500 to 750,.h.p. Buckeye; a good sawmill engine. : Boilers, 72-in. x 18-ft. and 54-in. x 14-ft. THOMAS HOBBS, pay 4 Mail Building, T-t.f£. Toronto, Ont. Wanted-Employment Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 25 cents. Circular, ‘Box 306, - 8-10 e Position wanted as_ sawyer. single or double cut band saw. Parry Sound, -Ont. Single cut band or circular sawyer open for engagement. Best references. W. Gar- iefny, Box 49, Chandler, Gaspe Co., Que. 9-10 _ Position wanted by experienced manager in good lumber or lumber manufacturing con- cern in Canada. Thoroughly up-to-date in wholesale or retail end. Robert Wells, Win- chester, Ont. 10 COST CLERK desires position with a woodworking concern. Ability to organize. Practical and experienced. Best of refer- ences. Box 990, Canada Lumberman, Toron- to. 9-10 Saw filer, band or circular. wants position. 25 years’ good experience. No booze fighter. Good references. Can give satisfaction. Box 300, Canada Lumberman, 119 Board of Trade. Montreal. 9-12 Young man desires position. Eight years’ experience. in Montreal retail lumber busi- ness. . Speaks both languages. Can take charge of retail yard, or will travel in any part ofthe. Dominion on salary or commis- sion. Box.24, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 10° e 23 Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents WANTED—Lumber Traveller for Ontario. Would prefer: young man with experience. Reply confidential. Box 5, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. ‘ 8-11 Wanted at once for sdw mill: One filer for circular saws, two setters, two dodgers, two edger men, one trimmer, twenty-five gen- eral hands. Devon Lumber Company, Limited, 10 Pine, Ont. WANTED-—Salesman calling on the lum- ber trade and contractors in the Eastern Pro- vinces, to handle Dr. J. M. Stewart’s Veter- inary Remedies as side line. Palmer Medical Company, Ltd., Windsor, Ont. ART Sra Business Chances SHEIALCASS Wanted A thoroughly practical man with some capi- tal to invest, capable of taking entire charge of sawmill and logging operations with a well established and successful firm owning limits containing 12 years’ cut. Have a cut of three million this year. An_ exceptional opportunity for the right man. Owners wish to retire from active part of this end of the business. Write Box 18, Canada Limber- man and Woodworker, Toronto, Ont. 10-11 Business Opportunity For Sale—Woodworking shop fitted especi- ally for. general. work, New and up-to-date machinery. “First class dry kiln. Blower sys- tem. Railway’siding. Situated in a live and thriving Ontario town. Splendid local and shipping trade. This is an exceptional oppor- tunity to acquire a good business with a trade already established. Write J. A. C., ‘Canada Lumberman, To- 10-12 ronto. 7 LT British Columbia Saw Mill and Timber Limit For Sale A 25-thousand feet capacity Saw Mill, and 90 million feet first class Spruce, Red Cedar, Hemlock and ‘Yellow Cedar, etc.; under B.C. Special License. At good shipping point near Prince Rupert, B.C. Inspection invited. A. Cuthbert, P. O. Box 456,. Prince Rupert, B.C. 6-11 _ronto, Ont. Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed ¢ by advertising them on this page. is where buyers of timber property look for portunities to invest. f your “ad” is the investor will see it. Canada Lumbe Toronto, Ont. For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in be lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent pond. Ten and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- / 8-t.f. For Sale Complete sawmill outfit, practically new; capacity 12 M. ft. hardwood. Marine boiler, 50 h.p., and Dutch oven. 40 h.p. engine. No. — 4 carriage with overset lever. Cable feed. Friction canter. Double edger; cut off saw and a full complement of large and small saws and belting, including a 14-inch 2-ply leather ~ driving belt. Frame building, iron roof. Also Long Mfg. Co. Clipper Shingle Ma- chine in best of condition, and outfit com- pide will Pe sold ae aon or separate. ill at ngus, Ontario. Apply Frank MecMulkin, Barrie, Ont., who it alibi mill, or Chas. T. DePuy, Rochester, N.Y. 8-10 Timber Sale Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to noon of the 6th day of July, 1914, for the right to cut the Red and White Pine timber on Berths 1 B, 1 C, and 1 D, in the Missis- saga Forest Reserve tributary to the north shore of Lake Huron, each Berth containing an area of 36 square miles, more or less. For maps and conditions of sale apply to the undersigned or the Crown Timber Agents at Thessalon, Sault Ste. Marie, Webbwood and Sudbury. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Toronto, April 18th, 1914. N.B.—No unauthorized publication of this notice will be paid for. A 9- > SS Tenders for Wood Limit Tenders will be received by the under- signed up to and including Monday, the 8th day of June, 1914, for the right to cut wood of various descriptions on a certain area tributary to the Frederickhouse and Abitibi — Rivers in the District of Temiskaming. , Tenderers shall state the amount they are prepared to pay as bonus in addition to the ordinary Crown dues, including 40c per cord for spruce and 20c per cord for other pulp- woods, or such other rates as may from time to time be fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Council for the right to operate wood pro- ducts mills on or near the area referred to. Such tenderers shall be required to erect a mill or mills on or near the territory, and to manufacture the wood into products there- of in the Province of Ontario. Parties making tender will be required to deposit with their tender a marked cheque payable to the Honourable the Treasurer of” the Province of Ontario for ten per cent. of the amount of their tender, to be forfeited in the event of their not entering into an agree- mnt to carry out the conditions, etc. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For particulars as to description of terri- tory, capital to be invested, etc., apply to the undersigned. : W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Toronto, Ont., April 24th, 1914. 10-11 Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and b reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate peapinees. 1-t.f. Timber Sale Tenders will be received by the under- signed up to noon of ‘the 15th day of July, 1914, for the right to cut the Red and White Pine timber on berths 1, 2 and 3, Township of Blyth, in the District of Nipissing. For maps and conditions of sale apply to the undersigned, or the Crown Timber Agents at Sudbury and North Bay. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Toronto, May 4th, 1914. , N.B. No unauthorized publication of this notice will be paid for. 10-13 Sale of Pine Timber on Metagami Indian Reserve Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to and including the Gth day of July next for the right to cut the Red, White and Jack Pine timber over eight inches in diameter on “the Metagami Indian Reserve, situate on the Metagami River in the District of Sudbury. For particulars, descriptions, conditions, etc., apply to the undersigned. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Department of Lands, Forests and Minés, Toronto, May 2nd, 1914. No unauthorized publication of this notice will be paid for. Tenders for Allan Water River Wood Limit ’ Tenders will be received by the under- signed up to and including Wednesday, the 15th ot July next for the right to cut ties from Spruce, Balsam, Banksian or Jack Pine, Poplar and Whitewood trees seven inches and upwards in diameter two feet from the ground sufficient to supply a tie preserving plant for a period of twenty-one years from unoccupied, unsold and unlocated lands of _ the Crown tributary to what is known as the Allan Water River, tributary to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the District of Thunder Bay. . Tenderers shall state the amount they are f prepared to pay as bonus in addition to the Crown dues of $2 per thousand feet board measure for anything not manufactured into q ties, and for ties at the rate of 5c each, or such other rates as may from time to time ce fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Coun- «Cll. Such tenderers shall be required to erect within the limits of the territory covered by the right to cut ties, or at some other place approved by the Lieutenant- Governor in Coun- cil a tie preserving plant. Parties making tender will be required to deposit with their tender a marked cheque Payable to the Honourable the Treasurer of the Province of Ontario for $25,000, to re- ‘main on deposit as security for the carrying ‘out of the conditions of their tender. The highest or any tender not necessarily accepted. For particulars as to description of terri- tory, capital to be invested, etc., apply to the undersigned. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. ronto, Ont., April 27th, 1914. line measured from 10-13 CANADA’ LUMBERMAN AND For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hard wood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sawmill and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, he rhs 19-t.f. For Sale Modern, up-to-date Band Sawmill, Waterous machinery, capacity 65,000 ft. new per day. Apply to E. R. C. CLARKSON & SONS, 15 Wellington Street West, 10 ' Toronto, Ont. Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc.. Also, Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, 22-t.f. . Brantford, Canada. Yellow Pine Grading A proposed. change in the methods of grading yellow pine was brought up in a favorable report recently presented by the committee on grades at a meet- ing of the Yellow Pine Manufac- turers’ Association in Chicago. While not a new principle, the method proposed, which is_ to judge the grade of the timber by the number of annual rings to the inch, is of great importance to the lumbering industry and also to the consumer of lumber. The ring rule is not‘a new thing as applied to pine timbers. Its principle is well understood. It is based on the number of rings of yearly growth per inch on a i tlie; -tree’s heart to the bark. There are four leading south- ern yellow pines, commonly call- ed longleaf, shortleaf, loblolly, and Cuban. The first of these is usually of slow growth, with natrow rings. It is known com- mercially as hard or Georgia pine, and possesses great strength when the timber is .of slow growth. The other three pines usually grow more rapidly, with wider rings; but any of the pines may grow slowly or rapidly, The proposed ring rule does not favor or disparage any par- icular species of southern yellow pine, but is concerned only with the width of the growth rings. This is on the assumption that timbers with rings of the same kind are of the same strength without regard to. the exact spe- cies. In connection with the num- ber of rings to the inch, their character is likewise considered, with regard to the proportion of the ring composed of dense sum- merwood and of light springwood. The proposed rule has_ been WOODWORKER favored because of its simplicity, and especially because it would remove a fruitful source of dis- putes and misundersiandings. The Forest Products Labora- tory at Madison, Wis., paved the way for the adoption of such a rule by making numerous fests of pine beams to ascertain their strength in relation to the width of the rings and the comparative quantities of springwood and summerwood. The tendency of the tests all pointed one way, and showed that so far as the south- ern yellow pines are concerned, strength is not a matter of species but of structure, and that two trees with similar rings do not differ much in strength, “On a ring rule system of grad- ing, timbers would be classed as “dense wood” and “not dense wood.” A somewhat explicit defi- nition of what dense wood is would necessarily form an -im- portant paragraph in the grading rules. The definition which the committee had before it at the meeting on May 5. was as fol- lows: Dense wood shows on _ cross section an average of not less than eight growth rings. per. inch, measured over the third, fourth and fifth inches, on a radial line from pith to circumference, con- taining in the greater number of rings one-quarter or more of sum- merwood ; or it may have an aver- age of six or seven rings as above, “No checks or splits in “Proctor” Method. tion at low cost. and pliable. “PRoeTOoR VENEER DRYER list of users.” Send for Bulletin No. 4 Tre PaILADELPAIA LexTiLe Macainery Co. PHILADELPAIA, PA. 43 provided that, in the greater num- ber of rings, one-third or more of the ring is summerwood; or wider ring material if in the greater number of rings, one-half or more of the ring is summerwood as above; and the ring must show a sharp contrast in color between springwood and summerwood. TIMBER CRUISES Timber Estimates, Forest Surveys and Maps. D. E. LAUDERBURN 1 Madison Ave., NEW YORK, N.Y. CCE OFFICE Montreal Engineering Co., Limited, 164 St. James Street, Montreal. Timber limits examined, cruised and surveyed. Waterpowers developed. Pulp and Paper Mills de- -signed and_ constructed. Projects7financed. veneers dried in the Enormous produc- Perfectly flat Write for _ tendency will develop in the near future. 44 CANADA Ontario There is still nothing new of importance to report in connection with trade conditions in Ontario. With the arrival of warmer weather there has been some expansion in the volume of trade, but, generally speaking, wholesalers and retailers report that trade is exceptionally quiet. his seems to apply fairly generally throughout the country districts. In the large cities, building operations are a little more active, but are still much less than normal. In Toronto, some appre- hension is felt on account of the threatened strike of the bricklayers, which would hold back building operations and postpone lumber pur- chases to a considerable extent. Lravellers who have been covering Ontario points recently, continue to report extensive imports of yellow pine and American hemlock. The demand for lath is good and stocks are very scarce with the result that prices continue stiff. No change is reported in the shingle situation and the demand is quiet. Various reports have been received from Northern Ontario in regard to the results of this year’s log drives. On the whole the re- ports show that the situation has improved during the past fortnight. A good deal of anxiety was felt recently on account of the low water prevailing at most low water points, which threatened to hang up many of the drives. During the past fortnight the weather has been more favorable. There has been a fair amount of rain, widely distri- buted and many of the doubtful drives have made good progress. The situation however, is not yet as reassuring as many operators would like. There is still a possibility that drives in some quarters which have a long distance to travel, or which commence in small creeks and shallow waters will meet with considerable difficulty. The Ottawa River has been entirely cleared of ice by the recent warm weather. All the mills were operating by the first week in May. ‘Trade is now fairly active and is expected to improve, although money is tight and building operations are curtailed to some extent. The export business to the Old Country is still very quiet on account largely of the important political problems which are disturbing trade. Eastern Canada Steady business continues at Montreal, but there is no rush of orders. Prices show no changes, but it is expected that an upward Building permits for the nrst four months of the year show a falling off, but there were indi- cations of a number of large buildings soon making a change in this condition. Log driving conditions in the St. Maurice River districts have been unfavorable on account of the absence of rain. Trade with Great Britain is practically at a standstill, although a fair quantity of birch timber has gone forward. Stocks of pine in Gerat Britain are heavy. The ground wood market shows no change. Low water con- ditions in Canada and the United States are expected to advance the prices for ground wood. Conditions in the lumber trade in New Brunswick have shown some improvement during the past fortnight. The demand for lum- ber, however, is much below what it should be at this season. The spring weather has been exceptionally backward and a result is that building operations were delayed considerably. This has now been altered, a fair quantity of building is in progress, causing an improved demand for factory stock. All the saw mills at St. John had started operations by the middle of the first week in May, with the exception of two which were waiting for logs. The mills sawing for the English market have sold their sea- son’s output at good prices. Those which are sawing for the American market have not been so successful, as it is hard to find buyers at any price. Practically all deals for the English market were sold at about $17 per thousand for specifications of 50 per cent. 7-in. and 8-in. x 3-in. and 50 per cent. 9-in. and up, while scantlings and 4th quality brought $2 per thousand less. These prices are all on sellers’ wharves at St. John. Merchantable spruce boards continue firm at $16, but stocks offer- ing are light. Narrow scantlings are in only moderate demand in the American market. City sawn, 2 x 3-in. and 2 x 4-in. are bringing about $15 to $15.50. Bank logs are commencing to come forward and are selling at about $14 per thousand for deal logs and $9.50 to $10 per» thousand for battens. Driving conditions have been unfavorable up to date and practically no driving had been done up to the first week in May. The drive on the upper St. John only commenced about May 4th and then encountered cold weather and lack of rain. Laths are LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER selling about $3 on the wharf at St. John and stocks are very le Only a fair trade is reported in box shooks. ; The demand for dimension spruce at Boston does not show mue improvement and it is thought that when more of the mills are ma keting their output, prices may be more difficult to maintain t at present. Recent reports also tell of difficulty in making collectic The general base price for frames continues at $25, and where there no doubt about delivery, sales are made at $24.50. Random is firt than usual, some merchants asking $23 for 2/4-in. There isa good mand for 2/8-in. at $23. Spruce covering boards are less active, sal having been made recently at $21.50. The usual price, however about 50c or $1 more. No. 2 matched spruce boards are steady $24.50 to $25. At New York the market for eastern spruce shows 1 important change. Prices of hemlock boards at Boston are a little firmer, good eastern clipped boards selling at $24 more easily tha they did a fortnight ago. The lath market at Boston is perhaps a lit- tle easier than it was a fortnight ago and $4.20 for 154-in. and $3.85 for 1!%-in. are probably representative quotations. Shingle prices are weak and the demand shows no improvement. White cedar extras of excellent quality are offering as low as $3.50 and $3.60 with collec- tions at $3 to $3.20 and second clears at $2.75 to $2.90. Red cedar extras are sega $3.38 to $3.75, according to quality. Great Britain Quiet business continues at London, but latest reports state that indications of improvement are noticeable. Shippers are holding out rather firmly with the expectation that the demand will i improve in the near future. Prices at London show very little change. At Foy Mor- gan and Company’s recent auction sale 3rd Quebec spruce, 3 x 11-in. was sold at £11 5s., 2nd Quebec spruce, 3 x 9-in. brought £12, ane 2nd Montreal spruce brought £11 15s. For 3rd Montreal spruce £11 5s. was paid. Some of the other prices were as fol‘ows:—3rd Quebee 14 ft., at £11 5s., 4th Quebec at £10 10s., 5th Quebec at £9 10s., 3 x 7-in. 2nd Quebec ‘at £10 5s. and 3rds at £9 10s. No change is reported in the spruce deal cid. market at Liver— pool. A fair amount of business is in progress and shippers of the better class of deals are showing no inclination to part with their stocks unless good prices are secured. There is a feeling that better values will be obtainable when the market is a little more settled. ) The Timber Trades Journal in its issue of April 25th says:—‘“It will take some time for the spot market to fall into line when the cargoes come along, and we feel confident that shippers and importers realize this. For instance, take the Liverpool ex quay market price for liner parcels to-day. These are very much below what importers can sell their cargoes at even to get cost price. Spruce has been sold for this port for later shipment, and we are given to understand that im- porters have paid shillings more per standard c.1.f. than they are selling to-day ex quay, so that in the ordinary course of events prices “to arrive” will more than probably be 20s. per standard over present quo- tations. fications of the cargo deals for Liverpool will be superior to those now being offered; but the fact remains that importers do not consider that “they have paid more than the value, and it is for consumers to realize this and make the most of their opportunities at present. _ “Manchester has not been affected to anything like the extent that Liverpool has with these consignment parcels, so that it is possib to offer Liverpool deals to arrive at somewhere about current quota- tions for Halifax deals now on the quay; but at the same time it would be as well for consumers to note that Miramichi, or equal, will be more than the usual difference, and we shall not be at all surprised if this is more marked as the season progresses. The actual spot business for r the time being is not too encouraging, but the prospects are better, and it is expected that a sudden revival will take place shortly, as co sumers generally are working off their high-priced stocks before ing new purchases.” United States The lumber trade in the United States is doing fairiy weit if one compares it with other branches of trade, but that is about the ma that can be said for it. With the advance of the season, the demand is increasing gradually and an apparent gain is noticeable throughout the country. The spring building campaign is widening, and as stocks generally were low in retail yards, it has been necessary for retailers to make sufficient purchases to meet the current demand for consumptio ag Similar conditions Prova in the furniture and other large consuming industries. The principal ey i in the lumber market to-day is caused by Of course, it must be remembered that the quality and speci- een EEE — -ANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER E. en. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. Pieveland- ee Sawmills Co.., Limited Sarnia, Ontario View of Mills in Sarnia. BEAR IN MIND | That we saw the year round and always have large stocks of Norway and White © = Pine Lumber =| | Large timbers cut to order, any length up to 60 feet, from Pineand B.C. Fir. Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER the absence of large orders from railroads, carshops and extensive con- suming industries. Large business interests are governed so much by the uncertainty in the general business situation that they are still trimming their sails closely. The country is still waiting anxiously for the decision of the Interstate Commerce Commission in regard to freight rate advances, as it is felt that with this question settled either one way or the other, the policy of the railroads in regard to purchases of stock will be definitely determined. Gradual improvement is reported in the northern pine trade. Factories and other large consumers are showing an increased de- mand and, the building activity in the smaller towns is helping the retail trade. Good lumber is more plentiful than last year, but prices are firmly held. Stocks of low grade lumber are light. The hemlock situation shows improvement. Wisconsin prices have continued firm for the past two months. The demand in the Saginaw Valley shows Improvement in St. John Trade St. John, N.B., May 5th (Special to the Canada Lumberman) : Locally, conditions have changed for the better during the past month, but the demand for lumber is far from what it should be at this time of year, one of the reasons of course, being that the spring is very slow in lee up and the frost is really not yet out of the ground in some places. A fair amount of house building is promised for the coming sea- son throughout the city and in some cases the foundations are now being put down. This has started a certain demand for factory stock, . for which the demand has been very small during the entire winter. _ Prices for all house joiners supplies are not quite so high as was anti- cipated, as the amount of work being limited, the manufacturers and factory men are cutting prices to some extent in order to capture the work. Schedules are being sawn out at about the same prices as last year. All the sawmills are now running with the exception of Sayre & Company and Hilyard Bros., who may start later when logs come to hand. Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company are sawing for the Ameri- can market, the balance of the mills are sawing English deals. The mills sawing for the English market may have somewhat the best of it this season, as they have all sold their season’s output at good prices, while the mills sawing for the American market have not been able to dispose of their cuts at any prices which would leave a profit. In fact, it is very hard to find buyers at any price. No change in the price of English deals will be felt by the manufacturers here as they are really out of the market, about all deals were sold at about $17.00 per M. for 50 per cent. 7 and 8-in. x 3-in., 50 per cent. 9-in. and up, with the scant- lings and fourth quality $2.00 per M. less. All on sellers’ wharves here. J. E. Moore & Company now have a steamer loading for the Eng- lish market and Geo. McKean also has another, which is taking largely stock from the interior mills, which has been cut during the past win- ter. This stock should have been shipped by the last liners, but the spring being so backward, and the rivers not opening, compelled the buyers to make special charters for this stock. Prices for merchantable spruce boards remain firm at $16, but very few are being offered, having been purchased earlier for the season’s cut of mills. Narrow scantlings are not bringing quite so good a price as last season, owing to the shortage in local building, low prices and poor demand in the American market. For city sawn 2 x 3-in., 2 x 4-in. about $15 to $15.50 can be had. 2 x 6-in. bringing about same prices. Rotary sawn, country stock of sawn sizes can be purchased on cars for about $14 per M. Bank logs are now beginning to come forward and are bringing about $14 per M. for deal logs, with battens at from $9.50 to $10 per M. Practically no driving has been done as yet. Many of the lakes are still solid and very little rain has fallen as yet. On the upper St. John they have just begun to drive, but are not getting on very fast owing to cold weather and no rain. Very few logs have yet come into springhill and prices have not yet been made for these logs, but as a rule, they sell for about $1.00 per M. higher than in St. John. Messrs. Riddle Robbins Lumber Company which built a mill last year at Hatfields Point on the Belisle will not operate this year on ac- count of some litigation now pending between the partners or stock holders of the concern. It is to be hoped that everything will be ad- ' justed so that the mill will be operated again in the near future. H. W. Woods, it is said, will not operate his mill on the Nerepis. Market Correspondence few days ago. improvement and prices are about $2 less than a year ago. It i reported that their will be a large production of hemlock bark in the upper Michigan Peninsula. Improvement is reported in connection — with eastern spruce, the demand being heavier and prices firmer. West Virginia manufacturers are expecting better prices for spruce as the season advances. ‘ The hardwood trade continues unaltered. ik ccMaenally heavy rain falls during the past fortnight delayed work in the woods in many districts throughout the south, with the result that a curtail. ment of the output is likely. Among the southern hardwoods quarter. ed oak continues in good-demand. Plain oak is steady and poplar i: quiet. There is a good trade in ash, an improvement is reported black walnut. Stocks of northern hardwoods are light and the mar ket is firm. The demand for maple flooring is good and prices are stiff. There is a fair demand for birch, maple, elm and basswood. — SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD The Wilson Box Company have rebuilt their mill at Westfield, and now have a very up-to-date plant. ‘The mill at upper Pagetown, operated lately by the Warren Com- pany, will not be run during this season owing to the death of the owner. ‘he mill is now being offered for sale by L. G. Crosley of St. John, who has been a part owner in the past. At Fredericton, the mills of the York and Sunbury Milling Com- pany and W. D. Gunter are now in operation with logs enough to carry them through the season. Four cargoes of hard pine have arrived here during the past week from the south, consigned to J. A. Likely. They are now being unload-_— ed and stored in his yards at St. John east. Freights from the south — are about $2.00 per M. less than last year. Where $9.50 was the going” rate last year, only $7.50 to $7.75 can be had this season. Thos. Bell & Company are supplying the hard pine for the new | docks at West St. John, the price is said to be about $24.50 delivered St. John. Laths are bringing about $3.00 on wharf, at St. Jolin with stock very low, and very few will be ready for some time to come, no old laths are now on hand. The trade in box shooks is only fair, as fish are scarce, and it is not expected that trade will improve until later in the season. ' The de- mand for onion crate shooks from Bermuda has been very brisk some 100 M. shooks having been shipped from here during the past six weeks, but that trade has now been supplied for the year, and much depends on the crop next season, whether the demand will be as good. Another feature is that the Texan’s are now raising onions which are taking the place of Bermuda’s and are making their shooks right in their own neighborhood, this will no doubt be felt here by mext season. Coastwise freights are very low to New York, vessels finding it very hard to secure cargoes, taking charters if possible to find them at — $2.75 to $3.00 per M. No freights for South American can be found, as the lumber trade is practically demoralized in that quarter, and ae hopes are held for any market this year. Ottawa Mills in Full Swing Ottawa, May 7 (Special to the Canada Lumberman): The rece spell of warm weather has cleared the rivers throughout the Ottawa district of ice, and operations in the sawmills are now being carried on in full swing. Trade is fair, with prospects of improvement. Money is still tight, and consequently, building operations are being cur- tailed to some extent. Navigation is now open all through the coun- try and a movement in the export trade is looked for. Business is not good in England just now, due principally, it is said, to the uncer- tainty of the outcome of the several problems of general interest now before the British Parliament. The McAuliffe Davis Lumber Company, who recently built a large new sawmill and factory on Chamberlain Avenue, to replace the b ing destroyed by fire last fall are now operating the new plant w 50 hands working full time. The Duke Street mill is now being é larged to double its present size, at a cost of about $25.000. When the. addition is completed the mill will measure 100 x 200 feet. The machinery for the mill will be installed some time this month. A large new tig saw, made by the Berlin Machine Works, Limited, of Hamil- ton, Ont., one of the largest rig saws in the country, was laid down a Considerable interest has been aroused in lumber circles since Senator Edwards, head of the firm of W. C. Edwards Lumber Com Georgian Bay Canal. _His objection was made, he said, on the ground | SATISFACTION CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is _ never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: John Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office eae a Pp dar Hall, O . ayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA 48 that its construction would be beneficial to lumbermen and paper manufacturers only. In future the chief industry on the Ottawa River would be pulp and paper manufacturing, he maintained, and raw ma- terial could be handled better by large boats than by boom hauling. The canal would cost $150,000,000 to build, an expenditure which could not be justified, unless the whole public should benefit. Senator Edwards’ application for authority to sell some of the sur- plus power he is developing at his plant on the Little Chaudiere Falls was passed by the Private Kills Committee last week, after the bill had been amended to compel the power to be sold subject to rates fixed by the Hydro-Electric Commission of Ontario. Montreal Market Quiet but Steady Montreal, May 8th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): The market continues in a fairly satisfactory condition. ‘here is no rush of orders, business being steady. Prices are about the same, and the tendency should be in an upward direction. The official returns of the building permits for the first four months of the year were not encouraging, showing a total of $4,061,166, as against $5,190,213 in the corresponding period in 1913. The valuation for April was $2,205,970 compared with $3,322,406 in April of last year. Since the figures were issued, the decrease up to the end of last month has been more than made up, by permits for some very large buildings. The early falling off in values was due mainly to the increase in residences and flats and to the comparative activity of office building projects. Reports from the St. Maurice River districts state that log-driving conditions are unfavorable owing to the absence of rain and the con- sequent lowness of the stream. Export business to Great Britain is almost at a standstill, and it is pretty certain that the season’s shipments will mot come up to those of 1913. Messrs. Watson and Todd, the largest exporters from the port, have not shipped a stick, while one or two of the other firms in- terested in pine have sent only a few carloads. A. fair quantity of birch timber has gone, together with a small quantity of sawn birch. There is a large stock of pine on the other side, while the demand for birch is by no means brisk. Several tenders for the estate of the late Mr. J. H. Redfern were received by the Montreal Trust, the executors, but owing to the low prices offered, it has been decided not to accept any of the bids. There is little variation in the ground wood market. As far as can be seen, the water conditions both in the United States and in Canada will be very poor, with a consequent diminution in the production of the pulp. This is favorable to a rise in values, especially as the United States will in a short time be compelled to come to the Canadian market. Sulphite is in good demand, but prices have not materially changed. The newsprint situation is strong, owing to the extra demands on account of the Mexican trouble. The Laurentide Company have sold the balance of this year’s production. Norwegian Wood Pulp Depressed The Dominion Trade & Commerce reports in a recent issue con- tained the following reference to the Norwegian wood pulp market, from a Norwegian trade paper dated March 14th: “In spite of the fact that the statistical position of mechanical wood pulp is a good one, in so far that the Norwegian and Swedish makers have already dis- posed of the greater part of the calculated production of the current year, the market remains in a depressed condition and quotations are more or less nominal. About 4,000 tons mechanical have lately been, sold to France at prices which leave not quite $8.80 f.o.b., agency com- mission included. This week inquiries have been made for sulphite cellulose from different countries, including France and United King- dom. While the European papermakers are generally making so low bids that the sellers are unable to accept the same, America has again bought at prices which the producers consider under present condi- tions satisfactory. ‘Kraft’ sulphate continues firm.” The same paper in its March 28th edition says :—‘Mechanical wood pulp remains neglected, and the value is declining; at least one sale has been reported at $8.33 including agency commission. Sul- phite cellulose is depressed, although some moderate quantities have been sold this and last week to the States at current prices. Sulphate cellulose is firm but quiet.” Another Norwegian trade paper writes in a recent number as follows :—“With reference to the Scandinavian wood pulp market, it was believed that the very cold period during last winter would create a shortage of water, which would have influence on the prices to make them firmer. The exporters, however, are not convinced of this. There has not, on account of the stocks in the import harbours abroad, been an opportunity to strengthen the prices for the year. On the contrary it seems that the buyers have become still more careful, since they have found out that several new mills are building both in Nor- CANADA, LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER, Sepa: O° a oa way and Sweden. Easy bleaching sulphate, f.i. of the best know marks has been sold at £9 for delivery in 1915. Certainly the stocks in the export harbours are small, and when the shipments commence, the several new mills, which will be ready in 1914 and the following year, no doubt will create a strong competition.” Canadian Stocks in the Old Country a “The majority of the Canadian shippers who make an annug visit each winter to’this country have now returned home,” says t Timber Trades Journal, London, England, “and though perhaps th have not had reason-to congratulate themselves.on the net result their endeavours, they have the satisfaction of. knowing that thi might have been much worse. Owing to various causes, prices I not been so satisfactory, but manufacturers have made a good cle; ance of their stocks. The upper qualities of pine deals have been posed of very well (at reduced prices, however, on last year’s fig and stocks in the Ottawa district being light, buyers on thi should be able to do we!l with their purchases. “No doubt it would surprise the man in the street to hea Ulster’s troubles are having their effect on Canadian spruce, but fact remains, nevertheless, that Belfast merchants, who are la buyers of this material, are fighting shy of purchasing except from hand to mouth, and until the political position is more settled in thz quarter, the spruce market will not find relief there. Allowing for. the difference in freights, the results to shippers should be equal to those of last year’s trading. Unfortunately there seems to be generally a lack of confidence in the trade, and the sooner this pessimism is over- come the better for every body. ae “Sales of timber have been fairly heavy, but again on a lower level than that obtained last year. Waney pine is now at a price t it can favourably compete with teak for ships’ decks. Although s builders have beén busy for some time, the present deplorable con tion of the freight market is not conducive to active construction of cargo carriers, and too much must not be expected from these con- sumers—at least for the present. Hardwoods have kept their prices fairly well, and there appears to be a pronounced scarcity of birch timber.” 5 nat A Story of What a Small Investment Did A lumberman had invested $55,000 all told in a new mill and its equipment. He had secured a very good superintendent and the pro duction had mounted steadily until they were averaging an output of about 75 M. feet per day, says Berlin Quality. Above that figure pro- duction did not go however, but the lumberman thought nothing of that, for he considered that he was getting all that he could reasonably expect of his equipment. The Superintendent was a different sort, for he understood that changes in machine set-ups take time, and that orders must be gotten out, no matter how small they were, in a reason- able time. But, he argued, isn’t it possible to cut down this non-pro- ductive time? Can’t we have things arranged so that when we fi one order we can be all but ready to begin the next one? It soun good but when he tried it, he found that the decreased non-productive time didn’t amount to anything, compared to what he lost in the bad will of his men, because they thought he was driving them, and in the poor set-ups they made because of undue haste. ‘ r -Set-ups were made as fast as changes of the heads and the changes of bits in some of the heads would allow, and many times the haste cost him good lumber. as = This put him on another track, and he began figuring out a list of heads that would give him enough to allow of simply removing the heads required for one job and adjusting those for the next. This figured would save him at least a quarter of the time then required changes. ; He figured that at an expense of about $350 or $400 for heads could increase his output about 25 per cent., and he took the ma to the lumberman for his approval. After some argument the lu1 man agreed to send for the extra heads; but for three long m nothing new in heads appeared in the mill. R Then the Superintendent. who had a fixed habit ot increasin duction at every chance, went to the office. There was some talk, me all of it in whispers, and when the Superintendent went back to th “exe Sct tcnnsrtpmensee emetic veers ss sl i as a ia i i mill, the heads were ordered. ; The outcome, to make a long story short, was an increase of 33 1-3 per cent. in output the first thirty days after the arrival of all a the heads, and the quality went up markedly. 7 ‘And the best part of this story'is that it is absolutely true. Hickory is the strongest Canadian wood. When properly sea- soned a hickory column will support a weight of 12 tons per squa inch cross-section. which is considerably more than what could be borne by a pillar of cast iron or steel of the same length and weight. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 49 We make a specialty of dealing in supplies for Camps and have now some particularly good values in some of the more important lines such as Currants, Raisins, Dried Peaches, Evaporated Apples, Figs, Prunes, etc. WE SOLICIT YOUR ORDERS FieP. Eckardt & Co. Church St. & Esplanade TORONTO A New Swage The Best Yet United States Patent for Sale This new swage invented by ourselves has all the good features of other swages plus some special patent features of its own. Those practi- cal saw men who have used this swage pronounce it ‘‘ The best yet.”’ View 1 illustrates a swage sawn in half to show its method of work- ing. The tooth is swaged by a series of three rollers which cannot bind. The tooth is rolled out and not drawn. A double thread is used on the locking lever. The first thread is rapid so that a slight movement of the lever allows the swage to travel on the saw without being lifted over each tooth. The second thread is slow so that the swage may be securely locked on the saw.. The point at which the rapid thread ceases and the slow thread operates is governed by an automatic spring. We offer for sale the United States Patent. If interested write us. Breeze, Denison & Co. Newburgh, Ontario CANADA’ LUMBERMAN Fancy Woods and Veneers Utilizing Veneer Waste The best place to utilize all the waste possible incident to veneer making and veneer using is right in the veneer industry itself, by using the product up more completely. Moreover, there is hardly another place where that old proverb of the ounce of prevention being better than a pound of cure will apply more fittingly than in the veneer industry. In other words, the best way to save or utilize veneer waste and realize from it is to make less of it. Reduce it at the source, get more out of the timber in the way of veneer originally and then handle it so as to get more of the veneer product into real service and have less of it going to trimming. This is easier said than done, but it is not impossible to do to quite an extent at least. It is really easier and much more practical to take the steps and precautions necessary for reducing the quantity of waste than it is to devise other ways and means for utilizing waste after it is made, and converting it to some good purpose. Both figures and ideas vary considerably as to the amount of veneer waste, or rather the entire quantity of waste between the log and the available, veneer product, and between the available veneer product and the finished veneer article. Perhaps the general average will be something like 33 1/3 per cent. of waste in this avaitable veneer product when it comes to working it up and utilizing it for face veneer or in the making of built-up lumber. This is merely suggested as a possible tentative average to get at some basis for a line of argument and deduction on the subject ving waste by preventing it. i gore of bhiind ce in the hands of the writer at present, taken from a rotary veneer cutting plant in operation, shows logs used during a day’s run to the total of 45,000 feet, and an available veneer product of 30,000 feet. This would be a waste of one-third as compared to the original log scale, but if figured in compariso1 with the final veneer product, the waste pile is equal to half the amount of available veneer. The waste in this instance is figured on the basis of board mea- sure feet in logs as a starting point. Then the thickness of sb is multiplied to get the inch thickness of boards. For example, 4 of an inch thick requires four times the quantity surface measure to make 1,000 feet board measure. . This waste becomes even more startling when it is considered that the board measure scale is calcu!ated to allow something like 25 per cent. of waste—that is, it allows for the sawdust and slabs, which Us iginally amounted to approximately 25 per cent. Compared to the solid contents of a log, there would be in this case a waste of the or- iginal 25 per cent. allowance in the log scale and of 33 1/3 pet cent. that shows between the board measure log scale and the rit veneer product. Adding to this a final waste in the using of veneer ot 33 1/3 per cent., the waste item begins to assume almost staggering DB. Theanile to do is to face this waste in its full measure and then before seeking ways and means to market it advantageously, see how much of it can be prevented by proper manipulation. The first question of a proposition of this kind is, what makes the waste, how does it come in? The veneer machine presumably makes no kerf, that is, no sawdust ; consequently it should turn out a mea- sure practically equal to the full solid contents of the block. | It is easy, however, to see that it doesn’t. Figures of different mills at different times may vary materially in the totals and the percentage of waste, but all of them, all the time, show that there is a waste, that notwithstanding the allowance for sawdust in log scale measurements, the veneer product will never measure up to the board measure scale of the logs. The investigation as to what causes this loss shows at least four different channels. The first and most noticeable one is the cores left in the veneer machine. The second on the list is end waste, the extra length of block allowed in cutting to length for trimming the veneet sheets to uniform dimensions. Third, we have waste incident to run- ning up blocks and getting them to a shape where they will produce a thin continuous sheet of veneer. The fourth channel is that of de- fects developed in timber in the process of cutting and of stock dam- aged from one cause or another while cutting. Taking these in the order mentioned, we have first the matter of cores. The cores or center pieces left in the rotary veneer machine ordinarily vary in size from six to ten inches. Perhaps eight inches would be an average, though much depends upon the nature of the AND WOODWORKER ‘ THEIR ORIGIN, VALUE AND USE—COMMENT AND VIEWS ON AN IMPORTANT BRANCH . OF THE TRADE. timber and the length of the blocks being cut and the size of the mz chines and chucks in use. In districts where lots of pine is worked into fruit box stock a1 light package material, small machines are used working on s blocks, and the core pieces seem to vary in size from four to six i Large cores are very rarely seen in places of this kind. Turn fr that, however, to a veneer plant cutting door stock and other lar dimensions in veneer and one may find lots of cores nine an inches in diameter, sometimes as large as twelve inches. This i cause it takes heavy machines and large chucks to hold the blocks cut this class of veneer. ; There is a way to save some of this core waste, and the ven manufacturing trade is beginning to turn more attention to it. simplest, and so far the most practical propostion for saving in core waste, is to use some smaller machines for rehandling the core and getting as much good veneer out of them as practical. q The way,this matter is handled at one progressive plant is to take the cores immediately from the big machines to a smaller machine and work them down while they are still warm. If the big machine i cutting short blocks, the core may go immediately from one machine to the other. If the blocks of the big machine are too long to go into the small one, or if the ends have been battered up with the chucks, the ends are trimmed off to solid wood, making the block somewhat shorter. If the blocks from the big machines are of extra long leng they are cut into two short blocks, then swung into the small chine and work down to a very small core. A big swing cross-cut saw serves to do the end trimming and the cutting of the blocks in two when necessary, and with this arrangement quite a lot more of the available veneer product is obtained than would be practical! without it. Occasionally in the working of a sound log that is smal originalty, the little machine may get practically as much good veneer from the core as was secured primarily from the block by cutting on the big machine. Indeed there are many instances where the smal! machines get some excellent product from the cores. In other the product from the cores will not make a good face veneer—it maker fillers and backs and can be utilized to better advantage than it is possible to utilize the core in any other way. There has been enough experimenting along this line to demonstrate that it is quite practical to reduce the core waste in veneer making materially by the use of small machines for hand!ing the light blocks and for handling the heavy cores from the larger machines. End waste comes from the allowance made in the length of veneer blocks for trimming. It is pretty much the same allowance that is made in cutting saw-logs, with the difference that it is made oftener because the average veneer block is only about % the length of the average saw-log. The end allowance is practically the same so that in working up timber into veneer blocks there is four times the waste in end trimming that there is in the sawmill for trimming purposes. Two general plans suggest themselves for closer utilization pur- poses. One is to take more pains in the work of cutting logs into blocks and reduce this allowance for end waste by closer manipulation. The other idea which suggests itself is to dispense with the core knives used for trimming the ends of veneer sheets which will permit using shorter blocks, and do the end trimming with saws after the veneer stock is dried. It ought to be practical, by a little exertion along the line of closer utii!zation, to reduce the amount of this end waste ma- terially. os ' Some waste incident to rounding up a log or block in the veneer machine, or slag waste as we might term it, can be eliminated in man plants by the exercise of more care in centering blocks. Wh blocks are carelessly centered in the machine there is an unneces amount of this slab waste. Where they are carefully centered and waste is heavy because the block is not round originally we hav form of waste that is practically unavoidable. It may be practic many instances to save this and work it into dimension veneer utilize in the veneer work itself quite a lot that ordinarily goes the wood pile. ‘ The waste incident to defects in the block and in cutting is a waste that depends partly on the skill of the operator and the condition of the machine and partly on the nature of the timber being worked. Given a good sound block and machine in good condition with a sharp knife, there should be very little waste incident to damage in cutting. Perhaps the heaviest waste in cutting comes from blocks splitting before they are worked down. This may be checked a little by care- ful handling. The general proposition of reducing waste under this er CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 51 Mr. Lumber~Dealer Mr. Car-Builder Mr. Ship-builder prs 2 on pATIeieA: MILL OF ae : Teak, Black Bean, and all kinds of Mahogany in Lumber and Veneers. Door Stock in Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Birch cut to size or Log Run, Several Hundred a Feet of Good Dry Mahog- any in all Grades and Thicknesses Ready to Ship. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR 1914 CONTRACTS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Company Montreal West, P.Q. 52 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND -WOODWORKER head involves the use of good machinery operated only by skilled, competent men supervised by a foreman who will insist upon the machines doing their work right and getting as much good stock as possible out ot every btock. \Vhat is true of the veneer cutting end is equally true of the veneer using. There is waste in using veneer as well as in cutting it. It will probably average from twenty- five to thirty per cent. and may go as high as fhity per cent. in some instances. It will never be pos- sible to prevent waste in this work entirely, but.it should be practical to reduce the amount of waste through the exercise of care and thoughtfulness in selecting and working veneer. Part of it is a matter of selection and of fitting veneer to the work and part of it is a matter of closer manipulation just as in the case of the end waste and the core waste. In trimming veneer and in making up panels, allowances are made for end trimming and for side trim- ming, for cutting to exact size, and sometimes these allowances are made with such a liberal hand that they unnecessarily increase the waste. More care in the work-and closer manipulation will reduce this materially, and thoughtfulness and care in cutting and trimming veneer will make it practical to use a fair percentage of trimmings from one job on another and ‘thus utilize’ material that otherwise goes to waste. So both in the making and in the using of veneer there are many opportunities to use up the product closer and reduce the item of waste, and after all is said, this is the best utilization that can be de- vised for veneer waste, and it holds generally for wastes of all classes and kinds.—-J. C. T. in Hardwood Record. System in Business Affairs So much that is wordy and dull has been written and said in con- nection with “system” in business affairs that a concise discussion of the subject, in forcible words, is refreshing and important. We re- print from an exchange, the following; knowing that it will appeal to lumbermen, manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers :— “Success or failure of any buSiness enterprise rests almost wholly with the ability of its manager. It is true that this rule does not a!- ways apply because we have examples of men of small ability but phenomenal success as well as examples of failures where able men have presided. But these cases are the exception rather than the rule and there is no question but that the greater success in business re- sults from the ability of it management. A location may be poor, and trading light, but,even such conditions can be overcome by .the per- sonally capable manager. All success is, in the first place, based on system. System can best be promoted through the keeping of records and through comparison of these records to learn the short cuts to | progress. Records are the foundation of all progress, whether of the nation, the business corporation, a private institution, or the individual life of any human being.’ Making use of immediate, reliable, adequate and permanent records is the first practical principle a man entering business has to contend with. It has long been the basis of system employed by great business institutions, but many private individua!s and personal enterprises do not place the importance on this depart- ment that they should, because it sometimes demands time they think can be put to more profitable advantage in other: ways. As a consequence, many of these records are half kept and their value lost. It is only through the keeping of records that our business experi- ences become of value.- What is done is done, but what is yet to be done lies in the hands of the individual to mold or mar as he is able. His ability is a result of his experience and that experience should be- come the basis of his schedule for the future: A schedule to be of value must be definite. The guess work must be eliminated and concrete data, material and equipment substituted. Railroad companies lay out their work in advance and the time table is a good example of their schedule. Standardization of Methods “A thing begun and ended on time and performed in the way it was intended is of greater benefit to the developing business man than a half a dozen things half done. A mislaid note book, tool, or instru- ment of any kind has caused endless waste of time. Carelessness about equipment on a larger scale has'meant destruction of property and injury or death to mankind. Between these two extremes occur thousands of cases of daily waste in life, property and energy through unstandardized conditions. It is simply a matter of the right thing in the right place at the right time. Much of our great national fire loss could be prevented by having a systematic way of disposing ot all waste and the making of regular inspections to the end of removing all unnecessary hazards. All of this is standardization of methods. Doing a thing over and over again in the same manner until the right operation becomes a habit. It is the surest way to break away from tradition and avoid guess work. Records for Reference “For many people, thought and purpose are elusive things, hard to control, and difficult to retain. Although memory in these cases should be called upon to do service, the value of crystalizing though and purpose into written words is a character of records indispensabl The aggressive business man is forever and always casting about fo newer principles and more short cuts to a specified end. Lo make permanent record of this, these same men make time and motic studies of their own day’s guides for saving time, and as a mesa inspitation to the strengthening of the will and in some other practi ways. In a short space of time this system becomes a producer great results. Ideals are always the parts toward which the hum craft is steered. Without them humanity loses ambition and with ambition a man becomes the slave to other and greater powers, — ideal is the most practical, fundamental thing in man’s lite. The p tice of getting and attaining minor things is developing a spirit wl in the end helps to gain and attain the greatest of man’s ideals. — this one thing alone that marks the world’s progress and all become successful men must harbor within themselves the d attaining some definite ideals. To overtake this ideal, however mon sense must be used, and safe and sound judgment govern | step toward the desired end. Unwise judgment has in it every el of disaster. Progress resulting from careful judgment at times s a trifle slow in developing, and for this reason men are often ap forget their better judgment and plunge. One leap of this nature o' téars down all of the good resulting from previous progress under guidance of better judgment. It is said that no obstacle is so grea that there is not some way around it, under it, or through it. To th man who is governed by careful judgment, these obstacles have terror, but to the haphazard individual every obstacle becomes a one, whether he has surmounted a similar one or not and business must become a daily terror. Progress Requires Energy “Physical and mental laziness, of course, never becomes a power 1 successful upbuilding. Lack of concentration, unhealthful habits pleasure madness, are some of the things which get hold of our youn; men of the present age and is a state of mind which does not permi of the development of more practical and efficient methods. It is thi class of men who bring up the rear of our commercial armies, and be cause of their lack of will power are doing injustice to themselves, hei community and society in general. To be worth one’s hire is one thing but to be worth more than one’s hire should be a condition strived fo by. all. To make yourself want what you want hard enough to wor for it is to exercise oneself in self discipline. One of the greatest sons why. the majority of men fail to attain their ideal and get t reward is because they do not want them hard enough. One of the greatest principles of self development is personal energy. Whether a man really lives or merely exists depends almost wholly upon his wil lingness to develop his personal energy and willingness to do lends itself charmingly to the best results.” { Sale of Lumber and Pole Stumpage in Idaho The United States Government is offering for sale two tracts o timber on Lolo Creek within the Clearwater national forest, Idahe aggregating 600 million feet of saw timber and 350 thousand cedar poles, together with a considerable amount of material for poling shingles and posts. A large part of the timber is Idaho white pine but the stands include yellow pine, lodgepole, spruce, western larcli Douglas fir, cedar, and white fir. The prices, which represent the lowest rates which will be considered for the saw timber, range fro $3.50 for green white pine to 50 cents a thousand for Douglas western larch, and cedar. The prices of poles range from 5 cents t $2.40 apiece, depending upon the size. The Frank H. Harris Lumber Company, Limited _ The attention of our readers is called to the advertisement of tl Frank H. Harris Lumber Company, Limited, 32 Church Street, T ronto, wholesalers of hardwoods, oak flooring, chestnut, walnut yellow pine. The president of this newly incorporated company, M1 W. H: Harris, has had a long experience in the lumber industry in Canada and the United States. He was formerly general of Houston Bros., Vicksburg, Miss., one of the largest manufa of hardwoods in the south. Mr. F. H. Harris, the secretary-tre is well known to the Ontario trade, and has been in the southe business both in Toronto and the south for a number of years. new firm have connections with some of the leading firms in 1 Southern States. The Lieut-Governor of New Brunswick has named the followin members to compose the Royal Commission to enquire into the rec charges preferred against Hon. J. K. Flemming, former Premier the province, in connection with the administration of the provin timberlands :—Sir Frederick E. Barker, formerly Chief Justice of N Brunswick, chairman; Hon. H. A. McKeown, Judge of the Kin Bench Division of the ‘Supreme Court, and Mr. W. S. Fisher, of = son and Fisher, Limited, Merchants, St. John. ‘ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER We Sel Will Hold Out Showers, Storms and Steady Rains MANUFACTURED BY Smart-Woods Gal LIMITED => Montreal Toronto OTTAWA Winnipeg _ Jenckes Boilers WE make a specialty of large Tubular Boilers for regular or Dutch oven setting for saw mill service. Our Boilers are built to conform with the various Provincial Inspection Acts and each is rigidly inspected and tested under high pressure before shipment. Ask for quotation. The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke - Montreal - St. Catharines - Cobalt - South Porcupine - Vancouver - Rossland Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. . 53 $4 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER OPPORTUNITIES CT ee E. own and offer for sale on attractive terms a few especi- ally well selected tracts of timber running from 50 million to one billion feet that are ready for immed- late operation, having a good local de- mand at high prices. The timber on the Pacific Coast is the last stand of the. great for- ests. Well selected timber in Bnitish Columbia is the best investment on this Continent and offers especially at- tractive inducements for manufacturers. 7 For further particulars, address A. C. Frost Company Corn Exchange Bldg. ) CHICAGO LATH Campbell - MacLaurin Lumber Co. Limited Board of Trade Building, MONTREAL New RAILS Relaying 12 to 80 pounds per yard. LOGGING CARS Jno. J. Gartshore 58 Front St. West, Toronto - capital stock of $400,000 and head office at Toronto, to carry on a lumber EDGINGS Ontario W. F. Vanstone, Wingham, Ont., is considering the parchake of sav equipment including lath, heading and shingle machinery, to be operated 1% Blyth, Ont. 4 R. W. E. Burnaby, 45 Adelaide Street East, Toronto, will install a 1 i yard and planing mill at Davisville, North Toronto. A site has been secut 67 ft. x 325 ft, . Todd & Joynt, St. Helens, Ont., are seeking information as to prices « machinery for equipping a heading mill, also prices of a 40 or 45 h.p. engi to operate a sawmill. = Waterloo, Ont., has carried a by-law to make a loan of $50,000 to the Glob Furniture Company. The company will erect two additions to their aro a cost of about $125,000. William Beatty Lands and Timber, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $100,000, with head office at Parry Sound, Ont. The provisiona directors are W. J. Beatty and I. E. Beatty. The planing mill operated by Esdale & Douglas, Lisgar Street, Ottawa, was recently destroyed by fire. All the machinery, valued to $3,000 was destroyed. The building was owned by A..G. Acres, Bank Street. South America Cabinet Woods, Limitéd, has been incorporated with ; capital of $1,000,000, with head oftice at Toronto. The provisional directors are H. F. Welsh and C. J. F. Collier, both of Toronto, Ont. \ A. Barnet & Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $250,000, with head office ‘at Renfrew, Ont. The provisional directors are A J. E. H,, T. F., and J. G. Barnet, of Renfrew, Ont., and J. C. Browne, of Ot- tawa, Ont. 7 In order to secure a piece of property adjoining their plant, upon whicl to pile lumber, the Otto Higel Company, manufacturers of piano actions, King and Bathurst Streets, Toronto, paid $400 a foot making a total of $24,000 for the 60 feet frontage. The McEachern Tie and Timber Company, Limited, has been incorporate¢ with a capital of $40,000, with head office at L hessalon, Ont. The provisional directors are E, S. Perryman, of Chicago, Ill., U.S.A., J. A. McEachern and W. McGuire, of Thessalon, Ont. The Abitibi Pulp and Paper Mills, Limited, 136 St. James Street, Montreal, have awarded the contract for their paper mills at lroquois Falls, Ont., to Morrow & Beatty, Peterboro. The architect for the plant is Mr. Geo. F. Hardy, 309 Broadway, New York City. The Ladder Lake Lumber Company, Limited, has been incorporated witli manufacturing business. The provisional directors are G. Ruel, A. J. Reid, W. L. Pinkney, G. N. Pimpricht and H. R. Burrows, of Toronto. 4 The McAuliffe, Davis Lumber Company, Ottawa, Ont., are enlarging their Duke Street mill to double its present size. The cost of the work will be about $25,000. The enlarged mill will be about 100 ft. x 200 ft. It is expected that the machinery will be installed this month. It will include a large new rig saw, made by the Berlin Machine Works, Limited, Hamilton, Ont. Philip Forbes, Lions Head, Ont., is constructing a sawmill on the site of the former mill belonging to Chas. Pedwell which was destroyed by fire last fall. The mill will be equipped with a Waterous pony band, and will be up-to-date in every way. Mr. Forbes has been interested in timbering in the Bruce Peninsula for the past fifteen or twenty years, but this is his first ex- perience at the sawmill end of the industry. “a Driftwood Lands & Timber, Limited, was recently incorporated with head office at Toronto and capital stock of $1,000,000. The provisionai directors are J. L. Ross and A. W. Holmstead of the firm of Ross & Holmsted, Si 20 King Street East, Toronto. The promoter of the company is J. H. F. Blu 20 King Street East, Toronto. The company have bought 47,407 acres fo) mahogany and cedar lands in Dutch Guiana. These lands are reported to con- tain a great quantity of mahogany, cedar, purple-heart and greenheart. Th intention of the company is to erect a large veneering plant at some lake point in Ontario, possibly Oshawa. = Eastern Canada “ It is reported that H. W. Woods will not operate his mill on the Nerepis, N.B., this year. The Wilson Box Company have rebuilt their mill at Westfield, N.B., an it is now thoroughly up-to-date. La Compagnie St. Ramuald are pean: Company, Limited, has been registered at St. Romuald, The sawmill belonging to Hamel . ree at Ancienne Lorette, P.Q., was recently destroyed by fire. The loss was covered by insurance. The mill will be rebuilt and new machinery will be required. The Riddle, Robbins Lumber Company which constructed a mill Iasi year at Hatfield Point, Kings County, N.B., will not operate this year on ac- count of some litigation between those who are interested in the company. — Timber Properties and Securities, Limited, has been incorporated with a capital of $50,000, with head office at Montreal, Que.. The provisional direc tors are W. R. L. Shanks, advocate, and F. G. Bush, both of Montreal, Que. The mill at Upper Gagetown, N.B.,.recently operated by the Warren Company, will not be running this season on account of the death of the owner. It is now being offered for sale by L. G. Crosby of St. John, a former part owner. The sale by auction of the timber limits of Messrs. H. M. Price & Com- pany, lumber merchants, Quebec, now insolvent, will be held on August 5th next, at the offices of Messrs. La Rue & Trudel, accountants, 126 St. Peter Street, Quebec. The limits include a total of 527 square miles, along the rivers ay. — 2 =| Sst. Jean, Saumon, Magpie, and Chambers; also a certain area of freehold land to be used asa mill site. Particulars may be had from A. F. C. Ross, c/o P. S. ~ Ross & Sons, 142 Notre Dame Street West, Montreal, or Eugene Trudel, c/o La Rue & Trudel, 126 St. Peter Street, Quebec. The box factory belonging to the Turner Lumber and Pulpwood Com- pany, of Limolieu, P.Q., was recently destroyed by fire. The loss, amounting to $2,000 was covered by insurance. The company will rebuild and will re- quire new machinery. 7 The Federal Paper Company, Limited, Montreal, P.Q., has been incorpor- i ated with capital stock of $100,000. They are given power to manufacture, buy and sell pulp, pulpwood, ete. Mr. J. J. Meagher, 232 St. James Street, c Montreal, is interested in the company. ‘* Christie’s woodworking factory on City Road, St. John, N.B., was com- _ pletely destroyed by fire recently. The total value of the plant was about _ $40,000 and there was insurance to the extent of $20,000. Mr. Christie reports - that a new factory will probably be built. The Boyer West Reality and Lumber Company, Limited, has been in- corporated with a capital of $49,000, with head office at Montreal, Que. The provisional directors are T. Rinfret, K.C,, J. E. Billette, A. R. W. Plimsoll and R. Brodeur, advocates, all of Montreal, Que. The Lower Ottawa Forest Protective Association, Limited, has been in- corporated with a capital of $10,000, with head office at Hull, Que. The pro- visional directors are Hon. W. C. Edwards and W. C. Hughson, of Ottawa, Ont., G. H. Millen, of Hull, Que., J. B. White, of Montreal, and R. M. Kenny, of Buckingham, Que. A staff of engineers under the direction of Mr. A. G. McIntyre has com- menced the preparation of plans for the new pulp mill which is to be erected by the Bathurst Pulp & Paper Company, at Bathurst, N.B. It is expected that nearly a thousand men will be employed in the construction of the plant, which will be built entirely of concrete and steel. The sawmill belonging to Joseph Bedard & Sons, at Bedard’s Mills in the township of Cleveland, near Richmond, P.Q., was recently destroyed by fire. The loss is placed at about $5,000 and was partly covered by insurance. A quantity of lumber was also destroyed. The mill will be rebuilt at once, as the company,have a large quantity of logs on hand to be cut. — _ Western Canada G. D. Benoit, lumber merchant, of Dollard, Sask., has been succeeded by J. A. Pamchand. The Canadian Cedar Lumber Company, Vancouver, B.C., has bought the saw mill operated by W. H. Day, South Vancouver. The Forest Products Company, Limited, has been incorporated with a ‘capital of $100,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C. ‘ The James Brookes Woodworking Company, Limited, has been incor- porated with a capital of $15,000, with head office at East Burnaby, B.C. _ The Sunset Lumber Company’s plant at Bradner. lower Fraser valley, has heen bought by Craig & Taylor, formerly with the Mission Lumber Company. The Federal Lumber Company has acauired the cedar mill on the north ‘arm of the Fraser River, formerly operated by the Leading City Lumber Com- ny. { The M. B. King Lumber Company. which recently bought limits from D. ‘K. Campbell. is erecting a mill on the B. C. Electric Railway, south of New Westminster. { * < ' Charles Hartnell & Son, Vancouver, have takén over the sawmill at Port “Hammond, one the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway, twenty-five miles east of Vancouver. _ +The Western Canada Manufacturing Company, Limited, has been incor- ‘norated with a capital of $100,000, with head office at Vancouver, B.C., to carry son business as lumber merchants, etc. The British Canadian Lumber Company has started its mill at Coal Harbor, - Vancouver. It has had a number of logs in the water, and as the teredo is getting busy it was deemed advisable to get the mill going again. Tt is expected _ that operations will be continued throughout the summer. } A report from Vancouver, B.C., states that the Vancouver Lumber Com- ' any, Limited. are preparing to erect a shingle mill at a cost of $100.000 at Roche Point. Burrard Inlet, B.C. The plant will have twelve shingle machines. _ The company are also erecting a wharf, completing a large frame boarding house and making a number of alterations to theit'dedar mill. A deal in standing timber in the neighborhood of Fort George, B.C.. has inst heen carried out by the Government of the Province which has sold to Mr. H. N. Sereth. of the Riverside Lumber Company, of Calgary, 32,000,000 feet of lumber at the following prices: Douglas fir, $2.54 per 1,000 feet; spruce. "1.07 ner 1.000 feet. and cedar. $1.06 per 1,000 feet. The total value of the tim- her reaches $37.000, the purchasers to cut this within the next two or three vears and leave the ground as nearly as possible ready for settlers, with the brush burned off. . A report was recently published to the effect that the McLaren Lumbe1 Company of Blairmore, Alta., intends to erect a mill at a cost of $200,000. This comnany has been acquired by eastern capitalists who will spend a large - sm on important additions to the plant. Mr. E. A. Cunningham of the _ Rogers-Cunningham Lumber Company, Lethbridge, Alta., will be the general ~ manager of the company. The McLaren limits are between the C. P. R. “Crow’s Nest branch and the south fork of the Old Man river. The new mill will be of larse capacity. and will manufacture lumber of the standard mill ‘stock sizes and patterns. The organization will be capitalized at $1,500,000. The Crossing Lumber Company. Winnipeg. Man., whose mill is located “at Minaki, Ont., report that their logging operations last winter were entirely ‘Successful. They exnect to have about 3.000.000 feet of lumber. They had a crew of 75 men and 32 horses in the woods. They have built a pier 160 fect Tong and cleared up all the debris on their nronerty. expecting to put it on the market as a summer resort proposition this year. The G. T. R. have com- Hleted two laree hotels. within half a mile of the mill. one a winter house, to he Operated throughout the year and one a summer house to be opened on June 26th. The railway has also nut into commission a launch 47 feet long funning between the station and the hotel. The Crossing Lumber Company are therefore looking for an exceptionally busy-season this year. a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER This Belt is cheaper than our regular Scandinavia Belting OUR LINES: Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. Toronto Have Conveyors Scandinavia Special Conveyor Belts Scandinavia; Lanco Balata, Teon, High Speed Leather 55 for conveying light ma- terials, such as Shavings, Wood, Saw-Dust, Etc. - Montreal You A Copy of Our Stock List? It includes some splendid lots of lumber in Red and White Pine Spruce Lumber and Timber Thos. Mackarell & Co. Montreal Ottawa CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ADAMS TOWING MACHINE This machine installed in our pointer will do the work of a steam tug as well as many things a steam tug cannot do. The machine is strong and amply designed, burning coal-oil as fuel. Machine starts direct off coal-oil. The pointer is particularly well built. Ribs and frame are bolt fastened; they are made of well seasoned white oak, steam bent where necessary. The planking is Louisiana Red Cypress. Rubbing streaks are of hard maple. The Adam’s Pointer has proved a good investment for many lumbermen. Write for catalogue and testimonials. a = OT i ie Sm a Alaa Launch & Eneine Co. Penetang, Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 57 Leading Firms : CATERING FOR f Fri ean one. eRe ay) nyt vi LLU Ca Prom i fi Pts. shipment, ALGONQUIN STEEL RANGE. burn wood, coal or coke. Special price to lumbermen. | me NOG Bin en Ratt io Write us. NATIONAL MFG. CO.,LTD, Ottawa. ai) ig a as A Canuck Rolled Oats Package or Bulk se Tank Locomotives Geared Locomotives Steel Rails Flat Cars ALL SECONDHAND Correspondence solicited. SESSENWEIN BROS. Montreal ery MILL — Note our NEE PRICES on NEW UBBER BELTING OATS, HAY and FEED The Chisholm Milling Co., Limited Jarvis Street, - . TORONTO Bae TE AYN. SMITH, ¥238,, TORONTO, Ont. Na) Da a aye i a A AAA Mie Ma | aA aN EN ALE SUH PENA AY i deint Fasteners ‘ aN M LA ide ied tas? in 8, j HY | ae A every description, Send for ae Net Price List on Belting of ~ > i re re ag GER. Lh = eT Packed? =e Maple Leaf ee Kanthurt e Collars Hors? "ENTED) These collars will not our horses bare Fe riders. ‘ No. ez, Lumber; Ne gskin a + Ze In Bulk or Sacks The Best Oats on the market. fill your next order andprove what Write or Wire for Prices. ANCHOR ELEVATOR CO., LTD. Winnipeg, Man or Packages. and Prices. “ee 9 ma, Y = Let us We say. Arm y 1 / y x x5 Multiple Any depth andany number of cop Piguticns The Steel Co. of Canada, Limited Hamilton, Montreal, Winni ines. St. dan n. jo ~* melee are me ~ OO 2 Orn 7 aaadlery & ‘Moccasins AAS APA IROE “ iS ual ies sere ie ee NH —t jiu ae Nae 84. 9) Oa Tite 2 eat x PAN a) AY saying nett nytt heh a W. H. Dwyer &Co., Ltd. OTTAWA, ONT. Offices also at Fort William and Montreal 7> Largest Wholesale Dealers = ; in xvi eR woe LF ci lene vale: *s a a —< +.) <= - ray Td ao a SP ne = Rae ayy ve ~ es teers in Hay and Oats in Canada Write or wire us at any of the above offices. We do the rest. “HE WHO SERVES 'BEST PROFITS MOST.’ : £ My grt s 58 CANADA ASBESTOS ROOFING Can. H W. Johns-Manville Co. BABBITT METAL Hoyt Metal Company Canada Metal Company BAND MILLS Berlin Machine Works Hamilton Company, William Waterous Engine Works BELT DRESSING Cling Surface Company Dixon Crucible Co., Joseph BELTING Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Federal Engineering Company Goodhue & Company, J. L. Graton & Knight Mfg. Company Gutta Percha & Rubber Co. McLaren Belting Company, J. C. Reddaway &'Co., F. Smith, Nathan BLOWERS Mahony, A. Ormsby Company, A. B. Toronto Blower Company BOILERS Inglis Company, John Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E BOX MACHINERY Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Morgan Machine Company CALKS Steel Company of Canada CAMP SUPPLIES Borbridge, S. & H. Eckardt & Co., H. P. Hall, Limited, Adam Johnson, A. H. Lamontagne, Limited Morin & Company, Dr. Ed. Palmer Medical Company Smart-Woods Limited Turner & Sons, J J. Young, W. F. CANOES Dixon, F. M. CANT HOOKS Argall Bros. Pink Company, Thomas CEDAR Canadian Western Lumber Company Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Company CHAINS Argall Bros Coghlin Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Pink & Company, Thos. Standard Chain Company CHAIN BELTS Ellicott Company, A. M. CRANES & DERRICKS e Morris Crane & Hoist Company ‘CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LUMBERMAN CUTTER HEADS Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. CYPRESS . Louisiana Red Cypress Company Wistar, Underhill & Nixon DOORS Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Canadian’ Western Lumber Co. Haeberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Lumber Company Tessier, Alphonse DOUGLAS FIR Auger & Son Canadian Western Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Timberland Lumber Company Timms, Phillips & Company DRY KILNS Grand Rapids Veneer Works Sheldons, Limited DUST COLLECTORS Ormsby Company, A. B. Toronto Blower Company EMERY GRINDERS Carborundum Company ENGINES Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E. 3 Waterous Engine Company EXHAUST FANS Sheldons Limited EXHAUST SYSTEMS Reed &:Co., Geo. W. Toronto Blower Company FILES Disston & Sons, Henry Nicholson File Company Simonds Canada Saw Co. FOURDRINIER WIRES Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Company FURNACE FEEDERS Toronto Blower Company HARDWOODS Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Caflisch Bros. Fassett Lumber Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Gillespie James Harris Lumber Co., Frank H. Heyser Lumber Company, W. E Hocken Lumber Company Hoffman Bros. Company Newman, John P. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Snowball comers J. B. Spencer, C. Stearns Salt i Racibek Company Webster & Bro., James HARDWOOD FLOORING Canada Wood Specialty Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Limited Siemon Bros, BUYERS’ HEMLOCK Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Diver, John M Eagle Lumber Company Elgie.& Jarvis Lumber Company. Fesserton Timber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company Haeberle Lumber Company Hocken Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company. Mason, Gordon & Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., E. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Spears & Lauder Spencer, C. A. Snowball Company, J. B. HOISTS Morris Crane & Hoist Company — HOSE Gutta Percha & Rubber Company KNIVES Disston & Sons, Henry Galt Knife Works " Peter Hay Knife Company ’ Simonds Canada Saw Company KNIFE GRINDERS Canada Machinery Corporation Rogers & Company, Samuel C. - LATH Austin & Nicholson Bartram Bros. Beck. Mfg. Company, C. Casey-Shaw Lumber Company Christy-Moir Company Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Georgian Bay Lumber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company ~ McGibbon Lumber Company New Ontario Colonization Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed Rat Portage Lumber Company River Ouelle Pulp & Paper Co. Spencer, C. A. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. LAUNCHES”: |: Adams Launch & Engine Company LOCOMOTIVES Baldwin Locomotive Works Canadian Locomotive Company Climax Mfg. Company Heisler Locomotive Works Montreal Locomotive Works Sessenwein Bros. LOGGING & MACHINERY EQUIPMENT Clyde. Iron Works Gerlach Company, Peter Russell Brothers Rutherford & Sons, Wm. Ryther & Pringle Company LUMBER Austin & Nicholson x Se ’ Burstall & Company, J. Canada Wood Specialty Company Canadian Western Lumber Company > Casey-Shaw Lumber Company DIRECTORY Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Dudley, A. N. Fassett Lumber Company Garrett Lumber Company, T. Georgian Bay Lumber Compan Glengarry Lumber Company Harris Lumber Co., Frank Laidlaw Lumber Company, R McLennan Lumber Company Montreal Lumber Company Newman, John P. New Ontario Colonization C Oliver Lumber Company © Parry Sound Lumber Comp Ritter Lumber Company, W River Ouelle Pulp & Lu Victoria Harbor ‘Lumber &) Wilson Bros. ‘LUMBER CRAYONS | Dixon Crucible Company, Jos iy Superior ia Cor r OATS Anchor Elevator Company Chisholm Milling C Dwyer & i ed Fairweather, A. W PACKING | Gs Gutta Percha & Rubber Company hor PATENT SOLICITORS ~ Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency — 4 ue - PINE Anderson Lumber Company, Beck Manufacturing C Bradley Lumber Company, Bromley, W. H. Cane & Company, Janies Ga Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills C Colonial ape Company — fie Diver, John M. m4 nt Donogh & Company, jaa! Reo Eagle Lumber Company East Kootenay Lumber Com Fesserton Timber Company Forest Mills of B. C. Limit Fraser-Bryson Lumber Com Garrett Lumber Company, T. Gordon & Company, George Gillies Bros. Limited _ Graves, Bigwood Company Hobart & Company Hocken Lumber Company Long Lumber Company / Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company North Pacific Lumber Com Quincy-Adams Lumber Co Rideau Lumber Company Sawmill Owners Sales Con Snowball Company, J. B.- St. Gabriel Lumber Compan Watson & Todd, Limited Wuichet, Louis POLES Diver, John M. Pink & Company, Thos. POPLAR — Dawkins Lumber Company, V Heyser Lumber Company, W. wre Underhill & Nixon ‘ j : ' PULLEYS & SHAFTING — Canada Machinery Corporation Fay & Egan Company, J. A. ‘a CANADA ;LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Is a Saw of note that Disston Saws chantable lumber. dependability, and ‘“‘DEPEND ON DISSTON’”’ Limited Reg. U.S. Pat. Off. EX SPARTAN a LEATHER BELTING Band—Circular—Crosscut take the leading part in turning the rough timber of the forest into mer-' SPARTAN 59 Behind Every Forest Product From the moment the forest giant is marked for cutting a saw enters into every operation. The Cross-cut Saw is used for felling and cutting the tree into log lengths; the Band and Circular Saws are employed in manufacturing lumber from the logs, and the re-sawing into boards. In view of this importance of the saw to the lumber industries it is worthy While much depends upon the care which the filer gives the saws, it is a fact that the best lumber can only be obtained from the best and most efficient saws. The widespread use of Disston Saws, therefore, show that saw users in the lumber world have come to recognize their unvarying Henry Disston & Sons, Keystone Saw, Tool, Steel and File Works TORONTO, CANADA Branch at Vancouver, B.C. SPARTAN NLS is the result of extensive chemical researches and the testing of many different tannagés ‘of leather. Where abnormal exteéiimaliconditions exist Spartan Belting should be employ. ed, as the spe- cially tanned leather and the special cement used in its construction resist, the injurious etects of water, steam, oil, gas fumes, and heat generated by excessive pulley friction. For Sy finaded drives where it is not feasible to get greater power by increasing the. pele speed or the width of the pulleys to enable the use of wider belts, recourse should be had to Spartan . Belting, remarkable for its pliability and consequently increased pulley grip an its greatten+ sile strength. In short, Spartan Belting is adapted for use under all abnormal service Sere ticu- larly suited for use in saw and planing mills. Its use will-ensure your plant against transmis- sion troubles, power losses, and shut-downs for repairs. Spartan Booklet and full details sent upon request. Why not investigate. The Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal, Can. Home Office and Factory: Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. Forwn:......2°03 Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal GRA | ON & KNIGH / MI cS. CO. Please send me at once prepaid copy of the Spartan book and copy of your text book, the Oak Leather Tanners and Belt Makers, ) eck! aeaipicpra rae pS tte Rie | RAL de a «an ..Province............... vH (Ran Beem. ci. cated ee oo AD... 60 PUMPS Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Smart-Turner Machine Company RAILS Gartshore, John J. Sessenwein Bros. ROOFING Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co. RUBBER GOODS Gutta Percha & Rubber Company SASH Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Haerberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company, E. H. Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Tessier, Alphonse. SAWS Atkins & Company, E. C. Disston & Sons, Henry Gerlach Company, Peter Mereen Johnston Machine Company Radcliff Saw Mfg. Company Shurly-Dietrich Company Simonds Canada Saw Company Smith Company, R. H. SAW MILL MACHINERY Berlin Machine Works Breeze-Denison & Company Canada Machinery Corporation Fay & Egan Company, J. A. Gerlach Company, Peter Hamilton Company, William Hill Company, Wm. E. Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Company Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. CANADA Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Parry Sound Lumber Company Payette & Company, P Waterous Engine Company Wickes Bros. SAW SHARPENERS Breeze, Denison & Company Rogers & Company, Samuel C. SHINGLES Bartram Brothers Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Co. Christy-Moir Company Canada Western Lumber Company Dalhousie Lumber Company Forest Mills of B. C, Limited Fraser Limited Gillespie, James Heaps & Company, E. H. Larkin Lumber Company, C. A. Long Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Morse Lumber Company, Fred S. Rat Portage Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Timms, Phillips & Company SHINGLE & LATH MACHINERY Gerlach Company, Peter Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Payette & Company, P. Smith Foundry Company SPRUCE Auger & Son Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Cane & Company, Jas. G. Christy-Moir Company Donogh & Company, John : LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fenderson & Company, John Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Gillies Bros Leak & Company Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company New Ontario Colonization Co. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Quebec & St. Maurice [ndustrial Co. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Rideau Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Spencer, C. A. St. Gabriel Lumber Company STEEL CHAIN Coghlin & Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Standard Chain Company SULPHITE PULP Partington Pulp & Paper Company SUCTION GAS PRODUCER PLANTS. Anderson & Company, Geo. SNOW PLOWS Pink Company, Thos. TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company TIES Fesserton Lumber Company Spears & Lauder TIMBER BROKERS Cant & Kemp Farnworth & Jardine Frost Company, A. C. Lacey & Company, Jas. D For Cutting TIMBER ESTIMATORS Lauderburn, D. E. Montreal Engineering Company Munson-Whitaker Company Sewall, James W. TUGS West & Peachey VENEERS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Hoffman Brother Company Webster & Bro., Jas VENEER MACHINERY Merritt Manufacturing Company Perrin, William R. Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. WATCHMAN’S CLOCKS — Hardinge Bros. ; ‘WIRE Greening Wire Company, B. Laidlaw-Bale-Tie Company WOODWORKING “AC Berlin Machine Works Canada Machinery Corporation | Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Defiance Machine Company Fay & Egan Company, J. A. Hamilton Company, William Long Manufacturing Company, E. — Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Waterous Engine Works WOOD PULP New Ontario Colonization Co. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co St. Gabriel Lumber Company ~ ; Pulp Wood The Ryther Multiple Saw Slasher will cut 1,000 logs and over per hour into absolutely Uniform Lengths — Highest Possible Efficiency — Lowest Cutting Costs, per Cord — Minimum Maintenance and Repair. Write for Catalogue ae . = = = eee Te 2 Pes Perse $e The following is a partial list of Canadian plants equipped with Slashers designed and built by Ryther & Pringle Company, for other firms see future advertisements. Laurentidé Company, Limited, Grand Mere, P.Q. Belgo Canadian Pulp & Paper Co., Shawinigan Falls, P.Q. Spanish River Pulp & Paper Mills, Spanish River, Ont. Spanish River Pulp & Paper Mills, Sturgeon Falls, Ont. Bayless Pulp & Paper Company, Ste. Anne, P.Q. yther & Pringle Co., Carthage, N.Y. Anglo-Newfoundland Development Co., Albert E. Reed & Company Newfoundland, Limited. Price Brothers Company, Kenogami, P.Q. Chicoutimi Pulp Company, Chicoutimi, P.Q. Baie St. Paul Lumber Company, Baie St. Paul, P.Q. Newfoundland. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS, LONDON, CANADA LIMITED Agencies and Warehouses:—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. WINNIPHG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. TORONTO, ONT. VANCOUVER, B.C. TKINSG’ ILVER STEEL: ¢S & C9 INDIANAPOLI AB LISHED 038% gee oe The construction of this splendid Saw will appeal to you at once. It will save you Jots of money if you have cut off work todo. It’s the sensation of the Saw World. Making good wherever usec. Write for details and prices E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs HE “MERIT” LINE of Veneer Cutting, Dimen- bea ane =o ee a> - It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season. Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timbe1 Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log Stamping, Hammers, etc. Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the lowest price. Write us for particulars and brices | | ARGALL BROTHERS Three winch. Quebec sioning and Drying Mach- inery is designed first, for ven- eer mills cutting high grade furniture and commercial veneer from expensive timber, and sec- ond, for basket, crate, box and barrel factories using cheaper veneer cut from the less expen- sive woods, Merit Veneer Lathe In addition to Lathes, Clippers, and Driers, the line, includes Knife Grinders, Log Hoists and Trolleys,a set of CrateHead Machinery, a set of Barrel and Basket Hoop Machinery, Basket and Hamper Bottom Round- ers, Nailing Forms, etc. be CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS | A Disston & Sons, Henty...... .... 59 : J i Perrin & Company, Wm. R. ... Adams Launch & Engine Co. ... 53 Dom. Mahogany. & Veneer Co... 51 Jenckes Machine Co., Ltd. ... 53. Pink & Company, Wm. R. 27 3 Amer. Woodworking Mach. Co. . «Dominion Timber Regulations .. 76 Johnston, A. H. ... Q ‘ Anchor Elevator Co. ... ....:.. 5%) Donggh &€o.,"John .. .. ..,.. 13 Kent Cofdwdon eur C6. Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Anderson & Co.;. (Geo, se ath a.) 168 9 Dudley Bee ee eer 2 erect LB aight: Mig omnes on Company ..:, +. 3 04/5 Anderson & Go., ‘C. G. .ig. « “10; Dwyer Company, W. Hy ..: 1. 57 ? ret itt ieee Quincy Adams Lumber Co. ve Argall |Brosy\s. uel ren Chee OL 2 E L 5 R oa Atkins Company, EC. 7... ... 6L of) Paipletibumber (Go... .- 52-8 odo Lacey: jag DS a oe ee Radcliff Saw Company ... ae Auger & Son,..... »--+. +. +. +. ast Kootenay Lumber Co. .. 9) 10"; 274.) pale Geico 69 pa ee Seq Co., Ltd ' : igen f ge at re ee 0., Geo, aj a Austin & Nicholson: =....7... .a.) Al” Geckardt ee keo, wen be ol eee) Lamontagne Limited ... slam. 'bT Reddawee teomeene Elgi is Lumber C 13 : y Ons De aie ; Vork i sie Jarvis Lumber Co. .. .. Lauderburn, D. E..... ... ...°... di) Rideau Lumber Co ictal Baldwin Locomotive Works .... %5 ffficott Lumber Co. ... E Laidlaw Taman ip Rimouski Industrial Co. .. .. Bartram Brothers, Limited .. .. 7 abe Ste ce Miao ae Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. .. F Larkin Company, C. A : : Batts, Limited ... ... 1... ... ss 80 97 ff ere ey Brae iA 1 aS PD River Ouelle Pulp & Paper Co Bah Gs Gere Wie. assett Lumber Co., Ltd. .. +. -. Leak & Company =... ... 0) -- 13° Rogers & Co., Samuel C. ... .. Sarina rae vx . Farnworth & Jardine .. .. .. .. 11_ Leonard & Sons, E. ... ....... 61.~Russel Bros...) a seeeeeeeeee ar ae cad KE cay. ee on eee is Federal Engineering Cox Leroy See 55 Long Lumber Company _ 5 Russell Wheel & Foundry Co. ae 21 apes g. contin SOON EY, Fesserton Timber’ Cor 2." so 8 Lehe ee Cee ee eee ee ae pie Wairres be, ee aes HH aa ies ps he ae Fenderson & Co., Inc. John ... 47 Louisiana Red Cypress Co... .. 8 a ag nS ee oi Wee aE prea P Ke i Forest Mills of°B: @.\....,-- .. 16 Sia F Bradley Lumber Co., E. CRE Fe. . Fraseg Euyaen Mam. Co. Ueidben 8 6 M Saw Mi Ona Sales Co. “ peck ee & Co, «a sep) 049 Dipractrs uitted At .. / ee te ey Oh Mackerel @ Cos Whose. 2) sue 2) Bos pessenYellel a a a 28 Bromley, William H q x Sewall,. Jas. W...... Rape: eee ; - Ghee te Frost; A. @.0.05 ... .«. &..0.8. 954 .°"Massee & Helton siaumber Com» ace 1 Ting a Burstall & Co., J 14 Sheldons ‘Limited 2-2) eeu emer nl Ph G Mahoney, Altes cena Lee eae Shimer & Sons, Samuel. J. ee : Cc Galt Knife Works ... ... ...... 20 Mason, Gordon & Co... ...... 15 Shurly-Dietrich Gompamy esses Caflisch Bros. .. .. .. .. -. +» 19 Giicu Lumber Co 4 McGibbon Lumber Co. . .. 1g Siemen Bros. Ltd... .. .. .. «- Cameron & Company 12 guns < aoe Riba McKi ; Simonds Canada Saw Co., Ltd. . tere 2 Gartshoremjohn J. SgeGce. - +. uaeoe cKinnon Chain Co... .. .. -. |1 Smart-Turner Mach Co., Ltd. Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Co... 54 Geaxpian Bay Shook Wills iss eee McLaren Belting Co., J. C. ..... -80 Smart-Woods Limited ... ... . Canada Metal Company ... ... . - = ‘ T . Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Ltd. 6 McLennan Lumber Co., Ltd... 15 » Smith, N. ... 1... 2.) Seas Canadian Locomotive Co. elem Le 75 Cae. cee ‘ +65 Mereen-Johnston Machine Co. ee WTA Smith Foundry & Machine Co. oem Reg en) ‘Gillespie anes. | 5 Se Pe 30» Merritt Mfg. Company ... ... .. 61 Se bail, Fae weit a Canada Wood Specialty Co. Ltd. 10 + Gillies Bros. Mtda% .. .. sc 6 Mershon & Co., Wm. B..... >... 77 Spears & Lagder os ane 13 Can. Mach. Corporation, Ltd.... 70 Bie a og Montreal Engineering Co: ... -. 43 ~Spencer, (G) AD...) eee i : 2 uf Glengarry Lambert ©o.". 5.0. 2.920: SS , , Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. 2) 1 ( .. Montreal Lumber Co... .. .. .. 10 Standard Chain Company ... .. 68 3 ‘ , ‘ Goodhue &-Coyj, Lin 22 es be St Saltsand Lumberuica 1 Can. H. W. Johns-Manville Co... ; ; Morris Crane & Hoist Co... Her- earns Salt an umbe +. 18 a : f om Gordon, & Co:.Géo. a. ah nS A: 3 a le = BS ipl f Canad & ~ Can. Linderman Company ... .. ¥ Graves, Bigwood Co 1 bert. 52-36) Gut Reo rege ite eee St. G bri | Luther Wee = ie Canadian Office & School Furni- 9" ‘ : "rts ss ss. **, Montreal Locomotive Works, Ltd. 74 ay eet Lea Se ae mere Commday: .. eee en gS Soe fs ie ne Gowen hebes 8 Moris: & Co, DeBdiue hee Superior Manufacturing Gonna e} Can. Western Lumber Co. .'. .4°* Sakae one z ge Te SS” Morgan Machine’ Col vne-k cee ae ee Cane Company, J. G.ge~ wre * eee ae V Fe 7 9e W ous wh Mutison-Whitaker Co. .. x... a1. Lessier, Alphonse 2) 22) sens) se naam Cc By ern Gutta Percha & Rubber Limited. Thomas, Ed2*o2 <¢2 eee B ant (11) Poa eC RM HRGe eit cent eoe ke : ae 3 : : : ; Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Co. . Capital Wires Gloth Got ssa9e.. ne e0 H N Timberland Cuniber ioe Carborundum Company ..:...... 63 Haeberle Lumber Co... -. .. .. 10° “yiational Mfg. Company ... ... 57 Timms, Phillips & Co... Ce ee Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. .. soe vot Hall, Adam Pe et sR, TP Nessreaae Joka BY ..-tar 5 ae ie Toronto Blower-Co: “2 soo eee Chisholm Milling Co. ... ...°:.° 57 -tlamulton Co, Ltd, Wi. <->) .: 5. 68)" integrins cae eee a aen eee Turner & Sons, J. J. ... ... -.. 5%) Christy-Moir Company .. .. .. 10 Hardinge Bros... .. .. .. .. .. 10 Nichdlson Bile Co. 2a eee Vv Cleveland-Sarnia Saw Mills Co. . 45 MUHarris Lumber Co., Frank H... 13 Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. .. 12, Climax Mig. Company). 00.4.5. 7. 2 tis ays Petetinds. cae oe Alene O w : ling- as ADS AGE JCOnmwLst cae B setae einem ‘ ; Po ec Onin aty ge a ae se ap ay ee vs Oliver Lumber Co. ... ... ... 13 Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd. 79 elvde: Irom VWOLKS . dine etes oe wr Heisler Locomotive Works ... . 75 Orasbyton, Hee aes 91 Watson & Todd. snes p Coghlin Co., B. J... .. ........ 1 Heyser Lumber Company .. .. 19 See hare eae iat ean “’* “" “Webb Lumber Company... .... D Hobart & Company... .. .. ... il = Webster & Bro. Ltd., James .. . 4 " 5 West & Peachy. 252) eee 5 atone ut eee Cone ao Hocken Lumber Company ... .. 5 Parr ‘Susan hee o'/ Witiesceee! iy Bee iy ee . ; Hoffman: Bros Co. 44. sae ee Dixon Crucible Co., Jos. ...°... ~ 69 Hoyt Metal Company ... ... .. 80 mae FS Fae & Mic Ageaey ; 69 Wistar, Underhill & Nixon .. . . wy Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Co., Inc. 69 5 a5 74 i iS.’ “4c yee eee Dixon, FLOM. ... 5-. «.. fats s Payette ez Companies ep aie) ce Wuichet, Lomas . Diver, J. M. i itl 8 PN 6 : I Philadelphia Textile Machinery ¥ Defiance Machine Works ... ... 23 Inglis Company, John... ...... Company... ..- eee... ees oe 43 Young, Company Wand aeeamees 7 JO-YVWV F YX “Wilson Bros.” Flooring and Tri Wilson Bros.” Flooring and Trim ‘‘Wilson Bros.”’ stamped on every piece of this flooring stands for Quality. Look for the name. Hardwood and Pine _—_$Interior Finish of all kinds 5 Also Hardwood Veneer Doors to Detail We are equipped to fill large or small orders on short notice. Write us for prices. Wilson Bros., Limited Collingwood, Ont. y ew) a . CANADA LUMBERM*N AND WOODWORKER YOUR. MILL we ee seneares PSSST STL LLL Lee eee tt ere O the saw mill and woodworking industries we offer an unusually good belting value in our ‘“‘Acme Waterproof.” This belting is specially made from the best hides to run in wet places where only the best quality belt can ‘‘make good.” If you require any belting you should enquire into the merits of ‘‘Goodhue Belts’ then you will buy a ‘‘Goodhue.”’ According to the conditions under which a belt has to run we recommend ‘‘Extra,” ‘‘Standard” or ‘‘Acme Waterproof’’—each brand the best quality but each made for a different service. Send for particwtars, J, L, GOODHUE CO., LIMITED, Danville, Quebec Suction Gas Producer Plants High for ANTHRACITE, COKE or CHARCOAL for WORKING ON TOWN SUCTION r c \ or NATURAL GASES The ideal drive for out on of the way places. i a = Horizontal up to 180 B. H. P. | GEORGE ANDERSON & CO. OF CANADA, LTD., 617 cuebec Bank Bldg, MONTREAL . Class Gas Engines : 64 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The gathering of the clans “On to Toronto! OU have doubtless noted with gratification the ‘ great movement for honesty and square dealing which is revolutionizing American and Cana- dian business methods. Our goods, our salesmanship and our advertising are being cleansed and vitalized by the spirit of truth and sincerity. As a result we see a growing public confidence in manufactured products and their advertising—a confidence which, if preserved and fostered, will decrease our costs, increase our profits, and become a business asset of incalculable value. Foremost in the fight which has brought about this revolution stand the Associated Advertising Clubs of America, whose emblem is shown above. If you are a bus- iness man, interested in the manufacture, distribution, or selling of commodities of of any nature, you should attend the Tenth Annual Convention of the A. A. C. TORONTO June 21-25, 1914 At this Convention you will hear the inspiring story of the manner in which these tremendous reforms are being effected. More than this, you will hear the problems of distribution, mer- chandising, salesmanship and advertising dis- cussed by able and successful business men in a series of open meetings. These meetings will cover the questions of chief interest to the 10,000 business men comprising the 140 clubs of the A. A. C. of A.—yvour own problems included. EDWARD MOTT WOOLLEY the famous writer on business topics, has written a booklet entitled ‘‘ Zhe Story of Toronto.” This book- let describes in a forceful, intensely interesting manner, the wonderful work the A. A. C. of A. are doing for clean advertising and square business methods, and the significance and importance of the Toronto Convention. This booklet will be sent free to all business men asking for it on their business stationery—together with detailed facts as to the convention programme and rates for accomodations. Address Convention Bureau Associated Advertising Clubs of America TORONTO CANADA CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 65 “THEY SURE DO RUN UNIFORM”’ Totes a; AND LOGGING ey: FE elon ture C |) eee RNS= “GANDY PAILS. 2. BOX:BOARDS. ; “CHAIR STOCK) 2! SHINGLES : [oS CLOTHES: PINS LUMBER: COMPLETE | PLANTS ING ARRELS, KEGS, STAVES EAD OUR SPECIALTY. FOR PRICES AND ten PARTICULARS, , 4 ly T PETER CERLACH @curveyan» A Michigan saw filer of many years experience says this about Aloxite Saw Gumming Wheels His tests and his results prove it He finds that they cut fast and clean without burning — that they hold their shape — show long life and are posi- tively uniform in grit and grade. QA study of saw-filing requirements and conditions enables our service depart- ment to put The Right Wheel in the Right Place Not altogether what we say but what users say “‘We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- sider them indispensable to lumbermen op waters of French River or similar streams.’ Will move a bag containing 60,000 logs, in calm weather, 30,000 in a head wind. West & Peachey - Simcoe, Ont. THE CARBORUNDUM COMPANY NIAGARA FALLS, N. Y. New York Chicago Boston Philadelphia Cleveland __ Cincinnati Grand Rapids Milwaukee | Manchester, Eng. 66 CURRENT LUMBER PRICES WHOLESALE TORONTO, ONT. Car Lots White Pine: 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 57 00 1% inch No. 1 cuts and better 6400 68 00 2-in. No. 1 cuts and better. 67 00 72 00 1%-in. No. 2 C. [Betas erarars 50 00 52 00 2-in. No. 2 cuts and better 56 00 60 00 4/4. NO. LECHESI cirieteiel elviniaic ais 45 00 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 cuts ..... 52 00 6/4 No.) Wicuts: o Acca es 55 00 4/4 No. 2 cuts ..c0ce ssiiece . 36 00 5/4 and 6/4 No. 2 cuts ..... 42 00 Gi/4 Noy, Qiewtemered acmeredtse! k's 45 00 4/4 No. ‘StGuts Genes aleetes sins) wl 28 00 5/4 and 6/4 No. 3 cuts ...... 32 00 B/4 NO. SiCUtsi i ctete ss ie'sre)o 1 tern 33 00 1-in. » Good {Shorts ...22<.<2 05 40 00 45 00 1 x 4 and 6 com. and dressing 25 00 26 00 1 x 6 common and dressing .. 27 00 29 00 1 x 8 common and dressing .. 27 00 29 00 1 x 10 common and dressing .. 32 00 34 00 1 x 12 common and dressing... 36 00 38 00 1 x 10 and 12 mill cull stocks. 24 00 l-in. mill cull sidings ...... 22 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 4 m.r., m.c. out. 26 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 5 m.r., m.c out. 26 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 6 m.r., m.c. out. 28 00 5/4 and 6/4 x § m.r., m.c. out. 28 00 5/4 and 6 /4x 10 m.r., m.c. out 33 00 5/4 and 6/4 x 12 m.r., m.c. out 36 00 2 x 10 common ....0. saceee 26 00 2 and 3 x 12 common.. ..... 30 00 32 00 1 x 8 box and common ...... 23 50 24 50 1 x 10 inch box and common. 25 00 3 m4 1 x 12 inch box and common 27 o 1-in. mill run sidings 25 0 1-in. mill run_ shorts l-in. mill run Norway 2-in. mill run Norway Norway, c. and cf. 1-in. Norway, c. and cf. 1%-in. Norway, c. and cf. 2-in. Spruce mill culls ...... ...... Hemlock No. 1: 1x4 and 5-in. x 9 to 16 ft. .... 20 00 Pix (Gin. x79) to 168. oo -- 23 00 i x S-intx 9) tof 16st .< 27 00 2) x 4 ito a2 ins, MIS! ftiacs ates clan 23 50 Dix Agtotl2-in 2a ft anise ani 30 00 2-in. No. 2, 4-in. and up in wiath, 6 te 16° ft) ....6 0.06 8 00 Clear in B.C cedar, kiln dried. 55 50 65 50 Douglas Fir Dimension Tiber up to 32 feet: 8x8, 10x10, 10x12, 10x14, 12x12, 12x14, 14x14, 14x16 up to 32 RES cts Piss Saas Lt oe areas 32 50 6x10, 6x12, 8x10, 8x12, 10x16, 12 x16, 16x16, 16x18, 18x18, 20x 205 tu) wt sa Lee, chelate 33 00 6x14, 8x14, 12x18, 18x20, up ‘to DO EEL hates oct pote eiek, Gos erie ere 83 50 6x16, 8x16, 10x18, 12x20, 14x20, 16x20. up fo S208. ooo. «a 34 00 40x20)0 up to 32 ft. 22). 2. 34 50 6x18, 8x18, up to 32 ft. ...... 35 00 6x20, 8x20, up to 32 ft. ....... 36 00 Timber in lengths over 32 feet take the Sor additions: 33 to 35 cae 50c; 36 to 40 ft., $1; 41 to 45 ft., $3; 46 to 50 ft., $5; 51 55 te ” $7; 56 to 60 ft, $9; 61 to 65 ft., $12.50; 66 to 70 ft., $15; 71 to 75 ft., $18; 76 to 80 ft., $22. _Fir flooring, - edge grain ..... 44 50 No, 1 and 2 clear 1-in. Fir rough 45 00 No. 1 and 2 clear 1%, 1% and 2-in, Fir rough ......-....- 47 00 1%-in. No. 1 4-ft. pine lath. 4 50 1%-in. No. 2 4-ft. lath ........ 4 20 1%-in. 82-in. pine .......... 1 60 14%-in. No. 1 4-ft. hemlock lath 3 75 2 ies mill run hemlock lath 3 50 pine or cedar shingles 1 05 XX_pine or cedar shingles. . 2 25 XXX pine or cedar shingles .. 3 20 XX B. C. cedar shingles ..... 2 35 MS Gy Dutts itone-ts esas ae cree 8 20 XXXX 6 to 23- 16- ATI ire ates esate 8 40 74. G, 2 2, IMD Score hehe 3 70 white, Ists and 2nds, 1% and 2-in. white, No. 1 common brown, ists and 2nds, 4/4 brown, common and better , brown, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4. inch; ists. and 2nds, @/4 ws os.00.0 <0 Birch, No. 1, com. and bet., 4/4 .... Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 and 8/4 .... Birch, 1sts and 2nds, /4 Birch, ists and 2nds, 16/4 ......... +. Basswood, ists and 2nds, 4/4 ...... Basswood, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4. Basswood, No. 2 and 3, common ... Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, Ists and 2nds. Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, com. and bet. Basswood, 4/4, No. 2 com. and bet. Soft elm, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ........ Soft elm, No. 1 com. and bet., Soft elm, No. 2 and 3, common Soft elm, 6/4 and 8/4, 1 and 2 Rock elm, 1Ists and 2nds, 6/4 x 8/4.. Rock eim, No. 2 com. and bet. 6/4 and CANADA O/ 4s csiincd: 1050 dunes Melee eens Soft maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 Soft maple, com. and bet., 4/4 ..... Soft maple, 6/4 & 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. Iiard maple, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 Hard maple, common and better, 4/4. Hard maple, 12/4, & 16/4, 1sts and 2nds. Red oak, plain 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4 Red oak, plain Ist amd 2nds, 4/4 ... Red oa ee 1sts and 2nds, 12/4 te wnee and. © 16/4 + wicinw:atm bs vrceinic water White oak, plain, 1st and 2nds, ‘4/4. White oak, plain, ists and 2nds, 1% and 2-in. dideleieie. « <{s\clalaetentaedets and 16/4 evale, Ws” -s:0 pate eit oak, % cut, 1Ists and 2nds, 4/4. oak, % cut, 5/4 and 6/4, IAsts White oak, % cut No. 1 common .. Hickory, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ........ Hickory, 6/4 and 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. seen eee wee eee OTTAWA, ONT. Manufacturers’ Prices Pine good sidings: l-in. x a SUG30D: waciaucecen $52 00 1%-in.. & 1%-in. x 8-in. & up 55 00 2-in, x T-in. and up ......... 58 00 No. 2 cuts 2 x 8-in. & up .. 40 00 Pine good strips: By eget aa ot eras OF 40 00 1%-in. and 14%-in. ......... §2 00 AATF Paae ofc ROaiateae 4 panei oadieaiels 52 00 Pine good. shorts: 1-in}> x. 7-ing and Up-). oe.s.< 42 00 l-in. x 4-in. to G6-in. ...... 32 00 1%-in. and 1¥%-in. .......... 50 00 2-10; cele asl see e oie aren ee 52 00 7-in. to 9-in. A sidings .... 25 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing sidings .. 30 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing strips .. 29 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing shorts .. 22 00 Pine, l-in. x 4-in. s.c. strips .. 22 00 Pine, 1l-in. x 5-in. s.c. strips .. 24 00 Pine, 1-in. x 6-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 Pine, 1-in. x T7-in. s.c. oo .. 23 00 Pine, 8 s.c., 12 ft. to 16 ft 26 00 Pine, l-in. x 10-in. M.R. .. 27 00 Pine, s.c. sidings, 1% and 2-in. 28 00 Fine 8.c. "strips 1-in. ........ 1 00 1%, 1% and 2-in. ........ 24 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 1 x 4 to 6 in. Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1 x 5 21 00 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1x6 21 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 6’-11’ 1”x10”. 24 00 Pine, box boards:. 1” x 4” and up, 6’- 11’ . 18 00 1”x3” to 6%, 12’-16’ ..... 19 00 Pine mill culls, strips and sid ings, l-in. x 4-in. and up, 0 ff) adpiicae pic) siecle - 17 00 Pine mill culls stock 1 x 12 ... 21 00 Mill cull shorts, 1-in. x 4-in. and up, 6-ft. to 11-ft. ...... 16 50 Os call 1 iw pod Seok vec nee cs 14 00 Red pine, log run: mill culls out, 1-in. ...... 18 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ...... 19 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ...., 19 00 mill culls out, 2-in. ........ 22 00 Mill culls, white pine, 1”x7” NGG TP A eh elateren ale atalsintalesicie ote 20 00 Mill run TSoruet 1”x4” and up, 6’-11’ .. .. 17 00 1”x4” and up, 12’-16’ ..... 18 00 1”x9”-10” and up, 12’-16’ .. 22 00 14%"x7" 8-9” and up, 12’-16’ 22 00 14%"x10” and up, 12’-16’ 22 00 14%” & 2x12” and up, 12’-16’ 25 00 Spruce 1-in. clear ae dressing andiiB) occanae> weissice? sibsres - 26 00 Hemlock 1-in. cull esesee 138 00 Hemlock 1-in. log ru in Scares 17 00 Hemlock 2x4, 6, a 10, 12/16’. 19 00 TayiiataGe .nc's +) Ms ciesisate we reine 19 00 Basswood log run, dead culls OtiGenc en sieee aa nate . 22 00 Basswood log run ‘mill culls out 23 00 Birch) log trun eeictos mieipiet els siete 19 00 Soft elm, common and better, 4 ee bi Te GR een [Oden 20 00 Ash, ack, log rtm -...c..+. 25 00 1 x 10 No. 1 barn ...... .... 33 00 1 x 10 No. 2 barn ...... . 23 00 1x 8 and 9 No. 2 barn ...... 22 00 Lath per M: No. 1 white pine 1%-in. x ptt 4 25 No. 2 White Pine ...... 3 80 Mill run white pine ...... 4 00 Spruce, mill run 1%-in. ....... Red pine mill run ...... 3 60 Hemlock, mill run ...... 2 75 SBS lather scwe artes tie? eens 2 00 Pine Shingles MARK, |) LSA sap zines essiesrstatels 3 00 Cleat butt 18-in. ...... 2 50 White Cedar Shingles: xxxx, 18-inm .scsecte necks) (STO Clear butt, 18-in. ...... 8 00 USA ee b Aceon saree Spruce logs (pulp) ...... 13 00 QUEBEC, QUE. White Pine—In the Raft First class Ottawa waney, 18-in. av- erage, according to lineal ..... Oak—Michigan and “Ohio By the dram, according to averaae and quality as By the dram, according to average and quality, 40 to 45 feet ... Sooo Oo — ic] tna Se Sse 8 SSSR aRS SSsuRkaS SSSSs sss s CONG me root hac LUMBERMAN 72 AND WOODWORKER By the dram, according to average and quality, 30 to 35 feet Ash 13 inches and up, according to aver- age and quate, per cu. ft. Average 16 inch 14 inch, per cu. ft. 15 inch, per cu. ft. . 16 inch, per cu. ft. . 18 inch, per cu. ft. Quebec Spruce Deals 12 ft. and Op ee ee Oddments --. 17 00 19 00 SARNIA, ONT. eS Common and Better 1 x 6 and 8 i Seetdes. sien cee 1 in., 8 in. and up wide ........ . mate 1% and 1¥% in. and up wide 5 2 in. and up wide ...... ween Cuts and Better . 1 and better . 1 and better a . 2 and better a . 2 and better and up No. 3 and better and up No. 3 and better wees ee wee SSSRRaT No. 1 Cuts 1 in., 8 in. and up wide ...... ...... 1% in., 8-in. and up wide 1% in., 8-in. and up wide 2 in., 8-in. and up wide ...... .....s: 2% and 3 and 8-in. and up wide.... 4 in., 8-in. and up wide No. 2 Cuts 1 in., 6-in. and up wide 1% in., G-in. and up wide 1¥% in., 6-in. and up wide 2-in., é-in. and u wide 2%, 3 and 4 in, Up wide: J.eicd i ossee wees No. 3 Cuts 1 in., 6-in. and up wide ...... 1% and 1% in., 6-in. and up wide.. 2-in., 6-in. and up wide ...... 24%, 3 and 4-in.,, 6-in. and up wide sewn L-in.. x Bim, \s\s osc. cuits Seabee 24 00 L-is, x “iM a wisicimes, A ajee senate ate eta a 25 00 1-in, 50 00 1. inch 3 esene 36 00 1%, 1% and Sins. .cees 380 00 36 00 2% and! ‘Sans Awe. vot wee ote 38 00 No. 8 Barn ‘ 1” inch ocpiebeu cane maa aceeeee 21 00 28 00 No. 1, 259734, (Dey ifs caecae 20 00 25 00 Box No. 1, 1, 1% 15 2-in. ++. 2200 26 00 No. 2, 1%, 1%, 24n. ......5.. 19 00 23 00 Mill Culls ay ai culls, l-in. ..... ft aed 19 00 Y%, 1% and cite Staretcayerers 20 00 No Gea eee 17 00 18 00 Lath INo: 1, 82-im: pin@ .iiseec! «cle cs 1 75 INO: 72; 48-10) pine a aisie sm ecee 400 No. 1,-:48-in} pine ~ - « BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, N.Y. White Pine Wholesale Selling Price Uppers 4/4 usec ence eenueemeel sees Uppers 5/4 to 8/4 ...... Uppers 10/4 to 12/4 ...... Selects 4/4. \.ceccce season Selects 5/4 to 8/4 ...... Selects 10/4 to 12/4 Fine common 4/4 Fine common 5/4 ...... Fine common 6/4 Fine common 8/4 ...... seen ee nee seat ee te ee Se rr wee e ee tees Oe ccos cesses aeue ae sees soee DE seeeee seen BD seeeee coos No. 1 Cuts 4/4 ..... ) eae i aoe No. ‘1 '\Cnts 6/4) vi cau” eee eee No. 1 Cuts 6/4 ...... .. Se No. 1 Cuts 8/4 .2..0.° ceovvel) selene No. 2 .Cuts..4/4> s.c.es conten eee No. 2 Cuts G/f i203. So cee eeee No:. 2° Cuts1G/4) Sos." 2... ae No. 2° Cuts 8/4 (......0 sscnce) cane No. 3 Cuts 5/4 ..... 0) Seteee | ante No: 3) Guta ‘6/4, sev cee: veserice covcse SM No. 8 Cuts 8/4 ...... .2.22 weceee SOD Dressing 5/4 .....0 weeeee seeee « oe. 460 Dressing 5/4 x 10 .._... Ae oO Dressing 5/4 x 12 ...... ...... Sc No. 1 Moulding 5/4 ...... ...... .. BB. No. 1 Moulding 6/4 ...... .. .. «. No. 1 Moulding 8/4 ..---. ..-- . -.+. | 8 (Continued on page 68) CANADA LUMBERMAN AND’ WOODWORKER 67 ao fe Ps _ t of ¢ ‘ 3 il Quality ey — Ps For the mill of me- | dium size, our No. 2 Lath Machine and Bolter solves the prob- lem. | You can get them com- bined in a single machine, if space is, an object. Drop us a line, and receive | See adv. on page 78. the most com- prehensive Lath Machin- ery Catalog in America. The F, Long Mig. Co., Limited Orillia - Canada Represented by— Robt. Hamilton & Co., 7ancouver Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Ltd., Calgary and Edmonton The Stuart Machinery Co., Ltd., Winnipeg Williams & Wilson, Ltd.,; Montreal 68 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CURRENT LUMBER PRICES — Continued No. 2 Moulding 5/4 ...... ....-+ «++. 47 00 SAP BIRCH No. 2 Cuts, 1% to 2 in. .... 48.00 50 00154-in. spruce laths ...... .... 4 No. 2 Moulding 6/4 ...... -.swss «dae 47 00 4/4 - 40 26 - 28 20 - 22 Barn Roards, No. 1, 1 x 12 .. 48 00 50 00 1%4-in. spruce Jaths ...5.5 10s 3 No. 2 Moulding 8/4 ...... «2... .+0- a S 5/4 and up - 42 28 - 30 20 - 22 No. 1,1x 10. 38 OU No. 1 Barn 1x, VQ. gece... nee g ace sans 4 No 1) deter, 37 00 New Brunswick Cedar Shingles No. 1 Barn 1x 6 and.8....0 ...... 400 44 gg 40 OT 29:18 - 20 No. 2, 1x 12. 40.00 42 00 Extise 00 ee — No. 2 Barn 1x Gand @ 1.1.0) ..... 8200 5, 6&8/4 40-42 29-81 20 - 22 No. 2, 1x 10 .. $8 0 3800 Clears. 7. a | No, 2. Barn Sx 1004. Sno cnet 34 00 BASSWOOD No. 3.1x 12 .. 3200 33 00 econd clears .. 21 ‘ ¢ , Clear whites A y No. 8 Barn 1 x 6 and+B 0.0.5.5. 2006 26 00 4/4 36 - 38 27 - 29 19 - 21 No. 3,1x10.. 2900 3000 Extra is (Clear white eg ie ‘ No. 3 Barn 1 x 10 ...... «42+. «0s 27 00 Thicker 88 - 40 29 - 31 21 - 23 Nor Al a a : 2900 £ r whites out) .. i “Box 1°96 and up) sense treet 23 00 : See a xtra 1s (Clear whites in) .. 1) p = PLAIN OAK Canadian spruce boards ........ 25 00 ed Cedar Extras, 16-in. 5 butts Hex) Ses: 1: See on 4/4 54-56 35-37 23-25 Spruce, 10 in. dimension. 2800 to 2-in. ...... te i Prete : Box 1248 and up wick. cee, 80 00... 9/4 See Spruce, 12 in. dimension ... ... 2900 Red Cedar Eurekas, 18-inch 4 : . ASH, WHITE AND BROWN SOPLUCE, OAM.) at Buffalo 5/4 to 8/4 55 - 57 32 - 34 22 - 24 10 and 12 in. random lengths, to 2% sew ee tee eee see eee and Tonawanda: 10/4andup 64 - 66 44 - 46 24 - 26 5 za ang an Aine 26 00 Washington Sen 5 butts to 2- sa 2x38,2x4,2x5,2x6,2x in. extra red clear ...... J. oho We ied. ae BOSTON, MASS. and 3 x 4 random lengths, 10 The Pearl City Veneer Company, J 4/4 83 - 35 23 - 25 17 - 19 White pine uppers, 1 to 2 in... 96 00 98 00 feet and up ...-.0+. ee + 2100 2200 town, N.Y., report prices of veneers as 4 / 8/4 86 - 88 25 - 27 17 - 19 Selects, 1 to 2 inch ...... .... 80 00 8800 All other random lengths, 7-in. lows. 1/30-in. maple, $3.75 per M. feet; Ba to a 4 as HY ; a pe oR Rine commons lin sepeeae ee 68 00 70 00 and under, 10 ft. and up .. 2100 21650 in maple, $4.00 per M. feet; 1/20-in. mi Si aon i Fine common, 1% to 2 in. ..... 70 00 7200 5-inch $ —_ ie Matar, 43 a ges per a Lid: as sr ii pe ie $ RED BIRCH No. Cute Trin seiciscin.. « claeiels boards, t. and up, p Is .. 00 ¢d one side, 3¥c. per it.; Y-in. n 4/4 44-46 30-32 18- 20 No. 1 Cuts 1% ie he ae 60 00 oe 00 1 x 2 and 1 x 3 furring, p 1s sanded one side 4c per ft. All F.O.B. Jan 5/4to 8/4 46-48 382-34 20 - 22 NoweiCutamlemimatta sy . seer 40 00 clipped and bundled ........ 23 00 town, New York. 9 og-Handling Machine All our Loaders, Kickers and Canters are made with cylinders of the style shown in the cut. Check Valves are provided in each end, and all piping between valve and cylinder is eliminated. These cylinders are extra heavy and very dur- able, and are absolutely guaranteed by us. Sie Staal coke tell Yes Sir! Cling-Surface is unequalled for rope treatment. Here is proof. We carry in stock These illustrations show two ropes in the plant of the Crystal Ice & Storage Co., Buffalo, N.Y., that have been typi- cally benefitted by Cling-Surface treat- ment. Ernest J. Lancey, Chief Engi- neer, has this to say: “Cling-Surface has done these ropes much good by not only preventing slip with less tension, but by keeping them pliable, waterproof, and keeping all the fibres lubricated, which reduces the in- ternal friction and outside wear.. We re- cently installed a new rope, and intend to start right with Cling-Surface. We get best results applying the Cling-Surface as the rope enters the sheave on the tension carriage.” Cling-Surface is of as great value for ropes as it is for belts. It acts for ropes much as it does for a porous belt, gradually penetrates all through, keeping the whole rope pliable and in best physical condition. Cling-Surface makes each fiber slide smoothly against its neighbors, which is better than the dry internal grinding and chafing that occurs without Cling-Surface treatment and is so destructive. If you have a difficult drive on which other methods of preventing slip have failed and on which. you would like to try Cling-Surface, let us know. Write today and get details. We will be at all times a complete line of Log Deck Machinery—so we can always serve you promptly. Shall we send our Catalogue? glad to quote f.o.b. Toronto. Cling-Surface Co 1021 Niagara St Buffalo N Y Peterborough - Ontario New York Boston Chicago .Denver Atlanta Memphis Toronto Etc 68 X” Loading Chain| Experience has taught us that a good chain cannot be made from cheap material. In Ajax chains you get the best steel obtainable and every weld guaranteed. Ajax chain is guaranteed to pull — stiff before breaking. ene MANUFACTURED ONLY BY ee Standard Chain Company, Pittsburgh, Pa. ; MONTREAL—Alexander Gibb, St. Nicholas Bldg. WINNIPEG—Bissett & Loucks VANCOUVER—John Burns, 329 Railway St. Sectional view showin parative size of wel chain. com- and Band Resaws Are Accurately Sharpened on this automatic ma- chine. It will lower your filing room ex- pense and keep your saws in perfect working order at all times. It is simple in construc- tion, easy to operate. and the price extremely low. Write for full information SAMUEL GC. ROGERS & GO. is tock st. BurrALo, N.Y. Veneer Press and Dryer Hydraulic and other Presses for mill and factory use. Built in all sizes or to suit special conditions W RITE FOR PRIES AND QUOTATIONS William R. Perrin and Company, Ltd. TORONTO, CANADA Lae se ae PERFECT GROOVES Any width, with or across grain. Rapid, no screw adjustment. Guar- anteed to give satisfaction on all classes of work. Huther Bros. Dado Head can ‘be used on any circular saw man- drel and is adjusted in the time it takes to remove a saw. Sent on ’ approval. Write for complete des- cription and catalog. * Patented Nov. 29-1892 July 19-1910 HUTHER BROS. SAW MFG. COMPANY, Inc., ROcHESTER N'Y. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 69 DIXON’S GRAPHITE WIRE ROPE GREASE This mixture of Dixon's fine flake graphite with a heavy bodied mineral grease, accom- plishes two very valuable objects. The grease and graphite penetrate throughout the rope or cable, coating each individual strand with pure graphite and giving perfect lubrication both internal and external, so that the rope lasts longer. And this graphite coating is a positive protection against rust and corrosion. It cannot wash off. Send for “ Wire Rope Lubrication,” No. 238. Made in JERSEY CITY, N. J. by the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company Established 1827 IRE and IRE PRODUCTS for Lumber Shippers, Pulp Mills, Shook Mills, etc. We stock Extra Strong Annealed Wire for Car Stakes, etc., Bundling Wire for Box Shooks, Laths, Pickets, Boards etc., and Wire Ties for Barrel and Keg Heading and Staves. Wire Bale-Ties, Single Loop and Crosshead Patterns, Wire Nails, Wire Staples, Wire Barrel Hoops. Write for Prices. Sole Manufacturers for Canada of the Carnegie Steel Company’s Patent Steel Hoop for all slack cooperage. The Laidlaw Bale-Tie Co., Limited HAMI LON, ON ARIO Vancouver George W. Laidlaw Winnipeg Harry F. Moulden & Son WHY you should install the Mahony Blower System in your Planing Mill Fifty per cent. higher efficiency than any other on the market to-day, uses % less power, costs less to install, no cyclone re- quired, eliminates back pressure on thefan. I will undertake to increase the no ae of any system now installed 50 to 100¢ by the da rea of the Mahony Back Pressure valve on your fan, without using a scrap more of horse-power. YOU NEED this apparatusin your plant Write to-day for prices A. Mahony, 512 Wellington West, Toronto If so, we can help you to obtain every dollar of its 4 > q worth. We possess the expert drafting and mechanical ability; the essential machine shop and equipment for developing practical models; the necessary knowledge for the proper investigation of patent records, etc., and the procedure on obtaining patents that will give you absolute protection. Have You an Invention Patent Office, Suite 301-302, 22 Cellege St. Toronto We obtain and sell patents in every country. information you desire. The Patent Selling & Manufacturing Agency James R. Cameron, M. E., Manager Write us for any Factory & Workshops, 206 Simcoe St., Toronto 70 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER PLANER & G.M.G,| MaATcHER | 15" Double Cylinder Planer and Matcher Our No. 105 machine isa general purpose, medium heavy machine, especially suited for the general planing mill. The feed range is from 45 to 100 feet per minute. Planes and matches 15° wide by 6” thick. Full details and description contained in bulletin No. 105, sent on request. Canada Machinery Corporation, Limitea Galt : Ontario | Largest Builders of Woodworking Machinery in Canada CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 71 WICKES GANGS ‘As Staple in a Saw Mill as Sugar in a Grocery.” SHAVING EXHAUST FANS for the Planing Mill « The Sheldon Shaving Exhaust Fan is specially designed to give the best results in the Planing Mill, having a saving in power and speed of 257% to 40%. Write for particulars Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building AGENTS: Messrs. Ross & Greig, 412 St. James. St. Messrs. Walker’s Limited, 259 Stanley St. Montreal, Que. Winnipeg, Man. Messrs. Robt. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Bank of Ottawa Bldg., Vancouver, B,C. Messrs. Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Ltd., Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N. Y. Manufacturers of— Nailing Machines, Lock Cor- ner Box Machinery, Box Board Matchers, Box Board Printing Machines. Every manufacturer of boxes; every manufacturer who has nails to drive in any article, or packages of any kind to manufacture, should write the Mor- gan Machine Company for latest developments in machinery for the Box Industry. . Morgan Machine Company ROCHESTER, N.Y. FLAT GANGS Unexcelled in the manufacture of Flooring Strips Cedar Siding Shiplap Silo Stock Door Stock Box Lumber Boards from cants and flitches, from either hard or soft woods. ROUND LOG GANGS JUST WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES —taking all your small logs just as they come from the pond and cutting them up into boards or dimensions, getting every board there is in the log, never over-slabbing (wish we could say this of all head sawyers.) Built to handle either one or two logs at once, up to 14 in. diameter. KEEP THE SMALL LOGS AWAY FROM THE HEAD SAW and CAR- RIAGE entirely, raise your cutting capacity, and install ecomony by the same stroke. Not an EXPERIMENT, but an ECONOMIC NECESSITY. Think it Over Carefully, then Write us for Details. “The Gang cannot Overslab.” Wickes Brothers 410 White Building ~ ~ SEATTLE, WASH. Head Office, Saginaw, Michigan, U. S. A. SS niadi 2 with mechan- “ical rehauls to return lines to the woods is be- coming more and more pop- ular. Greater speed and independence from weath: er conditions constitute the principal reasons for this :- ‘YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING & SEEING ‘WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING WITH CLYDE MECHANICAL REHAUL SKIDDERS. Wrire us and we will arrange to Show you CLYDE IRON WORKS (0 2 BAN ee lable —" = ‘Zz - fe —= a ae, - 72 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Knight Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- quirements of thresher and saw mill men operating in small tracts of timber, as both husk a Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- . Size Husk ... -. ... 3 feet by 6 feet 3 inches Width of Carriages ... . «+ eee «ee 33 inches Diameter and Teeth Mandrel . 2 3/16 by 55 inches "Bruck. sss cbse) gas’ Sic 7-inch wheels and 1%-inch axles tween the standards of tiidins oo Size Drive Pulley ... ... ... ... ... 20 by 10 inches Length Track ee .. -.. 82, 40, 48 or 56 feet when moving from one setting Feed per Revolution of Saw ... ... ... 0 to 3% inches Style and Opening * Blocks a ee er Cl1-36 inches Feed) Belt) onc, “ee mess tsaee cites ... ... 4-inch Gandy Style Mill Dogs ... ... ... ... +... Pony Excelsior to another. Largest Diameter Saw ... ... .. .. .-. «. 56 inches Style Set Works ... ... ... ... No. 1 Single Ratchet Length of (Catriages ~.. <=... ./.. “42, 16, 20 or 24 feet Write Sor the catalogue of the Knight With each complete size “S” mill we furnish one saw, wrench, cant hook, feed belt, pulley with boxes line of saw mill machinery. ‘or tightener and foundation bolts for husk. THE KNIGHT MFG. CO., Canton, Ohio. Canadian Distributors :—R. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver, B. C.. on Long Mfg. Co., oa Ont. 128,350 Laths In Ten Hours Our Lath-Mill and Bolter have made a test cut in ten hours of 128,350 four foot laths, 1% in. by 3@in., counted, tied and piled. ppavetres 4 We also make a full line of goLTeR “ @& Lath-Mill and Picket-Mill Ma- : chinery, for mills,- both large and small. A Few of the “400” who use Payette’s Lath- Machinery : Graves, Bigwood Co., Byng Inlet, Ont. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Victoria Harbor, Ont. Georgian Bay Lumber Co.. Waubaushene, Ont. Colonial Lumber Co., Pembroke, Ont. Theo. A. Burrows, Grand View, Man. Wm. Milne & Sons, North Bay, Ont. OC. Beck Mfg. Co., Penetanguishene, Ont. Manley Chew, Esq., Midland, Ont. Chew Bros., Midland, Offt. P e P ayette & Company, James Playfair Co., Midland, Ont. Engineers and Machinists PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. “Ss CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 73 More is expected of a Berlin Matcher than any other because Berlin Matchers have always Berlin Matcher Success has been Berlin Matchers have proven Earned absolutely successful during | the past year. By “successful” we mean that our every claim as to their efficiency, producing ability, quality of lumber manufactured and low up keep cost in operation, has been substantiated with every installation of a Berlin Matcher been successful. And Berlin Matchers have always given more than was expected because they are Berlin Matchers. And this success did not just happen. It was earned by the combined efforts of the most able Berlin Engineers. Their supreme efforts have been centered upon the one object sought; the pre-eminence of Berlin Matchers as producers of finished lumber, That necessitates the possession of features or qualities of acknowledged superiority. Superior design of working features, of supports for those features and of auxiliaries for their immediate assistance in producing perfectly manufac- tured lumber, possessed by Berlin Matchers has assured their pre-eminence. And this has all been earned by diligent, consistent and persistent effort to supply our patrons with the best Matchers that engineering ability, plus the experience of practical mill men, carefully applied, could produce. It is the result of attempts, year after year, to perfect a machine that would manufacture the finest lumber at a cost that insures a profit. The Our efforts have been crowned with success. And, it is to be your suc- t i ! _ fea- i © ; mS tures cess as well as our own. For Berlin Matchers operating in your plant will i that made assure a profit on the finished lumber they produce. this match- On paper we can give you only our claims,—reasons why you should, at least, investigate the ability of a Berlin Matcher to finish your lumber at a lower cost than you are now manufacturing it. er a success are described ® in a circular that you may have on request. Given the opportunity we will be glad, actually to demonstrate that ability, in a Berlin Matcher. Hamilton, Ont. Beloit, Wis. 74 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Horizontal — Slab Re-Saw A Horizontal Slab Re-saw q will increase the capacity of — a saw-mill from 15 to 25 M | ft. at a less cost for equipment and a less cost for operation, than can be accomplished in | any other way. f { One customer in Canada has purchased 7 of our Re-saws, another 4 and another 3. Catalogue gladly furnished without obligation to you. It also illustrates many special Box Factory Machines. ' i; ~The Stuart Machinery Company, Limited, Winnipeg, Man. — | | Agents for Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba 4 q i ( 4 { f { MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Mereen-Johnson Machine Company, "0s ! KEEP THE WORK GOING Se eee aie aera ceed Nothing is more important in logging than the prompt and certain movement of cars. Delays affect the whole work. To avoid meth | — Samah er , delays, locomotives must be reliable and al- Nee ways ready for service. | 5 Our standard ‘logging locomotives are built to insure reliability and constant service. Only tested materials are used in their con- struction. All wearing parts are made to templates and,gauges. Interchangeability of like parts is guaranteed, and long delays waiting for,duplicate parts avoided. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 75 CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES FORA SOR N° A 62-ton Climax Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. Logging Locomotives Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp curves. Any weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog ** H.” CLIMAX .MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD. VANCOUVER, B.C. Mikado Type Locomotive, Polson Logging Co. The Mikado is a good type for heavy hauling, where runs are fairly long and high steaming capacity is needed. The locomotive illustrated traverses 30 degree curves, and can be used on rails weigh- ing 45-50 pounds per yard. It is simple in construction, strongly built, and rides well on uneven tracks. Especially adapted for heavy hauling on steep grades, ~— a *. 4 wand ¥ l) TROUT CREEK ~ > & - sharp curves and LOGGING CO, LTD. =| : \. uneven tracks. For — —_,; ——S Saat ? : = logging, switching ffo»tfa . \ 5 ) S\*| | and pulling on main 4 ‘ lines, mills, fur- naces and indus- Engine being operated by the Irout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. trial purposes. of Trout Creek, Canada When in need of a logging locomotive, consult The Baldwin Locomotive Works Philadelphia, Pa., U.S. A. just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. Heisler Locomotive Works Whitney Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wasb., North Western Sales Agent HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS of MONTREAL Logging Locomotives The knowledge and experience of fifty years in locomotive designing and construction is what you get in our Logging locomotives. They are specially constructed for logging operations and will stand up to the servere service in which they are expected to run. H They are as carefully designed and built as our 200 ton locomotives. Repair parts may always be obtained on the shortest natice. May we send you specifications Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, Kingston, Ont. ~ Taylor and Arnold Ltd., Sales Agent, Montreal and Winnipeg 76 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on either side of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of the Dominion Timber Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by a duly qualified Dominion Land Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each of such berths shall then be thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. The Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sold at less than the price so fixed. Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time of sale. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in cash at the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in the city or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, or by a draft issued by a chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If default is made in any payment required by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square mile except for lands situated to the west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acre. The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :— Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. Railway ties, eight feet long, 14% cents‘each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each, Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. And 5 per cent. on the sale of all other products of the oe) Timber Permits Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine operators and others on application to the Dominion Timber Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. W. W. Cory, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, Deputy Minister. December 20th, IQI2. eee . . eee, ae Sa i ie all > [Saat CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 77 fee ™ Old Town “Canvas” Canoe There S a Reason A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed why our DISTRIBUTORS: Henry Morgan & Co., “SUPERIOR” p ¢ 1% ae + Montreal, Que. Holt Renfrew & Co., Bia : 4 r4 Quebec, Que. ‘ Hudsons Bay Company— ' i Their various branches. F. A. Kirkpatrick, . 81 Summer St., gives such general satisfaction. | ? St. John, N.B. Grant-Holden-Graham, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. h wera The T. Eaton Co., Ltd., At your request we will mail list of users, Toronto, Ont. testimonial sheet and descriptive circular. A ed) . Northern Canada Supply Co., eS ae , Cobalt, Ont. ieee > rs “ ey Cochrane Hardware Ltd., You realize, of course, the advantage i ign Mae Sault Ste. Marie, . . . . oi y “aes aed Sudbury, of installing a well-built, reliable Lath eel North Bay, Ont. Machine if you ‘intend sawing lath at Fee adi poe Seams, : te : : London, Ont. a profit. We feel confident that should * _ = Rice Lewis && Son, you put in our Lath Machine you will ad- ? em Toronto, Ont. mit that we were quite right in naming it CR is i i ancrarsige arene Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. the “SUPERIOR.” ; Photo taken by employee of Laurentide Co. Ltd., Grand Mere, P. Q. Their Supt., Forestry Division, states canoe damaged in Rapids, canvas held, braced up canoe and continued journey down St. Maurice River 70 The Smith Foundry Co., Lt d. miles. c M season DIX: O N Successors to McFarlane, Thompson & Anderson Fredericton, N. B. Canadian Representative: | Beardmore Bldg, MONTREAL | Built to Supply an Insistent Demand— Especially on the Pacific Coast ee. Se ae Comprising a group of from three to five Band Mills, feeding from 100 to 200 lineal feet per minute, the capacity is unlimited. Provision for instantly changing the posi- tion of the saws being provided, it is possible to saw any desired thickness. Adopted by such firms as the C. A. Smith Lumber Company, San Francisco, Cal- ifornia, and Marshfield, Oregon, Hammond Lumber Co., Astoria, Oregon, and Donald Fraser and Sons, Ltd. See article in this issue. Its practicability and efficiency is un- equalled. Write for particulars, also Sawmill Sec- tion of. Band Resaw catalogue. -_ a™ r- —- ae ee | Heavy Sawmill Band Resaw Gang | Wm. B. Mershon & Co., Saginaw, Mich. 78 CANADA’ LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Mark Wayagamack Pulp and CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Paper Co., Three Riv- ers, P. Q. Louisville Lumber Mills, Louisville, Que. Dominion Mahogany and Veneer Co., Mon- treal West, Que. Riordon Pulp and Pap- er Co., Calumet, Que. Shephard and Morse, Ott Oo J. R. Booth Mills, ‘ Otta ‘Mills ~ MACHINERY } ' Waterous E Vancouver, B. C. awa, Ont. wa, Ont. Like . These Are Using— WATEROUS Your will find Waterous Equipment in those Canadian Mills where fast and accur- ate cutting are essentials. Waterous Sawmill Machinery is being used because it is built for that kind of work,— it is the result of more than 50 years’ intimate knowledge of Canadian sawmilling conditions.—The men who use Waterous machinery know that it will give the service they expect. Our reputation for ‘‘knowing how” is a guarantee that every piece of equipment you buy from our shops is the last word as regards Sawmill machinery. You can bank on the results it will give you. _ There is a Watérous equipped mill in your neighborhood —we will be glad to tell you where. Watch our machines at work and ask the operator and the owners what they think of them—we will abide by what they tell you. Limited Brantford, Canada ngine Works Co. Winnipeg, Man. Everything for the Sawmill Log Jacks Log Deck Equipment Sawmill Carriages Carriage Dogs Set Works Steam Set Works Friction Receders Steam Feeds Friction Feeds Twin Engine Feeds Live Rolls and Drives Transfers and Transmissions Refuse Conveyors Band Mills—6, 7, 8, 9’, and 10. Double Cutting Saw Guides Circular Sawmills Edgers—all sizes Filing Room Tools Lath Mills and Bolters Log Chains Log Slashers Planers Sawmill Engines Power Plants Complete Boilers—all kinds Refuse Burners Catalogues on request CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Our thirty five years experience in metal mixing enables us to place on the market a babbi that we believe to be absolutely perfect. For high speed machinery and engine work it is wil out an equal. It is specially designed for saw-mills, planing mills, threshing engines, $5,000,000.00 engines, pumps, rolling mills, pulp machinery, and all classes of stationary engines. It ii high grade metal made of the very best selected stock, and carefully compounded. worth of mixed metal If your dealer does not stock this, write us and we will take pleasure in making you a | sold annually. . ment of a #5 Ib. box. HOYT METAL CO., Toronto, Canada Have factory and office at Eastern Avenue and Lewis Street, Toronto, Canada Factories also at :— New York, N. Y. London, Eng. BATTS LIMITED THE WEST TORONTO LEATHER pee BELT Staved Columns | TH ATS Veneered Doors Newel Posts Sashes - Flooring Trim Pine Doors and Frames Turned Newel Posts and Balusters paar a ray 3 MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER BATTS LIMITED The J. C. McLaren Belting a MANUFACTURERS Limited WEST TORONTO, ONT. General Mill Supplies Slow Speed — Low Power Exhaust Systems For removing Shavings, Sawdust, Emery Dust, Lint Smoke and Odors Is your Blower System satisfactory ? If not, we can make it so What We Have Done For Others, We Can Do For You ‘S ; = x Fie i at Th a NRX | é. - on. ant Abt aro oe oun oat te ase ate pie MA aa WUE TE anna ' Our System recently Installed in Largest Box Shook Factory in Ontario. TORONTO BLOWER CO., Toronto, U at Toronto, June 1, 1914 Time is Money The rapid cutting File is the economical File Files Branded — American - Arcade - Eagle - Great Western Electric- Welded Boom Chain ’ ‘ fMore _ {More lars a Mere Globe - Kearney & Foot - McClellan - J. B. Smith Be \Weld = 2% tseength = 25% \Wear are rapid cutters made by Sheared Toggle | T Bar Hook , Two Sheared . Forged Toggle and Ring and Link Toggles e and Ring NICHOLSON FILE COMPANY Made in Canada Write to Fully Guaranteed Port Hope, Ont. McKinnon Chain Co., St. Catharines, Ont. i= ‘Le ° They will Pull and Keep on Pulling Something Better In 3 while weaker motors are in the repair é shop, having their joints fixed, or Induction Motors their insulation patched. They are efficient and economical. Write now for Bulletin 202H. Rotors with ‘‘cast-on™ end ring con- struction as originated for and applied — The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co. '. to Fairbanks-Morse Induction Motors have revolutionized motor construct- Limited Montreal, St. John, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Ft. Will- iam, Winnipeg. Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, ion. ancouver, Victoria. LOT out your troubles and buy your pumps from us. We stand be- hind them. THE BELT YOU WILL EVENTUALLY USE BECAUSE-—It withstands heat, cold, damp. wet and chemical fumes. USE—It is uniform in thickness and runs true BECAUSE—Of = great strength, almost twice that of oak-tanned double leathe The Smart-Turner Machine Co., ‘ BECAUSE-It bakes no more, all things considered. Limited FF. REDDAWAY AND COMPANY Hamilton | Sole Makers MONTREAL ; Stocks carried by The A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, Canada TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER [THE STRONGEST CHAIN IN THE | “Weldless an Steel Chain” or of 7/16-inch Weldless Steel Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 lbs.), or fully double the Admiralty breaking load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of area at the fracture. ~CAN YOU BEAT ITP WRITE FOR PARTICULARS | B. J. COGHLIN CO., Limited aa a MONTREAL Alphabetical Index to Advertisers, page 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products ~ THE LEADING STOCK LINES { 3 Doors —|- 4 Sash = 15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? The up-to-date dealer who carries a stock of Hardwood Veneered Front Doors, wants th widest possible range of designs, but is always hampered for room. Here are three designs of Veneered Doors and four designs of Midland Interchangeable Sash. : ae Sash B es Door No. 612 Door No. 79 Sash D Door No. 81 These doors and sash are all you require to carry. Each door will make up into five different designs. The sash are easily fitted, just as easy as a pane of glass, and are interchangeable. The same piece will fit each of the different designs. You will require additional sets for each additional sized door you carry in stock. See our new door catalogue ‘‘Midland Doors’’ for full information and prices. Door No. 613 Door No. 615 Door No. 82 Door No. 83 3 Doors+4 Sash=15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. t Manufacturers from the Tree to the Finished Product Midland - Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER — Be Bee a ete ener VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS George Gordon & Compan Limited | : CACHE BAY : - ONTARIO = Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Dimension Timber Planing Mill _ Dry Kiln 4 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER See Us First Now that spring has arrived, do not forget when buying, that we have a full assortment of White Pine, Norway & Spruce JAMES G. CANE & CO. 411 McKinnon Building, TORONTO, Ont. | New Ontario Colonization Co. LIMITED Yellow Pine Timber And Lumber Rough or Dressed ~ Car Material and Long Timbers a Specialty Lands, Lumber, Lath and Pulpwood Planing Mill Work Clay Belt Lands for Sale Located in Townships of Kendry and Haggart, District of Temiskaming, Ontario PROMPT SHIPMENTS E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. Lisman Cincinnati Bias and Ohio We have the following on hand ready for shipment : lx 4 Merchantable Spruce | | io T.H. Garrett Lumber C H . ri. Uarre umper UO. ls ix & 1 x 10 Si, ea 1s i 2 x 4 6é sé Mills :— Long Leaf Timbers, He “ 8/4 Mill Run Tamarack Ima, La. Wes alsam sence Short Leaf Finish 4/4 No. 2 and Better Whieeene Melton, La. and 8/4 No. 2 and Better Whitewood Waukegan, Tex. . 5 4/4 Mill Run Poplar | Buena Vista, Ark. Railroad Material Sales Office: New York Telephone Bldg. | BUFFALO, N.Y. - Mills: JACKSONBORO, ONT. Send your inquiries and orders to :— General Sales Office Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. White Pine | Banksian Pine Birch Get our stock list and prices. QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, Portland, Maine CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ry Stock at Tomiko Must be Shipped at Once Write for Prices 100 M 1x 4 & 5—10/16 Mill Run White Pine 100 M 1x 6—10/16 “ “ “ “ The Long Lumber Co. Hamilton, Ont. doa _wtttll CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Wholesale Lumber Car and Cargo Shipments JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. “Everything in Lumber’”’ ” [ig Stocks of Sized or Roses Hemlock and Yellow _ ine, in the Roug q Cedar Telegraph and Electric ae Poles 20 to 80ft. — DRY RED PINE 3) xb 3 x4 2x 6 6/4 x 4 3 x 10 3” Shorts 6/4 x 11 5/4 x 9 3x 9 24x 9 6/4 x 6 1x6 3x 5 2s 6/4 x 5 4/4 to 8/4 Clear and Clear Watson & Todd, Ltd. “Obes Ont. Write for pric 1; Timber ast R.R. ote mp uction and OFFICE ee mond Bag Comme ial Purposes, a Specialty. Cadillac 2275 Georgian Bay Lumber Co. Limited Fraser Bryson Lumber Co., Lta. | Wholesale Lumber Dealers Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa Waubaushene, Ontario White Pine Red Pine Spruce Lumber and Lath Manufacturers of High Grade Lumber Laths Office, “S"Quens:” Ottawa, Can. JOHN ee DAVID CA J. S. GILLIES id “ut GILLIES BROS. ttiSive’Qir WHITE PINE RED PINE SPRUCE New York City: Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quebec | Spruce ana Hemlock Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited | Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave, MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office Bromley can submit attractive prices. Real choice red and white pine stock. ~QOad lots go at bargain prices. 4 i. ; William F Mississaga reserve timber—my stock. H Largest orders filled promptly. Bromley Pembroke Ontario Canada Every board carefully graded. —_—? adn © i Ae Y ou should get my wholesale prices. 8 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited | MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock I Canad gods eee Oe ee oronto, Canada x - 10 om. an tsg. W. Pine. are x 5 Merchantable Spruce, Dry. 801-2 C.P.R. Building, 5 and 2 x 6 page A ruce, Dry. 4 4M exe ge ta - . Cor. King & Yonge I WANT YOUR ORDERS and solicit your inquiries for PINE, SPRUCE, HEMLOCK, HARDWOODS, LATH The Rideau Lumber Co., Limited Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. 1913 Sawing SPRUCE Dry Factory White Pine—All thicknesses. Deal with me and you will be satisfied every time. i Wholesale Dealer in Rough and | ‘ af PEN( ER Dressed Lumber, Lath tT q and Shingles Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec | Dry—3 x 7 and up White Pine Mill Culls. Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. | Limited — SUDBURY, ONT. |. "FESSERTON TIMBER CO. LIMITED Manufacturers of Pine, Hemlock, Spruce & Hardwoods WE CAN Dress, Match, Size and Resaw at Fesserton Hemlock and Pine Timbers a Specialty 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO Manufacturers of Lumber and Lath, Planing Mill Work General Office, Sudbury, Ont. Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined 250,000,000 feet constantly in. stock insures filling any reasonable order. promptly. Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to merit a still larger increase. Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY Hibernia Building New Orleans, La. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 9 Fraser Limited | J.B. SNOWBALL CO., Fredericton, N. B. 2 Se a alt ke SELLING AGENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited Cabano, P. Q. Fraser Lumber Co., Limited Plaster Rock, N. B. F & M Lumber Co., Limited Whitworth, P. Q. MANUFACTURERS OF Spruce Lumber Rough and Finished View of yard and mill—J. B. Snowball Co., Ltd., Chatham, N.B. —Manufacturers of— Shingles, Lath, P iano Spruce, Pine, Hemlock, Hardwood, Lumber, S di: B d S k Cedar Shingles and Laths oun Ing oarad toc 9 etc. Mills —Chatham, Tracadie, Millerton. We solicit your enquiries. We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie” Brand | Edward Partington | N. B. Cedar Shingles 5..i-, | Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario Points Head Office, St. John, N.B. Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Mills: St. Joha, N.B.- Blackville, N.B. _- Marysville, N.B. Dalhousie, New Brunswick R. ‘Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited Toronto Manufacturers of If You Need a Position Bleached a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you e If You are a Capable Man Sulphite Pulp no matter how small or how big your present position may be, an advertisement in this paper will put you in touch Spruce Pine an d Hemlock Lumber Laths ? ? with every existing possibility. The rates are most reasonable, write us. Hardwoods Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto JoHN MoKerecow, W. K. GRAFFTEY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Ottawa Office : Montreal Office: 46 Elgin St. 759 Notre Dame St.,W. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 18 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Milland Novelty Works. All kinds of Hard and Softwood Lumber. Dimension Stock in Beech, Maple and Birch. wee ess and Cot Frames, Etc. Send me your requirements, I can furnish | you stock that will please. E 37 RESIDENCE 15 WIARTON, Ont. HAEBERLE LUMBER CO. ER AND TIMBER bay 4 a ae rway Yellow Pine, a gas Moul ° 8, Doors, Sashes an Blinds, far Poles and Ties. Yellow Pine "Timber a Specialty. Interior Trim san Work. NIAGARA FALLS, N.Y. BAUGHMAN’S BUYER AND SELLER Special Price, $1.60 Canada Lumberman -- Toronto Hardwood Flooring The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON BROS., LTD. For prices write W. T. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 TORONTO We are the ool MANUFACT URERS in America WRITE a FOR DETAILS Hardinge Bros., Inc. 1775 Berteau Ave., CHICAGO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lumber Good Grades Right Prices Prompt Shipments We want to move the following stock quick, and if you are inter- ested in any of the items, take it up with us before buying else- where. We will quote you prices that should get the order. We ship all Hardwood in accordance with National Hardwood Association Rules of Inspection. 10 Cars 4/4 No.1, C. & B. BIRCH 1 “ 6/4 No.1 pay srt tees eae 3°.“ 16/4 Ist. and. 2nd 15M ft. 8/4 No.1, C.& B. S. 1M ft. 12/4 No. 6M ft. 16/4 No. 7M ft. 6/4 No. 14M ft. 5/4 No. 3M ft. 10/4 No. 7M ft. 12/4 No. 2 Ask About Car 10/4 to 16/4 BIRCH FULL LINE OF JACK PINE Above stock dry and well manufactured C. G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited Manufacturers and Strictly Wholesale Dealers in Lumber 206 Manning Chambers Toronto E Buy, Sell and dealin all kinds of Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- _ nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine. Oak, Red- wood, Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. AUGER & SON QUEBEC The Canada Wood | Specialty Co., Limited | Manutacturers: | Handles, Poles, ‘Bed Frame Stock, Cheese os Jo Heading, Baskets, E' Write, Telegraph or Telephone Orillia, Ont. R. LAIDLAW | LUE Toronto ae j | . Sarnia Buffalo FOR SALE | For Immediate Shipment | Hardwood Lumber | Moulding, Sash and Doors SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood © 1 in transit on the Intercolonial 1 Railway. The Rimouski Industrial Co., Led ae P.Q. SPECIALTIES Sawed Hemlock Red Cedar Shingles White Pine Lath Bass and Poplar Siding | | j James Gillesr ie Pine and Hardwood Lumber Lath | and Shingles North Tonawanda, N.Y. | Individuality and Experience Count The experienced individual gives close attention, knowledge and aggressive interest. He will ren- der you better and cheaper ser- vice than the hastily built force of a corporation. Each of my men has learned in the hard school of long actual experience. Try me. Timber Estimates Boundary Surveys Topographical Maps Planting James W. Sewall 16 Centre Street OLD TOWN, MAINE Austin & Nicholson Chapleau, Ontario - Rough and Dressed Lumber and Lath Dressing and Matching in Car Lots a Specialty HOBART & CO. CHOICE Southern Hardwoods Cypress, Kiln Dried North Carolina Pine Send Us Your Inquiries 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Yard at Prison Point Cable Address *‘ Hobco, Boston.” | Accuracy in a | Timber Estimates is as important to seller as to buyer. | Our estimates because of their thor- - | Oughness, establish new values and | furnish reliable data on which to _} base timber deals and operations. ; We invite Correspondence. Munson-Whitaker Co. Consulting Forest Engineers piiosee, “oa Cont. and Comm. Bank Bled. ew Yo oston 470 Fourth Ave. 22 Tremont Bldg. \ Pittsburgh, 900 hrsott Bldg. _] The Penetanguishene Planing Mill i] Sash and Door Factory } Planing ofall kinds done by carload. Rail- } road Switch in connection with mill. | Allclasses of building material, lime and ent for sale. 4 ALPHONSE TESSIER, Builder & Contractor p PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “Well Bought is Half Sold” We Offer the Following Special Lines— For Quick Sale 4x 4 to 6x6 Sound Cedar Squares Ist and 2nd Basswood Ist and 2nd Soft Elm No. | C. & B. Soft Elm No. | C. & B. Soft Elm No. 2 C. & B. Birch 3x 8 to 16’—10 to 16 ft. Ist and 2 Cars 100,000 Ft. 5/4 200" 7 'Bi4 2,500 “ 16/4 ie“ 8/4 17,000 “ 4/4 22,000 “ 8/4 50,000 “ 4/4 13,000 “ 13,000 “ 2nd White Ash - 2 x 6 and up—I10 to 16 ft. No. 1 C. & B. White Ash Hardwoods Thoroughly Dry Your Inquiries Will Have Prompt Attention Graves, Big wood & Co. MANUFACTURERS OF Pine ana Hemlock Lumber 1026-32 Traders Bank-Bldg, 1 oronto,Ont. Mills: Byng Inlet, Ont. We are Buyers of Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce Veneers Handles (all descriptions) (s or more ply) Staves Hoops Headings JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. Bootle, Liverpool, England London Office Dashwood House 9 Broad St., E.C. Cant& Kemp 52 St. Enoch Square GLASGOW Timber Brokers Cable Address, ‘“TgcTona,” Glasgow A1 and A BC Codes used ARNWORTH & JARDINE Cable Address: Farnworth, Liverpool WOOD BROKERS and MEASURERS 2 Dale Street, Liverpool, and Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Liverpool England LOGSTAMPS Write us for particulars and prices Superior Mfg. Co.,Ltd. 93 Church St., Toronto *1e8y For Sale by Owners B. C. Timber Lands G. T. P. three C. N. R. New Railroads | P. G. E. E. THOMAS 578 Richards St., Vancouver, B. C. Located on Saw Mill Help Competent employees for saw mills and woodworking plants are scarce. The best of them read this paper regularly. To get in touch with good men send a ““ Want Ad” to the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker 220 King Street West, TORONTO 12 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LIMITED OTTAWA WHOLESALE CANADA OAK FIR WHITE PINE e eo ® e Specialty --- Dimension Timber HEMLOCK YELLOW PINE NORWAY PINE Lumber EASTERN AGENTS TIES . Lath NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., Limited POLES Shingles : MILLS AT ~ ~ BARNET, B.C. POSTS ESTABLISHED 1855 THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. OF PENETANGUISHENE Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. LOGGING - DRIVING | SAWING | Which i is the most expensive operat- ion? HEMLOocK BILLsTuFF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait to write. Phone us your requirements. In which is there: ithe greatest need for improvement ? All stock sized or matched if required. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber ? 4 Why not improve it? The Shaw Motor-Headworks is the latest improvement in Log Driv- ing Machinery. Operated by one man. Will tow 2,000,000 feet. Is quick, light and reliable. ‘California White Pine ‘California Sugar Pine and Arizona Soft Pine For further particulars write RUSSEL BROTHERS | Fort Frances, Ontario, Can. — Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber Ask TOQUIS WUICHET Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS F. N. Wa _piE, President. RS, Mee) Vice President. W. E. Harper, Secretary. | The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Ltd. Lumber, Lath and Shingles q | , i % Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. 12-14 Willington Street East, 1 ORONTO, ONT. — CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 13 Highest Grade - Extra Clear XXX B. C. Red Cedar Shingles in Transit If you want quick delivery write, wire or telephone C. A. Larkin Lumber Co’y., Limited TORONTO, ONTARIO MEMPHIS VENEER & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers: Honduras Mahogany and Southern Hardwood Lumber SAWN VENEERS Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak and Quartered Red Gum MEMPHIS - . TENN. FRANK H. HARRIS LUMBER CO., JOHN DONOGH & CO. Wholesale Dealers HEMLOCK SPRUCE Quick shipments. 1205 TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO Dry stock in all sizes. JAMES E. STARK LUMBER CO. Manufacturers: Quartered and Plain Oak ASH A large stock of Ash continually on hand TENN. LTD. Poplar and Cypress MEMPHIS Sales Agents, 32 CHURCH STREET; TORONTO, ONT. WHOLESALERS: Hardwoods, Oak Flooring, Chestnut, Walnut. Mixed Cars Promptly Shipped SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE WILL QUOTE AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. | Oliver Lumber Co. of Toronto Limited Confederation Life Building FOR SALE . Bone Dry Stock 150,000 ft. 1 x 4, 5, 7” Mill Run Norway, 44% 4”, 41% 5”, 15% 7”. 150,000 ft. | x 6 Mill Run Norway. 45,000 ft. 1 x 4, 6/11 ft. Com. and Drsg. White Pine. Write us for quotations. | The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Co., Ltd. | 18 Toronto Street, TORONTO, ONT. Yellow Pine and B. C. Shingles Always in Transit. We Specialize in PILING Always on hand a full line of Spruce and Tamarac Piles, 25 to 50 feet. 1 in. and 2 in. Hemlock and Spruce. Wanted 1 in. Cull Hardwood. WANTED—Contracters to take out piles during the summer months ARTHUR N. DUDLEY Lumber, Lath and Shingles 109 Stair Building Toronto Phone M 6368 Our Mills now ready to cut HEMLOCK TIMBER up to 12 x 12 — 24 We have on hand a full line of Hemlock Lumber, Ties & Post Cut This Season Prompt Delivery guaranteed. SPEARS & LAUDE Write, wire or phone for quotations. Manufacturers & Wholesale Dealers 501 Kent Bldg., TORONTO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER J. Burstall & ; Comme Timber and Lumber Merchants Shippers of All Kinds Head Office, Quebec, Que. of Lumber and Timber Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England When You Want Lumber From Such Logs | as these, we have the stock ready for you. Quality and service is the keynote of our success and by devoting our energy to the selling of Soft and Hardwoods we are able to give you at- tention that insures the acme of satisfaction. — We are open to contract for our Hardwoods and Soft Woods — i and can handle any contract for Special Bills. Our new mill commenced operating in January, and is now running double tower. | A Typical Logging Scene in Fassett, Que. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited Fassett, Que. River Quelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of CORRESPONDENCE SOLICITED © S P R U Fes Mills at: & St. Pacome, Que., Canada On I. C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Lumber Lath Pulpwood Quebec City CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 15 Ol \ i | The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Representing 22 Mills - 6 Branches What about a mixed car of mouldings, turnings, doors with shingles and sidings. Send for our latest catalogue. It will pay you better than making them yourself. Lumber of all kinds. Your correspondence solicited. Head Office: Coristine Bldg.,. MONTREAL Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada | Mason, Gordon & Co. °°." Montreal, Que. Everything in Timber Car and Cargo lots only Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Write, Wire or ’Phone for Prices | - Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Charlemagne & Lac Ouareau Lumber Co. Mills: Charlemagne, Montcalm, St. Adele The Gres Falls Company Mills: Three Rivers and Cap Madelaine St. Gabriel Lumber Co., Limited Mill: St. Gabriel de Brandon Head Office: 524 Board of Trade, Montreal, P.Q. Large stock of 1” 11%”, 1%” and 2” WHITE PINE, Bone dry. 10/13-ft. Spruce and Hemlock Offices at Mills at 97 St. James St., Montreal Mont Laurier, P. Q. Manufacturers of | Spruce and Pine Lumber «4 Ground Wood Pulp When You Want Help in Your Mill Insert an advertisement in the “WANTED & FOR SALE” department The most efficient mill employees in Canada are regular readers . of this paper. Get the best by advertising. Rates on request. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker - Toronto, Ont. Montreal Office: 119 Board of Trade Building 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBER HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CO., LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Selects Timbers Shops Yard Stock Commons Clears and and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. Limited Head Office: JAFFRAY, B.C. Mills at: CRANBROOK, B.C., RYAN, B.C., JAFFRAY, B.C, Heavy Fir Dimension | Is Our Particular Specialty There is un- Are You Interested AX doubtedly abig é market for Mill ‘e o,e : SX In British Colum- : Equipment of The Heavier it is the Better we like tt a all kinds. Let bia Trade? Zh N ~ ie a oe We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to trate our Ad- vertising ser- 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. ere SoA ; Theimmensity iN > cf vice. We “ Ree of the Lumber 4 wy 4 Se Nia", please others, Industry will Q ‘ ORS y we can please within a few . ENS you. fe 4 (o9 ears make . x e ec es his Prevace SNNSRONS7 Western Timberland Lumber Co., Limited | ste a ar SS Lumberman Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. | whole Domin- NQ Crowe & Wilson Chambers Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. 7 | ion. Vancouver, B. C. Shipment by C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C.E.R.R: Braoch at Winnipeg Our grade is posttively right, and prices will please Forest Mills of British Columbia, Ltd. | Head Office: Revelstoke, B.C. i] Mills at Taft, Three Valley, Comaplix, Cascade, Nelson Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Specialties: WHITE PINE, WESTERN SOFT PINE and CLEAR CEDAR PRODUCTS Special facilities for supplying the Eastern Trade Eastern Representative W. J. MacBeth, Toronto — We have the Goods CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER We Want Your Orders | White and Norway Pine Laths, Boxes, Box Shooks, Wooden Pails and Tubs “WE AIM TO SERVE YOU WITH THE BEST ” We sell only the best that the woods can grow, manufactured by the best machines that man can make. | C. Beck Mfg. Co., Limited, Penetanguishene, Ont. | Timber Concessions in the Province of Quebec Notice is given by the government of the province of Quebec that, on the 11th of August and on the 20th of October, 1914, permits to cut timber on over 8,000 square miles of crown lands will be offered at public auction. The territory to be disposed of comprises some 1200 square miles in the basins of rivers Ottawa, Harricana and Bell, in the Abitibi region; 6,000 square miles in the lake St. John northern region; 350 square miles in the lake St. John East agency ; 242 square miles in the Matapedia division. On the first date above mentioned, permits will be offered at ordinary conditions on some 3,000 square miles. The timber grants advertised for the 20th of October, comprising the basins of three large rivers in the lake St. John region with considerable water powers, will be subject to the obligation of manufacturing the wood into pulp or paper within the province of Quebec. For particulars, please apply to the Department of Lands and Forests, Quebec, Canada. Elz. Uiville Dechene Deputy-Minister of Lands and Forests. Quebec, April 11th, 1914. Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Company MANUFACTURERS OF For Immediate Shipment 15,000 ft. of 3” No. 25,000 ft. of 1” No. 12,000 ft. of 2” No. 50,000.1t..01 2" Eat... & Bo Dry Birch Best Quality and Bone Dry Sawn in rg1it and 1912 and shipped according to the rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. Glengarry Lumber Company, Limited . BERLIN 2: ONT. WHY you should install the Mahony Blower System in your Planing Mill Fifty per cent. higher efficiency than any other on the market to-day, uses % less power, costs less to install, no cyclone re- quired, eliminates back pressure on the fan. I will undertake to increase the capacity of any system now installed 50 to 100% fe the sa pate of the Mahony Back Pressure valve on your fan, without using a scrap more of horse-power. YOU NEED this apparatusin your plant Write to-day for prices A. Mahony, 512 Wellington West, Toronto British Columbia Red Cedar Exclusively 4, 5 and 6 inch ‘‘CLEAR A” Cedar Bevel Siding. 8, 10 and 12 inch CLEAR CEDAR FINISH. EXTRA XXX RED CEDAR SHINGLES. Eastern Agents, Gull River — Lumber Co., Ltd., Lindsay, Ont. Head Office and Mills, Port Moody, B.C. WOODWORKER CANADA LUMBERMAN AND LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK POPLAR ASH Yards at Nashville, Tenn. We can ship you promptly any of the above Fort Wayne, Indiana Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From 1/30” SLICE CUT VENEER Stock, Carefully Inspected ree feat 5.5 VENEER WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU on ae BES UA Wistar Underhill & Nixon Real Estate Trust Bidg., Philadelphia, Pa. Specialty : Canadian Representative: G. H. Johnson, 125 Tyndall Avenue, Phone Parkdale 736, Toronto, Ontario —ae OI Service First 20,000,000 feet Dry Hardwoods for immediate Shipment. Below is a list of Dry Lumber > which we can Ship Promptly POPLAR 5/8 Panel and No. 1, 24 to 27, 1 car. 4/4 Panel and No. 1, 24 to 27, 2 cars. 4/4 firsts and seconds, 7 to 17, 4 cars. ‘12/4 firsts and seconds, 7 to 17, 1 car. 16/4 firsts and seconds, 7 to 17, 1 car. 4/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. 5/4 No. 1 common, 8 cars. 6/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. CHESTNUT 5/4 firsts and seconds, 1 car. ——_ ——— ——— W.M.RITTER LUMBER COMPANY OUR SPECIAL LIST car 1 x 6 in. firsts and seconds Basswood. 6/4 firsts and seconds, 2 cars. cars 1 x 6 to 8 in. firsts and seconds Basswood. 8/4 firsts and icra hee Gan lect Zin: and wider firsts and seconds Basswood. By frets aha eats 3 poe car 1x 5and6in. No. 1 Common Basswood. 6/4 firsts and seconds, 4 cars. i 3 j 2 \ 7/4 firsts and seconds, 2 cars. car 1x 7 in. and wider No. 1 Common Basswood. 8/4 firsts and seconds, 1 car. car 1x 8in. and wider No. 1 Common Basswood. | is a | Sassi - ace cars 1 x 6 in. and wider firsts and seconds Beech. 6/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. cars 1 x 6 in. and wider No. 1 Common Beech. Ue oe. 1 eee ee 8/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. RED OAK 4/4 No. 1 common, 3 cars. 5/4 No. 1 common, 1 car. 4/4 clear face strips 3.to 5%, 2 cars. car 5% in. No. 2 Common and Better Beech. cars 1 x 6 in. and wider No. 1 Common Birch. car 1 x 6 in. and wider No. 2 Common Birch. ? cars 8/4 No. 1 Common and Better Soft Gray Elm. cars 12/4 No. 1 Common and Better Soft Gray Elm. car 16/4 No. 1 Common and Better Soft Gray Elm. The Stearns Salt & Lumber. Co. Ludington, Michigan W. H. DAWKINS LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BAND-SAWED OLD-FASHIONED SOFT YELLOW POPLAR ASHLAND, KENTUCKY RBPWNRNRPNNM PRR he Do not place your order before writing for prices. Canadian Representative : John Hall, Box 32, Toronto, Canada Phone pate 3222 Hoffman Brothers Company QUARTERED WHITE OAK. The above is a list of dry lumber which we can ship promptly. All our own manufacture, band sawed and thoroughly seasoned. | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 19 ‘United States Manufacturers and Wholesalers seeking Canadian Business | THE W. EK. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods 15,000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. Write for prices. Sell Hardwoods in Canada Reach the furniture factories, piano factories, sash and door factories through Canada’s National lumber medium. Published semi-monthly.: Write to-day for rates. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Toronto, Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS HARDWOOD LUMBER Wholesale Distributing Yards and Mills at— Sales Offices Union City, Pa. Monticello, Ky. JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Hambleton, W. Va. Ross Point, Ky. Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. | STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS. IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. 20 Write for ciate P, 2 Tompt sh; i om ra Hashy me, ~ LC -* se Foxe Mente, ~—<, a = Vigiee Ure HNN 0% a and Dairy Feeds With Molasses and Alfalfa In Checkerboard Bags. The Chisholm Milling Co., Limited TORONTO ox = Ni ue: A eR oy I: Jarvis Street, DNA vary tA PACU NY GGT AIC: WN Mt AAA Ht GaN ai Wis as AAs i Corrugated J oint Fasteners pe or ee Point Edges a= ee Packed in bulk or Packages. aie ae Write for Samples and Prices, ~mer 6x5 Multiple Any depth ae any number of corrugations he Steel Co. of Canada, Limited Hamilton, Montreal, Winnipeg, St. sak n. % i A wes rt . re ry taf, “a. — Ae as LA hor - as Ne we S e ee, ow Z _ von am os = Oh de ae } uu vem. ~ = ee TS | oF ee ‘ iw bridge WM Nees? eo i pt vii : kh TT hal PRE IENY Na Toe ALGONQUIN STEEL RANGE. burn wood, coal or coke. Special price to lumbermen. Writeus. NATIONAL MFG. CO.,LTD, Ottawa. Dn iN SAW MILL BELTING Note our NET P RICES on NEW RUBBER BELTING Send for our Net Price List on B every description elting of N. SMITH, 1338, TORON TO, Ont. TAT TTI i De TAA ra | {* "Hogskin No. 62 2 teeta doz. asins 2 aaadlerY & Moce Toa cy AN ti i i, aN Al fa UNG \ & W. H. ae POME NS Al OTTAWA, ONT. Offices also at Fort William and Montreal > Largest Wholesale Dealers Cpt Se Ate e in Hay and Oats in Canada Write or wire us at any of the above offices. We do the rest. ““HE WHO SERVES BEST PROFITS MOST.’ A/a: : iy 1a} 3 i i¥, 3% CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER sit i ma aii ait BUA DAT AE | Saddle Tank oc Geared Locomotives Steel Rails Flat Cars ALL SECONDHAND Correspondence solicited. SESSENWEIN BROS. Montreal In Bulk or Sacks The Best Oats on the market. [et ys fill yournext orderand Prove what we say. Write of Wire for Prices. ANCHOR ELEVATOR CO., LTD. Winnipeg, Man. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 Turns and Finishes a Wagon or Carriage Hub in One Operation and at a Capacity of from 500 to 600 hubs per Working Day of Ten Hours. : After being bored the hub block is placed in this machine and is first roughed down to proper diameter by the roughing knife placed at the back end of the sliding carriage, after which the carriage is moved forward and the hub is turned on the finishing knives, which are held in patent stands at the front of the machine. The beads and band seats _are all finished at the same time, after which the front end of the hub is cupped, and, when so ordered, this machine is also equipped with a back cupping attachment. Write for descriptive circular and price. The Defiance Machine Works -. Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. No. 1 Hub as. em i . Nt h at AR LELeu MAPLE LEAF SAWS APLE LEAF SAWS, “THE PROVEN BEST,” absolutely guaranteed. Be M sure and specify Improved Racer Cross Cut Saw when ordering your camp sup- plies. They are made of Razor steel and tempered by our secret process, which gives the best results under actual working conditions in the bush. - Shurly-Dietrich Co., Limite > Onterks Branch: VANCOUVER, B.C. Pink’s Lumbering Tools _.siscs guns The Standard Tools Split Maple Cant Hook and Peavey Handles Carload or dozen Boom Chains Pike Poles Skidding Tongues Boat Winches, etc. Agents for Brazel Patent Snow Plow.: Manufactured by Bateman-Wilkinson Co. Ltd. Toronto ] Send for Catalogue and Price List ° | Sold Bitetont the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants Thos. Pink C Qd. 9 Limited 9 Pembroke, Ont . 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Se ADAMS COAL-OIL POINTERS A big advantage of the Adams Pointer is that coal-oil may be used as fuel in- stead of gasoline. This oil is found in every camp in the country, it is cheaper, safer and more convenient than gasoline and is just as satisfactory. Adams Pointers reduce your river costs. ~ (<< .TS ee EE AIP Adams Pointers do the work of from six to ten men. One man operates all machinery. Adams Pointers carry your men to work and leave them fresh for the day’s work. Adams Pointers draw themselves over rapids and portages. Adams Pointers can be used for warping and sweeping logs out of corners that an Alligator could not reach. Our literature gives full particulars Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario (Zeiten Fan eon 5 cS: is | ma ene Ia ea ea Sete OP CANADA LUMBERMAN Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs It is time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing season. Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timbe1 Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log Stamping, Hammers, etc. Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of the lum- berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at the lowest price. Write us for particulars and prices ARGALL BROTHERS Three Rivers, Quebec fF ALE CIRCULAR<«anv CYLINDER IFAW a4 er ie aah “LUMBER COLTPLETE. PLANTS FOR THE MANUFACTURE. OF LS, KEGS, STAVE SHAD BAR OR SPRCIALT FOR PRICES AND ques _PARTICULARS, JADDRE ES GERLACH @cLEYRVAND. CLOTHES. PINS “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds Earaise Repaired and Recovered AND WOODWORKER 23 Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont.; and other Lumber Equipment, including beam chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, McKellar, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Shawanaga, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. Token Miactids te cake Gee. 3-block right hand steam feed carriage 4 Lap Grinder. fitted with steam set works, made by Wm. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10-in. Set Band Saw Rollers and _ levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- steam feed cylinder. ber of second-hand band, gang, edger and slash table saws. B = Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. Log Loader for right hand mill. _ a 8 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. POWER PLANT 10 in. Double-cylinder steam feed car- Double Duplex, high pressure Water riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. Pumps. = _ to 1 left-hand steam nigger. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 lbs. steam. Veale 125 h.p. Water Wheel 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two og ad se kickers complete for right and left Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. hand mills. gees 10 h.p. Engine. Mitts & Merrell Hog. Wood Machine for 22-in. wood. ts Roger Gang Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber. Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2-saw trimmers. 20-ft. Slash table. 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, Edger for ripping dry lumber, net in- made by Diamond Iron Works. stalled. 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- 30 h.p. Generator, 250 volt. ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. Lath Mill with bolter. Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. S.C. band saws. Wood Machine for 16-in. weod. Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. a a a a ee a ae _ _ 30 light are generator. _ There is also a large quantity of shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and turn-tables, particulars of which may be had on application. i] Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and achinery, with tools necessary for repair work. _ _ All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. 26 Ernest Avenue, TORONTO, CANADA 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER SIMONDS SAWS of all kinds are always dependable, and that means more to a mill owner than anything was Write us for prices on any kind of a Saw or Planer knife. Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited ; Montreal, Que. Vancouver, B. C. St. John, N. B. Where B.B.L. 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For ‘manufacturing and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention Owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, Ip mills, etc, “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. 7 N Vol 34 Toronto, June 1, 1914 No. 11 A Time for Confidence and Courage _ The continuation of a state of trade strongly marked by absence a of large orders, is reported from practically all parts of Canada. The reasons for this have been discussed time and again, during the past few months, by the trade and by trade journals, and though there is a fairly general agreement as to the causes and the results, no ‘ne is ned as yet to express a definite opinion as to how soon conditions take a change for the better. The lumber trade is probably ma tter position than most other lines of business to stand this quiet- ss and to pass through the period of poor business. It is noticeable indeed that lumbermen, while feeling the effects of the depressicn are a more hopeful frame of mind and are doing less worrying than ose engaged in other industries and trades. This may be accounted by the fact that the manufacturers of lumber particularly in East- ern Canada, did not over-produce during 1913, and that stocks of near- ly every description are sufficiently low to prevent any slump in prices. The competition of stocks from the United States however, has done a great deal to unsettle price conditions, and many of the Ontario producers and handlers of lumber have been anxious about this situa- n for some time. While there is reason enough for them to feel lous, and to watch carefully for any silver lining to the business ds, or for indications of further bad weather, we believe, and many he best informed members of the trade are of the same opiiion, there is no necessity to-day, ahd probably will be none before € active trade develops, for giving away stocks at prices which ‘dno profit. In the face of strong competition and a declining de- hand for stocks, lumber prices were maintained remarkably well dur- e the past winter and during most of last summer. There is no rea- 1 nat present to fear that they will not continue. to hold until the tiod of depression is past. _ Although large orders for lumber stocks have become very scarce, a | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 the present conditions have been in force so long that they are get- ting down almost to what may be considered a normal basis during quiet times. In Canada, probably more than in any other country in the world, a great deal of steady expansion is in progress. The specu- lative expansion which inflated business conditions so seriously for a few years, until about a year ago has been entirely checked. The natural growth of the country to-day is so considerable that it causes the consumption of a sufficient quantity of lumber to constitute a fair- ly active trade. That this is the case, is not admitted by everybody, but good evidence in regard to it is afforded by the number of lumber- men who report that they are quite busy. Some even, have reported increased sales as compared with the early part of last year. If manu-’ facturers and dealers in lumber can continue the policy of patient waiting which they have been practicing, the trade will probably come through the dull period in good shape and be in a position to take good care of active business conditions whenever they develop again. How soon business conditions may be expected to improve per- manently is a matter of doubt and we do not find anyone in business who wishes to be set down as a prophet in this connection, but there has been a general feeling for a few months past that the present summer will see trade commencing to improve. The remarks of Hon. W. T. White, Minister of Finance in the Canadian Government, upon the occasion of the presentation of his recent budget, formed probably the most encouraging statement in this connection which can be quoted, and as they come from a man who is in a better position al- most than anyone else in Canada, to understand the world-wide con- ditions which have brought about the depression, his views are of the greatest importance. “There is no doubt,” Mr. White said, “that the severe and prolonged financial stringency through which the busi- ness world has passed and from which it is only now emerging, mark- ed the culmination of one of those so-called trade cycles well known to economists. Viewing world-wide conditions during the past few years it is apparent that such a cycle has been passed through. We have seen normal money conditions, good times throughout the world, the expansion of enterprises, vast increase in capital expenditure up- on railway and other construction in Asia, India, Egypt and in North and South America. Last year there was experienced a shortage in capital in all the financial centres, with constantly increasing interest rates, until after a period of prolonged and severe liquidation and the elimination of vast amounts of inflated values, something like normal money conditions again prevail. The world is now in a period of gen- eral, but it is hoped, temporary trade slackening. Without such slackening the financial stringency must have continued. The trade sineteniag alone could bring it to its appointed end. The conditions I have referred to are world-wide. We are particularly interested in those of Canada. Our production has shown a most gratifying in- crease in all the great departments of our national activity. In foreign trade this has been our greatest year. What is our present outlook? Bankers and business men unite in the opinion that while it is a aaa of prudence and caution, it is also a time for confidence and courage.” A Dangerous Fire Season Expected Reports which have been received by the Forest Branch of British Columbia indicate strongly that there is much likelihood of a hot, dry summer occurring this year and that, on this account, the danger from forest fires will be greater than usual. This is a matter of im- portance to all timber owners and the Forestry Branch has commenced sending out letters to logging operators, to warn them of the danger. and to secure their co-operation in burning off all the logging slash at a safe season. In one of these letters the Forest Brasch states that the most dangerous places are near buildings and along railroad rights of way and public roads. These should- be looked after first. By ob- serving the following simple rules the burning may be safely done. Ist. Burn as early in the spring as possible. If the burning was not completed before May lst, a permit should be obtained from the local forest guard and the burning carried out under his super- vision. Delay should not be made until the soil becomes too dry, 5 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER because valuable vegetable matter which enriches the soil will then be burnt up. 2nd. Always construct a light fire break around the slash, by throwing any brush or litter in for say 20 ft. This will confine the fire and give a chance to get around it quickly should it start to spread. 3rd. If possible have one or more neighbors assist in burning so that the fire may be controlled at all times. 4th. Always start fires in the afternoon if conditions are at all dry. The best time is about five o’clock. The brush is then dry from an all day’s sun and burns better. There is little chance of a wind springing up, and the fire burns out during the night. 5th. If the slash adjoins timber, start from the timber side and burn out until a good guard is burned all around the timber. Start fires on the upper side of a side hill slash and burn down the slope. When a good guard has been burned along the top fires may be set at the foot of the slope and allowed to burn up. ; 6th. Burn over the area as quickly as possible. 7th. Keep close watch on this area until all fires are out. In another letter which has been sent to operators upon whose property the Forest Branch knows of the existence of considerable areas of dangerous slash, attention is drawn to the increased danger to camps, logs, and all other logging property, by allowing the slash to remain. While it is impossible to say definitely what are the best methods of burning with safety the following rules are given as cer- tain to be of assistance :— Investigations to Eliminate Wood Waste It has been estimated that in converting logs into finished lumber and lumber products, the waste amounts to over 50 per cent. of the bulk of all trees cut for lumber. This is equivalent to an annual loss of from $10 to $15 for every man, woman and child in the country. At present it is impracticable from a financial standpoint to reduce this waste as there is no market for the tree tops, culls and weed- trees left in lumbering operations, and only a very limited one for the bark, slabs, sawdust, edgings and trimmings of milling operations. The Department of the Interior is recruiting the staff of its Forest Products Laboratories, recently established in connection with the Forestry Branch, with skilled mechanical and chemical engineers and by constant experimentation it is hoped to find a commercial use for these products. The Laboratories, which are operated in connection with McGili University, contain the most complete equipment on the continent for making timber tests. It is planned to submit each Canadian wood to over a thousand tests in order to establish as complete tables of the mechanical properties of these woods as now exist for steel and con- crete. When these tests are published, as accurate information as can Team Track Switching—The Shipper’s Rights | 4 The refusal of some of the railroad companies in Canada to per- mit cars to be switched from connecting railway lines, for team track delivery, causes inconvenience to many shippers who are served by the Canadian Northern Railway. Cases are continually being reported where switching to a team track in Toronto is refused by the Canadian Pacific Railway, or the Grand Trunk Railway, from the Canadiau Northern. Cars which have arrived on the C. N. R. are frequently subjected to great delay and uncertainty, causing heavy additional expense in order to get the lumber delivered. Producers who have only C. N. R. connections are thus greatly handicapped by their in- ability to reach important markets. The fact of the matter is, that shippers have a definite right to re- quire the railways to switch cars under such circumstances, but are not taking advantage of their privileges. According to a statement of the Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners (No. 19801.70) issued on April 8th, 1914, and written by the chief Commissioner, “a switch- ing movement is provided for by tariff properly issued and filed. The companies cannot, under the terms of the Act, decline traffic properly 1. Always construct a trail or a light fire-break around the slash- ed area before starting fires. This will serve to confine the fire and also permit men to get around the fire quickly. 2. Be sure and have enough men on hand when you start a fire to control the fire should it threaten to spread beyond the slash. _ 3. Never start a fire in the morning unless you feel certain 4 strong wind will not arise. The best time to start a fire is after | o’clock in the afternoon on a calm day; if the weather is warm the slash dry, all the better. 4. If the slash-area is surrounded by timber, start fire first ¢ the leeward side if there is a breeze, or on the uphill side if on a slop When the danger of fire spreading beyond the area to be burned : past, set fire on the windward side or at the base of the slope; als» whenever possible take advantage of a breeze blowing away from green timber. 5. Burn over the area as quickly as possible. This can be done by starting fires in a large number of places. 6. Keep a watchman on the area burned until all fires are vut Cut down any snags which may be burning. All fires should be coui- pletely out before June 15th. Experience has shown that slash can be burned safely at the co-* of 5 to 20 cents an acre, and that this expense is fully repaid by the re- sulting added safety of the camps, equipment, and surrounding timber. : be obtained will be at hand with regard to such questions, for in- stance, as to how great a weight a wooden column of a particular species will stand without risk of breaking, how great a burden can be carried by a beam of a certain species of wood of given dimen- sions, and other similar questions. Timber has often been shunned as a structural material because no reliable figures regarding its strength were available. When com- plete tests have been made it is regarded as certain that a demand will be created for some of Canada’s tree species which are now left in the woods as valueless. Not the least important line of investigation will be to develop chemical methods for utilizing minor wood wastes. A large percentage of the small-sized waste wood can be utilized by the process known as “destructive distillation,’ but the machinery em- ployed in this process is not very efficient. The manufacture of ethyl alcohol and producer gas from sawdust has already been proved feasible. In the securing as Superintendent of the Laboratories Mr. John S. Bates, B.A., B.Sc., one of the foremost authorities on wood- pulp manufacture in America, the Department has also ensured the development of this branch of wood utilization. offered to them under these tariffs and within the terms of cee tariffs, as I hold team tracks to be, until proper notice of cancellation has been given. As the cancellation of these tariffs will mean that the traffic will move at higher tolls, the result is that the cancellation cannot be effective until thirty days after its publication.” In other words, tariffs are now in effect, filed under the pro- visions of the Act, under which the railway companies are obliged to provide switching to team tracks from other railways, and in order to escape from this obligation the railways would have to file new tariffs cancelling the o!d ones, which could not be made effective until after the expiration of thirty days from the data of the issue of the cancel- ling tariff; during which time the shippers would have an opportunity of appealing to the Board against the cancelling tariff. The Board’s order dealing with this question is known as the general interswitching order and was issued on July 8th, 1908. It es- tablishes cetrain tolls for interswitching generally, within certain limits. Commenting upon this order, the Chief Commissioner in his statement of April 8th last says:—“A further ruling was made on the —s" 3rd of February, 1912, to the effect that the Interswitching Order deals only with the tolls payable, and was never intended to compel one railway to turn over its entire terminals to another or others. Notwithstanding the rulings of the past, the railway companies, as evi- denced by the circular issued by the Canadian Pacific and already re- ferred to, have at least in part carried on interswitching so as to in clude team track deliveries. There is no doubt that team tracks do constitute, as has in the past been found by the Board, terminals of the respective companies, and it well may be that the Commission should not enable one company to carry on its business by the use of the terminals of another, and that, if such a principle was adhered to, general business would suffer largely, as no company would be able to get the slightest advantage in putting in expensive modern termin- als giving the shippers an advanced or accelerated service, if their facil- ities could be made use of by any other company.” This feature of the question, the Chief Commissioner says is too large a question, in view of the considered Judgments of the Board, to deal with at the present time. Arrangements which are being made for advertising the lumber- ing industry in connection with the Pacific Coast Ad. Men’s Conven- tion at Vancouver this month are rapidly nearing completion. Lum- bermen and others associated with the industry in different parts of British Columbia are supporting the scheme and co-operating exten- sively. A number of excellent films for moving pictures have al- ready been secured, showing the mills in operation. Other films are being made showing interesting logging operations. These moving pictures, together with moving pictures of the procession to be held at Vancouver will be distributed all over the American and European continents. Canadian trade commissioners in a number of countries are now gathering information regarding the timber and lumber trade, at the ‘request of the: Minister of. Trade and Commerce. This request has been made as a result of suggestions put forth by Hon. W. R. Ross, Minister of Lands for British Columbia. Mr. H. R. MacMillan, Chieti Forester for British Columbia, states that he anticipates good results from this harmonious co-operation on the part of the two governments. Mr. MacMillan also reports that the British Columbia Department of Lands is making arrangements to send to points where e€ commissioners are stationed—particularly Australia and New nd—exhibits of finished articles made from British Columbia ber. In this way it is hoped to demonstrate, at points where it 11 do the most good, that British Columbia timber is very suitable for all classes of heavy timber construction as well as for the finesié manufactured work, and thus to secure a much larger market in these countries. ‘The present Timber Royalty Act.of British Columbia is chiefly lificant in that it makes provision for the basing of all timber yalties, subsequent to January 1, 1920, on the sale value of the tim- cut, over and above an arbitrarily fixed price of $18 per’ thousand board measure. The percentage taken by the Government of this spective value-increase will be at first 25 per cent., gradually rising to 40 per cent. in the succeeding 25 years. __ This is no new principle, for as early as 1889 the Dominion Gov- ernment required from holders of timber limits in western Canada a y of 5 per cent. of the total sale value of the lumber cut, which was to be based on the average price obtaining during the three hs preceding the sale. But at that time the price of lumber was sufficiently high to bring in any very large revenue on this per- age basis, so in 1898 the stumpage dues were changed to the fixed of 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure, which is the rate at secured larger returns from this source with the steadily rising prices, yet the principle of selling the timber at a widely ad- public auction ensures the obtaining, through the additional CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 Apparently therefore, the position as it stands to-day is that the railway companies are obliged, on account of the general interswitch- ing order and its most recent interpretation by the Chief Commis- sioner, to provide for switching from one railway on to the team tracks of another, and until the Board may have taken up the whole matter and issued a new order, or may have passed upon some new tariff issued by the railway companies, shippers have a right to require such switching to be performed. The whole matter at present is ap- parently one of tolls, to be settled between the railway companies themselves. The statement of the Chief Commissioner also makes note oi the fact that the railway companies have been directed to furnish the Board with information as to cost of movement and the effect of an order which would include team tracks as well as private sidings. It may be taken for granted therefore that in the course of time, this whole question will be gone into by the Board and an order issued which will place it on a more satisfactory basis for all concerned. Editorial Short Lengths for Busy Readers bonus offered, practically the same price for the timber without the former inconvenience of constantly adjusting the.stumpage dues. As the.competitive sale of timber by means of the bonus system is common throughout Canada, there is little likelihood that the Gov- ernment does not secure a fair share of the present value of the tim- ber sold, and by reserving the right to alter the stumpage dues as the price of lumber increases, a share in its future value is also ensured. In fact, in Ontario the after results of some sales go to prove that the government received more than its share. It is expected by some of those engaged in the pulpwood busi- ness in Quebec, that the new Order in Council of the Quebec Gov- ernment, prohibiting the export of pulpwood or undressed lumber irom lands granted as subsidies to railways, as well as from the pre- sent Crown lands, will result in a radical change of plans on the part of various big American and Canadian syndicates. The far-reaching influence of the new law may be gathered from the fact that the Pro- vincial Government has granted no fewer than 13,625,949 acres of land in subsidies to railway companies. Much of this is valuable timber lands, and big areas of it have been sold by the railway companies to various syndicates. These syndicates, being under the impression that they were buying freehold land, to do as they like with, are now somewhat surprised to be confronted with an embargo against the ex- port of pulpwood or lumber, except in a manufactured state. In the May 15th issue of the Canada Lumberman information was published in reply to an enquiry regarding silver spruce for use in the manufacture of aeroplanes. The National Aeroplane Company of Chicago, IIl., replying to an enquiry upon this subject report that they have received a letter from the Government Wood Laboratory in regard to this matter. The Government reports that “Silver Spruce,” “Western Spruce” and “Oregon Spruce” all probably refer to Sitka Spruce (Picea sitchensis) which is the most important spruce found in the Pacific Northwest. They say that this is sometimes called “Tide- land Spruce.” Although they have data on the strength, elasticity, density, etc., of several varieties of spruce, they have not as yet the same information with respect to “Sitka Spruce,” able to obtain only during the coming winter. In order to obtain silver spruce, the National Aeroplane Com- pany suggest that the best way would be to get in touch with some wood expert on the Pacific Coast, say Vancouver or Portiand. Their own experience they say, has taught them the advisability of not relying on regular lumber dealers for obtaining special aeroplane woods. After a long search last year for suitable white ash (Fraxinus Americana) they finally had it cut specially in Tennessee. They were obliged to pay $500 a thousand feet, but report that they obtained a quality of wood which they do not think has ever been put into aero- planes before. which they will be 28 CANADA The Reader’s Viewpoint on Trade Topi - Eastern Markets for B.C. Products—The Scalper’s Influence on Trade— Market Reports from Readers B. C. Products in Eastern Markets Editor Canada Lumberman: Wietora, Bec. The writer is directly associated with, and interested in the Genoa Bay Lumber Company, at whose mil the large Toronto order referred to in your recent article regarding the Panama Canal, is being manu- factured for the Robert Dollar Company. We naturally are seeking a market for the side lumber produced while cutting the Toronto or- der, and have, therefore, been investigating the possibilities of the Atlantic Coast. Our investigations have led us to the conclusion that there is very little opening in that market for our common grades ‘o! the shorter lengths, and the ordinary flat grain clears which would have to come in direct competition with the products of the Atlantic coast mills. We believe that our only chance to do a profitable busi- ness is to supply classes of stock not easily produced by the eastern mills, such as E. G. Clears, long lengths of dimensions and long tim~- bers. We also hope to dispose of some boards of the merchantable grade in that market. * By way of summing up, I would say that our chief advantage to be expected from the Canal will be the opportunity afforded our coast mills to send to the Atlantic seaboard classes of stock not now easily produced by eastern mills at a cost, while not prohibitive to the builder, yet high enough to give the mill a fair price, and the carrier a reasonable freight. Your article under the heading “B.C. Fir and the Panama Canal,” is very timely and a good statement of the situation, particularly that portion depreciating the efforts being made by some of our manufac- turers to get into the eastern market by cutting prices. Such a course can have no other result than to destroy the possibility of doing any business on a profitable basis Cameron Lumber Company, Limited, J. O. Cameron, President. Expects More Settled Trade Conditions in B. C. Editor Canada Lumberman: New Westminster, B.C., May 19th. Judging from the volume of business which we are receiving, we feel that the demand at least, shows an improvement. Now as trade is a question of supply and demand, the time is not far hence when we will,be able to receive a fair price far our commodity again. A number of the mills are closed down here, and more are con- sidering closing which, of course, means a curtailment of the supply, and I feel quite confident that we wil! receive a fairly good fall trade, and that by next year the lumber business here will get back to nor- mal. There is also to be considered, the fact that the Panama Canal will be in shape to handte, at least some of the lumber traffic next year. This will probably mean that the rail trade will not be so flood- ed, and that every person will seek out, more or less, permanent channels for their output. ‘he prospects are, that when business has settled down in its new channels British Columbia will never again be so badly upset as it has been for the past six months.—J. G. Robson. The Scalper a Menace Editor Canada Lumberman: The last clause in John Harrison & Sons article, in your issue of May 15th, page 29, gives a fair i!lustra- tion of our ideas, but not nearly strong enough, as there are a great many people in Toronto and other places who call themselves Lumber- men, who could not possibly tell one kind of timber from another, and again they try to scalp some one who will give them an order and then try to get next to the manufacturer to fill the bill and never have one dollar invested. These men are what we consider an injury to the trade. They become conversant with terms, but if you would ask them to go out and inspect a mixed car or cargo we doubt very much if they could do so. Had we the time, we might go on and cite in- stances. Manufacturers could, if they would, tell you more than we can about this. We aim to buy.all our lumber direct from the mills, when, if any discrepancies occur, they can generally be adjusted.—Retailer. No Snap to Business at Boston Editor Canada Lumberman: Boston, Mass., May 11th. There is a moderate volume of trade in New England at present, but conditions are not very satisfactory. There is no snappy business and no one seems to want to buy much lumber ahead. It has been felt rather generally that there is likely to be a good supply of spruce this LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER i] *.. year from the east and that prices are likely to suffer in mid-s -—this is often the case. General business, as well as the lumber business, seems rather light and nobody seems to know exactly when to look improvement. a. Southern pine and “roofers” have been selling at very low pi here, as well as other southern pine products. It is thought how that they are at the bottom and cannot go lower. : On the whole, there is not much to be said. There seems to marked change in business. It goes along in a moderate way—S ard & Morse Lumber Company. my aq ) Retail Trade Better Than The Average Frank McLean, Brigden, Ont., May 18th.—The lumber this district has all the appearances of enjoying a good year, some lines the outlook is for a trade considerably better than th age. This is the case especially in regard to silo stock. The price: farmers have been securing for their cattle for some time ba beginning to have a good effect upon business. Instead of calves at from one to three dollars each, the farmers are now keep them until they are three years old and getting from eighty to” hundred and twenty dollars each. Every farmer who is doing has a large barn with stables in the basement and a silo clos: Nearly every farmer who has not such a set of buildings is 1 on putting them up just as soon as he can. The price of cattle is making it possible for quite a number to do this, this season, and hundreds will follow in the near future. This district has deve into a good corn producer, and where corn will grow well, silos sure to be in good demand. . ia There is also a good sale for cedar posts and shingles. The fences are coming to the end of their life in great numbers, and there is no more rail timber available, wire and cedar posts ar ing used. Shingles are also more used now for roofing old building: they were a few years ago. There was a time wlren most men t that some of the felt roofing was good enough for roofing: building, but they seem to be mostly going back to shingles noy A considerable quantity of lumber is also produced in this trict in slack cooperage. There will be at least from six to ten m lion staves, with possibly heading and hoops to match produced season. There is also some white oak in this district still, quantity also suitable for piles. Market Dull in Bruce County T. F. Mullin, Chepstow, Ont., May 18th: Rea'ly marketable lv ber in this district is dull; in fact there is none offered. During heavy wind storm that swept this country a year ago a great of timber was blown down which could not be cleared out ent last fall and winter. This afforded an opportunity for four or fiy tensive manufacturers to buy up the large amounts of surplus produced, a supply sufficient for some years to come. ; The scarcity of bush and the high price offered for logs b manufacturers have combined to force the mill man to satisf with custom se!ling, or else close up his business. The fat not cut down or offer for sale his limited amount of bush gets a large price for it. This supply is readily purchased b manufacturers and as a result there is no lumber stock to expe this part of Bruce County. Outlook Bright at Berlin H. J. Hall & Son, Berlin, Ont.,, May 18th: We are quite our line (although the furniture trade is very dull), and the for this year seems very bright. Wholesale lumber travellers may be reporting that trade being slow have no doubt found thi retail yards are stocked up, which is the case with us. We are fore buying very little. Trade Quiet at Brantford The Schultz Brothers Company, Limited, Brantford, Ont., Mz 16th: Building in Brantford has been very quiet this spring. planing mill is only operating forty-four hours per week. Our b yard has not yet started operation, but we have practically cle again next week. There has been a very fair demand for brick from out of town, but locally the demand has been rather quiet. Py ihe box business is very quiet. This is due in a great measure to the fact that the canners are in such bad shape and it seems almost impossible to get any box orders from them. The principal amount of the building that is being done consists of residences, there being very few factory extensions. Dresden Trade Better Than Last Year. Laird Bros., Dresden, Ont., May 18th: Editor Canada Lumber- n: Our trade has been in excess by a considerable amount of that last year, during the first four months of each, and we are not look- x for any slackening off in trade. The heavy rains we have had in . ection for the last four weeks may put a stop to certain work, we think the year will compare favorably with the previous year. ° There is a tendency on the part of certain trades to make in- iyoads “upon the lumber business, but there will always be a place for quantities of lumber in any building. We think possibly the quiet rade reported by wholesale travellers could be overcome, but we have not the time to discuss these matters to their benefit. Reports Upon Driving Conditions A report from St. John, N.B., states that Mr. J. H. Hickman of Dorchester was unusually successful this year in getting out his ‘drives. The cut was about 5,000,000 feet, a larger quantity than usual and the logs have all been brought out. Usually his drives occupy 15 or 20 days, but this spring he managed to complete it in 6 days. dl here was sufficient water to fill the streams, but not enough to over- flow the meadows. Latest reports also indicate satisfactory results in connection with the Miramichi drives and those on the Upper St. John and its tributaries. _ Gilmour & Hughson, Hull, Que., May 13th: Driving conditions seem very bad for getting out logs. Our reports from our creek drives are very discouraging, and it is almost assured that if we do not get ‘rains very shortly most of the logs in and on the Gatineau will be stuck. Rains coming later may help to some extent, but will not be the same as if we had them now. August Herron, Barry’s Bay, Ont., May 15th: Driving condi- tions have been good in this district and there has been sufficient water. The cut is considerably larger than it was a year ago, but I understand that it will all be taken out. Booth & Shannon, Biscotasing, Ont., May 14th: We do not anti- sipate any trouble whatever from “low water on our drive here. We have enormous water reserves, which practically allow us to take down our logs at any period of the spring or summer. New Ontario Colonization Company, Jacksonboro, Ont., May ‘14th: We do not think that the low water will affect us in this par- ticular part of the country. The water, however, in the streams up here is not as high as it was a year ago. me Vhe-J. D. McLaughlin Company, Limited, had about 25,000,000 feet of logs in the drives in Three Brooks and Trout B rook, N.B., this spring. These were brought out safely. i @ < National Hardwood Convention Arrangements At the annual meeting of the National Hardwood Lumber Asso: ciation, which will be held in Buffalo on June 18th and 19th, one oi > interesting entertainment features will be a special trip to Niagara Us. At 2 p.m. on June 18th, members and guests will board speciai Traction cars which will be in waiting at convention headquarters. These cars will proceed to Niagara Falls and convey the party to ali points of interest between Niagara Falls and Lewiston on the United side and Niagara Falls and Brock’s Monument on the Canadian Dinner will be served at the New Clifton Hotel on the Can- n aide, and after dinner the party will return to Buffalo at about p.m. The MaGonal Hardwood Lumber Association has a number of an members, among whom the following are included :—Glen- Lumber Company, Berlin; Long Lumber. Company, Hamilton ; on Bros., Holland Centre, Ont.; Seaman, Kent Company, ed, Meaford: Geo. C. Goodfellow: Montreal; Standard Mills, it ed, Montreal ; John Harrison & Sons Company, Limited, Owen nd; Keenan Bros., Limited, Owen Sound; Edward L. Casey, Sud- ey Quincy Adams Lumber Company, Limited, Toronto; C. G. An- n Lumber Company, Toronto; Atlantic Lumber Company, To- ; Robert Burry & Company, Toronto; Canada -_Lumber Com- Limited, Toronto; Edward Clark & Sons, Toronto; Graves Big- & Company, Toronto; Johnston Lumber Company, Toronto; R. w Lumber Company, Limited, Toronto; Wm. Laking Lumber ny, Toronto; Mickle, Dyment & Son, Toronto; Oliver Lumber ipany, Limited, Toronto ; Spears & Lauder, Toronto ; Wilson Lum- om apany, Limited, Toronto. et” ial LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 It is expected that quite a number of representatives of these firms will be present at the convention. The influence of the Associa- tion in Canada is steadily spreading. Any hardwood lumbermen who may not have already joined will be welcome if they attend the con- vention, and may be assured in advance of having a most enjoyable and profitable visit. National Wholesalers’ Committees The report of the proceedings of the 22nd annual meeting of the National Wholesale Lumber Dealers’ Association which was “held at 3uffalo, N.Y., on March 4th and 5th has been published in attractive book form and sent to the members of the Association. The report contains all the speeches, addresses and special reports presented at the meeting. It also contains the list of committees for the current year which have since been appointed. The Canadian members in- cluded on these committees are as follows:—Board of managers of Bureau of Information, Duncan McLaren, Union Lumber Company, Limited, Toronto; Railroad and Transportation Committee, A. H. Campbell, Campbell, McLaurin Lumber Company, Limited, Mon- treal, P.Q.; Coastwise Insurance Committee, Angus McLean, Bath- urst Lumber Company, Limited, Bathurst, N.B.; Forestry Commit- tee, J]. S. Gillies, Braeside, Ont., J. B. White, Riordon Paper Company, Limited, Montreal, P.Q.; Membership Committee for Ontario, Que- bec and Maritime Provinces:—Duncan McLaren, Chairman, Union Lumber Company, Limited, Toronto; Walter Laidlaw, R. Laidlaw Lumber Company, Toronto; Philip Walker, Shepard & Morse Lum- ber Company, Ottawa; A. H. Campbell, Campbell, McLaurin Lumber Company, Montreal, P.Q.; W. T. Mason, Mason, Gordon & Com- pany, Montreal, P.Q.; W. G. Power, River Ouelle Pulp and Lumber Company, St. Pacome, P.Q.; and Angus McLean, Bathurst Lumber Company, Bathurst Village, N.B. Special Committee on Workmen’s Compensation, C. Jackson Booth, Ottawa. Woodworking Costs Editor Canada Lumberman: , Hamilton, May 12th. We have read the article which appeared in the Canada Lumberman oi May 1st updn ‘ ‘Cost Accounting in Woodworking Plants” written by Mr. Jonas Howe. This appears to be a practical and effective system for getting at the cost of a “job” in a woodworking plant. The graphic time card is an excel- lent idea as its simplicity prevents mistakes by the operator and his whole time is accounted for ata glance. The cost card is very compact and affords a ready means of indexing the jobs for future reference. The idea of keeping the time of the different employees engaged on one order on the back of the card adds greatly to its value. It might be interesting to know how Mr. Howe provides for keeping track of the cost of a line of goods like doors or sash, of which large quantities are made up for stock. Does he find the cost of each size separately or group them, having closely related sizes in the same group? How does he pay the em- ployees working on such stock orders, at a rate per hour or by the piece? Has he any effective system to suggest for keeping the time on stock material by piece work, so as to increase the product at a reduced cost?—The M. Brennen & Sons Manufacturing Company, Limited. Mr. Howe, writer of the article under discussion states that, in getting at the cost of a line of goods such as doors or sash which are made up in large quantities for stock, it is necessary to get the cost of the group, and from that arrive at a unit cost per piece or per ar- ticle. He has had no experience with piece work, having been only in plants where the wages were paid upon the basis of time. The system which he has worked out could be applied, however, to piece work. In putting a certain class of work upon a piece work basis, it would be necessary to apply the cost card principle, as outlined in his article, for a few months. From the information thus secured one would have a good guide for arriving at piece work prices. A Lumber Salesman’s Bravery News recently received from New Brighton, Liverpool, England, tells of the heroic act of Mr. Robert W. Brown, a brother of Mr. H. Brown, Jr., travelling salesman in Ontario for the Atlantic Lumber Company of Toronto. Mr. Robert W. Brown, who is a son of Mr. H. Brown, timber merchant, Liverpool, England, recently risked his life by diving into the water and bringing out an injured workman who had fallen from a crane driver, working on the dock. The un- fortunate man struck the dock, injuring his head and fell into the water. He was unable to help himself and Mr. Brown, who is a tim- ber salesman, immediately went to his assistance and ultimately got him to shore. Unfortunately, the man was so injured by his fa!l that he succumbed shortly after reaching the hospital. Mr! Brown’s bravery has been highly commended by all who know him and it has already been suggested that it should be acknowledged by the recog- nized authorities. C. S. Rollins, Coe Hill, Ont., May 16th: The usual quantity of lumber has been delivered at this station during the past season. The prices now being paid for all kinds of lumber, except hemlock, are the same as they were last year. Buyers are offering $2 less for hem- lock. The turn over is small at the reduced price. 40 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 7 Portable Sawing in Nova Scotia Woods. Sable Lumber Company’s Operations in Queens and Shelburne Counties—Five Mills Sending out Their Product by Railroad The portable mill system of conducting lumbering operations, which has been brought to a high state of development in the New England States, is being applied in a very interesting manner by the Sable Lumber Company, Limited, who own some _ 351,CO0 acres of timberland in Qucens and Shelburne Counties in the province of Nova Scotia. The Sable Lumber Company, Limit- ed, is owned by New England investors who, after studying the various methods of operating in Nova Scotia, decided to make use of this system as being the most suitable for the conditions to De met with in the limits which they own. Lumbering by portable mills under such conditions is preemi- nently a railroad proposition. The Sable Lumber Company operates the Queens County Railroad, with 27 miles of track, two locomotives and 65 cars. This railroad connects with the Halifax and South Western Railroad at Wilkins Siding where the Nova Scotia head- quarters of the Sable Lumber Company are located. The main line of the Queens County Railroad runs north from Wilkins Siding to- wards the back portion of the company’s holdings. From this main line, spurs are laid into the woods and a portable mill ig set up on each spur. A picture of one of these portable mills is shown in one of the accompanying illustrations. At these mills, the lumber is loaded directly on to the cars from the saw, and is taken to Wilkins where the edging mill and “sticking” ground are located. The boards, as they come from the saw, are sorted on to the cars in load- ing. Those which are suitable for square edge stock are place on one car and those which are suitable only for box boards are placed upon another. These are hauled directly to the sticking ground and stocked as shown in another illustration. Five of these portable mills are operated by the Sable Lumber Company in the woods. Four of them are continually cutting and one is continually moving and setting up. All the moving of the camps is carried on by rail. Sleeping bunks, cook houses, and stable are built of such a size that they can be loaded upon a flat car. This work is so systematized that it can easily be handled in one day for one ‘mill. The portable mill system permits logs which are cut in the woods to be manufactured into lumber and reach the sticking grounds up- on the same day. Wooden sleds with wooden shoes, known as “scoots” in New England, are used for hauling the cut-up logs from the stump to the mill. By using these scoots, in connection with the railroad, the company’s manufacturing operations are conducted as easily, and fully as cheaply on bare ground, as on snow. Both oxen and horses are used in these operations, the latter being far the bet- ter for summer work. The sticking ground at Wilkins is about R. S. Webb—General Manager. a mile long, with three Tail End of a Portable Mill. tracks. running through it. The edging mill is located at the up- per end of the sticking ground. The square edge boards are laid directly on to small cars and taken by horse power to the sticking ground shown in another of the i'lustrations. One of the accompanying illus- trations shows a cutting-up null which is operated at Willins. In this mill the box boards are cut to suitable lengths ,edged and stored for shipment in the storage building shown in one of the i'lus-_ trations. At the sticking ground the boards are loaded on tram cars which hold about 2,000 feet and are hauled to the mill by one horse. Four tracks run into the mill the length of one car, and four railway cut-off saws are lo- cated in such a manner that the operators handle the boards from the cars to the saw and put the cut stock upon trucks which carry it to seven edging saws. From thence the stock is taken to the store house which has a capacity of 2,000,000 feet. From October Ist, 1913, to May lst, 1914, the cut of the Sable Lumber Company amounted to 8,000,000 feet. The larger part of the stock is used by a large shoe manufacturing concern, being made into cases for their output. The balance of the stock is sold in Eng- land and New England. Mr. R. S. Webb, general manager of the company, was form- G. R. Webb, Assistant Manager. A: RAILWAY CUT OFF SAWS B EDGING SAWS C. BLOWER 0. BOILER E. FILING ROOM F ENGINE G GENERATOR H CONCRETE & IRON WALKS SABLE LUMBER COMPANY LTD. WILKINS SIDING N.S. POWER HOUSE CONCRETE ALL OTHER CONSTRUCTION WOOD a erly interested in the manufacture of lumber in the State of Maine. Mr. G. R. Webb, assistant manager, had seven years’ training in the Maine woods before engaging with the Sable Lumber Company. One of the illustrations accompanying this article is a plan, from which readers may obtain an excellent idea of the way in which the cut-up mill, storage building and other buildings connected with the operations at Wilkins aré laid out. Ox and Horse Teams are both used in Logging. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 Cutting Up Mill of Sable Lumber Company— Wilkins, N.S. The Straight-Edging Rip Saw There is no line of woodworking machinery in which there has been more striking recent development than in power-feed rip saws, and this development holds interest for both the manufacturer and consumer of hardwood lumber. There are not only types of these new machines that are interesting to the furniture manufacturer and to other users of hardwood lumber, but some of them hold particular interest also for the manufacturer of hardwood lumber, says Hard- wood Record. There has always been a use for the rip saw in the hardwood lumber mill, but the most extensive use of such saws has been found in what the trade terms edgers—single side edgers and gang edgers. Rip saws have been used to some extent on the side for making sma!l dimension stock, but have never been considered as factors in reducing the regular manufactured stock to square edges and to usable form. The old rip saw known as such, whether power feed or hand feed, was not considered a straight edging machine with- in itself, and for straight sawing the use of a fence was resorted to, which of itself really presumes upon one straight edge being already on the stock to be sawed to dimensions. Among the new types of power feed rip saws some are now offered with the saw swung above the work between two feeding rolls and the work carried on an endless chain in the bed below. This style is featured as a straight-edging type, the claim being made that it will take many-edged stock or any other stock and rip it to a straight line without fence or guard. This new idea in circular rip saws seems to be really a develop- ment from the sharp competition between the band rip-sawing ma- chines and circular rip saws. The band saw type was the first to use the chain or endless bed type of feed, and it made such inroads in the field of rip-saw work that the makers of circular saw machines had to bestir themselves, and out of it all has come some new offerings with a combination of chain and roller feeds that should prove interesting and valuable additions to the machinery list for working hardwoods oi various kinds in the modern sawmill. The straight-edging rip saw offers possibilities both as an edger and as a machine for reworking lumber and making special dimension stock. It has not the capacity nor will it take the place of the gang edger in some mills and do a wider range of work in shorter time with less expenditure of elbow grease on the part of the operator. Another important use that may be found for this same type oi machine is in the assembling and wholesale hardwood yards where a Sticking yard for Square Edge lumber, Sable Lumber Company. Storage Building of Sable Lumber Company— Wilkins, N. S. certain amount of trimming and reworking of stock is essential to fill orders satisfactorily and to get full value out of the material. With electric current available in almost all cities and manufacturing cen- ters, it is a comparatively easy thing to take a machine of this kind, set it up in the most convenient place for getting material to and from it and to connect it up with a motor. This convenience of the electric drive is leading to the use of a number of machines about the lumbei yard that in times gone by were impractical because of the fire haz- ard involved in power producing and investment necessary for powet plant equipment. To those adding machinery to help out the yard equipment this straight-edging rip saw seems worthy of special at- tention. Whether willingly or unwillingly, both sawmill men and whole- sale yard men in the hardwood trade are finding themselves getting more and more into the special dimension business, because the con- suming trade is demanding more dimension stock and because it is the logical way to a proper utilization of raw material. That is one of the reasons why some of the new offerings in power feed rip saws are of special interest to manufacturers of hardwood lumber as well as to the consuming trade. They may not fit into every need or serve every purpose, but they do give promise of filling an important place and are certainly deserving of attention and study. It is expected that the Elk Lake branch of the Temiskaming & Northern Ontario Railway will be extended to Gowganda and Sud- bury. A large deputation from the Temiskaming, Sudbury and Nip- issing districts waited upon the Ontario Government last week ask- ing for the immediate extension of the road, and provision has been made in the estimates for going ahead with the work. The new road will tap a richly wooded country in spruce and other pulp woods, and at Sudbury will have a working connection with western lines. The lumber industry in the United States employs 735,000 people, to whom are paid annually $367,000,000 in wages, the worth of pro- ducts being $1,250,000,000. The forests of the country cover 550,000,- 000 acres. ; Last year the fire loss on the Canadian timber reserves was the smallest ever known, only one-fiftieth of one per cent. of the area being burned over. Sticking yard for Round Edge box boards, Sable Lumber Company, 32 Cost Accounting in Woodworking Plants A Concise and Practical System which Enables a Manufacturer to Determine the Cost of his Product—II Raw Material By Jonas Howe’ to the consideration of cost in connection with the wood- working business is lumber. There are a number of other important items, but the present article will be devoted large- ly to a consideration of the part which lumber plays in the cost of the finished product. To find out “the exact” quantities and costs of lumber used in a factory, many methods of calculation have been proposed. A great many authorities have written articles and books upon this subject © fae principal item in the form of raw material which enters in- WIDTHS Pare Lee 2 ona [rare [amour] DATE [DELIVERED Tehqawrry ONWARD aS / i eed alee ies case | RR > aa le SE IES PART Pe Form 5.—Lumber Record Card. and it has even become a difficult matter to determine which of these methods is the best, or rather, the most suitable under particular con- ditions. It may be stated in the first place, however, that in the se!ec- tion of a system of determining the cost of raw material in the form of lumber, the most important feature of any system to be adopted must be conciseness combined with accuracy. There is so much to be taken into consideration, such as allowance for waste, the cost of material wasted, and the proper ratings for various classes of work put upon the raw. material such as previous handlings, dry kilning and culling; that it is unwise to lay down any specified rules for general use with- out providing a practical method for verifying them. The writer, like everyone else who has had experience with cost accounting, has come across a number of companies which make occasional “tests” in or- der to ascertain the cost on certain raw material after it has been cut up for distribution. Some of these companies are more conserv- ative than others and check up their raw material with that which 1s actually purchased. They find then, as a result of their tests, that the quantities used do not balance with the quantities shown in the records of the purchasing department. These tests, in fact, are only a sort of guess-work, used to serve as a transitory guide for tempor- ary purposes. A cost system to be satisfactorily effective must be perpetual. For this reason all raw material (as well as labor) must be taken min- utely into account. At the expiration of some definite period of time the results of this work, i.e., the quantities of raw material (lumber) used in the various jobs will no doubt show some difference whei compared with the records in the purchasing department. At this stage of affairs the discontented investigator probably throws up his hands and sets himself down as a poor calculator. In reality he has secured the necessary data for the work which he set out to do, but *Second of a series of articles dealing in detail with the problem of cost accounting. Written specially for the Canada Lumberman. CHARGE TO_% Browntou 4 ARTICLE, Stared. a ae ee ae Form 6.—Lumber Cutting Requisition CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER hen (lel es Pes] sa | | does not know how to take ad- vantage of this information. These differences (balances) should be noted and carried for- ward to the next period of cal- culation and adjustments made accordingly. All lumber, when it is re- ceived in the yard, has a defi- nite cost. Large quantities are frequently sold without enter- ing the mill. For these, a very low rate may be fixed as ati equivalent to the burden or ex- pense which has been incurred in carrying them. Then there are quantities of lumber which enter the mill and are dressed to a greater or less extent. lor these a higher rate must be fix- ed as an equivalent of the bur- den or increased expenses in- curred in their connection Then again, there are quanti- ties of lumber which are cut up for detail mill work. The cut- ting-up department of a factory is continually stocked more or less with the lumber commonly used, and this is frequently culled and reassorted. It thus becomes necessary to provide a Lumber Record Card (form 5) on which the quantities and costs of all lumber re- ceived and charged to the factory are recorded on the debit side. The quantities and costs of all lumber cut out for jobs are recorded on the credit side. On the credit side, the quantities and costs entered’ shou'!d tally with the card records, or with an outside company’s in- voice, after the material has been purchased specially. On the credit side the quantities and costs entered should tally with the quantities and costs on the Lumber Cutting Requisitions (form 6). These forms are filled out by a lay-out man and used for the purpose of recording the material used in cutting out for a job. Copies of forms 5 and 6 are filed in numerical order by the cost clerk, who withdraws them whenever a job is completed. The costs shown upon these records are figured out, making reasonable allowances for waste. The quan- tities recorded on the cutting requisition cards are posted on the cos cards, together with their ratings for handling, etc., and also on the credit side of the Lumber Record Card. After a certain period, the Lumber Record Cards are balanced andgthe results will snow whether it is necessary to make further adjustment in order to allow for waste or to make alterations in the ratings as they have been charged to the jobs, including the Ope ARE expenses of the cutting-out depart ment. Other raw material which is used directly in the various jobs and indirectly about the plant must be taken into consideration. This material consists of numerous items such as window pulleys, sash cord, hinges, locks, screws, handles, glue, sand paper, oil, files, etc Every up-to-date factory has its Store, where the raw material (ex- cepting the rough lumber) is kept. Without such accommodation as a store in any large plant, there may usually be seen two or three workmen hunting about for some such material which they require a The result is a continual waste of time, to say nothing of a considem FEB 25 1914 1q1. POSTED. R.M. CARD POSTED COST CARD ‘ ae a ‘aay JESS ELS PEE ee ome Fig. 7.—Factory Requisition Slip. ARTICLE \ AS *s ELL para able waste of material. Under such conditions the men will help themselves usually to 50 or 100 per cent. more of material than is re~ ired, with a view to saving steps in going after more. Whatever not used at the time is frequently allowed to lie around. Possibly will be lost or carried off. With a Store and a clerk in charge every workman Papas ex- actly where he must go whenever he requires raw material. A Fac- y Requisition Slip (form 7) is used in this connection, and is hand- by the workman to the store clerk and the goods are delivered at nce, thus eliminating this source of wasted time and material. The isition is checked and transferred to the cost clerk who posts aw material items on the cost cards. All mouldings and length ek which is required for certain classes of work may also be con- ed as store material and handled in a similar manner. Every of raw material on hand is represented by a Record Card (form With these record cards the quantities of material on hand musi ance at the end of a period. Forms 6 and 7 are finally transferred to the cost clerk who ascer- fains the quantities and costs of all the raw material used. The di- ect costs thus ascertained are charged to the various jobs going th hrough and the indirect costs are charged to the department or location where the material is used. In the third article of this series the subject to be discussed wil! indirect labor and material. We expect to be able to publish it in the issue of July 15th. be Dry Weather Gives Forest Fires,a Start The exceptionally dry weather which prevailed throughout North- ern Ontario during the second and third week of May resulted in the pe ting of a number of forest fires, which threatened to assume seri- ous proportions. In many places in the Ottawa Valley, recent re- ports stated that, unless rain came very soon, a number of villages Bene the Pontiac line north of Hull would be in danger of destruc- on. All the fire rangers employed by the railways, lumbermen’s ociations and the Conservation Commission were combining to ight the flames. Serious fires were reported east, north and west of the Grand [runk Railway’s Highland Inn, Algonquin Park. Reports from Huntsville stated that fires seemed to be raging in tly every direction. The Axe Lake mill of the Muskoka Wood fanufacturing Company, Huntsville, was totally destroyed by fire | gangs of men were fighting against the flames which threatened company’s camps. In the neighborhood of Sand Lake a forest was threatening an important summer resort district. In the townships of Stisted and Chaffey the fires were threatening very heavy losses to the inhabitants. _ A report from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., tells of one fatality already ving occurred, resulting in the death of a young girl who was sul- ated by smoke. _ Fires on Sugar, St. Joseph and Drummond Islands in the Georgi- 1 Bay were impending navigation on the inside eae according reports received on May 20th. _ At Escanaba, Mich., fires were reported in every direction within 1 forty-mile radius. ~ Alvin Thompson’s tie and timber camps in Gorham Township, , were destroyed by fire, according to a recent report from Port hur, Ont. Mr. Thompson's sawmill was saved with great diffi- y. A large number of other fires were reported from various ts of the northern country and everybody was looking forward with anxiety, and hoping that a plentiful rain fall would come in the future. d Bush Fires Near Vancouver _A despatch from Vancouver, B.C., dated May 22nd says: “During night and this morning damage oF not less than $100,000 had fear by bush fires within 20 miles of Vancouver. Dry weather for has made the forests like tinder, and so numerous are the out- ks that a great pall of smoke hangs over the city this morning. tog the hottest day of the season so far and there is no rain in The most serious blaze appears to be at North Vancouver, e there is a great blaze running up Lynn Valley and sweeping the sides of Grouse Mountain. Besides a shingle mill, eight es have been burned, and there are forty more in the path of 2 blaze. A special steamer, with government fire-fighters aboard, morning left for Sliamon, a short distance up the coast to back- blaze that has got into the timber. Forest Fire Season Gets Early Start in U. S. ‘he first reports of forest fires have begun to come in to Wash- from the national forests and they indicate to the federal rs an early start of the fire season, with unfavorable weather ditions from the very beginning. In the Roch past there was less CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER - 33 snow on the mountains at the end of the winter than for many years past. Railroad rights of way which were last year deep in snow are reported clear now and dry enough to burn readily. From the Cana- dian border to Mexico the reports are similar, and there have already been extensive fires in California and Arizona. The chief forester reports, however, that the fire-fighting forces of the service are organized better than ever before, particularly in respect to the fire detection system of lookout stations. By means of these stations fires are reported quickly and accurately, so that the control forces may be on the ground at the earliest possible moment. In those states where the gravest danger threatens, especial efforts are being made by the government foresters and by co-operative fire protection associations organized among timberland owners, to secure care with fire on the part of campers, prospectors, loggers, and by railroads. The northwestern forestry and conservation association, with headquarters at Portland, Oregon, is one of the leaders in this campaign. Bad Lumber Fire at Cleveland, Ohio A serious fire at Cleveland, Ohio, on May 25th, is reported to have wiped out one million dollars’ worth of lumber belonging to the Fisher & Wilson Lumber Company. The yards of Martin & Barress are also reported to have been destroyed, also a large amount of property in the adjoining neighborhood. Expects Higher Prices for Pulpwood Mr. R. Chadwick, of the firm of Chadwick & Taylor, of the Ord- sall Hall Paper Mills, Salford, Manchester, one of the largest firms of newspaper manufacturers in Great Britain, has recently completed an eighteen months’ trip through Canada and the United States, in- specting the various pulp mills and getting information regarding the supply and quality of Canadian pulpwood. In an interview Mr. Chad- wick stated:—‘The price of pulpwood is bound to increase in the near future, because the limits are getting further away from the mills and it will cost more to bring the timber down to the mills, for the lumbermen will not take on a contract at the old price if their camp is far away from the plant. They. have to pay extra for provi- sions, and there is a heavier cost of transport. At present the mills are paying five and a half to six dol!ars a thousand feet of wood de- livered at the mill from within a radius of twenty miles, and I feel sure the price will go up slowly as the consumption increases. It is true there is a great deal of pulp on hand at present, which has to be cleared out and that will postpone the rise, but it is inevitable'in the near future.” Messrs. Chadwick and Taylor have recently completed a seven- year contract for Canadian pulp with a mill at Chicoutimi, P.Q., and now have a contract for a shorter term. They find that Canadian pulp is well suited for the production of the ordinary news print paper used in England. Transatlantic Lumber Charter Forms “It is quite nine months since the Documentary Committee of the Chamber of Shipping had suggested to it the necessity of drawing up a reasonable form of charter for the Canadian lumber trade,’ says “Timber,” of London, Eng. In the autumn of last year several steam- ship owners regularly engaged in this trade were approached for their views on the forms of charter in use, and freely gave them, but so far nothing has apparently been done by the committee. “Already quite a number of fixtures have been arranged for the coming season on the basis of the merchants’ form of charter, known as Canconform A. Not content, however, with this favorable document, says the Shipping Gazette, some merchants have devised a new form, called Canform B, which stipulates further clauses in their own interests, and very much against those of owners. Thus the second part of discharge, when two are granted, need not be declared until the vessel has dis- charged at the first port; the arbitration clause is erased; and a strike and detention clause is inserted which covers shippers against any- thing that may happen. “It seems evident that, unless the Chamber of Shipping makes a move in the matter of fitting up a form of charter, the present ob- jectionable forms will grow more objectionable still, as shipowners individually cannot well stand out against clauses in the charter. It must be done collectively to be effective, and the longer the matter is ‘deferred the greater number of objectionable clauses there will be to fight against. “Surely, says our contemporary, the Canadian lumber trade is still important enough to deserve the attention of the Chamber of Ship; ping, and this notwithstanding that it is year by year decreasing in magnitude, owing to the fact ‘that the lumber on the eastern side oi Canada is fast being used up, and the future timber reserves will be those of the western portion of Canada, as well as those of Japan and Manchuria.” a4; Hemlock Men Discuss the Situation Trade Conditions in a Mixed State—Stocks Very Light— Imported Stock Selling Extensively An interesting meeting of Ontario Hemlock manufacturers was held at the Queens Hotel, Toronto, on May 27th. The principal sub- ject of discussion was the trade situation in connection with hemlock in Ontario. This subject was discussed from every point of view and the discussion showed that stocks of dry hemlock to-day are prac- tically out of existence; also that the consumption of hemlock is quite extensive, especially in the large cities, but that the competition of Wisconsin and Michigan hemlock is a very important factor in con- nection with the trade. Were it not for the importation of these stocks from the United States, it was considered certain that Canadian pro- ducers would not be able to handle the volume of trade that is offer- ing. Higher cost of production was reported this year than last year. Most of the manufacturers are getting out their drives successfully. Although there is a feeling of uncertainty as to the immediate future of the market, none of those who attended the meeting were appre- hensive of any difficulty in disposing of their stock at a fair profit. Prices of hemlock to-day are probably about a dollar or a dollar and a half lower than they were a year ago, but the manufacturers were of the opinion that there would not be serious difficulty in disposing of this year’s cut at such prices. ; The meeting was called to order by Mr. W. W. Carter, Toronto, who spoke of the large amount of American hemlock coming into Ontario. The chief trouble however, in Ontario to-day, was to get sufficient dry stock. Wisconsin and Michigan were turning out enor- mous quantities of hemlock and sending much of it to Ontario, with the result that the Ontario manufacturers were feeling the competition rather severely. He believed that the Canadian manufacturers would have to face this situation for some time. Trade conditions in the States were still unsatisfactory and the consumption of lumber was not enough to keep the manufacturers from shipping heavily into Canada. Until things brightened up in the States and the railroads commenced buying lumber again, no improvement could be expectecl. The United States mills making Southern pine were marketing great quantities, in order to pay interest on their bonds and they were obliged to sell stock even at a loss. Mr. Carter also drew attention to the recent law suit in Montreal, as a result of short leaf (loblolly) Southern pine being put into a build- ing where long leaf was called for. This lumber rotted after a year and steel had to be put in its place. The law suit resulted in a verdict of $71,000 against the contractors. The same class of stock was com- ing on to the Ontario market and many consumers knew so little about it that they often bought it. Mr. Norman Hocken, Otter Lake Station, drew attention to the widespread nature of the trade depression. Conditions in Canada were probably not 50 per cent.'as bad as they were in the United States and other countries. During the past two years hemlock manufac- turers in Ontario had done fairly well. To-day however, their cost of production was so much higher that prices could not be put back to where they were a few years ago. They were going much further back for their timber now than they used to. The standing hemlock timber to-day was probably not more than 50 per cent. of what it was 12 years ago. For dry stock to-day $20 could be had. For new stock they were able to get $19. | Mr. Hocken thought it was a good thing for the trade that the United States stock was coming in. Ontario mills could not take care of the trade if none of the United States stock were coming in. Mr. J. D. Shier, Bracebridge, Ont., said that No. 1 hemlock was not going very fast. No. 2, was selling all right. Lath were going all right. Prices were down a little as compared with a year ago. He had had no dry lumber to put on the market this spring. He now had about 2,000.000 feet. The weather this spring had been very good for sawing. His mill was running double shift. Possibly after an- other month they might reduce to a single shift. He had taken out a good cut of logs, but logs had cost about 50 cts. more than formerly. The prices of hemlock lumber would probably be from a dollar to a dollar and a half lower this year than a year ago. One of the troubles now, was that they were paying too much for their raw material. The tanneries were not using as much bark as formerly. When hemlock got up to $3, $4 or $5 on the stump it was too high. Of course, when business was good it was different, but trade was quiet now and this was the time of year when it ought to be good. He was more and more coming to the opinion that the manufacturer ought to go on the road and sell without the assistance of the wholesaler. It was advis- able however, so far as possible, to keep the good will of the whole- salers, but he did not intend to lie down and let his piles of lumber grow. Mr. Carter agreed with this and added that, even with the assist- ance of the wholesaler they could not have prevented the present CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER conditions from developing. The wholesalers had not brought th about. The Americans had invaded the market so as to keep tr. moving. Ontario manufacturers could meet the competition, and t had the advantage of being able to make quicker delivery. None the United States stock would come in, if there were enough dry tario stock for the trade. Mr. Carter believed in keeping on as good terms as possible with the wholesalers. Mr. Hocken said they had been sawing since January, and had made 3,500,000 feet of hemlock and they did not own to-day a quart of a million feet, so close had they been selling to the saw. _ Mr. Charles McGibbon, Penetanguishene, Ont., said that not see any sense in dropping prices, when nobody had any No money could be made in selling at $18.50. The stock pro was less than a few years ago and the country was growing, there would be no need to lower prices. For twelve-foot stock tl could get $20 to-day, direct from the saw. ey Mr. Kitchener, Bracebridge, believed that until the new cu on the market it would be hard to say what the prices wo American hemlock prices were governed by Georgia pine Georgia pine was dependent upon the demand of the railroad sibly the railroads would be buying lumber again before the stocks were on the market. ; ‘ Mr. Geo. Tennant, Bracebridge, said he expected to manufa about two million feet this year and was not worrying about it as If he could not sell it this year he could next year. He had alr sold his No. 2 stock. . Mr. Hocken said he believed that the cut this year was not much different from last year. It might be about ten per cent. larger. Nova Scotia Has Alleged Timberland Scandal A sensational charge was made in the House of Assembly at Halifax on May 20th by Mr. C. E. Tanner, leader of the Opposi based upon affidavits from Clarence Mills and Ernest Mills, of uapolis, charging that the Attorney General, Hon. O. T. Daniels, wrongfully obtained from them as members of A. D. Mills & Sons, Limited, a mortgage on 75,000 acres of lands and also a note for $75,000. The point of the charge is, that the mortgage and the are alleged to have been obtained in consideration of putting throu a deal for the Mills’ firm, to enable them to issue certain bonds the purchase of timberlands from the Halifax and Southwestern | way. The lands were to be joined with the Mills’ timberlands in napolis and the whole sold to a syndicate. This sale was never effe ed and an action was begun by A. D. Mills & Sons, Limited, whi was settled out of court. A lengthy debate upon the subject took place in the Assembly. The government supporters claimed that the transaction was an entirely proper one, made in the interests of t province. , Ontario Pulp Wood Sales Hon. W. H. Hearst, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines for Ontario, is advertising for tenders for the right to cut wood of var ous descriptions on a certain area tributary to the Frederickhouse and Abitibi Rivers in the district of Temiskaming. Tenders are being re- ceived up to June 8, and all bidders are required to state the amount they are prepared to pay as bonus, in addition to the ordinary Crown dues, including forty cents per cord for spruce and twenty cents per cord for other pulp woods, or such other rates as may from time ta time be fixed by the Ontario Government, for the right to oper e wood products mills on or near the area referred to. Tenderers w also be required to erect a mi!l on the territory and to convert the raw material into finished products and to deposit a check for ten per cent. of the amount of their tender. ‘ 2 o@ Robert Dollar Building a New Vessel The Robert Dollar Steamship Company of San Franci having a new steamer built on the Clyde for service in the carrying trade from ports on the Northern Pacific Coast. The of the new vessel will be the “Harold Dollar.” The vessel will a capacity for handling more than 5,000,000 feet of lumber. Dollar Line already has eight vessels in its fleet. The company i 1 tend to use several of these steamers in transporting the greater of 24,000,000 feet of Douglas fir timbers from Vancouver Island port on the Atlantic Coast, whence they will be transhipped by to Toronto to be used in the Toronto harbor works. The “Harold Dollar” will be operated under British Registry, with Victoria, B. e as her home port, as is the case with the other vessels of the fleet. ao -_ - ba Dean Adams, of McGill University, states that the Federal Gov- ernment have decided on an extension of the Forest Products Labora- tories. The chemical department, in connection with the pulp in- dustry, is to be enlarged, and housed in the Molson Building, Univer- sity Street, Montreal. “es a A Trouble Saver for Retail Yards This plan for saving trouble in handling retail stock is so simple that it seems almost ridiculous to send it in, but I have found it sucli a time and trouble saver that I do not see how any yard agent can do without it. J have seen fir and spruce finish chucked into the shed without any supports or separations for widths or lengths, the result is a con: inued mix-up with a loss of time in getting what you want when a customer calls for it, to say nothing about the looks and bad condi- tions of stock. With this rack it is a pleasure both to receive and to deliver spruce 1X6 -12 FT| 1X5-12 FT. mecernpsire — | IXO-14FT. | IX5-14- FT, | 1X4 -14-FT. wes ed i tS, . 8 A —e * iS _ aon 1 a] = on \ C3. TI 4 _ finish, or fir either, especially the narrow pieces which I recommend 1: Piotr. _ ‘~The accompanying diagram will give an idea of the plan and it is so simple that a mere suggestion of it is sufficient. t Take a stall in the shed and build in the above divisions with 12-in. to 14-in. vertical space for each bin, or rack, and make the width to suit the desired number of pieces of the different widths, say four to six. Have at least three frames so that the 12 ft. lengths will be sup- ported and kept together in shape.—G. F. Mills, Wilkie, Sask. Fitting Light Band Saws As the light band saw is coming in use more each year, the small “mi!l and factory owners are always on the lookout for a man that can put up a saw that will stand heavy feed and cut straight lines, says a ‘writer in the Woodworker, Indianapolis. In tensioning, the lighter the saw the more difficult and particular it becomes. One must be ‘very careful to have the saw level near the front edge. This is most essential, for when it is dished or lumpy it will not run well, be you yer so careful in other things. I tension 5-in. saws to a segment of a 21 to 25-ft. circle, and 7-in. saws to a 35 to 39-ft. circle, with a little ‘more tension in front half of blade. I use both the drop and lift of blade in tensioning, mostly the lift when looking for small fast or loose places, being very careful to not get extreme fast or loose places near front edge. I also carry a little longer back in light gage saws, for the reason that they expand very quickly with slight heat, which is bound to occur when cutting pitchy or wet lumber. _ A 21-gage saw with 17-gage swage will stand up better and last longer than a 22 or 23-gage with the same swage, so it is of benefit to both the operator and filer. Should the lumber be wet or pitchy, it is ork for the filer; one can get along quite nicely if the lumber is dry. fitted saws 7-in. wide, 21-gage, l-in. space, with 17-gage swage, sioning as before stated, and had them stand up and cut 12-in. lum- t, 120-ft. per minute, for ten hours, day after day. This is no “hot but one has to be very careful in the fitting. \fter swaging, shaping and grinding, I use the side file as usual, take a good sharp 8-in. file and side-dress the saw by hand to get ht bevel or undercut to the teeth. The side file only gives one traight with saw and down narrower toward base of tooth— side filing by hand, when properly done, gives the back bevei ntial in running thin or light saws. I do not use this method -gage or heavier saws, as the ordinary side file is sufficient. The reason so many fail in the care of light saws is, they will not : the trouble above mentioned. The side-dressing of a thin saw is delicate work and one must have the best of light. If you have ise an electric light, placed so, it reflects on back of tooth, or, bet- ill, make a holder so it can be fastened to the head, same as a s lamp; then you can see the points of the teeth very plainly. ne can get along providing he does not care how slowly the saw cuts, t when he has several band mills to file for, each cutting a large CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 4 1X4-- (OFT 1X 3-10FT. 35 quantity of lumber, the saws must be put up so they will stand very heavy feed, for hours at a time. In tensioning to a 35-ft. circle the saw will become somewhat wavy and will not lie flat on the bench, but with a weight on it one can level quite nicely. The main’thing is to not roll very heavily or hard in any one place. Distribute the rolling well, thereby making the ten- sion even, and the saws will not crack, providing the mill is in good shape. I do not want any reader to think I do not get any cracks, for _I have had them and still get them when putting up saws to a high tension for cutting wet lumber; but the cutting of lumber is what the company wants, and gets. . A good machine, well kept up, is essential, also a good machine man. It is not every man that can properly run a pair of 2l-gage band saws on a horizontal or vertical band mil!, on very fast feed. Pitéhy and wet lumber causes about the only trouble one should have with a good machine and a good man. We cut just as much when the lum. ber is dry, with the 21 and 22-gage saws, as with the 19-gage. As to strain, I use the same on the 21 and 22-gage saws as the 19-cage. Of course, they stretch out a litt!e more, but the filer is paid to do the work, and if one wants to make a success in any line he must not be afraid of work. I have tried 134, 14%, 1% and 1-in. spacing on 7-in. saws, and where the lumber is knotty and not over 12-in. wide (pine), the 1-in. spacing has given best results. This is on 21 and 22-gage saws only The teeth do not get broken and they stand more feed. This, of course, depends on the kind of lumber; I refer to pine such as is used in mak- ing boxes. Many filers have only one band saw grinder and have to turn a saw to right hand or left hand, as the case may be, to sharpen it. This is very easy to do alone, as follows: Standing in front of saw, with the teeth toward you, raise saw (the upper half), placing both arms under- neath. Grasp back of saw with the hands (hands being about 3-ft. or more apart) and twist back of saw downward and toward you. It only takes a slight twist to do this, at the same time stepping back- ward. The teeth hold to the floor and keep saw from slipping. When a step or two has been taken, hold up on saw a little or it will turn too quickly. After you have the twist started, the weight of saw will do the rest. This takes only a few feet of floor space and is better than putting saw against the wall or having some one e!se help you. Mixing Woods in Mill Work We have an unfortunate habit of mixing the products of many different logs at the saw mill in grading and sorting out lumber. This makes it a little difficult at times to get exact harmony in color and texture of wood to be used on a job. It seems to be necessary in the present order of things, however, to scatter the product of the log in- stead of keeping it intact, as is done sometimes in the older countries. But even if this is necessary it is not a good excuse for some of the mixtures to be seen both in mill work and furniture. Quite recently a saw mill man told of going into a new office building to make a call, and while waiting in the reception room he fell to taking stock of the mill work in the room and he was astonished at the results. He found one door casing of plain white oak and one of quartered white oak. In the work running around the room he found various mixtures of plain white and red oak, and quartered oak and chestnut. Now, some planing mill probably had the job of getting out all of this finish, and it is very likely that the finish in different rooms was uniform as to size and pattern. It is hard to conceive of a planing mill getting out, either purposely or carelessly, the kind of mixture this man said‘he found in one room, had the mill been making the work for just that one room. However that may be, the lack of regard for consistency evidently started at the planing mill. If the order cal‘!ed for quartered-oak trim the mill should have made it all of quartered oak, or if it was plain oak it should have been plain, and some effort made to get oak that would harmonize in texture and figure. Somebody, somewhere along the line shou!d have sorted through that stock so as to get for at least the majority of the rooms in the building stock so assembled that it would blend harmoniously. ‘The instance cited here is not by any means an isolated case, but it illustrates a fault all too common in the woodworking industry to- day. It begins with the saw mill mixing lumber indiscriminately. This may be unavoidable, but at the planing mill, furniture factory or wherever the lumber is used, a little effort wou!d make it possible to get stock for each job that would come something near working to- gether harmoniously. We should keep this in mind and remember that discrimination in woodworking does not stop at requiring a high- er order of skill on the part of workmen, and the better class of ma- chinery for doing the work. It also includes a consideration of the material used, so as to avoid ugly contrasts and patch work appear- ances, and to get an order of consistency and harmony out of the fin- ished product.—The Woodworker, Indianapolis. 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND’ WOODWORKER Fine Equipment in Electric Drive and Modern Machinery in Plant of Campbell River Lumber Company at White Rock -_ The new sawmill plant erected last summer by the Campbell River Lumber Company, Limited, of White Rock, is entitled to rani as one of the leading mills of British Columbia. Several other plants have a larger daily output, but when it comes to the cost of taking the logs from the water and manufacturing the lumber ready for shipment, it is surpassed by none. The company consists of H. W. Hunter, president, who is the mill manager; F. G. Fox, vice-president, who is manager of the logging operations; T. A. Hunter, treasurer, who is sales manager, with aifiee at 905 Dominion Building, Van- couver, B.C. Following the destruction by fire of the company’s sawmill at Hazelmere, B.C., about a year before, the construction of the new mill was commenced at White Rock, where now stands one of thie most complete electrically-driven mills that there is in the country to-day. The mill was erected in record time, construction having begun on April 17, 1913, and the first board being sawn on August 17 of the same year. The work was done under the supervision oi H. C. Winston, the company’s present sawmill foreman, and D. FE. Rice, architect and mill builder, of Vancouver, B-C. Early in Sep- tember everything in and about the plant was in first-class shape, the output being 100,000 feet daily. Description of the Plant The sawmill, which spans the narrow channel of the Campbell River, is 50 x 215 feet, three storeys, each 12 feet in height, and has a cupola roof. A wing or addition on the west side is 8d x 144 feet. The log haul is at the south end of the mill,facing the bay, the channei of the river at that point having been dredged out to hold a good supply of logs. The mill. equipment comprises machinery supplied principally by the Allis-Chalmers Manufacturing Company, together with Sumner Iron Works set works, Stetson-Ross ready sizer, Puget Sound Machinery Depot’s mechanical spotter, and an eight-foot_Mer- shon band re-saw. The head-saw is operated by twin engines and the remainder of the mill is driven by electrical motors. Space has been reserved on the mill floor for a heavy duty Wickes gang, which is to be installed in the near future, and when in place will increase the daily output between 35,000 and 40,000 feet. Timbers pass from the saws to two timber decks at the rear of the mill, one holding two car loads in lengths up to 24 feet; the other one car load of long lengths, 24 feet and up. The means provided for the automatic handling of the entire cut, and the sma!l number of men employed on the floor, as compared with the average mill, are features which arrest the attention of every visitor to the “plant. The clear lumber is taken off the transfer chains and loaded direct on dry kiln trucks, the stock passing from the dry kilns to the planing mill without re- handling. Defective stock is removed from the sorting chains, re- manutactured by a small edger and trimmer housed in a_ building close by, and again placed on the chains. The filing room, in the third storey, is 50 x 50 feet in size, and has the latest Covel equipment, furnished by the E. C. Atkins Saw Company. F. W. Norberry is in charge of this department. Adjoining the sawmill, and convenient to the sorting table, is the lath mill, the capacity of which is 25,000 pieces daily, or its equiva- lent in shingle bands, for which there is a brisk demand. z The engine room, repair shop, and quarters of the plant e'ectri- ‘ A Chandler & Taylor 14 x 18-in. Plant of Campbell River Lumber Company, Limited, Semiahmoo Bay. ane oe New B.C. Sawmill 4 cian and steam engineer, are located on the ground floor, to the fron twin engine, generating 280 hor power, receives steam through a /-in. pipe from three Van Engineering Works 60-in. x 16-ft. boilers, with Dutch oven which are installed in a separate power house protected by a fi wall on the mill side. Behind the Chandler & Taylor engine switchboard controlling the electrical equipment throughout the pl all of which was put in p!ace by Thomas Campbell, mill electrics The steam plant is looked after by C. J. Moffat, engineer. Wehn the type of dry kiln came up for settlement, the vote ) all one way—North Coast, Two of these popular kilns were instal ted their united capacity being 50,000 feet of lumber per day. The giving absolute satisfaction, the stock being turned out in p condition. Steam is supplied from the boiler room, 250 feet di Planing Mill a Roomy Structure “i The main planing mill is 100 x 100 feet, two storeys, with cupo la roof. The machines already installed comprise two S. A. Woods planers and matchers, American Woodworking Company sticker, rip- saw and re-saw. Space has been reserved for several other machines, which will be placed later in the season. A!'l equipment is a driven. Adjoining the planing mill to the west is the rough clear lumber shed, 50 x 150 feet in size. It is equipped with tracks to receive the p!atform cars, so that no piece handling of stock is required. ‘ The shed for finished stock is lucatad near the planing mill. The building is 40 x 200 feet in size, and is filled with select grades of lumber carefully bundled and placed on end: At the west end of the shed, mouldings are stored in racks. Twenty-four cars can be placed along the loading platforms at one time when necessary. Fire Risk Reduced to Minimum The company has made ample provision against serious loss by fre. Iwo large capacity Fairbanks-Morse steam pumps, located soutli of the engine room, are fed by a 5-in. steam pipe direct from the boilers. The pumps are connected with 8-in. water mains reaching” all buildings as well as the piling yard for common lumber, hydrants — being placed at suitable points with lengths of 2%-in. hose close by. In addition the main buildings have been equipped with automatic sprinkler systems, by means of which any blaze occurring night or day will be flooded by overhead pipes, an electrica!ly-operated alarm gong at the same time announcing the point of attack. The sprinkler systems are fed from a 40,000 gallon tank erected on a hill west, of the steam pumps, the elevation “of 100 feet assuring a high pressure at all times. In connection with the above fire-fighting apparatus, the company has provided for a complete system of. fire drill; that is, at least once a week the fire signa! is given and a very practical fire drill is carried out, thus assuring the company that the employees’ thoroughly understand the handling of the fire-fighting apparatus. These ‘safeguards, taken in connection with the fact that there is a clear space of 150 feet between the mill building, dry kilns and plan- ing mill, undoubtedly reduce the fire risk to a fine point, and the underwriters have therefore granted the company a very low insur- ance rate. s The Motors and Their Work The motors installed throughout are A!lis-Chalmers alternating ® = oe rs Frank G. Fox, Vice-President. H. W. Hunter, President and Secretary. current, 3-phase type, direct connected with three exceptions, the size and duty of those in the sawmill being as follows :— 65 h.p.—operating re-saw and live rolls. 50 h.p.—operating trimmer saw and live rolls. 50 h.p.—operating ready sizer machine. 30 h.p.—operating ready sizer fan (belted). 35 h.p.—operating lath mill equipment. 30 h.p.—operating cut-off saw and live rolls. 30 h.p.—operating two sets of live rolls. 20 h.p.—operating slab conveyor. 15 h.p.—operating turn table and sorting table. 15 h.p—operating small edger and cut-off saw. 5 h.p.—operating blower for sawdust burner. h.p.—operating filing room machinery. 75 h.p.—operating planer. 5 h.p.—operating two additional cut-off saws, belted. 75 h.p.—operating two planers. 75 h.p.—operating blower system, belted. 30 h.p.—operating sticker, re-saw and cut-off saw. 25 h.p.—operating turning lathe and conveyors, belted. 5 h.p—operating grinding room equipment. Some Interesting Notes mm i % zy = Part of the company’s supply of fir and cedar logs comes from - extensive limits at Crescent, not far from White Rock, where a camp of about fifty men operates both winter and summer. The logs are towed to the mill by the firm’s gasoline tug, which can handle six or ” seven swifters in any ordinary weather. A second camp of about forty ~ men is located on Little Valdez Island, about eighty miles up the ~ Coast, the towing from which point is done under contract. One of the factors instrumental in the selection of the Semiahmoo Bay site was the fact that the Great Northern main line from Van- couver to Seattle skirts the front of the reserve. A spur line capable of holding 25 or 30 cars was run into the mill property, from which View of planing mill. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 branch tracks extend to the timber decks, the planing mill, dry stock shed and piling yard. With a plentiful supply of cars at all times available tor shipments north or south, backed by a mull that is equipped for the economical manufacturing of lumber, the company feels safe in asserting that its facilities are second to no other plant in British Columbia. In addition to their output of lumber the Campbell River Lum- ber Company, Limited, has for several years been manufacturing shingles on a very large scale. ‘They operate five shingle mills, lo- cated at the following points: White Rock, daily capacity 100,000; Melrose Spur, 60,000; Crescent, 60,000; Cotebrook, 100,000; Clover- dale, 100,000. In their various operations a force of close on 300 men find steady and lucrative employment. All the blowpipe work at the White Rock plant was done by the John K. Miller Company, Limited, of Vancouver. The contract was completed on time and the installation gave satisfaction from the starting of the fans. Short ends from the planing mill machines are dropped into a car on the railway switch below, the fuel finding a ready market in Blaine. When a car is not in place, the short ends fall into a bin, which is emptied when a car is available. The waste from the sawmill is consumed in the open, being de- posited by,conveyors at the back of a small hill, about 100 feet east of the mill. There is absolutely no danger of sparks being carried that distance, but a further safeguard is to be provided in the form of an iron shield along the mill side of the fire pit. At first the wet sawdust was deposited for burning with the slabs. This was found to be unsatisfactory, the sawdust filling the crevices and preventing free combustion. The difficulty was overcome by diverting the saw- dust into a separate conveyor which empties over the discharge end of a pipe connected with a small fan, operated by a 5 h.p. motor. The plan solved the draft problem, and is recommended to all millmen who operate open burners. Proposed Addition to Hardwood Rules At the 17th Annual Convention of the National Hardwood Lum- ber Association which will be held at Buffalo, on June 18th and 19th a few additions will be proposed to the inspection rules. [hese addi- tions have been recommended by the Inspection Rules Committee and are as follows :— : Plain sawn flitch lumber shall be graded according to the general rule applying to the kind of lumber inspected, with the exception that it must be measured on the narrow or sap side in the center of the piece between the wane or bark, and graded into any of the grades as No. 3 Common or Better, to which its quality entitles it. There is no restriction to heart in the grades 6f common. This rule does not apply to Veneer Flitch. Wormy Beech shall be graded according to the rule for Beech No. 2 Common and Better, with the exception that pin worm holes shall not be considered a defect. Annual Meeting of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company At the annual meeting of the stockholders of the Joseph Dixon Crucible Company, held at the company’s main office in Jersey City, N.J., on Monday, April 20, 1914, the retiring Board of Directors, con- sisting of Geo. T. Smith, Wiliam Murray, George E. Long, Edward L. Young, William G. Bumsted, J..H. Schermerhorn and Harry Dailey, were unanimously re-elected. The meeting was attended by a large number of stockholders who expressed satisfaction with the present management and recorded the largest vote ever represented at an annual election, 9,628 out of a possible 10,000 shares being represented. Vhe officers of the company, consisting of Geo. T. Smith, President; George E. Long, Vice-President; J. H. Schermerhorn, Treasurer: Harry Dailey, Secretary, and Albert Norris, Assistant Treasurer and Assistant Secretary, were also re-elected. Barbados Market Report S. P. Musson, Son & Company, Barbados, report under date of April 9th, as follows :—Lumberstuffs——White pine—There have been no arrivals in this c!ass of lumber during the fortnight, but dealers’ have sufficient stocks on hand to last them for some time to come. Spruce—the Trn. Schr. “Rosalie Belliveau” arrived on the 4th inst., to our address with 221 m. ft. which we had sold to arrive at $26.50 for merchantable. This vessel also brought 21 m. ft. spruce scantling which we sold at $25.00 and $23.00 according to specification. Pitch pine—No arrivals, but stocks are sufficient for present requirements. Shingles—No receipts of either Gaspe or cedar laying, but we under- stand a couple of cargoes of the latter are expected. Shooks—No ar- rivals. Wood hoops—Receipts consist of 500 bdls. by the S.S. “Tyne” imported by a dealer. > : WANTE PUBLISHER’S NOTICE Advertisements other than “Employment Wanted” or “Employees Wanted” will be inserted in this department at the rate of 15 cents per agate line (14 agate lines make one inch.) ($2.10 per inch) each insertion, payable in advance. Space measured from rule to rule. When four or more consecutive insertions of the same advertisement are or- dered a discount of 25 per cent. will be allowed. Advertisements of “Wanted Employment” will be inserted at the rate of one cent a word, net. Cash must accompany order. If Canada Lumberman box number is used, en- close ten cents extra for postage in forward- ing replies. Minimum charge 25 cents. Advertisements of ‘Wanted Employees” will be inserted at the rate of two cents a word net. Cash must accompany the order. Minimum charge 50 cents. Advertisement must be received not later than the 10th and 26th of each month to insure insertion in the subsequent issue. Wee ae AM r Basswood Wanted No. 2 Common and Mill Cull. Winter cut preferred. Apply Firstbrook Brothers, Ltd., Toronto, Ont. 7-tt Se ee a Wanted One or two blocks of Spruce, also Pine, Must be well manufactured. Apply Box 31, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 11-t.f. Wanted 500,000 feet Hard Maple, 1%-in. to 4-in. Also 1-in. Basswood. Shipment Summer and Fall. Terms Cash. Box 32, Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 11-12 Wanted 1,000,000 ft. Spruce, 1-in., 1%-in. and 2- in. If not already cut will give sawing in- structions. Apply Box 30, Canada Lum- berman, Toronto. 11-t.f. Shavings and Sawdust Wanted to buy. Would prefer shavings baled and separate from the sawdust. Quote prices at your station. M. BRENNEN & SONS, 7-12 Hamilton, Ont. Wanted Soft Elm, 4/4 log run. . Birch, 5/4 log run. . Quote lowest prices F.O.B. mill for dry or new cut. E. M. NICHOLSON, Board of Trade Building, 9-t.f. Montreal, Que. Wanted To Buy—1000 Birch Logs fresh, clean, straight and sound, 14-in. and up diameter at small end, 8 ft. to 16 ft. long. Delivery to commence- as soon as possible. Terms: 75 per cent. cash when alongside track at railway station, balance when loaded on cars. Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Mont- real, stating best price. t.f. Wanted—Large Quantities 1-in. x 5-in. and up No. 1 White Pine Mill Culls. ] 1%-in. x 5-in. and up No. 1 White Pine Mill Culls. 1%-in. and 1%-in. C. & B. White Pine. Quote prices and state amount for 30x 29, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. sale. 11-12 Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill property or timber limit, or some second- hand machinery, the CANADA LUMBER- MAN AND WOODWORKER will bring quick returns. Use our “Wanted and For Sale Department.” FOR SALE DEPARTMENT SAP or Sale-Lumber ar ieee _ For Sale Quantity of first-class cheese box veneer. G. R. JONES, 10-12 Eldorado, Ont. For Sale 5,000 Cedar fence posts, 5-in. and up diam- eter and 8 ft. long. Average 6% in. diameter. Grand lot at a bargain. Apply M. C. Neate Lumber Company, Cummings Bridge, Ont. 11 For Sale 200 M. ft. Hemlock, 1-in. and 2-in., all sizes and lengths. 70 M. ft. Hard Maple axles, dry Prime stock 50 M. ft. Soft Elm, 1-in. 25 M. ft. Soft Elm, 2-in. 25 M. ft. Soft Elm, 3-in. 30x 11-12 33, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. Lumber For Sale 200 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 22 ft. Cypress. 375 Pieces 1 x 15 and up 24 ft. Cypress. Clear for boat building, in stock at Montreal. GEO. C. GOODFELLOW, c Montreal, Que. For Sale 2 cars 3 x 4 to T-in. Sound Maple Hearts. 2 cars 4% x 5% Sound Boxed Maple Hearts 1 car 2% in. Soft Elm, No. 1 C. & B. 1 car 2-in. Birch, No. 2 C. & B. 4 cars 1%-in. Beech, No. 2 C. & B. 5 cars 134 in. Maple, No. 2 C. & B. Dry stock. Immediate shipment. Pedwell Hardwood Lumber Co., 6 St. Ann’s Road, 9-t.f. Toronto, Ont. $15,000,000.00 We have about fifteen million dollars worth of timber lands for sale. Write us what you want. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arrang- ing loans, selling and exchanging cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. If you want to buy or sell write us. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Department, 1-t.f. Janesville, Wisconsin. ee A Pye adstryheettateceest, ForS ale—-Machin id alaynses sees For Sale—Cheap 1 Pony Planer, McGregor & Gourlay, 24-in., in good running condition. 1 Iron Saw Table 3 ft. x 5 ft., Tilting Guide. Box 28, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. Ballantyne 11-13 WOODWORKING MACHINERY FOR SALE—1 40-in. MacGregor-Gourlay pedestal band saw. 1 Cowan roller top cut-off saw- table. 1 Canada Machinery Corporation di- mension saw _ table. 1 24-in. Champion Planer, matcher and moulder. 1 36-in. Egan double drum _ sander, 1 S-in. three side moulder. 1 Cowan Double head panel raiser. 21 Cowan Veneer Press Screws. H. W. Petrie, Limited, Toronto. 11 Second Hand Machinery 150 to 175 h.p. Corliss Engine, 16-in. x 36-in., new two years ago. " : 75 to 100 h.p. Brown Automatic, 18-in. x 80-in., in excellent condition. : 500 to 750 h.p. Buckeye; a good sawmill engine. Boilers, 72-in. x 18-ft. and 54-in. x 14-ft. THOMAS HOBBS, Mail Building, T-t.£, Toronto, Ont. For Sale Twenty-three ton Manhattan Yard Locomo- tive, ten cars and rails. Apply to E. R. C. CLARKSON & SONS, 15 Wellington Street West, ll Toronto, Ont. 126i + Enplaaieal Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 26 cents. Saw filer, band or circular, wants position. 25 years’ good experience. No booze fighter. Good references. Can give satisfaction. Box 300, Canada Lumberman, 119 Board of Trade, Montreal. 9-12 ‘ ay) mployees Sore 7 at mh 3 a Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents WANTED—Lumber Traveller for Ontario. Would prefer young man with experience. Reply confidential. Box 5, Canada Lumber- man, Toronto. 8-11 WANTED—Salesman calling on the lum- ber trade and contractors in the Eastern Pro- vinces, to handle Dr. J. M. Stewart’s Veter- inary Remedies as side line. Palmer Medical Company, Ltd., Windsor, Ont. sah ais res Wanted A thoroughly practical man with some capi- tal to invest, capable of taking entire charge of sawmill and logging operations with a well established and successful firm owning limits containing 12 years’ cut. Have a cut of three million this year. An _ exceptional opportunity for the right man. Owners wish to retire from active part of this end of the business. Write Box 18, Canada Lumber- man and Woodworker, Toronto, Ont. 10-11 Business Opportunity For Sale—Woodworking shop fitted especi- ally for general work. New and _ up-to-date machinery. First class dry kiln. Blower sys- tem. Railway siding. Situated in a live and thriving Ontario town, Splendid local and shipping trade. This is an exceptional oppor- tunity to acquire a good business with a trade already established. Write J. A. C., Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, 10-12 For Sale Complete sawmill outfit. tically new. Capacity 20 M. Two boilers 60 and 40 h.p., with cold blast grates, endless log chain, 8-in. steam feed; 3 block carriage with boss dogs; friction canter and sweep; 3 saw edger; 2 saw trimmers and a full com- plement of saws and belting. Also Long Mfg. Co. lath mill in first class condition will be sold with sawmill or separately. Mill near White Hall, Ont. Apply to Box 41, Jordan Harbor, Ont. 11-14 British Columbia Saw Mill and Timber Limit For Sale A 25-thousand feet capacity Saw Mill, and 90 million feet first class Spruce, Red Cedar, Hemlock and Yellow Cedar, etc., under B.C. Special License. At good shipping point near Prince Rupert, B.C. Inspection invited. Cuthbert, P. O, Box 456, Prince pane WX. Machinery prac- - Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed of by advertising them on this page. This is — where buyers of timber property look for op- portunities to invest. lf your “ad” is here the investor will see it. Canada Lumberman, Toronto, Ont. th For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. Rail — and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent log pond. Ten and a half acres of land. Price one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must sell quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- ronto, Ont. = 8-t.f. For Sale _ The best timber berth in Alberta, contain- ing approximately one hundred million feet, four-fifths of which is splendid spruce. Portage du Fort, Que., a lumber village on the Ottawa, 50 miles the Capital. The whole of the business section was completel troyed, entailing a loss of $140,000, against which there was $ only of insurance. ; Owing to the prolonged period of dry weather the water ceptionally low in the Ottawa and other rivers and streams i section of the country. If rain does not come soon in substantial tities, operations in the saw mills will be seriously handicapp consequently this year’s cut will be affected. In the small strea logs are piling up through the scarcity of water. It is several 3 since the water in the Ottawa was as low at this time of the year is just now, but this is partly because the conservation dam at Kippewa has not yet been opened this season. The dam was put it operation for the first time last summer. The reserves in Lakes pewa and Temiskaming are rapidly filling up and as soon as wat required in the lower Ottawa the dams will be opened. eel a Local trade is fair, but not so good as the lumbermen would There has been no alteration in prices for several weeks nor is th likely to be for some time to come. The demand for low grades, s as spruce and mill culls continues fair. Export business is dull, there are signs that it will improve for some English buyers have bs making inquiries recently. The commercial world, of which the Ju ber industry is an important unit, has not yet recovered from the financial depression of last year. Conflicting Views Upon Montreal Trade Montreal, May 23rd (Special to the Canada Lumberman): B ness is only moderate, and has eased off a little lately. Some o wholesalers take a decidedly pessimistic view of future trade, and for a falling off in the turnover as compared with last year. They b their opinions on general commercial conditions, and, so far as t local situation is concerned, on a reduction in the building programm As showing the character of the great majority of the buildings goin up, recently, permits were taken out in one day for $240,000 for res dences. -These gloomy views of conditions are not shared by ot wholesalers, who are satisfied that there will be a revival, altho they do not expect anything in the shape of a boom. Stocks in tailers’ hands are stated to be low, and this is undoubtedly a favora factor. : A large amount of poor grade American pine is still coming int the market and is selling at comparatively low prices. =>) There is keen competition in the dimension timber trade, a though some good orders have lately been placed here, business slackened materially. The dry weather has restricted driving operations in the provi of Quebec, and a considerable quantity of logs which could n floated down, owing to the low water conditions, has been bur1 the forest fires which have prevailed. These two factors will an appreciable diminution in the cut. The export business is still very slow. A fair amount of timber is gotng forward, but very little pine. Ground wood prices in the United States have declined—and now down to the lowest point for a year. This has naturally had effect on Canadian quotations. Contrary to expectations, the wa conditions over the border are very satisfactory, and consequenth few orders are coming to Canada. i There are fair stocks of chemical pulp on hand, and trade is quiet. The Secretary of the Scandinavian Pulp Association has been on a & visit to United States and Canadian mills. - News print is in good request. The Laurentide Company CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 43 | SATISFACTION ‘FOR SALE UR Lumber is manufactured with a Purpose. From the Stump to the Finished Product this Purpose is never forgotten. We aim to make our Products and Satisfaction synonymous. We want every car we ship to be filled not only with Lumber but with Satisfaction. We are equipped to give you uniform grades—dry stock—fine planing mill work—good service and courteous treatment. When buying of us, your worry, your anxiety, is over with the placing of the order. You know you will get what you want—in the way you want it—that upon arrival, you will be pleased. It will make your business a source of pleasure and happiness. Try Fenderson Service During 1914 Begin Now. Address: john Fenderson & Co. Incorporated Sales Office Savab Q es rs dar Hall, QO ayabec, Que. edar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA 44 that in consequence of the increasing demand, the price of news print lias advanced. London Market Looking More Settled Churchill & Sim, London, England, in their quarterly wood cir- cular, under date of May 4th, say: The detiveries for the first four months of the year are about 1,300 standards in excess of the total quantity delivered up to the end of April, 1913, the progressive na- ture ot the improvement having been checked by the taster fans days, and owing to the fact that in spite of much negotiation, no Ser tlement has been arrived at between the master builders and their workmen in the London district. The general importation for the month has been smaller than usua!, and tne available stock is noW 11 more moderate compass, battens, and scantlings especially, having been much wanted. In spite of some pessimistic forecasts, the mar- ket ahead looks more settled than for some time past. The buying has been less wholesale and consequently less speculative. Import- ers have been moving more cautiously than usual throughout the sea- son, but as. the large stocks in the country at the end of last year are becoming gradually absorbed, stocknotes are being depleted with- out reduction in values. Freights have proved no hindrance to busi- ness, but there has been no further decline in rates during the month. The stock of timber, deals, etc., at the public docks on the first of May included the following :— . 1914. 1913. 1912. 1911. i i 2 s in pieces 485,000 367,000 324,000 409,000 fra ia er ae ie : me 19,000 20,000 43,000 55,000 ea rute GICEO’ wae oe 4 689,000 427,000 429,000 470,000 @Ak tiim'b ex rss se. Seta . in loads eas tae vee de seen 34 Oak planks, etc. (American) * 3,890 1,493 2,207 1,396 BATCH wet ea ysl tron eo z 257 179 190 165 Birch: planks"... gehen, ace bee 4,524 3,738 3,373 2,060 Ela tanber <. 4 casei tee eee 1,794 247 328 721 VANS RIG ore iim acy on Wit ee ur Tino Y 40 Ramee: Sete ee Yellow pine timber - 896 758 254 131 No importations were reported from the St. Lawrence. I*rom New Brunswick, importations were as follows :— Pine deals 3,000 pieces against Nil pieces in-1913 Spruce deals .. 74,000 pieces against 141,000 pieces in 1913 Birch planks . 156,000 pieces against 149,000 pieces in 1913 Large parcels of birch planks have arrived, but prices are well maintained. A few spruce deals came to hand during April, and al- though the stock in London is ample, prices are inclined to harden, and there is some competition to acquire good parcels at the current rates. There was no movement in pine deals, the deliveries being very small, and prices are unaltered except for very prime lots, which are unaffected by the general quotations, and command very high values which must tend towards the seeking after substitutes. British Columbian and Oregon pine.—The lower prices have at- tracted some demand, but the stock is still too large and has been in- creased by the arrival of a sailing cargo. This timber, mostly of long lengths which cannot be produced from the pitch pine ports, is gradu- ally forcing its way to the front, and its present cheapness is tending towards its more general use by contractors. Liverpool Trade Still Quiet In their monthly wood circular, under date of May Ist, Messrs. Farnworth & Jardine, Liverpool, Eng., report as follows: . The business of the past month was again of a quiet character. The arrivals all round were fairly moderate, but with inactive demand the deliveries were disappointing, being in the aggregate some 1214 per cent. less than corresponding month a year ago. Stocks of several leading articles are still too heavy, but values generally have been fairly maintained. [For ocean deal freights, chartering has been dull. Canadian woods. Pine timber—The market shows no change.’ Waney pine, Ist Class—No arrivals; the consumption has been very limited ; the demand is dull but stocks are reasonable and prices firm. 2nd Class is little enquired for and stocks are sufficient. Red pine.— No movement to report. Oak.—There has been a slight reduction in Manchester stocks. Some railway orders have been placed during the past month but otherwise the demand is restricted; stocks are light but prices are rather easier. Elm.—There has been no import ol square wood; values are steady and stocks are not excessive; a few parcels of round wood have arrived via Portland, Me. Pine deals.—A small import to Manchester ; the demand is not brisk and consumption has been disappointing; stocks are rather heavy; values unchanged. Red pine deals.—No change. ." New Brunswick and Nova Scotia spruce and pine deals.—The im- port during April to the Mersey (including Manchester), amounted to 2,530 stds., against 3,790 stds. the corresponding month iast year, 76 per cent. being to Liverpool. The consumption has been only fair, and stocks are still too heavy; liner shipments from Halifax, N.S. and St. John, N.B., have been sold at low rates. For the better class stocks, in cargo shipments, prices remain fairly steady, but sales are difficult. Pine deals are in fair demand. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER. ; mm. =2" a5 ‘wien. Birch.—Logs.—There has been an import of 32,000 cubic f chiefly from St. John, N.B. The consumption has barely kept pac but stocks are moderate. Values firm. Planks.—The import has | light while the deliveries have been fair, and stocks are now to a tairly low level. Prices are firm. ! United Stated oak logs.—There has been no import dur past month, stocks are ample for the quiet demand; prices are Vlanks have come forward freely, stocks are heavy, and prices | to maintain; shippers should act cautiously in consigming; the » stock including outside depots now amounts to 431,000 cubic as compared with 395,000 cubic feet this time !ast year. British Columbian and Oregon pine—No arrivals. have been moderate ; stocks are still heavy and prices difficult te tain. Current prices are quoted as follows: YELLOW PINE TIMBER— £ Sdooee Quebec, square wood, per cu. ft. ... . "02° 9a Waney board, square wood, per cu. ft. 0 3 Oise St. John, 18-in. average, per cu. it... 0 2°6 RED PING, perc. {i eye ee . 0: 2a OAK—lIst quality, per cu. ft. ... .. ‘ . OSrte 2nd quality, per cu. ft. ... ... . 0° 2 6enm Eim, perec, tt’. se0 2) eee ee . 0° 25na ASH, per a. th 3o 2 eee . 0 tan BIRCH, St. John, per cu. ft. .. ., 20 ae Quebec, per’ ca. ft." ae, eee | 0 aa Nova Scotia, etc., perc, it) +. .4.0, 2. .) = Oe BIRCH PLANKS, per eu. ft... 0.2 oe ol & DEALS, Quebec, Yellow, per standard... ... , Ist quality, per standard ...-... ),, ,..) 27 2nd quality, per standard ... 2h<0._ Orme 3rd quality, per standard ... 1310 O DEALS SPRUCE £ St. John, Miramichi, etc., per standard ... 9 QO OF Nova Scotia, etc., per standard ... ... ... 815 Oem BOARDS, SPRUCE, Etc., per standard 8 4" 3a OARS, Ash, per running foot 0 0 6 % 2 i ’ “ Me H. W. Lightburne & Company, Liverpool, England, and their C representatives Messrs. John E. Moore & Company, Limited, St. ] report as follows in regard to stocks of spruce, pine and birch ¢ and Manchester under date of May 1st. aR Spruce and Birch : the + Month Ending 30th April, 1914, "haa Liverpool ‘ual Import Consumption Stock ; 1912, 1913. 1914. 1912. 1913. 1914 4913) Signem N.B. & N.S. Spruce j ia & Pine, Stds. .. 1,960 2,600 1,940 2,460 2,770 2,200 3,080 i Birch Logs, Loads 680 480 460 460 300, 280 )~— 560 Birch Planks, Stds. 358 188 103 285 218 182 424 Manchester : Spruce, Stds. .. 1,930 1,190 590 2,060 2,790 2,270 5,130 5,2: Birch Logs, Loads 0 0 180 0 40 80- 40 260 Birch Planks, Stds. 164 85 0 24 91 109 194 gig) Stocks in Manchester and Liverpool Combined ere Spruce ‘ ves 1910. 1911, 1912, | 191350 agua Manchester ... --- 6,760 5,450 5,130 5,240 9.880 Liverpool “iz 3 >. "sewsesueaee 4,050 3,080 2,20 12,400 9,500 8,210 7,970 159 Birch Logs : zy § Manchester ... 120 180 40 260 =, Liverpoolly..—./- 500 600 560 580 620 780 600 840 Birch Planks Manchester 9.0. «. 55-9 2 4 SB Ie 36 194 418 Liverpools eee ee. - 376 188 424 443 618 861 1,188 224 Barbados Market S. P. Musson, Son & Company, *Barbados, report under May 8th, as follows: Lumberstuffs——White pine—There have arrivals during the fortnight, but dealers will not make any co as they have plenty of stocks. Spruce—No receipts, but supplie sufficient for present requirements. Pitch pine—The “S.S. Mec burgh” brought 105 m. ft. which had been previously contracted Shingles—The S.S. “Chaleur” brought 50 m. clear whites which v imported for a dealer. No receipts of extra No. 1 or Long Gaspe, bt some of the former have been sold to arrive. Shooks—No arriv Wood hoops—Receipts consist of 600 bdls. by the S. S. “Spheroid and 500 by the “Serrana,” both lots having been imported on deal account, nats aay ea =e ie cae Seen ate oem cnenresinentietns ete (e CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Low Value Lumber THE-LINDERMAN AUTOMATIC DOVETAIL GLUE JOINTER will enabte you to solve three important problems. YIELDING $4.00 to $6.00 MORE PROFIT PER THOUSAND. Ist. 4-in. COMMON LUMBER. In most Western Mills this is sold for approximately $7.50 per thousand, whereas 8-in. shiplap brings from $14.00 to $16.00. THE LINDERMAN DOVETAILER will take two 4-in. strips, convert them into a board 734 in. wide, allowing %-in. for jointing both edges to make the lap, leav- ing a full 7-in. face, at a cost of .75c per thousand board feet. Add the cost of handling the lumber and of milling it into shiplap, leaves a net profit of at least $4.00 a thousand. . No. 3 GRADES, 6-in., 8-in. and 10-in. wide. In most Western Mills No. 3 Grades increase in price perceptibly as it increases in width. One prominent lumber manufacturer maintains by converting 6-in., 8- in. and 10-in. widths of this grade into 12-in., 14-in. and 16-in. lumber, he will be able to obtain fully $4.00 a thousand more for it. The cost of jointing this lumber on a LINDERMAN M:z ACHINE i is .73c per thous- and, leaving a net profit of $3.25. 2-in. and 3-in. STRIPS. $ Practically all mills leave in the slab or convert into lath all lumber, regardless of grade, under see in width. By installing a LINDERMAN MACHINE and by saving all 2-in., 2%4-in., 3-in. and 314-in. stock this lumber can be converted into any width 5a ‘desived at a cost which will average approximately $1.00 per thousand board feet. Profit from $4.00 to $8.00. We are willing to send, at our expense, several pieces of 16-ft. long 8-in. lumber joined by our method, in Spruce, to any Lumber Manufacturer in.the Dominion to be milled by his usual method, inspected and put to any test as to strength, dur- ability and equality as compared with 8-in. one-piece stock, or we will join up any lumber which we can purchase in our local markets if spruce is not acceptable, or will join free of charge and will stand transportation charges both ways, any lum- ber which may be sent to us up to 1,000 feet. A LINDERMAN DOVETAILER installed in your mill should and can save you at least $5,000.00 a year, if not more. We realize thoroughly this is a large figure, but would like the opportunity of putting our proposition before you so that it may be thoroughly considered by you and your assistants. Canadian Linderman Co. Limited Works at MUSKEGON, Mich. WOODSTOCK. Ont. 45 46 Machinery and Equipment What Manufacturers of Logging, Sawmill and Woodworking Appliances are Doing Fireproofing by Cement-Gun Process The Gun-crete Company has opened its new offices in the Mc- Cormick Building, Chicago. This firm specializes in Cement-Gun work for engineering, industrial and mining structures. It has at its disposal a large amount of the most modern Cement-Gun equipment. and a very efficient working organization. The Gun-crete process they state, will prove especially valuable to lumbering and woodworking plants for the fireproofing of the ma- chinery buildings, dry kilns, etc. The process consists of covering the interior or exterior of the building, or both, with wire fabric, and then applying a cement-coating with compressed air. This process has been extensively used and is claimed to be con- siderably cheaper than any other known method of fireproofing. Gun- crete is also advantageously used for encasing steel structures, bridges, tanks, docks, wharfs, etc. Mr. Car! Weber, the president of the Gun-crete Company, is wide- ly known as a successful cement-éngineer. He is the inventor of the reinforced concrete Chimney of which thousands have been built and has designed and erected a large number of other important engineer- ing structures. He has been connected with Cement-Gun operations for some time and is a leading expert in this kind of work. Corrugated Joint Fasteners Corrugated Joint Fasteners are ever increasing in usefulness. They are handy for any kind of wood joining and most convenient for uniting two piece basket bottoms, picture frames, screens, and for repairing furniture, etc. Corrugated Fasteners are made in two styles, plain edge and saw edge. Plain edge fasteners are generally used for hardwoods, or fos driving into the end grain of soft woods, such as joining narrow Corrugated joint fasteners—a useful device. widths for box shooks. Multiple point or saw edge fasteners are better suited for soft wood when driven across the grain as they cut their. way more readily than the plain edge without crushing the wood. They aré packed in boxes containing 250 fasteners or in kegs of 100 Ibs. each. Corrugated Joint Fasteners are manufactured by the Steel Com- pany of Canada, Limited, Hamilton, Ont., who will send samples and quote prices willingly on request. Forced Draft and Economizers Among: lumber manufacturers and pulp and paper manufacturers in Canada a very general belief prevails in regard to the benefit se- cured by the use of fuel economizers and forced draft. Interesting instances of the recognition of this benefit are afforded by the cases of the Brompton Pulp and Paper Company, East Angus, P.Q., who are installing a 1,200 B.h.p. economizer; The Belgo-Canadian Pulp & Paper Company, Shawinigan Falls, P.Q., a 750" B.h.p. economizer ; also the Toronto Housing Company, a 450 B.h.p. economizer and the Canadian Kodak Company, Toronto, a 1,200 B.h.p. economizer. These installations are being made by the B. F. Sturtevant Company of Canada, Limited, Galt, Ont. Recently, at a meeting of the Chicago section of the American CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER See ee Society of Mechanical Engineers, Mr. W. L. Abbott of the Chica Commonwealth Edison Company, during a discussién of “large s power plants,” spoke very strongly in “favor. of economizers a mechanical draft. The Chicago Commonwealth Edison Compa operates one of the largest central stations in the world and Mr. . bott’s views are very well worth noting, especially as he is one their most prominent engineers. In regard to boiler operatic Abbott said: “Air is taken at a norma! temperature, heated up to 2,000 « deg. and cooled down to 500 or 600 deg. The rest of the heat is u create a draft, that is, the air is driven up a smokestack, fresh air after it, through a fuel bed. To use twenty p of the heat of the fuel merely to push air through the fuel b wasteful process. It is true that the temperature of the water i in t boiler is some 400 deg. and cannot cool down the air. The rem Bolle: can be cut in two, pee half of it forced in 500 per vane sary. The other half could be used as an economizer in two sta need be, and the gases cooled to the temperature of the feed In this way, there. is a possible saving of 20 per cent.” ae o9 Definite statements of this nature in favor of piateg eo > forced draft are becoming more and more frequent, due 1 to the fact that economizers have accomplished remarkabl ing. mills has been published by Wm. B. Mershon & Company ‘ Mich. The book contains a number of interesting illusti factured by this company. Good descriptions of these saws” work which they will do are contained in the book. Referring to the work which a resaw for sawmill service is quired to do, the book states that the fundamental! requiraneye : a vertical resaw in a sawmill are as follows :— plank which are plies the piles. that they will not ed two perfect boards—but it must auto make one good board, instead of two saw culls. ‘ie : “It must reclaim one or more merchantable boards from eve slab which for any reason has left the carriage thicker than it should. “In sawing small logs the resaw should be capable of convert- — ing the entire log into lumber after it has been split by the band mill. } “It must have set works by means of which the sawyer can in- stantly, conveniently and accurately set the feed rolls, so as to re- saw anything that goes down the live rolls, regardless of its dimen-_ sions, into any desired finished thickness—it must saw anything i any way desired. Rtie ae “Finally, the sawmill resaw must be simple in construc easily understood and operated, and not likely to get out of Tepe adjustment.” Mershon sawmill resaws, it is claimed, meet all of these ments fully. In addition to the descriptions of the resaw, the book co: two very interesting floor plans of sawmills showing the po which the resaw should occupy. The National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association recently cided to hold their 1915 convention at the Panama-Pacific Inte: tional Exposition in San Francisco. In addition to the conventior there will be an exhibit of lumber and manufactured products consist- ing largely of the travelling Forest Products Exposition, which after being displayed in various eastern cities will be housed in one of the exposition buildings. The Concatenated Order of Hoo-Hoo will also have a varied exhibit of lumber products in a unique lumbermen's | building which it will erect at the exposition, at a cost of $50,000. This building will also be used as a social headquarters for lumber men in general. / a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Capacity - Efficiency - Service Canadian Western Lumber Co. Limited Fraser Mills, B. C. 7 | Everything in Coast Lumber Daily Capacity (20 hours) Lumber and Timber........ 1,000,000 feet War (Dearie S,. 2e tots nh 28 . The mill of the McLelan Lumber Company, Ladner, which has been idle cessary after they for some months, has resumed cutting. It has a capacity in excess of 50,000 are put on. feet per day. > The plant of the Canadian Pacific Lumber Company, Port Moody, B.C., Sizes 8 inches x 11 1/2 inches 4 resumed operations on May 11th. Approximately 200 men will be given steady employment at the mill. 7 Western Canada The new mill erected by Carney & Benzie at Benton Siding, B.C., was re- cently completed and is-now being operated. Houston and Hanley have nearly completed the erection of their plan- - ing mill at Redcliff, Alta. The mill is to cost $6,000. Made in five colors and are practically fireproof. The city of Winnipeg has awarded a contract for cedar poles to Tomlinson and Mitchell, 711 Union Bank Building. The contract includes 500 forty-foot Get our Agency for 3 cedar poles at $5.85 each and 100 forty-five foot poles at $8.20. ae at Lumber & Shingle Company are considering the erection of a Slate-Flex Shingles _ shingle mill with a capacity of one million shingles daily at Vancouver, B.C. f . _ The company’s head office is at Everett, Wash. The mill will have an equip- Federal Kant-Leak Roofing and Utility Wall Board ment of 24 shingle machines. : q Timber limits on the north end of Vancouver Island have been sold to _ H. A. Whitney and H. W. Treat, of Seattle, for $127,500. These were bought ¢ from Hampton & Edgar, who four months ago bought them from W. R. B. 4 Ford, J. J. Halloway and R. B. A. Rogers, for $98,000. The Dunlop Pulp & Paper Mills, Limited, has been incorporated with head office at Selkirk, Man., and capital of $1,000,000. Among those inter- ested are F. A. Dunlop, 3161%4 Donald Street, and T. McHattie, 846 Main St. _ The company is given power to buy, sell and manufacture pulp and. paper. Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. Toronto - Montreal Fire at Three Valley Mill, twenty miles west of Revelstoke, recently des- troyed three and a half million feet of lumber,piled in the yards. The esti- mated loss is $35,000, covered by insurance. The mill was not damaged. Three Valley Mill is the property of the Forest Mills of British Columbia, Ltd. % The Huntting-Merritt Lumber Company, have awarded a contract for the erection of a sawmill at Eburne, B.C., to cost $45,000. The general contractors _ are The Heaps Engineering Company, 325 Front Street, New Westminster, _ B.C. the superintendent of the work being Mr. J. J. Daley. ‘The architect is Mr. D. B. Campbell, 413 Granville Street, Vancouver, B.C. The above-men- tioned cost includes the building and machinery. At the annual meeting of shareholders and directors of the Yellowhead Pass Lumber Company, Limited, Cranbrook, B.C., which was recently held, a report was presented showing total assets of $715,524 and liabilities, in- cluding capital stock, of $208,163, thus showing an excess of assets over = liabilities of $507,361. The report showed that the general financial situation -of the company was very satisfactory. The president, Mr. A. Carney, Kaslo, | B.C., and the other officers were re-elected. Mr. A. E. Watts and Mr. Isaac e _ Burch were added to the board of directors. 18 Mr. Justice Morrison of the Supreme Court of British Columbia has con- firmed the contract between the Western Canada Trust Company as receivers for the debentures—holders of the Ocean Falls Company and Messrs. Fleish- hacker Bros. and Johnston, of San Francisco, by which the large plant of the Ocean Falls Company, situated 200 miles north of Vancouver is to pass under Should be on the desk of every the control of a merger of the Pacific Coast Pulp and Paper interests. The ; contract is reported to have been endorsed by the debenture-holders at a re- Lumber Dealer. _ cent meeting in London, England. The plant is one of the largest on the coast and is equipped with modern machinery for producing 140 tons of dry pulp per day. The sawmill in connection with the plant has been in active WwW 1 operation for some time. It is expected that the pulp plant, will be again in € carry a large stock of Operation in the near future. The Fleishhacker interests already control a arge pulp mill on Quatsino Sound and another on Howe Sound, together e ® with other pulp mills at various points on Puget Sound. Red and White Pine Trade Enquiries Spruce ‘The Dominion Government Trade and Commerce reports contain the fol- lowing pace 5 a Readers of the “Canada Lumberman” may obtain the e Names of enquiries by writing to the Department of Trade and Commerce L b d T b and stating the number of the enquiry. um er an Im er = 391. Lumber.—A well-established commission house in Barbados inquires ‘for Canadian exporters of lumber. ___ 398. Wood splints.—A Staffordshire firm inquires for exporters of splints Guitable for match making. OS. acKare 0. a 423. Timber.—A Newfoundland lumber firm asks to-be put in touch with British Columbia suppliers of timber and firm boards, etc. Montreal Ottawa 441. Wood, box shooks.—A Durban firm of importers asks for samples a d prices with full particulars on Canadian-made box shooks. 58 CANADA ASBESTOS ROOFING Can. H W. Johns-Manville Co. BABBITT METAL Hoyt Metal Company Canada Metal Company BAND MILLS Berlin Machine Works | Hamilton Company, William Waterous Engine Works BELT DRESSING Cling Surface Company Dixon Crucible Co., Joseph BELTING Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Federal Engineering Company Goodhue & Company, J. L Graton & Knight Mfg. Company Gutta Percha & Rubber Co. McLaren Belting Company, J. C. Reddaway & Co., Smith, Nathan BLOWERS Mahony, A. Ormsby Company, A. B. - Toronto Blower Company BOILERS Inglis Company, John Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E. BOX MACHINERY Canadian Linderman Co. ; Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Morgan Machine Company CALKS Steel Company of Canada CAMP SUPPLIES Borbridge, S. & H. Eckardt & Co., H. P. . Hall, Limited, Adam Johnson, A. H. Lamontagne, Limited Morin & Company, Dr. Ed. Palmer Medical Company Smart-Woods Limited Turner & Sons, J- J. Young, W. F. CANOES Dixon, F. M. CANT HOOKS Argall Bros. Pink Company, Thomas CEDAR Canadian Western Lumber Company Thurston-Flavelle Lumber Company CHAINS Argall Bros Coghlin Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Pink & Company, Thos. Standard Chain Company CHAIN BELTS Ellicott Company, A. M. CRANES & DERRICKS Morris Crane & Hoist Company CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER LUMBERMAN CUTTER HEADS Shimer & Sons, Samuel J. CYPRESS Louisiana Red Cypress Company Wistar, Underhill & Nixon DOORS Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Canadian Western Lumber Co. Haeberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Lumber Company Tessier, Alphonse DOUGLAS FIR Auger & Son Canadian Western Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Timberland Lumber Company Timms, Phillips & Company DOVETAIL GLUE JOINTER Canadian Linderman Company DRY KILNS Grand Rapids Veneer Works Sheldons, Limited DUST COLLECTORS Ormsby Company, A. B. Toronto Blower Company EMERY GRINDERS Carborundum Company ENGINES Jenckes Machine Company Leonard & Sons, E. Waterous Engine Company EXHAUST FANS Sheldons Limited EXHAUST SYSTEMS Reed & Co., Geo. W. Toronto Blower Company FILES Disston & Sons, Henry Nicholson File Company Simonds Canada Saw Co. FOURDRINIER WIRES Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Company FURNACE FEEDERS Toronto Blower Company GLUE JOINTING MACHINES, AUTOMATIC DOVETAIL Canadian Linderman Company HARDWOODS Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Caflisch Bros. Fassett Lumber Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Gillespie James Harris Lumber Co., Frank H. Heyser Lumber Company, W. E Hocken Lumber Company Hoffman Bros. Company Newman, John P. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Snowball Company, J. B. Spencer, C. A. Stearns Salt & Lumber Company Webster & Bro., James HARDWOOD FLOORING Canada Wood Specialty Company Georgian Bay Shook Mills Limited Siemon Bros. Wilson Bros. BUYERS’ HEMLOCK Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Diver, John M Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fesserton Timber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company Haeberle Lumber Company ‘Hocken Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Mason, Gordon & Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., E. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Spears & Lauder Spencer, C. A. Snowball Company,’ J. B. HOISTS Morris Crane & Hoist Company HOSE Gutta Percha & Rubber Company HARDWOOD VENEER DOORS Wilson Bros. INTERIOR FINISH Wilson Bros. KNIVES Disston & Sons, Galt Knife Works Peter Hay Knife Company Simonds Canada Saw Company Henry KNIFE GRINDERS Canada Machinery Corporation Rogers & Company, Samuel C. LATH Austin & Nicholson Bartram Bros. Beck Mfg. Company, C. Casey-Shaw Lumber Company Christy-Moir Company Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Georgian Bay Lumber Company Graves, Bigwood & Company McGibbon Lumber Company New Ontario Colonization Company Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. . Rat Portage Lumber Company River Ouelle Pulp & Paper Co. Spencer, C. A. Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. LAUNCHES Adams Launch & Engine Company LOCOMOTIVES Baldwin Locomotive Works Canadian Locomotive Company Climax Mfg. Company Heisler Locomotive Works Montreal Locomotive Works Sessenwein Bros. LOGGING & MACHINERY EQUIPMENT Clyde Iron Works Gerlach Company, Peter Russell Brothers Rutherford & Sons, Wm. Ryther & Pringle Company LUMBER Austin & Nicholson Burstall & Company, J. Canada Wood Specialty Company Canadian Western Lumber Company Casey-Shaw Lumber Company | DIRECTORY Fay & Egan Company, J. A. ‘TS ee, Dudley, A. N. Fassett Lumber Company - Garrett Lumber Company, T. es , Georgian Bay Lumber Compas Glengarry Lumber Compan Harris Lumber Co., Frank Laidlaw Lumber Company, 7 a McLennan Lumber Company ~ Montreal Lumber Company Newman, John P. ’ New Ontario Colonization Coz Oliver Lumber Company — Parry Sound Lumber Compan Ritter Lumber Company, W. 1 River Ouelle Pulp & Lumbe Victoria Harbor Lumber mp Wilson Bros. ‘ LUMBER CRAYONS | Dixon Crucible Company, J Superior Manufacturing Com OATS Anchor Elevator Company - Chisholm Milling Company Dwyer & Company, W. H Fairweather, A. W. PACKING ; Gutta Percha & Rubber Company © PATENT SOLICITORS Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency PINE b Anderson Lumber Company, C. G. Beck Manufacturing Company, C. Bradley Lumber Company, E. C. Bromley, W. H. ‘ Cane & Company, James G. : Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Compan Colonial ears Company > Diver, John M. Donogh & Company, John Eagle Lumber Company East Kootenay Lumber Company Fesserton Timber Company Forest Mills of B. C. Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Garrett Lumber Company, T. H. Gordon & Company, George Gillies Bros. Limited Graves, Bigwood Company Hobart & Company Hocken Lumber Company Long Lumber Company Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company North Pacific Lumber Company — Quincy-Adams Lumber > ae Rideau Lumber Company Sawmill Owners Sales Company — Snowball Company, J. B. St. Gabriel Lumber Company Watson & Todd, Limited Wuichet, Louis POLES Diver, John M. Pink & Company, Thos. POPLAR Dawkins Lumber Company, W. H. ~ Heyser Lumber Company, W. E. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company . Wistar, Underhill & Nixon PULLEYS & SHAFTING Canada Machinery Corporation bs eo = CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 59 ™ Old Town “Canvas” Canoe A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed DISTRIBUTORS : Henry Morgan & Co., Montreal, Que. Holt Renfrew & Co., Quebec, Que. Hudsons Bay Company— Their various branches. I’. A. Kirkpatrick, 81 Summer St., St. John, N.B. Grant-Holden-Graham, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. The T. Eaton Co., Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Northern Canada Supply Co., Cobalt, Ont. Cochrane Hardware Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Ont. J. Darch & Sons, London, Ont. Rice Lewis & Son, Toronto, Ont. Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. Photo taken by employee of Laurentide Co. Ltd., Grand Mere, P. Q. Their Supt., Forestry Division, states canoe damaged in Rapids, canvas held, braced up canoe and continued journey down St. Maurice River 70 miles. Used canoe balance of season and all following year. F. M. DIXON Canadian Representative: Beardmore Bldg, MONTREAL Tesi) SECTIONAL VIEW The Ideal Drive For Out of the Way Places GEORGE ANDERSON & CO. OF CANADA, LTD.., 617 Quebec Bank Bldg, MONTREAL Timbers of the West Douglas Fir—the World’s Great Utility Wood—is in demand wherever wood is used. The present con- sumption, though great, will increase as the merits and values of this wood become more thoroughly understood. Red Cedar—the World’s Overcoat Wood—has no, superior for shingles, siding, exterior trim or for any exterior use for which a durable material is needed. Spruce—of the tidelands of Oregon and Washington, is in general request by sash and door makers while the lower grades are snapped up by manufacturers of fruit boxes. The foregoing are some of the varieties of timber it pays to own. Now is the time to buy them James D. Lacey & Company Timber Land Factors | Chicago, IIl., 1750 McCormick Building Portland, Ore., 1313 Northwestern Bank Bldg. Seattle, Wash., 1009 White Building Suction Gas Producers for Charcoal. High Class Gas Engines that are Absolutely Reliable. ~ eo xs é >a eh Horizontal up to 180 H. P. 60 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER PUMPS Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Smart-Turner Machine Company Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Parry Sound Lumber Company Payette & Company, P. Waterous Engine Company RAILS Wickes Bros. Gartshore, John J. Sessenwein Bros. SAW SHARPENERS Breeze, Denison & Company ROOFING Rogers & Company, Samuel C. Canadian H. W. Johns-Manville Co. % SHINGLES Bartram Brothers Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Co. Christy-Moir Company Canada Western Lumber Company _ Dalhousie Lumber Company Forest Mills of B. C, Limited Fraser Limited Gillespie, James Heaps & Company, E. H. Larkin Lumber Company, C. A. Long Lumber Company McGibbon Lumber Company Morse Lumber Company, Fred S. Rat Portage Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Timms, Phillips & Company RUBBER GOODS Gutta Percha & Rubber Company SASH Batts Limited Benson & Bray Limited Haerberle Lumber Company Heaps & Company, E. H. Rat Portage Lumber Company Rimouski Industrial Company Tessier, Alphonse. SAWS Atkins & Company, E. C. Disston & Sons, Henry Gerlach Company, Peter : Mereen Johnston Machine Company Radcliff Saw: Mfg. Company Shurly-Dietrich Company Simonds Canada Saw Company Smith Company, R. H Gerlach Company, Peter Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Payette & Company, P. : I I Y Se. MILL Be CHinies Smith Foundry Company Berlin Machine Works Breeze-Denison & Company Canada Machinery Corporation Fay & Egan Company, J. A. Gerlach Company, Peter Hamilton Company, William Hill Company, Wm. E. Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Company Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Save All The Hand Fitting! Use Shimer Cutter Heads in which the Bits are simply filed or ground to sharpen and set to a gauge—no more trouble than filing a saw. They eliminate hand fitting and make the men and machines so efficient that a quality product can be turned out in paying quantities.. They save time, save labor, save ma- terial—do away with the fitting, trying and other annoyances, and cut so easily and clean that power is also saved. They main- tain uniform patterns because the shape of the pattern is turned into the long-life Circular Bits and never changes when the Bits are sharpened. SPRUCE Auger & Son Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Cane & Company, Jas. G. Christy-Moir Company Donogh & Company, John Shimer Cutter Heads are provided with the latest develop- ments in the art of reducing friction and wear on the knives. The Bits are bolted to Conical Duplex Bit Seats to secure perfect point and edge clearance. Working. in pairs and in upper and lower series upon the Head, they divide the cut in a shearing manner, lessening the tendency to pull out knots and splinters on hard and cross-grained lumber. Maritime Foundry & Machine Works SHINGLE & LATH MACHINERY Farnworth & Jardine Lacey & Company, Jas. D The edge outline of the Bit only comes in contact with the lumber and shapes it accurately. As the cutters are filed or ground to shape on the inside of the circle the shape never changes., All that portion of the cutting edge is brought into service as the cutter is sharpened and brought around upon its holding bolt to again fit the gauge. There’s a Shimer Cutter Head for every kind of matching and moulding service. If you will state your conditions and give us measurements of your machine we will send you the proper tools on free trial. Write us today. Address SAMUEL J. SHIMER & SONS, Inc., Galt, Ont., Can. Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company Fenderson & Company, John Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Gillies Bros Leak & Company Mackarell & Company, Thos. _ Mason, Gordon & Company New Ontario Colonization Co. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Co. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Rideau Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Spencer, C. A. St. Gabriel Lumber Company - TIMBER ESTIMATORS Lauderburn, D. E. Montreal Engineering ‘Company Munson-Whitaker Company Sewall, James W. TUGS West & Peachey - VENEERS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer (¢ Hoffman Brother Company Webster & Bro., Jas. \ Canadian Linderman Company O. VENEER MACHINERY 4 Merritt Manufacturing Company Perrin, William R. 7 Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. STEEL CHAIN Coghlin & Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Standard Chain Company { WATCHMAN’S CLOCKS Hardinge Bros. ( 4 WIRE Greening Wire Company, B. * Laidlaw-Bale-Tie Company SULPHITE PULP Partington Pulp & Paper Company SUCTION GAS PRODUCER PLANTS Anderson & Company, Geo. ‘SNOW PLOWS WOODWORKING MACHINER» f Pink Company, Thos. Berlin Machine Works ‘ Canadian Linderman Company ea Canada Machinery Corporation , Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company — Defiance Machine Company Fay & Egan Company, J. A. : Hamilton Company, William PY Long Manufacturing Company, E. Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Waterous Engine Works ~ TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company TIES Fesserton Lumber Company Spears & Lauder TIMBER BROKERS Cant & Kemp WOOD PULP New Ontario Colonization Co. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co Frost Company, A. C. : St. Gabriel Lumber Company ‘i The “Shimer Limited” Cutter Heads, with Expansion, Fig. 627 FOR THE HIGH SPEED MATCHER ~ These Heads have a chucking device which self-centers them on the spindle and grips firmly thereto when the device is drawn up, over- -f coming the abjectionable set screw as a means of fastening the Head to J the spindle. It is reliable and practically perfect in results. | The Bits carry a larger areal surface and the Bit chambers are of J greater depth to compensate for the new chisel point given to the Bits for greater relief to the parts coming into contact with the lumber. They are simple and strong throughout, have no delicate parts to break down or get out of order, and are safe and efficient tools for — matching flooring, etc., at high speeds. Price, net, for Flooring, $72.46 the set complete. ot -* CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 Educational Taiks on Leather Peel os Proper Selection of Belting The remarkable improvement in the manufacture of leather belting, made necessary by the development of modern efficient machinery is of little avail if the proper selection and application of belting is neglected. The use of unsuitable belting invariably results in increased expense due to one or more of the following objectionable features: Excessive or uneven stretching, slippage, undue friction in bearings, loss of power, frequent inter- ruptions to machinery and consequent loss in production, to say nothing of the early destruction of the belting. On the other hand the adoption of belting constructed'to meet each con- dition of service, ensures low cost of operation and maintenance, as well as the maximum production from machinery. There is one best belt for every drive. For Vertical Drives—Belts of as light weight as is consistent with sufficient tensile strength to transmit the required power. For Quarter-Turn Drives—Belts of special construction, those for quarter turn to left made different from belts to operate on quarter turn to right. For High Speed Work—Heavy single belts with special laps, or light double belts. For Intermittent Loads—Heavy belts with high coefficient of friction. For Exposure to Steam, Gas or Oils—G & K. Spartan Belts, made from leather spec- ially tanned and curried and put together with a special cement. For Exposure to Water or Moisture—G. & K. Neptune and Spartan Waterproof Belts, put together with waterproof cement—the use of either brand depends entirely upon the construction of the drive. a ee 5 4 From the foregoing, the absurdity of adopting rigidly graded as to quality, weight and thickness. 7 one arid and weight of belting for all drives is Our engineering experts will gladly assist you in _ ‘-apparen analyzing any type of drive or in the selection of & To meet different conditions of service we belts calculated to render the greatest service. manufacture several brands of belting each Consult us freely. Subject for next month :—“ Proper Selections of Belting ” (Width, Weight and Quality.) The Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. OAK LEATHER TANNERS AND BELT MAKERS Unity Bldg., 46 St. Alexander St., Montreal, P. Q. Home Office and Factory: Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. 62 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS Adams Launch & Engine Co. .. Amer. Anchor Elevator Co. aes x Anderson & Co., Geo..... :.. »: Anderson & Co., C. G. .. Argall Bros. Rs Atkins Company, E. c 4 oe: Peueserid SOM we sien cen cece Austin & Nicholson ... Baldwin Locomotive Works .... Bartram Brothers, Limited .. Batts; Limited). «te ee wees Berlin Machine Wout Slee SO Beck Mfg. Company, C. .. .. . Benson & Bray ... Borbridge, s. S Eien... - Bradley Lumber Co., E. C. Breeze, Denison & Co. ‘ig Bromley, William H. .. .. .. .. Burstall & Co., J. C Caflisch Bros. Cameron & Company .. Campbell-MacLaurin Lum. Gb. Canada Metal Company ... ... . Canadian Locomotive Co. .. : Canada Lumber Sales Co. .... . Canada Wood Specialty Co. Ltd. Can. Mach. Corporation, Ltd. Canadian Fairbanks Co., Ltd. .. Can. H. W. Johns-Manville Co.. Can. Linderman Company ... .. Canadian Office & School Furni- ture Company ... Can. Western Lumber ‘Co. CanesCompany, J. Gy 2.0 tm Hees Cant & Kemp .. .. Capital Wire Cloth fo Carborundum Company ... ... . Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. . Chisholm Milling Co. Christy-Moir Company .. .. .. Cleveland-Sarnia Saw Mills o. Climax Mfg. Company ... ... .. Cling-Surface Company ... ... . Gly de.tron “Works 2.000.555, «. Bopatin Co, B. Jos. .2 vin» Dalhousie Lumber Co. ‘ Dawkins Lumber Co., W. H. ion: Mra. sro feces whee Dixon Crucible Co., Jos. ... Divers J, Mies 5: cht -canerragetty.s Defiance Machine Woche Ts Disston & Sons, Henry .... Woodworking Mach. Co. Dom. Mahogany & Veneer Co. .. Dominion Timber Regulations .. Donogh & Co., John .. Dudley A. ING Actes.) pee eee Dwyer Company, W. Hoa eee Eagle Lumber Co. * ; East Kootenay Lumber ors EckardiiscuCom shige sarc a Elgie Jarvis Lumber Co. F Fassett Lumber Co., Ltd. . Farnworth & Jardine .. Federal Engineering Co., Fesserton Timber Co. . Fenderson & Co., Inc., John ... Forest Mills of B.C... . Fraser Bryson Lum. Co., Fraser Limited .. . FTOSt «A. Go tie Ltd. .. G GalttKintie {Works >.u.. 8 ane ae Garrett Lumber Co. Gartshore, John J. ae Georgian Bay Shook “Mills ES es Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Ltd. Gerlach; *Peter’. +... oe ee Gillespie, James .. .. .. Gillies Bros., Ltd. . Glengarry Lumber Co. Goodhue & Co., J. L.... . Goodyear Tire & Rubber ea Gordon & Co., Geo... .. .. .. . Graves, Bigwood Co. .. .. .. .. Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. ... .. Greening Wire Co., B Grand Rapids Veneer Works ... Gutta Percha & Rubber Limited. H Haeberle Lumber Co... .. .. .. Hall, Adam ... Hamilton Co., Ltd., Win. Hardinge Bros. .. - Harris Lumber Co., rank i. Hay, Peter ....<. Heaps & Co., Ltd., a ah, Heisler Locomotive Works ... . Heyser Lumber Company .. Hobart & Company . Hocken Lumber Conia: Re as Hoe & Son, R. Hoffman Bros. a Hoyt Metal Company ... Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Co., ine tds Jenckes Machine A Dt. Axe sa me Johnston, A> He Se. e- 72 K Kent Cordwood Splitter Co. .. .. Knight Mfg. Company ... ... .. 53 L Lacey, Jag. Di vcmcts cet aeoeee ee 59 Laidlaw Bale Tie Co. : 69 Lamontagne Lanuted ys... 9--. 4 2e8 20 Lauderburn, DE... ee oe eee Laidlaw Lumber Co., R. .. .. .. 10 Larkin (Company,'CrAd..< 2.00 ale Leak & Company ... ... Leonard & Sons, E 65 Long Lumber eee : Fw Long Mfg. Co., : 67-78 Louisiana Red ad ca 8 M Mackarell & Co., Thos. ... >... 57 MacLean Daily Reports ... ... 55 Massee & Felton Lumber Co. .. Mahone Aw * dice see eee 17 Mason, Gordon & Co. .. .. .. .« 45 McGibbon Lumber Co. .. page McKinnon Chain Co... .. .. .. 1 McLaren Belting Co., J. C.... . 80 McLennan Lumber Co., Ltd. .. 15 Mereen-Johnston Machine Co. .. 74 Merritt Mfg. Company ... ... .. 73 Mershon & Co., Wm. B. ... .... 77 Montreal Engineering Co. ... .. 39 Montreal Lumber Co. .. .. .. .. 10 Morris Crane & Hoist Co., He Deri. waa eee Montreal Leela sive sWvorké: Ltd. 74 Morin & Co, DrJEdiw.. ese an eed Morgan Machine Co. ... ... 1 Munson-Whitaker Co. .. .. .. 11 N National ~Mfg. Company ... 20 Newman, John P. 10 New Ontario Colonization Co. ay Nicholson File Co. 1 0) Oliver Lumber Co. JA3 P Parry Sound Lumber Co., Ltd.. 23 Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. 9 Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency .. 65 Payette & Company, Pia..)-0- <2 We Philadelphia Textile Machinery . Homme x vin fig ovghenipatg eh ecae es Perrin & Company, Wm. R.... . Pink & Company “> 2... ee Q : Quebec & St. Maurice inductaa Company... .. ee Quincy Adama Lunes fos re R Radcliff Saw Company. ... 22suue Rat Portage Lumber Co., Ltd. Reed & Co., Geo. W. Reddaway & Con Fae . Front Rideau Lumber Co., Ltd. 3 Rimouski Industrial Co. .. .. .. Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. J River Ouelle Pulp & hip ae Co. r Rogers & Co., Samuel € - Russel Bros. .. . Bt Russell Wheel & Foundry ¢ ‘Coe Rutherford & Sons, Wm. . Ryther & Pringle . . $s Saw Mill Owners Sales 2 Pee: Sessenwein Bros. ee A Sewall, Jas. W. oo cel sa ae Sheldons Limited . 6 Ags os Shimer & Sons, Samuel Pih Shurly-Dietrich on Pree: Siemen Bros. Ltd. . Simonds Canada Saw car Tals no Smart-Turner Mach af Ltd. Smart-Woods Limited . Smith, N. Smith Company, R ‘HL oa Snowball, J. B. OH em * Evel Spears & Lauder LOT eae Spencer, C. A. . Standard Shain ‘Company Stearns Salt and Lumber Co. .. Steel Co. of Canada St.. Gabriel Lumber Co. Superior Manufacturing Co. te Tessier, Alphonse .. .. .. Thomas, Ed tad Thurston- Flavelle Lumber Co. : Timberland Lumber Co.... .. Timms, Phillips & Co... .. . Toronto Blower Co. .. Turner & Sons, Jao ee Vv Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. .. Waterous Engine Works ee es Watson & Todd . 3 « Webb Lumber Company . hind Webster & Bro. Ltd., James a West. & Peachy ... . ae Wickes Bros. . «hia Wilson Bros. . aa Wistar, Underhad & Nixon Any Wuichet, Louis. 252. ane Y Young Company, W. F. etka Bros.” Hardwood Flooring is the Flooring that is manufactured expressly to supply the demand for the best. It is made by modern machinery from carefully selected stock, and every precaution is taken throughout our entire system to make it fulfill the Paitin 5 in every Write us for prices. particular. Wilson Bros:, Limited Collingwood, Ont. If you equip your mill with Goodhue Belts you can transmit 100% of the power generated. Goodhue Belts stretch 15 to 25 per cent. less than other belts, and have just the right amount of ‘‘cling”’ on the pulley. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Why pay good money to generate power and then employ a poor belt that will only transmit a fraction of that power. View I. ir wits A GOODHUE BELT Transmit 100% of Your Power Write us for particulars and prices A New Swage The Best Yet United tates Patent for Sale This new swage invented by ourselves has all the good features of other swages plus some special patent features of its own. Those practi- cal saw men who have used this swage pronounce it ‘‘ The best yet.” View 1 illustrates a swage sawn in half to show its method of work- ing. The tooth is swaged by a series of three rollers which cannot bind. The tooth is rolled out and not drawn. A double thread is used on the locking lever. The first thread is rapid so that a slight movement of the lever allows the swage to travel on the saw without being lifted over each tooth. The second thread is slow so that the swage may be securely locked on the saw. The point at which the rapid thread ceases and the slow thread operates is governed by an automatic spring. We offer for sale the United States Patent. If interested write us. Breeze, Denison & Co. Newburgh, Ontario 63 64 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dealers and Contractors | This 200 page handsomely bound Stock Millwork Catalogue brimful of useful information is free. to Bona- Fide Dealers and Contractors only. The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Co. Limited 425 Atwater Avenue ‘MONTREAL: P; Q. . CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 65 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS, LONDON, CANADA LIMITED Agencies and Warehouses :—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE, TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. VANCOUVER, B.C. The construction of this splendid Saw will appeal to you at once. It will save you lots of money if you have cut off work to do. It’s the sensation of the Saw World. Making good wherever used. Write for details and prices -E. C. Atkins & Company : Makers of Sterling Saws Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. 4 q If so, we can help you to obtain every dollar of its worth. We possess the expert drafting and mechanical ability ; the - ® ae? essential machine shop and equipment for developing practical 1 a V OU an models ; the necessary knowledge for the proper investigation of | patent records, etc., and the procedure on obtaining patents that will give you absolute protection. 6 Invention We obtain and sell patents in every country. Write us for any information you desire. The Patent Selling & Manufacturing Agency é James R. Cameron, M. E., Manager Patent Office, Suite 301-302, 22 College St. Toronto —_| Factory & Workshops, 206 Simcoe St., Toronto > a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER < TORONTO, ONT. B/S, diverter cin eee aetetetda aca ot 37 00 By the d bolt asics ike aey ei y the dram, according to average 2X6; 8 to. 1G ns0'nnanacnanenitessuneeee re Ne Soft maple com cand pce. in pk e a and quality, 30 to 35 feet ..... 50 BOs, 2 oe 00.1 cae ete ante 2) nado aeee ; ; oft maple, 6/4 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. 35 00 White Pine: Hard maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ..... 387 00 : aa ; Fig Een ee 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 57 00 Hard maple, common and: better, 4/4, 30 00 Sema nits we ata 6 toch ss oss Se Sieg ce Oe eee $18 1% inch No, 1 cuts and better 6400 68 00 Hard maple, 12/4, & 16/4, 1sts and 2nds. 46 00 isn . 16 inc a Re, go, 6 inch «ose 3 Bele tity vee 21 1¥% inch No. 1 cuts and better or o0 72.00 Red oak, plain 1sts and nds, 6/4 & 8/4 70 00 Sage: 1Ghistch Ws oe Orme ateais 30: <4 ADE Badman as Tatars oss vie Joe 14 in No, 2C. & 2. Satross - 0 00 52 00 ee oak ple ig see pate, OS 62 50 Birch - TC re « végebs, ope ce t tt a ain sts an . y TONE ae tn oeeee Po A/S No. Lcuteec ae Se ae GO aid” 10/40, he eae a eee ee LO ea ee Eee 22 at eg. “a 74 and @/4) Mor A. antatneee 52 00 White oak, plain, 1st and 2nds, 4/4. 62 50 15 inch, per cu. ft. ....... rie, | 26 Flooring B/A No. 1. cuts ee eee 55 00 White oak, plain, Ists and 2nds, 1% 16 inch, per cu. ft. ........ wiaiete ees 380 P . a4 No. 2 cute: (eae Sie : 36 00 and PE <2. Tails eae 70 00 18 inch, per cu. ft. ....... ba eae Be 5 * OF 6 inch No. 1 ........ «1.000. -$38 5/4 and 6/4 No. 2 cuts ..... 42.00 While eae Geena eae 12/4 Quebec S 4 or @ inch Ne § 2212... Gee B/4 No. 2 cits ap deemaete ses 45 00 and 16/4 ...... esses severe - 75 00 uebec Spruce Deals eh t/a. No. S citacseeneeee one 28 00 White oak, % cut, ists and 2nds, 4/4. 85 00 12 ft. and up x 3 x 9 and =: = 00 21 00 i “= 6/4 and 6/4 Now 8 cute 001.1, a2 00 White oak, % cut, 6/4 and 6/4, ists Oddments ...... (.es2s seeeee 1700 18 00 Ship go Seis 6/4 ‘No. ‘Sicats asa oniers ode 33 00 fid) = 2H AB Gaistie mene eiaels s) . v'e's/stsisrets 00 Boards, 1 and 2 in. ...... .... 4 inch) .oa2-. ; 0 Vin Gon hors cog". gp 00 Sp gh Whe oak “cit Ng 3, commons: BR ER Er x a a r 4 5 , 19 Sf Be eeeeeeee i BO dx 6 common and dressing s. 27 00. 20°00 Hickory, 6/4 and 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. 75 00 4 to 4 in irc anks » 10, 12 inch ...cc0 cousse eenmee eee i : 8 common and dressing _ zi 00 29 00 bs Sareters © seccce cose 1600 1800 Siding x common an ressing .. - 1 x 12 common and dressing... 34 00 36 00 OTTAWA, ONT. . SAS: OR 6 inch No. 1 Baer eee 24 50 Mandlactarcin' Paicen ‘ Fine, Common and Better 6 int Ne = at lt cei eae ee 2250 Pine ; x 6 and 8 in. ...... .....2-. -----$54 00 @ inch N ee i gee mae ee 2 Pin, and tp ee ne 4 Be 8 in. and up wide ...... Te g2 00 Cc! °. 4 sesces avuicaphaeaen 2. 26 60 Sr a eg ee 39°00 Tei r Gintetelntu/aletota . % and 1% in. and up wide ....... . 65 00 ” Lath : Bete din ote eee 5e 00 fe ae rekon ae ralted =p rad po = id 2 in. and ep ‘wide vec cance «++» 7000 No, 1 Cedar, Pine, Spruce ........-. 5600 5/4 and o/4 x 8 m.t., m.c, out. 26 00 No. 2 cuts 2 x Sin. & up .. 4000 42 00 Cuts and Better No. 2 cedar, pine, spruce ........---. 8 25 iT. pute. e good strips: . F ‘ ed ane Bie xe m.r., m.c. out a Thin! ase te A GAIA DASE 40 00 42 00 fr = 4 and = is : et neites Say oS A & AH PINE—ROUGH TIMBER _ 2 and 3.x 42 common ........ POO Banter a ae arin vrei BO 00 66 00 8/4 X 8 and up No. 1 and better «..... CAE? «3- 1x4 and 5-in. x 9 to 16 ft. .... 29.00... PlGiy dein. x 73a, (9:0: Sepa ae eee No. 2.C bese 4 iiss to 82 fe ee oo 1 x Gin. x-9 to 16 ft. ...... 1 22 00 ine, 8 8.c., t. to --- 2600 27 00 aes bo i 72” 4 me . Maia sat cat! tn GRE oe eee 22 00 ~=C@Pine, 1-in. x 10-in. M.R. .. 2700 2800 1 in. 6-in. and up wide ........ .... 81 00 ge "bs 12, te ae ee 22 1 x 10 and 12 in. x 9 to 16 ft. 24 00 ~+Pine, s.c. sidings, 1% and 2-in. 28 ped 3000 1% in, 6-in. and up wide ...... ... . 42 00 oe “t ~~ o 26 50 1x 7, 9 and 11 in. x 9 to 16 ft. 22 00 ~+«Pine, s.c. strips 1l-in. ..... see ok 2300 1% in., 6-in. and up wide ...... ..... 44 00 zs 26, 28, 30, 32.2025 « 2¢ l-in. No. 2, 6-ft. to 16-ft. .... 1750 6.1%, 1% and 2in. ........ 24 00 2600 2in., Gin. and up wide ....+. .++++. 4700 3% Ato 4S ip, 8 to 18 tO aay ee 42. 1Ouandeieuit. aes 23 50 Pine, s.c. shorts, 1 x 4 to 6 in. 20 00 2y%." 3 and 4 in, Gin. and =< eee oe it * 26 00 2x 4 to 12-in., 12 and 14 ft. .. 22 50 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1x 52100 2200 up wide ...... ...... ... 7+. 62:00 00. 82 et 4a ee a ee ta gates Pine, ae and bet, shorts 1x6 21 00 22 00 6 x 6 to 6 x 12,-up to 32 ft. .. 24 00 2x Se. f ine, s.c. shorts, 6’-11’ 1”x10” 2 iran Tom, 2D ft 36 00 eae nor q pe : sie 1 in., 6-in. and ie 24 00 ees 2 x4 to 12 in.'18 ft 24 00 ” x 4” and up, 6’-11’ .... 18 00 19 00 and) Assia Cin eandi apeaidess - ‘ : a ae ee an oe a” to 6", A et ae ae 19 00 20 00 ve ae ede ates up wide.. = oI i = i ana ae 6 ee 4 00 Bia Mor ai ine mill culls, strips and sid Ger Me ee yt eee ths. = fat 2 width, 6 to 16 ft. 18 00 ings, Lin. x 4-in. and up, 12- Bibs Ee Der eee 43.00 4800 F é Ne a pair FP Stas a nd ft. TE eek hehe ins coe a7 00 1800. OE ee ee A es. Ses Bee cedar, kiln dried. 50 00 Pine mill culls stock alee 12. 21 00 22 00 Common and Dressing MAERen E. and F. G. No. 3 flooring ........ 80 00 , orts, 1-in. : E Dimension Ti..ber up to 82 feet: and up, 6-ft. to 11-ft. ena 16 50 1700 Lein, x 4-im, 1.0... cece ee ceeeee cone 24 00 SHIPLAP a 8x8, 10x10, 10x12, 10x14, 12x12, , 1-i 5- 12x14, 14x14, 14x16 up to 32 Gea pine fp aa Ea alien 14 00-10: OB Tha Ss Gi ete eee, arene 26 00 Pine or spruce 24 00 Pench t ctehalecores ule chee Stcel tp lateitnve's 32 50 mill culls out a 1-in x 8-in. Meets Sn pa 8t 16 ft., 6 i ers Oe Saar Saar 18 00 20 i ss ensiok aancans Sata 12. 27 00 ° NM. scccee secace sasstace aa OU ere toe Hone, ek abe mill culls out, 1%-in. ...... 19 00 21.00 Lit. x 10in DIINIDIN 2900 B.C. Fir, 8”, 10°" ‘and 12”” ‘shiplap 20, up to 32 ft. .... a3 00 Mill: culls out, 134-in. 121) 19 00 | 2uigg: i eS Sidi 2 with mechan- ical rehauls to return Hace to the woods is be- coming more and more pop- ular. Greater speed and independence from weath: er conditions constitute the principal reasons for this :- ‘YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING & SEEING ‘WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING WITH CLYDE MECHANICAL REHAUL SKIDDERS. Wrire us and we will arrange to Show you CLYDE IRON — Ey iO DE Se Ss. vase 72 Are your horses of use to you? This seems an absurd question—and the answer is always “Of course they are” —In which case provide your stables with: Johnson’s Reliable Veterinary Remedies Johnson’s Horse Liniment, No. 1 (Alcoholic) 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) $4.50 gal. 1 lb. bottles 8.00 doz. 2 1b. bottles 15.00 doz. Johnson’s Horse Liniment, No. 2 (an oil liniment) 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) 3.00 gal. 1 lb. bottles 6.00 doz. 2 1b. bottles 11.00 doz. Johnson’s Horse Colic Remedy A sure and speedy cure for all kinds of Colic 1 gal. jugs (Imperial) 40 doses 5.00 gal. 1 lb. bottles 4 doses 8.00 doz. 2 1b. bottles 8 doses 15.00 doz, Johnson’s Veterinary Healing Ointment (Gall Cure) 2 1b. tins 2.00 per tin 4 oz. tins 3.50 doz. Johnson’s Condition Powders (Concentrated) 1 lb. Packages 3.60 per doz. Johnson’s Camp and Household Remedies, such as Cough Syrup, Healing Ointment, Headache Powders, Big 4 Liniment, Stomach Bitters, Cathar- tic Pills, etc., etc., have stood the test of twenty- five years and are in use all over Canada, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Prices are lower than those of all other manufacturers. Letter orders receive prompt attention. A.H. Johnson, ‘Shisgist’ Collingwood, Log-Handling Machinery All our Loaders, Kickers and Canters are made with cylinders of the style shown in the cut. Check Valves are provided in each end, and all piping between valve and cylinder is These extra heavy and very dur- able, and are absolutely eliminated. cylinders are guaranteed by us. We carry in stock at all times a complete line of Log Deck Machinery—so we can serve you always promptly. Shall we send our Catalogue ? William Hamilton Company Peterborough Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Good Lumber HORSES Should be free from all blemishes Use for Wind Puff: Capped Elbow, Bog Spavin, Thoroughpin, Shoe Boil, Curb, Enlarged Glands and all puffs and swell- ings, Fistulla, Poll Evil, Sprains, Con- tracted Ten- dons, Biuises, Lameness. of all kinds. ANTISEPTIC Dry You cannot get good work out of your lumber horses if they are lame, blemished, sore, sick or similarly unfit. The animal with Swellings, Soft Bunches, Bog Spavins or any such blemish, whether lame or not, needs your attention. best friend—it relieves the horse of all pain, soreness and trouble- some blemish. It makes the horse better looking, better working, more fit and of greater value to you. You can work your horse at the same time. This is no new lo- tion but the tried and tested remedy of many years success- ful use. Thousands upon thousands of horses which would have been ailing and sick and unsightly have been made fit and well— good workers and good lookers. What others have done with Absorbine you can do, too. All enquiries on special cases answered without delay—full information and instruction on request. Absorbine $2.00 a bottle at drug- gists or delivered. Manufactured only by W. F. YOUNG, P.D.F. 424 Lymans Bldg. : WE CAN DOUBLE THE CAPACITY OF YOUR DRY KILN GRAND RAPIDS VENEER WORKS A Practical Theory Competent Engineering Effective Organization Years of Experience Guaranteed Results Grand Rapids Veneer Works Grand Rapids, Michigan MONTREAL, CAN. Kiln Service doesnot blister or remove the hair, never leaves scars or blemishes of any kind. It is easy to apply and does not require the horse to be laid up. Highly con- centrated and only a few drops required at each appli- cation. GERMICIDE, — CANADA LUMBERMAN Galt Knife Company, Limited High Grade Machine Knives of every description for Woodworking Plants and Pulp and Paper Mills—also Metal Cutting Shear Blades up to 120-in. long Our New Catalog will be ready about June 1st. Ask for a copy. GALT : HE “MERIT” LINE of Veneer Cutting, Dimen- sioning and Drying Mach- inery is designed first, for ven- eer mills cutting high grade furniture and commercial veneer from expensive timber, and sec- ond, for basket, crate, box and barrel factories using cheaper veneer cut from the less expen- sive woods. Nothing But the Best Satisfies us. Ww hat About You. : ONTARIO MERRITT MFG. CO., Lockport, N.Y. Veneer Machinery Merit Veneer Lathe In addition to Lathes, Clippers, and Driers, the line, includes Knife Grinders, Log Hoists and Trolleys,a set of CrateHead Machinery, a set of Barrel and Basket Hoop Machinery, Basket and Hamper Bottom Round- ers, Nailing Forms, etc. AND WOODWORKER 73 “PRocToR VENEER DRYER. “No checks or splits in veneers driedin the | “Proctor”? Method. Enormous produc- tion at low cost. Perfectly flat / and pliable. Write for ~ list of users.” > Send for Bulletin No. 4 y = —?£ —— ——e- The PaILADELPAIA TEXTILE MacaineryCo. PHILADELPAIA, VA. RUBBER GOODS FOR LUMBERMEN Belting Our long experience in the making of Rubber Belts enables us to specialize —— on this line. ‘‘ Monarch,” ‘‘Red Strip” and ‘‘ Lion” are our leading brands (Write for Booklet B-1.) Packings ‘‘ Redstone” High Pressure Sheet Packing has proved by test that it will outlast any other similar packing on the market. We make Spiral and Ring’ Packings, etc., that are equally reliable. (Booklet P-1.) for power transmission. Hose for Steam, Water, etc., etc., in various grades, made especially to give satis- factory and economical service under different conditions. (Booklet H-1.) Fire Hose ©¢ °r more of our twenty brands of Fire Hose will be found, not only ee =i the best equipped Factories, Mills, etc., but in almost every Fire Department in the Dominion. (Booklet H-1.) Gutta Percha & Rubber, Limited Successors to The Gutta Percha & Rubber Mfg. Co. of Toronto, Limited MONTREAL - WINNIPEG CALGARY TORONTO VANCOUVER 74 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Improved Box Board Matcher | 16 driven feed rolls, 44% in. in diameter, each one of which can be adjusted inde- pendent of all others. 4% in between centres of first and second pair; 5% in. between centres of second and third pair (the cutters work between . this pair) and 4% in. between centres of third and fourth pair. This Matcher is compactly and rigidly constructed with every part readily ac- - cessible and the operators are close to- gether when working. Catalogue gladly furnished which illus- trates and describes many other machines built expressly for Box Factories. MINNEAPOLIS, MINN. Mereen-Johnson Machine Company, ts. 4. KEEP THE WORK GOING Nothing is more important in logging than | fx aes 0 conc | the prompt and certain movement of cars. j Delays affect the whole work. To avoid delays, locomotives must be reliable and al- ways ready for service. : Our standard logging locomotives are built to insure reliability and constant service. Only tested materials are used in their con- struction. All wearing parts are made to templates and gauges. Interchangeability of like parts is guaranteed, and long delays waiting for duplicate parts avoided. MONTREAL LOCOMOTIVE WORKS, LTD. Dominion Express Building, MONTREAL, CANADA ' | { i 7 ae PRA CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 75 CLIMAX Improved Geared LOCOMOTIVES FOR W900 AND A 62-ton Climax Locomotive Designed Especially for Heavy Logging Work. Climax Locomotives are successfully operated on steep grades and sharp curves. Any weight or gauge. Locomotives in stock for immediate shipment. Get Catalog “ H.” CLIMAX MANUFACTURING CO., 313 W. Main Street, CORRY, PA. VANCOUVER MACHINERY DEPOT, LTD.. . VANCOUVER, B.C. Especially adapted for heavy hauling Not altogether what we on steep grades, TROUT CREEK J. € : a sharp curves and say but what users say | LOGGING CO.LTD. || ie. a \. uneven tracks. For logging, switching 66 : nes erecta vin aia We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- S| | lines, mills, fur- ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- are SB\| naces and indus- sider them indispensable to lumbermen op waters of Engine being operated by the Trout Creek Logging Co., Ltd. trial purposes. French River or similar streams. a of Trout Creek, Canada Will move a bag containing 60,000 logs, in calm weather, 30,000 in a head wind. Heisler Locomotive Works West & Peachey - Simcoe, Ont ERIE, PA., U.S. A. Whitney Engineering Co., Tacoma, Wash., North Weetern Sales Agent Just Off the Press—New Detailed Descriptive Catalog 108 G.C. HARBOUR COMMISSIONERS of MONTREAL L L. ti The knowledge and experience of fifty years in locomotive designing and construction is what you get in our Logging locomotives. They are specially constructed for logging operations and will stand up to the servere service in which they are expected to run. as They are as carefully designed and built as our 200 ton locomotives. Repair parts may always be eu _ obtained on the shortest notice. May we send you specifications Canadian Locomotive Company, Limited, Kingston, Ont. . Taylor and Arnold Ltd., Sales Agent, Montreal and Winnipeg 76 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Dominion Timber Regulations Licenses to cut timber on Dominion Lands in the Provinces of Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta, the Northwest Territories, within twenty miles on either side of the main line of the Canadian Pacific Railway in the Province of British Columbia, and in the tract of three and one-half million acres to be located by the Government in the Dominion in the Peace River district in the Province of British Columbia, lying east of the Rocky Mountains and adjoining the Province of Alberta, shall be disposed of by public auction at the office of the Dominion Timber Agent for the districts in which the berths are situated. Before any parcel of timber is offered for sale it shall be surveyed by a duly qualified Dominion Land Surveyor into berths of an area not exceeding twenty-five square miles, and each of such berths shall then be thoroughly cruised by a duly qualified timber cruiser in the employ of the Dominion Government. The Minister shall then fix an upset price at which the berth shall be disposed of, and no berth shall be sold at less than the price so fixed. Purchases to the amount of one thousand dollars or under shall be paid in cash at the time of sale. Purchases over one thousand dollars and not exceeding five thousand dollars shall be paid, one-half in cash at the time of sale, and a note or notes shall be given for the remaining half of the purchase price, payable in three months, with interest at the rate of five percent. per annum. Purchases over five thousand dollars and not exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-third in cash at the time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining two-thirds of the purchase price, payable in three and six months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Purchases exceeding ten thousand dollars shall be paid one-fourth in cash at time of sale, and notes shall be given for the remaining three-fourths of the purchase price, payable within three, six and nine months, with interest at the rate of five per cent. per annum. Notes shall be made payable at a bank in the city or town in which the sale is held or at a bank in the city of Ottawa. Cash payments must be made at the time of sale in legal tender or by an accepted cheque on a chartered bank, or by a draft issued bya chartered bank, payable to the order of the Deputy Minister of the Interior. If default is made in any payment required by this section the sale shall be forfeited and void. The purchaser must also pay the cost or the estimated cost of the survey of the berth before a license is issued. The licensee shall pay an annual ground rent of five dollars per square mile except for lands situated to the west of Yale, in the Province of British Columbia, in which case the yearly ground rent shall be five cents per acre. _The licensee shall pay the following dues on timber cut on his berth :-— Sawn lumber, 50 cents per thousand feet, board measure. Railway ties, eight feet long, 1% cents each. Railway ties, nine feet long, 134 cents each, Shingle bolts, 25 cents per cord. And 5 per cent, on the sale of all other products of the berth. Timber Permits Yearly permits are granted to settlers, mine operators and others on application to the Dominion Timber Agents, from whom further information can be obtained. W. W. Cory, Department of the Interior, Ottawa, ~ Deputy Minister. December 20th, 1912. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 77 The Genuine HOE Chisel-Tooth Saw Special Flanged Shanks and Superior Bits for Hardwood OVER 80,000 NOW IN USE IN ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD HIGHEST QUALITY AVOID IMITATIONS EQUAL Write for Saw Catalogue to R. HOE & CO. s04s20crandstree, NEW YORK CITY - Radcliff Shingle and Band Saws “The The ability to produce high grade saws is a manufacturing fine art in “The Saw which we are well informed. ni ° ° . e a With Radcliff saws are without a superior. They are made in all types and sizes. With Th Our shingle and heading saws are of an extra fine grade of steel, made ex- Th € pressly for the purpose, unexcelled for toughness, temper and cutting qualities. = a) OED yp Oe BP 2 eee oo er ieee = > > Fe | Keen Send for our catalogue. een | and F A one ~ and | lating Radcliff Saw Mfg. Co., Limited Lasting tte” | Toronto Edge” 78 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Mark of Quality SAMI MACHINERY ~ He Ne wun >, A MACHINE THAT IS WINNING | Our No. 2 Iron Saw Frame, a machine of comparatively recent design, built for service, is doing the business and meeting with the hearty approval of exacting mill men everywhere. A glance at the cut tells half the story. See the rest in the bul- letin. A post card will bring it. ES = TST at eee ae The E. Long Manufacturing Co., Limited, orilia, Canada Robt. Hamilton & Co., Vancouver Represented by: Stuart Machinery Co., Ltd., Winnipeg Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Limited, Calgary and Edmonton Williams & Wilson Ltd., Montreal og = i soe yA See additional Ad on page 67 ' CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER cal ny BAERS Behe ae - peg hy ihe man sa “She Sure Does Run Smooth.” HAT is what a visitor at our works the other day said when he saw this mill being tested. This photo was taken at the time. It is a 40-second exposure of a Waterous “New Model” Bandmill running at 10,000 feet per minute. It shows the mill running at full speed on the testing platform— without holding-down bolts. Notice the clearness and sharp- ness of every detail of the columns, the guides, and of the top wheel. That shows that there is abso- lutely no vibration in the mill. It means correct design, accurate con- struction, and good workmanship. Do you wonder that we con- tinually harp on the steadiness, the smoothness, and the true running qualities of our mills—or that we have sold more than twenty of them in the last five years > The | Waterous “New Model” Mill has other outstanding features that are distinctively its own: a » a ES Ee Ee q It is self-contained upon its own frame. q All operating mechanism, raising and lowering device, tilting mechanism, etc., are carried within the columns, free from flying sawdust, and always out ‘of the way. : @ Both guides swing about the exact centre of the saw-blade—no other guides on the market have this feature—it is patented. @ Upper guide is raised and lowered by steam cylinder. @ Tension device, is double-spring cushioned—the most sensitive device of this kind now in use. @ Built in 7 ft., 8 ft., g ft., ro ft. and ri ft. sizes. @ The mills sold have the endorsement of every user. Send us your address and we will refer you to an installation in your vicinity. Let the men who are .— = operating the Mill tell you just how good it is. Their opinion is unbiassed, and t we are ready to abide by it. i} | The Waterous Engine Works Co., Ltd., Brantford, Can. —— — Ue EES St >, ca, 2 sa 3 i — = — Zi | 1 ; a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “FROST KING” METAL Our thirty five years experience in metal mixing enables us to place on the market a babbitt that we believe to be absolutely perfect. For high speed machinery and engine work it is with- out an equal. It is specially designed for saw-mills, planing mills, threshing engines, traction” $5,000,000.00 engines, pumps, rolling mills, pulp machinery, and all classes of stationary engines. It is a P high grade metal made of the very best selected stock, and carefully compounded. 7 worth of mixed metal > If your dealer does not stock this, write us and we will take pleasure i in making you a ship _ ment of a 25 lb. box. HOYT METAL CO., Toronto, Canada Have factory and office at Eastern Avenue and Lewis Street, Toronto, Canada Factories also at :— New York, N. Y. BATTS LIMITED WEST TORONTO sold annually. London, Eng. St. Louis, Mo. THE LEATHER BELT MANUFACTURERS OF Staved Columns Veneered Doors Newel Posts Sashes - Flooring Pine Doors and Frames Turned Newel Posts and Balusters Cypress Greenhouse Material MONTREAL TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER BATTS LIMITED The J. C. McLaren Belting Co. MANUFACTURERS Limited WEST TORONTO, ONT. General Mill Supplies MONTREAL BOILERS 4 “INGLIS” boilers are the product of over 50 years’ ex- perience and study combined with the most modern equipment for boiler making. ‘INGLIS” boilers are made in every type and all sizes. Let us quote on your requirements. The John Inglis Co., Ltd. Engineers and Boilermakers 14 Strachan Ave. Toronto, Canada Mentreal Representative—A. Angstrom, 509 Canadian Express Building - 4 : 4 a Atel Ge Mig RE MO i A - out. Time is Money The rapid cutting File is the economical File Files Branded -American - Arcade - Eagle - Great Western Globe - Kearney & Foot - McClellan - J. B. Smith are rapid cutters made by NICHOLSON FILE COMPANY Port Hope, Ont. Skefko “S.K. F.” Ball Bearing Automatically Self-Aligning ‘Ball Bearings in Woodworking Plants,” on page 48 of the June 1st Canada Lumberman, gives in Toronto, June 15, 1914 No. 21 Electric-Welded Boom Chain o {More _ oy {More “8 oy {More 25% \Weld ~— 25 7c \Strength ~ 25% \Wear Sheared Toggle - T Bar Hook Two Sheared and Ring ~ and Link Toggles Made in Canada Write to McKinnon Chain Co., St. Catharines, Ont. Forged Toggle and Ring Fully Guaranteed lined up or quickly gets out of alignment, the ordinary ball bearing is little if any better than a plain bearing. The Skefko ‘‘S.K.F.” Double Ball Bearing is automatically Self Aligning and will operate as ef- ficiently under the worst conditions as if the shafting was in proper conditions. Put yonr plant on the most efficient basts. Install Sketko ‘ S, K.F.” Bearings, The perfect operation ot stetko The Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Co. S.K.F. Ball Bearings under conditions a very clear manner some of the advantages of Ball which would put every other bearing Limited Bearings for power shafting. F. REDDAWAY & COMPANY Sole Makers of MONTREAL ‘The Belt that will last longer, stretch less, and transmit more power than any other belt. Stocks carried by The A. R. Williams Machinery Co., Limited, TORONTO WINNIPEG VANCOUVER ‘| ~ Weldless ‘| Steel Chain” Photograph of 7/16-inch Weldless Steel Chain broken with a test load of 9 tons, 3 cwts. (20,496 lbs.), or fully double the Admiral ty breaking load for iron chain of this size. Note the elongation and reduction of area at the fracture. CAN YOU BEAT ITP WRITE FOR PARTICULARS out of business is due to the spherically eos seek Fontes of ie eae In the case of shafting which is not properly Noje Row, toc pearing acts like a bal Montreal, St. John, Quebec, Ottawa, Toronto, Hamilton, Ft. William, Winnipeg. Regina, Saskatoon, Calgary, Edmonton, Vancouver, Victoria. LOT out your troubles and buy your pumps from us. We stand be- hind them. The Smart-Turner Machine Co., Limited Hamilton, Canada MONTREAL CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Midland Planing Mill Products THE LEADING STOCK LINES 3 Doors —|- 4 Sash = 15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? The up-to-date dealer who carries a stock of Hardwood Veneered Front Doors, wants the widest possible range of designs, but is always hampered for room. a Here are three designs of Veneered Doors and four designs of Midland Interchangeable Sash. Sash C Sash D Dace No. 612 Door No. 79 Door No. 81 These doors and sash are all you require to carry. Each door will make up into five different designs. The sash are easily fitted, just as easy as a pane of glass, and are interchangeable. The same piece will fit each of the different designs. You will require additional sets for each additional sized door you carry in stock. See our new door catalogue ‘‘Midland Doors’’ for full information and prices. Door No. 613 . Door No. 615 Door No. 82 Door No. 83 3 Doors+ 4 Sash=15 Designs Can you beat that proposition ? Georgian Bay Shook Mills, Ltd. | Manufacturers from the Tree to the Finished Product Midland . Ontario CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER aed .. gl een VIEW OF OUR MILL AND BOOMS George Gordon & Company CACHE BAY - - ONTARIO = Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Dimension Timber Planing Mill Dry Kiln 4 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ' Norway Spruce White Pine | Prices right _ JamesG.Cane & Co, 11, chino Bains President and General Manager Assistant General Manager C. CAMERON, Winnipeg WM. ROBERTSON, Vancouver Yellow Pine Timber Secretary-Treasurer, Witson BELL, Winnipeg And Lumber Rough or Dressed Car Material and Long Timbers The R at - P orta g e q a Specialty PROMPT SHIPMENTS Lumb er C O. Lt d. E. C. BRADLEY LUMBER CO. ; Lisman Cincinnati rs aia and Ohio ‘ H. Garrett Lumber Co. Oye ye. ely * EB. Manufacturers of Fir, Cedar and Spruce LUMBER Cedar Shingles, Fir and Cedar Lath Long Leaf Timbers, aang ei Short Leaf Finish : ae ee. eee nid Car Sills and Sheathing, Cedar Siding Wakes Arka Railroad Material Large and Long Timbers for heavy construction work Send your inquiries and orders to :— General Sales Office Suite, 1220 Chemical Building, ST. LOUIS, Mo. Vancouver, B.C., and Harrison River, B.C. Spruce White Pine Banksian Pine Birch Get our stock list and prices. QUEBEC & ST. MAURICE INDUSTRIAL COMPANY, Portland, Maine | _ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Must be Shipped at Once Write for Prices 100M 1x4 &5— Hh J de mtn Pine 100 M 1x 6—10/1 % The Long Lumber Co. Hamilton, Ont. Make It Plain that you are selling HOCKEN’S HEMLOCK DRESSED AND SIZED The result will be satisfied customers and incr n business. Prompt Shipments on Short Notic Hocken Lumber Company, Limited Otter Lake Station, Ontar 6 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ( REGISTERED) DRY WHITE PINE MILL RUN (Boxout) 5/4 x 7 up 12/16 5/4 x 4/7 12/16 6/4 x 7 up 12/16 6/4 x 4/7 12/16 8/4 x 7 up 12/16 5/44x4up 6/11 12/4 x 7 up 12/16 6/4x4up 6/11 Send us your enquiries. Watson & Todd, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. cbs ee a Georgian Bay Lumber Co. Limited Waubaushene, Oxiaris - Manufacturers of High Grade Lumber Laths President RED PINE New York City: JOHN GILLIES "DAVID GILLIES «J. S. GILLIES Vice-President. Sec.-Treas. “ws GILLIES BROS. sracswe owr Manufacturers of WHITE PINE Guy E. Robinson, 1123 Broadway Wholesale Lumber : Car and Cargo Shipments JOHN M. DIVER DETROIT, MICH. ‘Everything in Lumber”’ High Grade Thoroughly Dry White Oak | 4,000 ft. 10/4, fo. 1 Com. and better. 22,000 ft. 12/4, No. 1 Com. and better : 4000 ft. 16/4, No. 1 Com. and better. Nice Soft Dry Poplar— Good widths and lengths 70,000 ft. 4/4, No. 2 Common 4,000 ft. 4/4, Selects and Saps 36,000 ft. 4/4, No. 1 Common re 000 ft. 4/4, F. and S. I offer the above at attractive prices. Special Bills Cut to Order. Write for prices Timber for R. R. Construction and OFFICE :—413 Hammond Bldg. Commercial Purposes, a Specialty. Phone Cadillac 2275 Fraser Bryson Lumber Co., Lta. Wholesale Lumber Dealers Selling agents for Fraser & Co., Manufacturers Mills at Deschenes, Que., near Ottawa White Pine -Red Pine Spruce Lumber ana Lath Office, caste Bllding Ottawa, Can: Limited © SPRUCE CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER White Pine, Red Pine _ Spruce Lumber Cedar Shingles Lath BARTRAM BROTHERS Limited — Ed. T. Saxe, 200 Claremont Ave. MONTCLAIR, N.J. Hope Chambers, OTTAWA, CAN., Head Office OUR SAW MILLS ARE NOW RUNNING BROMLEY Look where you will, “Bromley’s’’ is the best stock in sight ws Red and White — meee a 0) BO _ Lumber Lath Wm. H. Bromley Bsles | | Pembroke, Ont. 8 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER MANUFACTURERS AND WHOLESALERS OF White Pine, Birch, Spruce and Hemlock shipment: t. Wide Poplar. » Dry. Quincy Adams Lumber Co., Limited | Toronto, Canada 801-2 C.P.R. Building, Cor. King & Yonge I WANT YOUR ORDERS and solicit your inquiries for PINE, SPRUCE, HEMLOCK, HARDWOODS, LATH — Deal with me and you will be satisfied every time. Wholesale Dealer in Rough and SP ENCER Dressed Lumber, Lath ‘ P and Shingles Eastern Townships Bank Building, MONTREAL, Quebec The Rideau Lumber Co., Limited Trafalgar Building, Ottawa, Ont. 1913 Sawing SPRUE Dry Factory White Pine—All thicknesses. Dry—3 x 7 and up White Pine Mill Culls. Casey-Shaw Lumber Co. Limited "FESSERTON TIMBER CO. LIMITED Pine, Hemlock, ‘Spruce & Hardwoods WE CAN Dress, Match, Size and Resaw at Fesserton Hemlock and Pine Timbers | a Specialty 15 Toronto Street, TORONTO SUDBURY, ONT. Manufacturers of Lumber and Lath, | Planing Mill Work General Office, Sudbury, Ont. Our Mills Produce and We Market as Much GENUINE LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS As All Other Concerns Combined 250,000,000 feet constantly in stock insures filling any reasonable order promptly. Our Canadian trade is constantly increasing and we are always striving to merit a still larger increase. Our salaried salesmen receive credit for mail orders. Try us. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS COMPANY Hibernia Building — _ New Orleans, La. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 9 C ote ees" eaee Seen SNOWBALL CO., LTD. Chatham, New Brunswick, Canada Fraser Limited Fredericton, N. B. "= SELLING AGENTS FOR Donald Fraser & Sons, Limited Cabano, P. Q. Fraser Lumber Co., Limited Plaster Rock, N. B. F & M Lumber Co., Limited Whitworth, P. Q. MANUFACTURERS OF Spruce Lumber Rough and Finished View of yard and mill—J. B. Snowball Co., Ltd., Chatham, N.B. —Manufacturers of— Shingles, Lath, P iano Spruce, Pine, Hemlock, Hardwood, Lumber, S di B d S k Cedar Shingles and Laths oun ng oar toc 9 etc. Mills—Chatham, Tracadie, Millerton. We solicit your enquiries. We invite correspondence re “Dalhousie” Brand | Edward Partington N. B. Cedar Shingles ;,.ic; | Pulp and Paper Co., Limited Special Prices for shipment to All Ontario. Points Head Office, St. John, N.B. Dalhousie Lumber Co., Limited Mills: St. John, N.B. _ Blackville, N.B. Marysville, N.B. Dalhousie, New Brunswick Beers Ontario =, Laidlaw Lumber Co., Limited Toronto Manufacturers of If You Need a Position | Bleached a classified advertisement in the Canada Lumberman and Woodworker will find one for you. If You are a Capable Man | Sulphite Pulp no matter how small or how big your present position may be, an advertisement in this paper will put you in touch Steet exiting .possbiliy, Spruce, Pine and Hemlock Lumber, Laths The rates are most reasonable, write us. F | ~ Canada Lumberman and Woodworker, Toronto Hardwoods = Yo y ifgaw® Joun MoKeEenrncow, W.K.GRAFFTEY, President Managing-Director The Montreal Lumber Co. Limited Wholesale Lumber Ottawa Office : Montreal Office: 46 Elgin St. 759 Notre Dame St., W. WHOLESALE DEALERS SPRUCE 13 Foot and 16 Foot Lath and White Cedar Shingles CHRISTY-MOIR CO. 149 Broadway, New York City JOHN P. NEWMAN Saw Milland Novelty Works. All kinds of Hard and Softwood Lumber. Dimension Stock in Beech, Maple and Birch. Mattress and Cot Frames, Etc. Send me your requirements, I can furnish you stock that will please. PHONE 37 RESIDENCE 15 WIARTON, Ont. HAEBERLE LUMBER CO. LUMBER AND TIMBER White Pine, Norway Yellow Pine, Hemlock Sak ouldings, Doors, Sashes and Blinds, ada Poles and Ties. Yellow Pine Timber a Specialty, Interior Trim Mill Work. NIACARA FALLS, N.Y. LOGSTAMPS Write us for particulars and prices Superior Mfg. Co., Ltd. 93 Church St., Toronto Hardwood Flooring The Celebrated Diamond Brand End Matched, Bored, ~ Polished and Bundled Manufactured by SIEMON BROS., LTD. For prices write . é W. T. EAGEN Selling Agent for Ontario and Quebec 2 Toronto Street, Phone M. 2814 | TORONTO Watchman’s Portable CLOCKS We are the only MANUFACTURERS in America WRITE US FOR DETAILS Hardinge Bros., Inc. 1775 Berteau Ave., CHICAGO CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lumber Good Grades Prompt Shipments Right Prices WE HAVE A FULL LINE IN ALL Canadian Hardwoods All thickness, 4/4 to 16/4. ALSO A FULL LINE OF Jack Pine—1, and 2, SPECIAL FOR QUICK SHIPMENT : 6/4, No. 1 Com. & Betr.. Hard Maple (winter sawn) 8/4, No. 1 “ zs : e ‘12/4, No. 16/4, No. 4/4, No. 4/4, No. 6/4, No. 8/4, No. 12/4, No 16/4, No. : 4/4, Hardwood Crating Culls Hardwood Heart Squares 4/4, No. 2 Com. & Betr. Basswood 4/4,No.2 “ “Elm 8/4,No. 1 “ 5 > 4/4,No.2 “ “ Black Ash oo Cynks se) = a a“ . 3 3 2 5 2 2 5 2 3 0 2 4 4 | 2 Let us quote you on any of the above. Prices will be low — if for prompt shipment. National Hardwood Grading Rules. C.G. Anderson Lumber Company, Limited Manufacturers and Strictly Wholesale Dealers in Lumber 206 Manning Chambers Toronto — E Buy, Sell and dealin all kinds of Lumber and Timber in Can- ada and United States: Spruce, White Pine, White and Basswood, Ash, Cedar, Douglas Fir, Beech, Birch, Wal- nut, Cherry, Chestnut, Cottonwood, Hemlock, Mapie, Norway Pine, Short and Long Leat Yellow Pine, Oak. Red- wood, Birch, Maple and Oak Floor- ings, Pulpwood Ties, and Cedar Poles. The Canada Wood 4 Specialty Co., Limited Lumber, Hardwood Flooring, b , Handles, Poles, Bed Frame ih Stock, Cheese Box Hoops, | Heading, Baskets, Etc. ' Write, Telegraph or Telephone your orders Orillia, Ont. R. LAIDLAW | LUMBER CO. | LIMITED Toronto Sarnia Buffalo FOR SALE For Immediate Shipment Hardwood Lumber | Moulding, Sash and Doors SPECIALTY: Dressing of wood | in transit on the Intercolonial - Railway. - . The Rimouski Industrial Co., Ltd. | Rimouski, P.Q. SPECIALTIES Sawed Hemlock Bass and Poplar Siding | James Gillespie Pine and Hardwood Lumber Lath and Shingles North Tonawanda, N. Y. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Individuality and Experience Count The experienced individual gives close attention, knowledge and aggressive interest. He will ren- der you better and cheaper ser- vice than the hastily built force of a corporation. Hach of my men has learned in the hard school of long actual experience. Try me. Timber Estimates Boundary Surveys Topographical Maps Planting James W. Sewall 16 Centre Street OLD TOWN, MAINE ‘Well Bought is Half Sold” We Offer the Following Special Lines— For Quick Sale 2 Cars 4x4 to 6x6 Sound Cedar Squares 100,000 Ft. 5/4 Ist and 2nd Basswood 2,500 “ 8/4 é 2,500 “ 16/4 12,000 “ 8/4 and 2nd Soft Elm 17,000 “ 4/4 .1 C. & B. Soft Elm 22,000 “ 8/4 . 1 C. & B. Soft Elm 50,000 “ 4/4 .2 C. & B. Birch 13,000 “ 3x8 to 16’—10 to 16 ft. Ist and 2nd White Ash 13,000 “ 2.x 6 and up—I0 to 16 ft. No. | C. & B. White Ash Austin & Nicholson Chapleau, Ontario Rough and Dressed Lumber and Lath Dressing and Matching in Car Lots a Specialty Hardwoods Thoroughly Dry Your Inquiries Will Have HOBART & CO. CHOICE Southern Hardwoods Cypress, Kiln Dried North Carolina Pine Send Us Your Inquiries 53 State St., BOSTON, MASS. Yard at Prison Point Cable Address ‘‘Hobco, Boston.” - Prompt Attention Graves, Bigwood & Co. demands accurate knowledge of quantity, quality and accessi- bility of timber supply. This knowledge, when epasnee MANUFACTURERS OF ' by our TIMBER ESTIMATES is reliable. It appeals to Timber Investors, Bonding Houses, Mill Operators. WE INVITE CORRESPONDENCE. Pine ana Hemlock Munson- Whitaker Co. Lumber Consulting Forest Engiaeers ‘Chicago, oe Cont. and Comm. ote Bldg. w Yor. Ne osto a0 Fourth Ave. 622 Tremont Bldg. Pittsburgh, 900 pinot Bldg. e 1026-32 Traders Bank Bldg, | oronto,Ont. metanguishene Planing Mill sh and Door Factory } Planing ofall kinds done by carload. Rail- Switch in connection with mill. _ All classes of building material, lime and | cement for sale. _| ALPHONSE TESSIER, Builder & Contractor PENETANGUISHENE, ONTARIO , l | The Pe Mills: Byng Inlet, Ont. We are Buyers of Hardwood Lumber Pine and Spruce Veneers andles (g or more ply) (all descriptions) Staves Hoops Headings JAMES WEBSTER & BRO., Ltd. Bootle, Liverpool, England London Office Dashwood House 9 Send 8t., E.C. C2ant& Kemp 52 St. Enoch Square GLASGOW Timber Brokers Cable Address, “TecTona,” Glasgow A1 and ABC Codes used ARNWORTH & JARDINE Cable Address: Farnworth, Liverpool WOOD BROKERS and MEASURERS 2 Dale Street, Liverpool, and Seaforth Road, Seaforth, Liverpool England For Sale by Owners B. C. Timber Lands Located on Gt. three + CN. R. New Railroads | P. G. E. E. THOMAS 578 Richards St., Vancouver, B. C. Quick Shipments Gulf Cypress N. Carolina Pine Long Leaf Timber From our wharves in Portland, Maine Wilson Lumber Co. Portland, Me. 12 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER CAMERON & CO., LIMITED OTTAWA WHOLESALE CANADA OAK FIR ‘WHITE PINE | e e eo e a Specialty --- Dimension Timber | HEMLOCK YELLOW PINE NORWAY PINE — ; , Lumber EASTERN AGENTS TIES , Lath NORTH PACIFIC LUMBER CO., Limited POLES | Shingles MILLS AT ~ ~ BARNET, B.C. POSTS ESTABLISHED 1855 THE McGIBBON LUMBER CO. OF PENETANGUISHENE |. LOGGING - DRIVING SAWING Which is the most expensive -— ion? Manufacturers of and Dealers in Lumber, Lath, Shingles, Etc. HEMLOcK BILitsTuFF a Specialty of which we have the Best Assortment on Georgian Bay. Don’t wait to write. Phone us your Ped Siena In which is there the greatest need for improvement ? All stock sized or matched if required. Our Yards are Unequalled for Drying Lumber Why not improve it? The Shaw Motor-Headworks is the latest improvement in Log Driv- ing Machinery. California White Pine California Sugar Pine Operated by one man. Will tow 2,000,000 feet. - ° I ick, light and reliable. and Arizona Soft Pine s quick, light and reliable _ For further particulars write RUSSEL BROTHERS | Fort F rences, Ontario, Can. Best Stock for Factory and Pattern Lumber . ** LOUIS WUICHET Room 716 Railway Exchange, CHICAGO, ILLINOIS R. S. Wa.piE, Vice President. W. E. Harper, Secretary. The Victoria Harbor Lumber Co., Ltd. Lumber, Lath and Shingles Mills at Victoria Harbor, Ont. 12-14 Wellington Street East, TORONTO, ONT. F. N. Wa copIE, President. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ; 13 =—— LSS] See — eS —— = —=SSS2 ——a SSS <= SS SS SSS We offer the following NORWAY 125 M. ft. 2 x 6 in. Mill Run Clear Cut. 150 M. ft. 2 x 8 in. Mili Run Clear Cut. 100 M. ft. 2 x 10 in. Mill Run Clear Cut. 1 x 4, 5, 6 and 8 in. piled separately. 1p, 14 in. and 2 in. Clear and Clear Face. SPRUCE 2x 6 in., 12, 14 and 16 ft., good dry stock 8 x 8 in., 12, 14 and 16 ft., good dry stock Leak & Company, Limited 18. Aberdeen Chambers, TORONTO MEMPHIS VENEER & LUMBER CO. Manufacturers: Honduras Mahogany and Southern Hardwood Lumber SAWN VENEERS Mahogany, Quartered and Plain Oak and os ew Red Gum MEMPHIS TENN. FRANK H. HARRIS LUMBER CO., JOHN DONOGH & CO. Wholesale Dealers HEMLOCK SPRUCE Quick shipments. 1205 TRADERS BANK BUILDING, TORONTO Dry stock in all sizes. JAMES E. STARK LUMBER CO. Manufacturers: Quartered and Plain Oak ASH A large stock of Ash continually on hand TENN. LTD. Poplar and Cypress MEMPHIS : Sales Agents, 32 CHURCH STREET, TORONTO, ONT. WHOLESALERS: Hardwoods, Oak Flooring, Chestnut, Walnut. Mixed Cars Promptly Shipped ' SEND US A LIST OF YOUR REQUIREMENTS AND WE WILL QUOTE AN ATTRACTIVE PRICE. Oliver Lumber Co. of Toronto Limited Confederation Life Building FOR SALE Bone Dry Stock 129,000 ft. 1 x 4, 5, 7” Mill Run Red Pine, 44% 4”, 41% 5", 15% 7". 120,000 ft. 1 x 6 Mill Run Red Pine. 42,000 ft. 1 x 4, 6/11 ft. Com. and Drsg. White Pine. Write us before ordering | The Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Co., Ltd. TORONTO, ONT. 18 Toronto Street, Yellow Pine and B. C. Shingles Always in Transit. We Specialize in PILING | Always on hand a full line of Spruce and Tamarac Piles, 25 to 50 feet. 1 in. and 2 in. Hemlock and Spruce. Wanted 1 in. Cull Hardwood. WANTED —Contractors to take out piles during the summer months ARTHUR N. DUDLEY Lumber, Lath and Shingles 109 Stair Building Toronto Phone M 6368 Our Mills now ready to cut “HEMLOCK TIMBER up to 12 x 12 — 24 We have on hand a full line of Hemlock Lumber, Ties & Post Cut This Season Prompt Delivery guaranteed. SPEARS & LAUDER ‘sor'kent'sids, TORONTO Write, wire or phone for quotations, 14 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER J. Burstall & Company Timber and Lumber Merchants Shippers of All Kinds H : | of Lumber and Timber ead Office, Quebec, Que. Branch: J. Burstall & Company, Ltd. Montreal—Board of Trade Bldg. 57 Gracechurch St. E. C., London, England ee ae: ~ When You Want Lumber _. From Such Logs as these, we have the stock ready for you. Quality and service is the keynote of our success and by devoting our energy to the selling of Soft and Hardwoods we are able to give you at- tention that insures the acme of satisfaction. We are open to contract for our Hardwoods and Soft Woods and can handle any contract for Special Bills. Mea es +r Our new mill commenced operating in January, and is now running double tower. Re A Typical Logging Scene in Fassett, Que. Fassett Lumber Company, Limited Fassett, Que. River Quelle Pulp & Lumber Co. Manufacturers of CORRESPONDENCE ts [* SOLICITED St. Pacome, Que., Canada On I. C. Ry. 75 Miles East of Lumber Lath Pulpwood Quebec City CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 15 Z__ The Saw-Mill Owners Sales Co. Representing 22 Mills - 6 Branches What about a mixed car of mouldings, turnings, doors with shingles and sidings. Send for our latest catalogue. It will pay you better than making them yourself. Lumber of all kinds. Your correspondence solicited. Head Office: Coristine Bldg., MONTREAL Mason, Gordon & Co. 2%."3:2: Montreal, Que. _ Everything in Timber Car and Cargo lots only - Douglas Fir, Pine, Hemlock, Spruce, Yellow Pine and Oak Western Office :—Pacific Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Everything in Lumber Wholesale and Retail Write or wire us for your requirements The McLennan Lumber Co. Limited Montreal, Canada Write, Wire or ’Phone for Prices . Charlemagne & Lac Quareau Lumber Co. Mills: Charlemagne, Montcalm, St. Adele The Gres Falls Company Mills: Three Rivers and Cap Madelaine St. Gabriel Lumber Co., Limited Large stock of 1” 14”, 1%” and 2” WHITE Mill: St. Gabriel de Brandon INE, Bone dry. ‘Head Office : 524 Board of Trade, Montreal, P.Q. 10/ 13-ft. Spruce and Hemlock Manufacturers of Offices at Mills at Spruce and Pine Lumber «=¢ Ground Wood P ulp 97 St. James St., Montreal Mont Laurier, P. Q. When You Want Help in Your Mill Insert an advertisement in the “WANTED & FOR SALE” department The most efficient mill employees in Canada are regular readers of this paper. Get the best by advertising. Rates on request. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker . Toronto, Ont. Montreal Office: 119 Board of Trade Building 16 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER FIR TIMBER HIGH GRADE RED CEDAR SHINGLES LET US QUOTE YOU PRICES TIMMS, PHILLIPS & CO., LTD. Birks Building, VANCOUVER, B. C. Timbers Yard Stock Clears v,> and Mouldings Mouldings The East Kootenay Lumber Co. Limited Head Office: JAFFRAY, B.C. Mills at: CRANBROOK, B.C., RYAN, B.C., JAFFRAY, B.C. Heavy Fir Dimension Is Our Particular Specialty There is un- doubtedlyabig market for Mill Equipment of allkinds. Let us Demons- trate our -Ad- vertising ser- vice. We please others, we can please . you. Are You Interested in British Colum- bia Trade? The Heavier it is the Better we like it We Dress from 1 to 4 Sides up to 16-in. x 20-in., 60-ft. Our grade is posttively right, and prices will please Timberland Lumber Co., Limited Head Office, Westminster Trust Bldg., NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. Mills at Craigs on the B.C.E.R. Shipment by C.P.R.R., G.N.R.R. or B.C.E.R.R. Theimmensity of the Lumber Industry will within a few years make this Province the most im- portant in the _ whole Domin- ion. Western Lumberman Crowe & Wilson Chambers C. “NANCOUVER, B. Branch at Wio W. A, ANSTIE, Managing Director. Forest Mills of British Columbia, Ltd. Head Office: Revelstoke, B.C. Mills at Taft; Three Valley, Comaplix, Cascade, Nelson Manufacturers of Lumber, Lath and Shingles Specialties: WHITE PINE, WESTERN SOFT PINE and CLEAR CEDAR PRODUCTS Special facilities for supplying the Eastern Trade Eastern Representative W. J. MacBeth, 60 Brock Ave., Toronto CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER “CANADIAN MADE” Fourdrinier Wires and Cylinder Covers Manufactured in Ottawa by the Capital Wire Cloth & Mfg. Co. Dandy Rolls and Cylinder Moulds ae Repaired and Recovered THE HERBERT MORRIS CRANE & HOIST COMPANY, Limiteo, EMPRESS WORKS, PETER STREET, TORONTO Veneer Press and Dryer Hydraulic and other Presses for mill and factory use. Built in all sizes or to suit special conditions O @vivavara w=: WRITE FOR PRICES AND QUOTATIONS William R. Perrin and Company, Ltd. TORONTO, CANADA Machinery and Timber For Sale The undersigned offer for sale, in large - or small blocks all their remaining timber lands, mills and town property situated in the Town of Parry Sound, Ont. ; and other Lumber Equipment, including boom chains, plows, sleighs, etc. We have sold quite a number of timber parcels but still have some good bargains left in Townships of McDougall, Foley, Mc Kellar, Shawanaga, Monteith, Carling, Christie, Burpee, McConkey, Mills, Allen, Secord, Falconbridge and Street. We have the following Sawmill Machinery for sale: 18 ft. Double- ‘cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 1 3-block right hand steam feed go fitted with steam set works, made m. Hamilton, Peterboro, with 10- hed steam feed cylinder. 1 Double cylinder steam nigger, right hand. 1 Log Loader for right hand mill. 18 ft. Double-cutting Telescope Band Mill, made by Waterous Engine Works. 110 in. Double- cylinder steam feed car- riage, left hand, for cutting 24-ft. logs. 1 left-hand steam nigger. , 1 Log-loader. 1 Endless chain jack ladder with two kickers complete for right and left hand mills. 2 Roger Ne Edgers for 8-in. cants and lumber 1 Waterous double edger, 6 saws. 2 2-saw trimmers. 1 20-ft. Slash table. 1 16-ft. Revolving Slash Table. 1 Horizontal Slab Resaw with 5-ft. wheels, made by Diamond Iron Works. 1 70-ft. Transfer Chain for sorting lum- ber, with necessary levers, rolls and transfer chains to complete outfit. ‘1 Lath Mill with bolter. 2 Lath Trimming Saws. FILING ROOM 1 Automatic Filing Machine for 12-in. D.C. band saws. 1 Automatic Grinding Machine for 8-in. . band saws. 1 Automatic Machine for circular saws. 1 Hand Machine. for cut-off saws. 1 Lap Grinder. 1 Set Band Saw Rollers and levelling blocks, with necessary swedges, a num- er of second-hand band, gang, edger and slash table saws. POWER PLANT 2 Double Duplex, high pressure Water umps. 5 60-in. x 16-ft. Return Tubular Boilers, allowed 125 lbs. steam. 2 125 h.p. Water Wheels. 1 Upright Engine for sawdust conveyor. 110 h.p. Engine. 1 Mitts & Merrell Hog. 1 Wood Machine for 22-in. weed. 1 Wood Machine for 16-in. weod. 1 Edger for ripping dry lumber, installed. 1 nee for ripping dry lumber, net in- stalled. 1 30 h.p. Generator, 250- volt. 1 30 light are generator. There is also a large quantity ef shaft- ing, pulleys, hangers, belting, tram cars and turn-tables, particulars ef which may be had on application. Also, contents of machine shop, contain- ing Planer, Drill, Lathe and achinery, with tools necessary for repair wor All of the above open for inspection at Parry Sound. Parry Sound Lumber Co. 26 Ernest Avenue, mited TORONTO, CANADA. LOUISIANA RED CYPRESS QUARTERED OAK PLAIN OAK POPLAR ASH Yards at Nashville, Tenn. We can ship you promptly any of the above Stock, Carefully Inspected WE WOULD LIKE TO HEAR FROM YOU Wistar Underhill & Nixon Real Estate Trust Bldg., Philadelphia, Pa. Canadian Representative: G. H. Johnson, 125 Tyndall Avenue, Phone Parkdale 736, Toronto, Ontario Service First He profits most who serves best. Our Winter’s Cut of Hardwoods Now Ready For Shipment LOOK THESE OVER! 38 M. 1 x 6 and wider, ist and 2nd End Dried White Basswood. 22 M. 1 x 6 to 8 in., 10 and 12 ft. 1st and 2nd Basswood. 40 M. 1 x 7 and 8 in. 1st and 2nd Basswood. 40 M. 1 x 7 in. and wider No. 1 Common Basswood. 24 M. 1 x 8 in. and wider No. 1 Common Basswood. 35 M. 1 x 6 in. and wider, No. 1 Common Beech. 40 M. 5/4 No. 1 Common and Better Beech. 60 M. 5/8 No. 2 Common and Better Beech. 48 M. 1 x 6 in. and wider No. 1 Common Birch. 24 M. 1 x 6 in. and wider No. 2 Common Birch. 38 M. 6/4 1st and 2nd Soft Gray Elm. 25 M. 12/4 1st and 2nd Soft Gray Elm. 18 M. 16/4 1st and 2nd Soft Gray Elm. 45 M. 4/46 in. and wider 1st and 2nd End Dried White Maple. 16 M. 5/4 6 in. and wider, 1st and 2nd End Dried White Maple. 22 M. 6/4 6 in. and wider, 1st and 2nd End Dried White Maple. 36 M. 8/4 6 in. and wider, 1st and 2nd End Dried White Maple. A complete assortment of all grades and thicknesses. The Stearns Salt & Lumber Co. Ludington, Michigan . H. DAWKINS LUMBER CO. MANUFACTURERS OF BAND-SAWED OLD-FASHIONED SOFT YELLOW POPLAR ASHLAND, CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER HARDWOOD LUMBER) United States Manufacturers and Wholesalers seeking Canadian Business P Hoffman Brothers Company Fort Wayne, Indiana Manufacturers of Hardwoods—Any Thickness From 1/30” SLICE CUT VENEER 1/20” SAWED VENEER to 2” BAND SAWED LUMBER Specialty : QUARTERED WHITE OAK W. M. Ritter Lumber Company COLOMBUS, - - - : OHIO Below is a list of Dry Lumber which we can Ship Promptly POPLAR 5/8 Panel and No. 1, 18 to 23, 1 car. 4/4 Panel and No. 1, 18 to 19, 2 cars. 4/4 Panel and No. 1, 20 to 21, 2 cars. 4/4 Panel and No. 1, 24 to 27, 1 car. 4/4 firsts and seconds, 7 to 17 in., 5 cars. 10/4 firsts and seconds, 7 to 17 in., 1 car. 16/4 firsts and seconds, 7 to 17 in., 2 cars. ~ 5/8 No. 1 common, 1 car. 4/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. . 5/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. BASSWOOD Firsts and seconds, 7 and up wide, 3 cars. 4/4 No. 1 common, 10 and 12 ft., 3 cars. 4/4 No. 1 common, 14 and 16 ft., 2 cars. 7 5/4 No. 1 common, 14 and 16 ft., 2 cars. CHESTNUT ay ne 1 common, 3 cars. 4/41 d 2s, 1 face, 2 cars. /4 No. 1 common, 4 cars. opr 1s es 23, 2 pee 7 4/4 quartered, 1s and 2s, 2 cars. 6/4 1s and 2s, 2 cars. 4/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. 8/4 1s and Qs, 1 car. 4/4 No. 2 common, 3 cars. RED OAK WHITE OAK 4/4 1s and 2s, 2 cars. 5/4 1s and 2s, 2 cars 5/4 1s and 2s, 1 car. 6/4 1s and 2s, 3 cars. 6/4 1s and 2s, 1 car. 7/4 1s and 2s, 2 cars. ' 4/4 No. 1 common, 4 cars. 8/4 1s and 2s, 4 cars.. 5/4 No. 1 common, 1 car. 4/4 No. 1 common, 4 cars. 6/4 No. 1 common, 1 car. | 5/4 No. 1 common, 2 cars. 4/3 clear face plain strips, | 6/4 No. 1 common, 38 cars. 3% to 5% wide, 2 cars. | The above is a list of dry stock which we can ship promptly. All our own manufacture, hand sawed and thoroughly seasoned. Do not place your order before writing for prices. Canadian Representative : John Hall, Box 32, Toronto, Canada ‘Phone cones 6997 KENTUCKY CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 19 HARDWOOD LUMBER | United States Manufacturers and Wholesalers seeking Canadian Business HE W. E. HEYSER LUMBER COMPANY Manufacturers, Wholesalers and Exporters of High Grade West Virginia and Southern Hardwoods 15,000,000 ft. on hand at all times of dry Plain & Quartered W. and Red Oak, Poplar, Ash, Hickory, Gum and other Hardwoods. Quick shipments direct from our own mills and yards. Main Office and Yards, Cincinnati, Ohio. Write for prices. Sell Hardwoods in Canada Reach the furniture factories, piano factories, sash and door factories through Canada’s National lumber medium. Published semi-monthly. | Write to-day for rates. Canada Lumberman and Woodworker Toronto, Canada CAFLISCH BROTHERS HARDWOOD LUMBER ee eee Yards and Mills at— e Union City, Pa. Monticello, Ky. JAMESTOWN, N.Y. Hambleton, W. Va. Ross Point, Ky. - Full assortment of grades and thicknesses in Quartered and Plain Oak, Gum, Poplar and other Hardwoods in our Jamestown yards. a ‘ | STRAIGHT OR MIXED CARS. IMMEDIATE SHIPMENTS. 20 | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Lumber - Lath Shingles @ Our two large mills are now in operation sawing the finest of Spruce and Pine Lumber, Spruce Lath and Cedar Shingles. - A large assortment of dry lumber always in hand | on our yards, to fill orders wanted for quick ship- ment. @ Our new and up-to-date electrically driven planing -and resawing mill is now running and turning out first class work. \ We can fill orders for either rough or dressed Jumber. Cost of dressing is saved in freight. @ We manufacture the ‘“‘ Beaver Brand” White Cedar Shingles, full count; every bundle is marked ‘“250 shingles” and bound with iron bands; no more strings and broken bunches. @ Mills and yards located at Bathurst, N.B., on the beautiful Bathurst Harbor. _Shipments can be made by schooner and steamer right from the Com- pany docks to any port-in the world, and also by rail to any part of Canada or the United States. Intercolonial Railway tracks and sidings in our yards, with trackage room for 50 cars on our own premises. @ Wire, write or ‘phone your orders, and ask for our -monthly stock list of lumber for sale and list show- ing cost of dressing. The Bathurst Lumber Co., Ltd. Bathurst, N.B., Canada CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 21 C. Beck Manufacturing Co., Limited PENETANGUISHENE, ONT. White and Norway Pine Penetang sawn lumber is famous. Let it make you famous. ™ Old Town “Canvas” Canoe A Friend in Need is a Friend Indeed KNIVES of every description for Woodworking Plants and Pulp and Paper Mills DISTRIBUTORS : Henry Morgan & Co., Montreal, Que. Holt Renfrew & Co., Quebec, Que. Hudsons Bay Company— Their various branches. F. A. Kirkpatrick, 81 Summer St., St John, NB: Grant-Holden-Graham, Ltd., Ottawa, Ont. The f.. Eaton Go,, Ltd, Toronto, Ont. Northern Canada Supply Co., Cobalt, Ont. Cochrane Hardware Ltd., Sault Ste. Marie, Sudbury, North Bay, Ont. J. Darch & Sons, London, Ont. Rice Lewis & Son, Toronto, Ont. Agents wanted in unoccupied territory. Photo taken by employee of Laurentide Co. Ltd., Grand Mere, P. Q. ' Their Supt., Forestry Division, states canoe damaged in Rapids, canvas held, braced up canoe and continued journey down St. Maurice River 70 miles. Used canoe balance of season and all following year. F. M. DIXON Canadian Representative: | Beardmore Bldg, MONTREAL Our new catalogue will be ready shortly— do not fail to secure a copy. Galt Knife Company, Limited GALT - ONTARIO RUSSEL LOGGING CARS Mr. Lamberman It’s the Russel Car you will be interested in. The Russel Car is unsurpassed in quality, service and capacity. Built for any capacity and to accommodate any length of log desired. —-Canadian Representative— | Vancouver Machinery Depot 2 : iB Tiiaer Limited. Russel Wheel & Foundry Company, Detroit, Mich. ey ‘ ry 4 22 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ADAMS TOWING MACHINE This machine installed in our pointer will do the work of a steam tug as well as many things a steam tug cannot do. The machine is strong and amply designed, burning coal-oil as fuel. Machine starts direct off coal-oil. The pointer is particularly well built. Ribs and frame are bolt fastened; they are made of well seasoned white oak, steam bent where necessary. The planking is Louisiana Red Cypress. Rubbing streaks are of hard maple. The Adam’s Pointer has proved a good investment for many lumbermen. Write for catalogue and testimonials. Adams Launch & Engine Co. Penetang, Ontario oT CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 23 When the Big Log Hits the Big Saw Then comes the “tug-of-war.” Instantly a terrific resistance is placed against the power equipment. That’s the time when dependable belting counts. That's when the belting proves itself. There’s a difference between belt “price” and belt “service.” One is what you pay—the other is what you get. For sawmills there are Goodyear belts that cover every exact requirement from the main drive to high speed, small pulley machine. Extra Power For the main drive —edger and planer. Wonderfully strong. This belt shows the highest friction pull of any we have ever tested. Made of the heaviest and strong- : est duck of any belt we make—laboratory in- Here we employ the same methods and equip- spected and tested. The stretch taken out in ment as at our Akron plant—here exists the the making. Highest grade rubber friction same quality standard that has won Goodyear Other causes are improper installation, slipping and opening at seams and splice. Goon) "YEAR BELTING FOR THE SAWMILL Before buying belt- ing for any purpose remember that 15 years’ experience is back of all Canada made “Goodyear” products. unifies the strong serviceable plies. Absolutely leadership in tiredom. no ply separation. Made in various widths— “endless” when desired. Here are efficiency experts who will be glad e to confer with you on your belting problem 6 | ] as well as on those of hose, packings and mperia valves. When buying any Goodyear equipment you buy service—and that’s far cheaper in the Designed especially for high-speed and small i : . seo OF Se ’ : ; ong run than buying simply on yrice. pulley conditions. A fine belt for trimmer ng ying ply : be Ask Goodyear to tell you just what product for the very purpose and why. Costs nothing Thingsto Know About Belting to ask questions. Involves no_ obligation. Ninety per cent. of all belt troubles are due to using belting not intended for the purpose. Write today. The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company of Canada Limited Head Ofice—TORONTO, Ont. Factorry—BOWMANVILLE, Ont. - Branches at—Victoria, Vancouver, Edmonton, Calgary, Regina, Winnipeg, Hamilton, London, Montreal, St. John, N.B. ONTARIO Canada’s Banner Province Ontario’s timber production last year valued at $26,774,937 or 40% of Canada’s total output. Pine production, 905,442,000 ft. B.M. Pulpwood, 246,282 cords. Railway Ties, 5,704,459. Ontario’s woodworking industries, using 34 different kinds of wood, provide a ready market for the lumberman. Eighty-two per cent. of lumber used in Ontario’s industries purchased within the Province. Ontario’s vast resources offer unsurpassed opportunities to the lumberman. For maps and full information regarding Ontario, apply to HON. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. 24 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Massee & Felton Lumber C HARDWOOD LUMBER Mills: MACON, GEORGIA SHIPPING DRY STOCK LIST . QUARTERED RED GUM HICKORY 4/4 firsts and seconds ETO eee ETAOIN, SHRDLU SHRD 8/4 No. 1 Common and Betterou. 2.2 seemed eee woe 43,000 4/4. 1st and Sud cess er ners sie 74,000 8/4 No. 2 and 3 Common .. Boe tte ee 23,000 4/4 No. 1 common ... a cs sor ase ueeteee QLOjOCO 1 Car Run Strips Hickory, 1% x < 1%, 6 and 7 ft. long. 4/4 1st and 2nd Figured doe “deh wien vc eteuetcae ety, metone mmm Sti 12,000 ELM 4/4 No. 1 Common Figured ... ... che anereaee he Ree Sait eteas 74,000 5/4 Log wRat 5 vuv eet eed wee Be ir ey ee See ee 7,000 6/4. Log Rate oie ositiey slut? ialeley castles cateta en el lute etn att PLAIN RED GUM 6/4. No. 3. \Comaton ccs caus cee een ett eee ee 9,000 B/S Ast and Qud oc els a any pct alates): ater aimee ol cain eee ea 20,000 4/4 Ist and 2nd ... <1 572g See Gn See ee eae MAPLE 5/4. ist. and Bund. . sci aw Sete yee en? ie eine keene mee 7,900 4/4 Log Rum 2... see cee cee cae cee ee vee cee oe ae oe 12,000 3/8: No. LT ‘Common, Fae. cs tives ot neice Reinet eee 18,000 2 ASH 1/2) No, 1 Contmion enna) eee ce hie ee orepeninia atte en 10,000 4/4. No. 1 Common 25,700 5/8 No. 1 Conmmon: sii km sie aid. eeieh tase ste an Setar orem 21,000 5/4. No: Anion see eee ee aan 1.700 4/4 No. 1 Common... ... silvls. Staia: -aVels) 40 Srdtetioves bok cuokm. Mateiee Neate ERE Ree 6/4 No.1 C re ee ee ee SS re 2,000 5/4 No: 2 Common, ce, See «| «ana ene Oe en mnTRO OO os OMTUMTI OR + 9:02 Bie mee Riese eas bee aa 6/4 No, 2 Common oie. 6 cae nercieelsia” sist erated Poin cern ays | eeatcts 9,000 CYPRESS 4/4 Log’ Rut ..20 ene eee a. be tateee CRnemteretin 16,000 SAP GUM 3/B) Ack and 2nd Sap.) cots tele se ees eri PERSIMMON 1/2. 1st, and 2nd iSapieis..2. ake. tek oie cliente ieee eee OOH 5/4 Log Run ..0 use een cee wee wee see von cee one tee 2,000 5/8) 1st.-and’ 2nd ‘Sap, ..2 ate CER eee oe eee 4,000 6/4 Log Run... ... ... « eee Pie wore) (agit Sata 10,000 4/40 1st land! 2nd) Sap sea see Slate Savefe vx he) Wetous po Sghaaen ms eh ee ce 12,000 : 6/4. 1st and. 2ad. ‘Sap... 5 artic so teimer in ete, ace tee ae me Oe SYCAMORE 4/4: 18. and wp,Panel cc. o) 54 coe eee a ee nt) 4/4 Log Run. see wile! Majo kt tne nate 6,000 OAK ‘ i=? tid NGO Coumion Cay Lee ee ee 4/4 No. 1 Common Quartered White Oak ... ... ... -. «+. 14,200 5/4 No: 1: Coumion. Sap’... -:./ ses eee ee ee 4/4 No. 1 Common Quartered Red Oak ... ... ... --- +++ 16,600 6/4:No 1 Common ‘Sap \«,.0. os ae ee ee Oe ne cee 69.000 4/4 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak . 7 wig Ns, Ce, \el ene ieee 23,000 3/4 No.2. Common Sapsss<) csc) ne oa) eee TOON 1/2 1st and 2nd Plain White Oak . sles ci -eln ) 5,200 4/4. No.2 (Comnion:Sap. 6...) ie Beatoek, ee eee Seer BOOIuan 4/4 No. 1 Common Plain White Oak’ .;: ic. 83,000 4/4 No. 3 Common Sap ir ghts aetna hie te 350.000 4/4 No. 2 Common Red Oak ... ... .,. + sie ole Suet SRN ieee ‘ ay a and 2nd eg ra vin, ails) « «lellteD santierereaan 4,900 — 4 o. 1. Common Plain Red Oak ... ... cau Ges) alee iene eee BEECH LOG RUN 4/4 No. 3 Common Red and White Oak . vas! sal 6 SOT SB Migg sRun8 \.rd > loiah, oerepte aati a teeictn Ge Iere een atote wale cine se) OOOO 4/4 Sound and Wormy Oak... .. + a0), ye alwleueh Reet a ee Ready for Prompt Shipment WIRE ROPE Special Alligator Ropes with Proper Attachments. Saw Carriage Ropes Haulage Ropes Smoke Stack Stays, etc., oe Wire Rope Fittings Wire Rope Grease THE B. GREENING WIRE CO., LIMITED HAMILTON, ONT. MONTREAL, QUE. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 25 Turns Round, Oval, Square, Hexagon and Octagon With the Same Set of Cutters The change necessary being a shift of cams which can be made in one minute’s time. The work produced on this machine is guaranteed to be perfect in shape and uniform. This machine will produce from 1000 to 3000 pieces per day and cannot be equalled for such work as chair and table legs, newel posts, balusters, ladder rungs, plow rounds, net floats, baseball bats, . Indian clubs, dumb bells, croquet sets and various other articles of similar character. Write for descriptive circular and price. The Defiance Machine Works -: Defiance, Ohio, U.S.A. ee, 2 ue = are 32 inch Variety Turning Lathe Solid and Inserted Tooth Circular Saws We make a specialty of these lines We remake old Solid Tooth Saws into new Inserted Tooth Saws s wee ae Write to us for quotations. Our saws have been before the public of Can- ada since 1855, and have won a reputation far excelling any other make of saws, combining as they do so many points of marked superiority. By the old method the tempering of circular saws was to a great extent a matter of chance. By our Patent Process that uncertainty is en- tirely avoided. Being tempered and straightened by heat and pressure in air-tight ovens at a uniform heat between heavy revolving plates, we produce a perfectly even temper throughout the plate, and being free from that uneven strain or tension caused by so much unequal hammering they are not so liable to buckle, which was a great ‘source of trouble and expense in the old style of saw. These saws will stand up to their work better under all circumstances, and being made of a higher quality steel than it is practical to use by the old method, they hold an edge longer and will do more work than any other saw on the market. We are prepared to make prompt deliveries of all Saw Orders—Rush Orders by mail or wire receive immediate attention. R. H. Smith Co., Limited Saw Manufacturers, ST. CATHARINES, ONT. Pink’s Lumbering Tools The Standard Tools in every province of the Dominion, New Zealand, Australia, etc. We manufacture all kinds of lumber tools. Light and Durable. Long Distance Phone, No. 87 Send for Catalogue and Price List. Sold throughout the Dominion by all Wholesale and Retail Hardware Merchants. MADE IN CANADA It’s a Pink anyway you The Thomas Pink Company, Limited Manufacturers of Lumber Tools PEMBROKE : ONTARIO take it, and it’s the best Peavey made. 26 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER SIMONDS SAWS of all kinds are always dependable, and that means more to a mill owner than anything else. Write us for prices on any kind of a Saw or Planer ) knife. ) Simonds Canada Saw Company, Limited Montreal, Que. Vancouver, B. C. St. John, N. B. Where B.B.L. Doors Are Made If you expect to successfully compete with your competitor you must sell the best sash and doors that you can buy—such a line is ‘‘B.B.L.’ To sell successfully we have installed the most up-to-date machinery and employed the best labor. Such facilities enable us to market Al products. Send us a list of your requirements andl we will ee an interesting price. Benson & Bray , Limited Midland, et Box 416 : Telephone 141 Wood Worker Issued on the Ist and 15th of every month by HUGH C. MACLEAN, LIMITED, Publishers HUGH C. MacLEAN, Winnipeg, President. THOS. S. YOUNG, Toronto, General Manager OFFICES AND BRANCHES: ‘TORONTO - - Telephone A. 929 - - 220 King Street West VANCOUVER - Telephone Seymour 2013 - Hutchison Block MONTREAL - - Telephone Main 2299 - - 119 Board of Trade WINNIPEG - Telephone Garry 856 - Commercial Travellers’ Bldg. NEW YORK - - Tel. 3108 Beekman - - 931 Tribune Building CHICAGO - - Tel. ee ag - - 1155 Peoples Gas Building LONDON, ENG. 3 Regent Street, S.W. \@nada fumbe | TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION . Beads. United States and Great Britain, $2.00 per year in advance; foreign countries embraced in the ‘General Postal Union, $3.00. Single copies 15 cents. other “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is published in the interest of, and reaches regularly, persons engaged in the lumber, woodworking and allied industries in every part of Canada. It aims at giving full and timely information on all subjects touching these interests, and invites free discus- sion by its readers. _ worthy market quotations throughout the world, so as to afford to the trade at home and abroad information on which it can rely in its operations. Advertisers will receive careful attention and liberal treatment. For manufacturiig and supply firms wishing to bring their goods to the attention _ of owners and operators of saw and planing mills, woodworking factories, pulp mills, ete., “The Canada Lumberman and Woodworker” is undoubtedly the most direct and profitable advertising medium. Special attention is di- rected to the “Wanted” and “For Sale” advertisements. » ‘ | Special care is taken to secure for publication the latest and most trust- Vol. 34 Toronto, June 15, 1914 No. 1 The Love Feast of Competitors Only a few years ago it was the fashion for the aggressive manu- facturer, who found his competitor was getting the best of him in the guerrilla warfare of rampant personal competition, to send a spy into the enemy’s camp to purloin all the trade secrets on which he could Today, however, they are not doing this in the best industria] The lively little game of trade spying has passed out of _ vogue, along with dominoes, pinochle and pussy-wants-a-corner. In- stead of sulking in his tent, dispatching trade spies and plotting against the industrial life of the other men in his line, after the man- ner of a chieftain engaged in barbaric warfare, the up-to-date manu- _facturer is attending the love feast of competitors and putting Is ‘fighting energies into a campaign for the good of the line. _ These are the opening sentences in an article written by F. Cris- sey and published recently in the Saturday Evening Post. The writer tells the story of the development and growing importance of the _ trade association movement so well that we reproduce a portion of his article below. In a word, Mr. Crissey says, the present-day manufacturer who is live wire puts in more time attending the meetings of his associa- n than he or his predecessors ever spent in scheming to steal trade ets from competitors. Of course there are some survivals of the school of mutual suspicion who still linger in the land of the Phil- ‘ines and believe that every man’s hand is against them; who con- _ But these remainders of the old order are not representative of the v1 sent hour; they are out of pace with present-day thought and iods and their faces are set toward the past instead of being turned 1e future and its cleaner, saner and more constructive methods. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 27 in his particular business world will unhesitatingly declare that the modern association is the biggest and most significant sign to be found on the face of the whole industrial sky; that the love feast of competitors is the most important function on the business calen- dar of the down-to-date manufacturer; and that the association movement is an economic uplift that has already accomplished mir- acles of service to the consumer, the middleman, the manufacture: and seller of raw materials—and this in spite of the fact that the movement is practically in its infancy and has not yet had a chance more than to scratch the surface of the field of its potential usefulness The simplest type of trade association—Sitting at the modern love feast of competitors are to be found scores of men seasoned in the hard school of the old time head-hunting campaigns, who will unhesitatingly confess that it is immensely more self-respecting to sit in an association council and plan with competitors for measures that will cut costs, save waste and spy out new markets for the whole line, than it was to battle single-handed and wage a bitter and blind- ing trade feud against all men who had the effrontery to engage in the line of production to which they themselves happened to be de- voted. These veterans declare that the ethical change ushered in with the association is perceptibly altering the moral map of the business world, and is the most widespread and wholesome influence felt in trade today. There are more kinds of business associations today than of automobiles, but the type that claims the center of the stage is that composed of men or firms making the same general line of product or selling the same general line of goods. Associations of this sort are not only most numerous but undoubtedly contain the greatest possibilities for good and the fewest possibilities for abuse. At least ‘this type of competitors’ love feast is the most vital, because it is the most elemental and basic; it hugs tightest to the problems of quality and cost in production, of standardization and regard for convenience of the consumer and of economy in distribution. So let this kind of - association come in for first consideration. The National Hardwood Lumber Association is representative of the simplest form of this kind of trade crystallization. Not many years ago a husky and ambitious young man in Mississippi, who had worked in the hardwood cuttings ever since he could handle a cant- hook, wanted to get married. He decided that the shortest cut to a home of his own was by the sawmill route. He had a little capital of his own, and also the confidence of a local banker and timber own- er; so he took the bit in his teeth, bought a mill outfit, collected a picked gang of workmen and started to saw his way to.a happy home and a bank account. This young man knew the hardwood game from stump to freight car—but his knowledge stopped at the ship-_ ping-point. Beyond that lay an undiscovered country. This, however, did not worry him. The big markets of the north were crying for hardwood lumber, and he soon found his desk full of letters and circulars from enterprising jobbers and midd!emen who were eager to handle his output on a comimission basis. They care- fully explained their special facilities for disposing of his cut. ‘“No- thing easier than this!” he thought. “All I have to do is to saw the lumber, sort it carefully and send it on the market.” He did sort it carefully, and his grading was done with the eye of good judgment and with the determination to make his market understand that every stick from his mill was right. The returns from his first carload made him smile with satisfaction. ‘Then he consigned several more carloads to the same man. He received a wire saying that the consignment graded out in very unsatisfactory shape and that the grader’s report would follow by mail. It did, and he took the train to Chicago, never doubting that he could personally establish the outrageous error of such grading; but he found that there was no appeal from the official grade placed on his lumber. He returned home, having suffered an outright and heavy loss on the shipment. Then he tried other markets—sometimes with the conclusion that the grading was perhaps honestly done according to the standards prevailing in the particular market in question, but more frequently with the conviction that the small shipper was con- sistently trimmed and that the grading was the saw that did the trim- 28 ming. Each market not only had its own standards, but its graders were apparently under the influence of the men dominating that mar- ket. He showed his grit, however, and stuck by the game until he was almost bankrupt. Then he contrived to sell his outfit to a man who had -not been up a grader’s discriminating pencil. This defeated young man was a type of a large class. The small mill man who consigned a carload of lumber to the nearest market could never be sure that he would not have to send money after it to help out with freight and demurrage charges. And when he sold outright at destination his fate was still in the hands of the grader. On a down market his stuff was almost certain to grade poor. Large mill owners and hig output buyers were by no means exempt from the scourge of un- standardized grading and the abuses that thrived under it. against All was chaos and disorganization. The small mill owner saw that he stood no chance against the big buyer in the distant market when that buyer chose to exert a sinister influence on the grading of a shipment. If the toes of the small mill owner had been the only ones stepped on the unstandardized practice of grading would prob- ably have continued indefinitely ; but when the men who jobbed the outputs of large mills realized that unstandardized grading was the big peril of the trade the National Hardwood Lumber Association was brought into being. Apparently the sole purpose behind this step was to eliminate this weapon that was always likely to be turn- ed against the seller on a declining market, and put the grading of lumber on a uniform, standardized and impartial basis. It was easy to effect an organization, but far more difficult to establish and enforce a system covering the whole country, and recognized and accepted by all buyers. Moral pressure and tight teamwork appeared to be the only practical means by which to force: the adoption of such system. To-day uniform grades—those determined by the National Hard- _ wood Lumber Association—prevail in every market in the country. The smallest mill owner may have his carload of lumber graded by an impartial and disinterested inspector in the employ of the National Association and have no string tied to him. Whether he sells or con- The Retailer and the Salesman Lack of salesmanship has been pointed to many a time as the chief obstacle in the way of conducting a profitable business and as an important factor in raising the cost of manufactured products— among them lumber—to the consumer, A recent editorial article in this journal referred to this mattér at considerable length and dis- cussed the injurious effect upon the trade caused by frequent calls being made upon customers by travellers whose chief object is to take orders instead of to give value to the customer. There is no question whatever that retail lumbermen and other large consumers of lumber stocks, have to spend a great deal of their time in conver- sation with travellers to whom they cannot or do not wish to give orders. They would welcome any reasonable reform in business meth- ods which would enable them to dispense with this unprofitable con- sumption of time, but they are unable apparently to do so. The article in question dealt largely with the salesmanship side of the situation and had little to say about the buyer’s influence. A sub- scriber, who represents a large lumber manufacturing firm, after reading the article, expressed the opinion that something had been omitted and that reference should have been made more extensively to the retailer and the other large consumers, in regard to their at- titude to the salesmen. When one looks into the question closely, there is no doubt that this feature of the case deserves attention also. In fact the whole matter resolves itself into a question of, studying the different factors in connection, with buying.and selling lumber, both in a wholesale and a retail way, so as to get at the most effi- cient manner of bringing about trade, at prices which induce further trade and with stocks that encourage continued custom. The personal element comes into play from the very first and the business policy of the retailer or the large consumer has a great deal ‘ - CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER = iJ signs his shipment, he is sure that he need not be whipsawed by th old trick of crooked grading; for all he has to do to secure inspe at the hands of an association man is to ask for it. After describing a number of similar cases in connection other industries, Mr. Crissey writes as follows:—The cases to whic | have referred are typical of thousands of others; almost eve dustry yields sharp, conclusive evidence that the trade feud is ¢ of the most destructive elements in commercial and industrial life Cost accounting is to-day a science that demands a specialist peculiar training and experience; and this highly specialized ser” is expensive. The smaller manufacturer naturally feels that it beyond his reach, and this hesitation throws an advantage into” ; hands of the large manufacturer who can afford such service. is! When an association of manufacturers making the same li product employs such a specialist, however, not only is the each individual member greatly minimized, but the system th worked out has the advantage, when put into operation, of uni The smallest member of that association measures his costs with t same yardstick the largest manufacturer is using. Mr. Crissey’s treatment of this subject, while roberta to con tions that have developed in the United States, may be applied equal force to Canada, and especially to the lumber business in Ca ada. Continued efforts which the Canada Lumberman made, over period of nearly two years, to bring out enough sentiment to establish grading rules of the principal Canadian lumbers, were of no avail, cause the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association, at their annual con tion did not show sufficient interest. In the face even of this indiffer- ence, we are as certain as it is possible to be in this uncertain wos that we were on the right track. The same evil to a regrettable extent, as that referred to above, exists in Canadian connection with grading many of its important classes of lumber. The association movement i the Canadian lumber industry is still young, but the day will probable come when associations will realize that they have been neglecting one of their most important aids to success, by overlooking the grad= ing question. en- to do with the manner in which he is approached by heerelli salesman. It is possible, we believe, to adopt towards the salesma a line of conduct which will show him clearly just what kind of treat- ment he may expect when he calls again and will relieve him of all that uncertainty which makes it necessary to solicit trade time and again without results, in the hope that some day he will be fortunate enough to drop in at a time when there is a good chance of getting an orde The manner in which a retailer greets a salesman has more to do with the former’s success as a business man than he might be inclines to admit. The salesman is generally quick to size up | his prospect < to decide as to the best means of securing an order. = aul come first of all to an opinion as to whether the retailer nace is punaiaet irrespective of whether the ot will 21 satisfaction to his own customers. No retailer will blindly purchase stock which he knows is not saleable, but many a retailer wi a mistake in buying stock which he thinks will be saleable and w is offered at an attractive price; finding out later that he cannot a profit on it. This is where his treatment of the salesman is ant. If he secures the confidence and sympathy of the salesmz retailer may depend upon him to post him intimately as to the s which is being purchased. He can get this confidence from the s man without any difficulty if he shows that it is appreciated. way in which to secure it is simple, depending entirely upon trea‘ ing the salesman frankly and letting him know, in just so many ‘a what his requirements are, or that he is not in need of fresh stock < t the time being, but. may require a certain class of stock a little lat er on. ; Selling lumber to the retailer ought to resolve itself into these simple elements and ought to eliminate all those wasteful discussions which have to their object the drawing out of information that some retailers seek to retain. The retailer who acts in a secretive manner with a traveller is in most cases doing himself an injury. In the first place he is compelling the traveller to go away without the informa- tion he requires, and is making it necessary for him to make further calls later on. These are the calls which result so often in a retailer ng a line of travellers waiting upon him and taking up much of time, when he is very busy. There are offenders on both sides of e trade—retailers as well as salesmen. The former have mistaken Ss sometimes of their own importance, or as to the proper way of ng business. The latter follow too often the erroneous principle seeking to make a sale, not only in the face of opposition on the t of the retailer, but also by methods which involve either sacrific- all profits, or delivery of stock which is off grade. These two ses Of mistakes are responsible for many of the criticisms which hears in periods of dull trade and it is difficult to say whether one of them is more serious than the other. Having had something to say already about the salesman and Ins sins, it is fair that we should present the case from the other point of view as well, and appeal to the retailer to act towards the traveller ‘in a more considerate and businesslike manner. This does not apply to retailers as a body. They are not all offenders. There are many who are recognized as past-masters in the art of getting value for their money and of keeping the respect of the travellers who call upon , but there are many also who might mend their ways to their n Benen iaec and to the great relief of the pening salesmen. it time Paluble for a call upon one of his customers, to find that be b In another section of the present issue an article appears which _ deals in an interesting manner with the problem presented by the de- velopment of dry rot in mill timbers of shortleaf and loblolly pine. The question has been dealt with in many of its aspects in this journal! previous occasions, but the article in this issue is of much import- se and should be read carefully by all who are interested in the of yellow pine. It goes to show clearly, as we have often pointed t, that longleaf yellow pine is an excellent material for use as timber mill building construction, but that the shortleaf and loblolly vari- which are so often mixed in with the longleaf and are so diffi- It to distinguish from it, are unsuited for this purpose, and are in t a source of grave danger. The question is entirely one of elim- dangerous timber which is subject to dry rot, and seeing that 1 3 put only to uses in which its susceptibility to this disease is of ¢ or no importance. the statements made by the author of this article are correct— are borne out by results which have taken place in Canada ears—it should be considered a criminal matter to mix short- blolly among timbers which are supposed to be longleaf and be used in the construction of buildings. It is only about a - of a month ago since a large firm of contractors in Montreal § subjected to a judgment amounting to $71,000 in a case where they were charged with substituting the shortleaf timber for the long- In this particular case, after about a year from the time when uilding was erected, it was found that dry rot was weakening the ers and it became necessary to replace many of them with steel. at good timbers can be secured at eaatialile cost are edeatly out in the article in this issue, and these facts make it seem le that the government, or others who may be in a position place this responsibility exactly where it belongs—namely, party who first intentionally substitutes the dangerous tim- Rt Sg a a oS ‘is kept waiting uselessly by a man who thinks that he must, first of ‘to Toronto. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 29 all, impress the traveller with an idea of his importance. Such tactics never do any good. They incense the traveller and fill him with an impression the direct opposite of that which the retailer probably desired. After all, a transaction involving the sale of a stock of lumber, is a business matter. It is not, as some might imagine, a struggle of wits. It should not involve a lengthy discussion. It can be reduced to its simplest terms by a process of question and answer m a sur- prisingly short time. The traveller is above all things a student of human nature, but there is too much of a tendency now-a-days tw magnify the importance of the traveller’s insight into character. Travellers too often pride themselves upon their ability to size up a customer, and customers too often pride themselves on their ability to stave off the traveller or drive a close bargain with him, by giving the impression that they are not anxious to buy. These methods come dangerously close to the margin of sharp practice. They are all well enough in a small way. They must naturally form a part of a large proportion of transactions, but their importance should not be mag- nified to such an extent as to make them the chief factors in the deal. What the trade lacks to-day more than anything else, and what it must secure if it is to be lifted out of the unsatisfactory condition into which it has grown, is a better understanding of essentials in connection with a transaction and a better appreciation of the relative importance of the incidentals. The essentials are, frankness in giving and receiving information as to requirements and as to stocks in ques- tion, together with the treatment of one another as necessary factors in the carrying on of business. The incidentals are the studying of character, fighting off competition, and in fact all those efforts of so- called business strategy, which are alright in their place, but which, when they are allowed to bulk too large, become a menace to the trade. Dry Rot in Timbers a Serious Menace bers for the good ones. In order that such a regulation or law could be put into effect, it would of course be necessary to have the two classes of timbers very definitely distinguished, and the suggestions which have been made by the writer of the article referred to indicate a manner in which this may be done. They also indicate the manner in which the shortleaf and loblolly timbers may be made practically safe for use in mill buildings, by subjecting them to a preservative treatment. Yellow pine is playing a most important part in the timber trade of Canada today and the complaints about the substitution of danger- ous shortleaf and loblolly have become so general and so widespread - that those who are engaged in the timber trade are commencing to study the question closely. They will find a great deal to interest them in the article referred to, which will help them to a better ap- preciation of the difficulties connected with the matter. By insisting upon the use of longleaf or similarly durable timbers, wherever these are called for and by posting themselves as thoroughly as possible in regard to the distinction between the two classes, they. will help in preventing the importation of the dangerous timbers into Canada. This importation has reached great proportions during the last few years and will grow still greater unless those who are concerned take a personal interest and do what they can to see that architects, con- tractors and others, who are interested likewise, are impressed with the risks which they run by laxity in regard to the quality of the tim- ber they may use. . On July: Ist, the steamship “Robert Dollar,” laden with 5,000,000 feet of Douglas fir, from the mills of the Genoa Bay Lumber Com- pany, Genoa Bay, B.C., will pass through the Panama Canal en route to an Atlantic Coast port from’ which its cargo will be hauled by rail This will be the initial installment of 25,000,000 feet of Douglas fir to be used in extensive harbor improvements under way at Toronto. This shipment of Pacific Coast lumber marks an epoch in the trade that is viewed with varying emotions by the lumber manu- facturers, east and west. 30 The Reader’s Viewpoint on Trade Topics Ottawa Valley Firms Having Trouble with Drives—Interesting Reports on Market Conditions Ottawa Valley Conditions Unfavorable Editor Canada Lumberman: Hull, P.Q., June 5th. We cannot speak of trade conditions exactly, so tar as others are concerned in the Ottawa Valley, but we understand that the condi- tions generally throughout the Valley are about as bad as they can possibly be. We would not like you to quote us as speaking for others, but we understand, according to report, that some of the Ot- tawa Valley firms have met with serious conditions, fires having des- troyed a large quantity of their timber and some of their dams for passing logs through the rapids and falls. This has allowed the water to escape and has prevented successful driving. On our own river, the Gatineau, fully one-half of the logs we are driving, we have no expectation of receiving this year. The Ritchie mill at Aylmer has been destroyed by fire. Some of our neighbors will be in an even more serious position than ourselves unless very heavy and unusual rains occur within the next few days. These conditions, which seem to prevail generally, must affect the market to a considerable extent. Trade at present is in such a condi- tion and buyers are of such a state of mind, that it may be some time before they begin to realize what are the facts. So many adverse factors and peculiar conditions prevail in these days that it is very difficult to prognosticate as to the future of the market. We cannot help but look for an improvement in trade. We think the worst must have passed.—Ward C. Hughson (Gilmour & Hughson). Expect Reduced Cut in Ottawa District Editor Canada Lumberman: Ottawa, June 3rd. In connection with the driving situation, the time has arrived to find out what effect it will have on the production of lumber and the market situation this year, and we are satisfied that you will find some interesting conditions of affairs if you look closely into it at this time. Firms which have very short drives on large streams will not be affected. In many districts however where lumbermen have to drive out their logs from creeks or small rivers into the large waters, we understand on reliable information, that there are not a few con- cerns who will not get their logs out. situation closely, and if they will tell you accurately how the situation stands with them, in our opinion you will find that the great bulk of their logs manufactured last winter are not going to get out. One of our largest manufacturers here informed us three weeks ago, that unless heavy rains came at that time, 600,000 of their logs were going to be held up. Conditions have not materially changed since that time. We understand another firm in Ottawa are tremendously concerned with the condition of the Gatineau River. By a close canvass it is possible that you will find the driving situation such as to affect ma- terially the amount of lumber that will be sawn this season and there- by certainly affect the price of stock. Firms which are now depending upon the rains to bring out their logs, may conclude that they are not coming out, because the time has gone by for rain to improve the driving situation materially. —Manufacturer. Drives Hung Up on Small Streams Editor Canada Lumberman: Ottawa, June 5th. We understand that there are quite a number of drives held up on the small streams, owing to lack of rain and shortage of water. As far as our own logs are concerned, they are all laid on Kippewa Lake, and, of course, not having any small streams to drive we do not experience any trouble from the lowness of the water.—Shepard & Morse Lumber Company. Ottawa Drives Will be Smaller Editor Canada Lumberman :— June 8th, 1914. Driving conditions in the Ottawa Valley have been poor this year. The long cold spring allowed the snow water to run away, and since then we have had no rains until very lately, and what we have had have not been sufficient to give any flood of water. None of our 918 Woy} JO IWOS }d¥} UT ‘nO yoX JIB EMEC JAMO] IY} UO SaATIP y9e19 hung up for the season. Drives in the Temiskaming district are pro- gressing better as far as the creeks go, but logs coming into Lake . Temiskaming this season are not expected to reach the mills until the following year, so that this will not have any effect on the supply of logs this year. The most serious condition, however, is that the main Ottawa CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER If you canvass the Ottawa - itself has been low this season, and not high enough to bring dows the logs stranded along its shores, and the water is now falling fas with the result that a comparatively small portion of the 1913 have been moved any distance. Unless continued heavy rains received shortly the outlook is for a short supply of logs.—Ottaw Valley Manufacturer. ; Think the Ottawa Drives Mostly Safe Editor Canada Lumberman: June 5tk We have experienced considerable difficulty in getting out logs on all streams tributary to the Ottawa, and in fact are not a lutely sure yet whether we will get all our logs or not. However, are to-day. We do not think there will be any drives of any conse-— quence stuck in this valley, and cannot see how it will influence prices” to any extent—Manufacturer. Poor Driving Conditions on the St. Maurice Iditor Canada Lumberman :— Montreal, June 8th. At the present time there is little of a cheering nature in the lum- ber trade in this province. The supply of logs may be considerably — less than normal this year, as the prospects for stream and river driy- ing are none too promising. In the St. Maurice Valley especially, there will probably be a shortage of logs. We hear that the St. Maurice people have been obliged to leave a good many thousand logs behind on that account. We ourselves have had to leave behind in the neigh- borhood of 50,000 logs. 5 ; Shipments’ of lumber to the United States from our district have been very small and some of our customers whom we have met re- cently do not anticipate a very large trade during the coming season. Pulpwood conditions seem to be worse with our company. Prohibition, by our local government, of the export of wood cut on Crown Lands, las had no effect at all upon this trade, and it looks as though the paper industry has more wood than it needs at the present moment. | myself believe that the government made a mistake in imposing — such a restriction, as the United States is about the only market where ~ pulpwood can be shipped with any advantage. i There is no great activity in wood products generally. Reports of building construction show a decrease, compared with a similar period last year and weakness is generally prevalent throughout in- — dustrial and commercial centres—Quebec Manufacturer. Moderate Trade at Exeter, Ont. Editor Canada Lumberman: Exeter, Ont., June 3. In talking with a number of lumber salesmen we have come to the conclusion that their trade is not over brisk, yet we have all we can handle in mill work, employing the same staff as we had last year. Our yard business is slack in the lumber and shingle line. Early in the spring we were looking forward to a busy season and we pur-— chased our stock accordingly, and therefore have been buying very little in the last two months, as we are trying to work off what we have on hand. oa As far as we are concerned, we attribute the falling off in yard business to the heavy demand on lumber and shingles during March, — 1913. Owing to the wind storm at that time a large number of bui ings, which would have been good for a year at least, had to be paired, and we have not looked forward to as heavy a demand. the present season was late, carpenters could not get any new we in hand and this made matters worse. We are not looking ahead any large orders for either lumber or shingles, but if we could get right class of men we could handle at least double the amount of o: mill work, as we have turned down a number of large contracts be- cause we could not handle them.—The Ross-Taylor Company, Ltd. Retail Trade Slow at Kendal Editor Canada Lumberman: — Kendal, Ont., June 5th. We have never found the retail trade so slow as it is at present. There is practically no trade in this district. The wholesale trade is just as slow, only we have sold at a cut price to a firm with whom we have been doing business. We believe that the revival of trade will depend largely upon the crop. Money is very close. The wind storm a year ago has put an extra large stock of lumber on the market this year. Cement, as a substitute, has largely replaced lumber. We do ~ not now sell 16,000 feet where we used to sell 20,000 feet for flooring for outbuildings. Even municipalities are replacing bridge flooring with cement, constructing their bridges entirely of cement. We can see no remedy for this except a revival of the building trade, which may take place if money becomes more plentiful. The great string- ency in the west has much to do with the trade situation. The largest implement firm in Toronto informed me that their collections in the west last year did not exceed 30 per cent. on their sales and that at the present time 60 per cent. of their trade is foreign.—A. Jackson. . Logs Not All Out of the Drives Editor Canada Lumberman :— Canonto, June 2. ____ From what we can observe in connection with the stocks of lum- _ ber moving in this district we are not able to report favorably upon _ business conditions at present. ‘Trade is not even normal and we find collections slow. Driving conditions have been bad this spring, ow- _ ing to low water. Up to the present we have been able to get in only about two-thirds of our logs. Other operations in our district are in _the same situation, some of them worse. With heavy rains in June, we may be able to finish our drives, otherwise some of them will have to remain over for another year:—Lawrence Bros. Limited. ez . ; A Bright Spot in the Trade Situation Editor Canada Lumberman: Kingsville, Ont., June 4th. Our planing mill business this spring in connection with the house _ building demand is 20 per cent better than in any previous year during _ the past fifteen years. The barn building in our district is rather slack, _ owing to the very low price paid for tobacco. This effects the retai! trade and the sawmill trade to a certain extent, but our wholesale trade _ in hardwoods is keeping up very well, with the exception of red and _ white oak, the demand for which is very slack, as a great amount of _ red and white oak is shipped in from the south. All other hardwoods are finding ready sale and we are well pleased with present conditions __ of trade and the future prospects. It may be the case that the retail __ trade is slow throughout Ontario. This would be because retailers are using a great amount of southern pine as a substitute for our white pine, hemlock and spruce, which have been running high in price. —David Conklin. Looser Money Needed by the Trade Bs Editor Canada Lumberman: L’Amable, Ont., June 2nd. _ ___ The amount and quality of lumber. cut in this district during the _ past winter is, I believe, up to the average. The majority of mills are _ pretty well cut out. Basswood appears to be the best seller and in greatest demand, the price being apparently as good as in former years. _ Birch and maple have fallen off to some extent in price and the demand is slow. Hemlock, ash, spruce and balsam are selling more readily than birch and maple and are bringing corresponding better prices. _ While the lumber market is less active than usual, the cause _ seems to be the general financial depression rather than the lowering _ of prices. The building trade seems inactive every where and this un- _ doubtedly has its effect upon the lumber market. I believe that with the loosening of money, lumber will sell freely and at good prices—A. _W. Gordon. a The Forest Products Exhibition—A Criticism itor Canada Lumberman: BS ahs Ottawa, June 3rd. The Wood Products Exhibition recently held at Chicago and w York undoubtedly did good work in educating the general pub- to a better appreciation of the importance of the lumber industry in America. The general result was marred by one feature which was everywhere evident. Reference is made to the keen rivalry between associations representing the manufacturers of the different kinds of wood exhibited. Instead of concentrating their efforts on demon- trating the value of wood as opposed to its substitutes, steel, con- brick and stone, their who!e idea seemed to be to boost their particular kinds of lumber and to knock that of their rivals, It would be of more value to the lumber trade to convince the oe ee . . . . . Deal —_ public that a slow-burning construction in a building gives greater fety in case of fire than steel and concrete, than to confuse the popu- mind with a long drawn-out controversy concerning the relative ength values of long-leaf pine and Douglas fir. In the booth where irtues of northern white cedar were lauded to the skiés was a y photograph of a reinforced concrete telephone pole that had ped off short with the strain of ice coating on the wires. This 9 and the valuable object lesson it gave were in an obscure part as ~~ ts in the booth confined their efforts to depreciating the dur- booth instead of being the feature of the exhibit and the demon- | CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 31 ability and taper of poles of Idaho red cedar. California redwood was boosted on account of the fact that it lasted almost indefinitely when used for tanks and vats in tanneries when any sound wood would last under similar circumstances. The fact that wood was much superior to metal for this purpose was not mentioned. This fact of the relative durability of different woods was featured in a large number of the exhibits when the fact of the matter is that wood is not a durable material except under certain conditions and in most cases does not last as long as concrete. The important qualities of wood; its soft- ness in relation to its strength, the ease with which it can be shaped and its lightness, were not discussed at all. If it is the intention to hold these exhibitions annually or even periodically the importance of co-operation against the common enemy of the lumber trade, substi- tution, should be impressed on the exhibitors. If the exhibition is made the centre of strife between manufacturers of different classes of lumber the average man on the street will go away with the im- pression that very little is really known about the relative properties of the woods of different trees.—R. G. Lewis. Canadian Lumber in United Kingdom Opportunities Likely to Increase with Opening of Panama Canal—Obstacles which have Prevented Expansion Export markets for Canadian lumber are the subject of further reports published by the Department of Trade & Commerce in its weekly report under date of May 26th. Mr. Harrison in a report upon the trade for British Columbia lumber at London, England, says: “The views of a number of representative timber importers have been sought with the object of ascertaining the possibilities of develop- ing an increased market in this country for British Columbia lumber. Those consulted included not only strictly United Kingdom houses, but also firms directly connected with Canada. “The abrupt decline from the phenomenally high freights which ruled until the autumn of last year affected the timber trade perhaps more than any other, and the reaction from the buoyant conditions which prevailed has been more than usually severe. The break oc- curred at a time when the trade was carrying large stocks of timber of all kinds laid down at high prices, and has been succeeded by a period of almost uninterrupted inactivity and dullness. Freights remain at a low level, and at the moment there are no definite indications of a revival. Severe Competition “British Columbia lumber—which, as far as Great Britain is con- cerned, practically means Douglas fir—has always had to encounter severe competition in this market, largely owing to the heavy trans- portation which it has to bear in comparison with other sources of supply of similar materials, and up to the present its consumption has been restricted because its use has been chiefly confined to certain specific purposes, although the scope is extending, and there is no rea- son, except that of price, why it should not be largely increased. So far its chief competitor has been pitch pine, coming mainly from the Southern United States. “As the lumber trade is probably the oldest branch of Anglo- Canadian trade, it has been thoroughly exploited, and the timber im- - porters and dealers of the United Kingdom, many of whom are direct- ly represented in the principal shipping centres of the Dominion, are not only thoroughly posted regarding the fluctuations of the Canadian and other markets, but many of them possess an extensive personal knowledge of Canada’s forestry resources; while a number of the principal Canadian shippers either maintain agents on this side, or regular correspondents, with whom they are in constant communi- cation. “Although the Pacific is of later growth than the Atlantic indus- try, it would appear that the principal importers here are well posted regarding the conditions prevailing in British Columbia, and the con- sensus of opinion is that no increase is possible at the present time. “Tt is reported that there are several cargoes now in transit from British Columbia for which no buyers are in sight, and which, when eventually sold, are likely to realize prices which it is feared must he unremunerative to shippers, while any attempt to increase ship- ments can only result in heavy losses, until the prevailing depression passes away. “Some critics consider that the industry is less well organized in British Columbia than in certain other sources of supply, and that until the present heavy cost of labor can be reduced, the industry must be heavily handicapped.” Mr. E. D. Arnaud, in a report upon the trade at Bristol, Eng- land, says :— “As the result of a full inquiry into the subject it has been found that the chief obstacles to an extended use of British Columbia tim- ber are the cost and length of time required to bring it here. Conse- quently it cannot compete at present with timber from Russia and Swedish sources, but it is fully expected that with the opening of the 32 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Panama canal and a great reduction of the freight charges, together with the acceleration in the time occupied in the voyage, it will be- come profitable to use,larger quantities of British Columbia timber in the future. At present it is doubtful whether any Bristol channel timber firm would care to undertake to import a whole cargo on the terms now offering. “A matter that has, on several occasions, been brought to the at- tention of this office as operating to the detriment of the Canadian deal trade is the apparently careless way in which the deals are made, es- pecially in the product of New Brunswick mills, and it is very essen- tial that absolute accuracy in measurements be maintained, otherwise loss will occur in the subsequent cutting up on this side. Canadian deals are often found with waney edges, and this also entai's loss, {rom which, it is stated, Baltic deals are entirely free, and consequent- ly in greater favor in the market here. It should not be a difficult matter to overcome these defects that are complained of as lowering the value of the Canadian product. “In amplification of these remarks, the following extracts from correspondence with several leading firms in the timber trade may be quoted :— A Bristol Importer “About three or four years ago the lumbermen in British Col- umbia and Oregon were full up with business, as the local demand was practically in excess of the supply. Since then, however, the lum- bermen have been increasing their output on their home trade. Ow- ing to the general slump in Canada which followed, they are now look- ing for an export market, and are keen to sell to the English timber merchants, through, of course, the usual brokers. Columbian and Oregon pine, however, are not in common demand on this side, and only one or two London or Liverpool buyers would entertain a con- tract for a cargo. In the Bristol channel it would be quite impossible to sell a whole ship load. If prices were right, I have no doubt that we could sell little lots at 25/40 standards to some of the more enter- prising merchants, but the great drawback hitherto has been the high price and the long time taken to deliver, sometimes nine to twelve months. “When the Panama canal opens, we are hopeful that with the shorter time taken for delivery, we shall be able to open up a business with the west coast of America, but of course prices must be right, and this is, and has been, the great difficulty to contend with. I have figures before me quoting $18 per M. feet for Oregon pine, select lum- ber, and the freight to Bristol would run to about 75s per standard. This means that with the commission added, this grade of lumber would cost quite £12 2s 6d per standard, and then the goods would have to be worked into floorings. At the present moment the prices for Norwegian floorings, planed two sides and edges, is £10 15s, £10 17s 6d per standard, so you can see that if the Oregon select pine is to contend with the Norwegian floorings, there must be a considerable drop in price. You will observe that the freight from the west coast to Bristol is quoted 75s, and the ordinary freight from Norway to Bristol is about 25s to 30s at the outside. ““Tf we put Oregon pine in competition with pitch pine there is just about the same difficulty. We are not so conversant with pitch pine, as comparatively little is brought into the Bristol market, but we judge that if Oregon pine is to compete with pitch pine prices, the price must be considerably lower than at present. “To sum the whole matter up; the fact is, the west coast lumber- men have ptt up mills, and they cut lumber in excess of the present re- quirements, and they are looking to the Canadian government to help them out when all they have got to do is to meet the market price on this side, and sell their stocks to the best advantage that they can. This means, of course, a sharp loss, but they must put this loss against the good times that they have had in the last three or four years. ““When the Panama canal opens, I shall be glad if you will put us in Communication with some of these mill men who now want to sell their stocks, and I believe we could build up a fair trade with them in the Bristol channel, also in Liverpool and London.’ ““There has been, for many years past, a market over here for British Columbian woods, but the business has always been restricted owing to the length of time it took to come over and the high price of freight. If the Panama canal gets over this difficulty there is of course reason to think that there should be an increase in the business done. It would be of interest to have prices from the exporters (if it is yet possible) based on the prices that may probably rule for freight when the canal is open.’ - From a Newport Firm ‘There are, as you are aware, large quantities of this timber com- ing into the United Kingdom, but, owing to our having been able to obtain our requirements of American large logs in pitch pine, we have not so far embarked in the Columbia import trade to any extent. Owing to the long voyage, this wood comes in somewhat unwieldy cargoes, but we have no doubt that the opening of the Panama canal will effect great changes in carrying facilities and that the establish- ment of liners on the route will lend to exporters being enabled to for- ward conveniently sized parcels that will find ready purchasers. _ “There is already a fairly steady trade in this (Newport) por in Columbian pine timber, and a certain quantity is imported eve year. At present, however, cargoes are brought by large sailing ship and the greater length of time taken by these voyages makes the bus ness somewhat hazardous, and so restricts the quantity imported. “* When the Panama canal is open for traffic we have every to anticipate that by the use of steamers and the shortened voy trade will receive an impetus, the cost of the timber there greatly reduced, and its use in this country consequently increas “* We have imported British Columbia pine for some years in full cargoes, but the demand for it is quite limited. It is dou if the sale will be materially increased by the opening of the Pa canal, though this of course depends somewhat on the amount « duction in price which this route brings about. ia A Cardiff Firm 2 “We have imported British Columbian pine for some year in full cargoes, but the demand for it is quite limited. It is if the sale will be materially increased by the opening of the | canal, though this of course depends somewhat on the amount duction in price which this route brings about. + “Tt may have the effect of increasing the number of impe without increasing the total quantities sold in the long run.’ — Imports of Wood “The following is a list of the imports of wood goods into the-port of Bristol for the last three years :— Pes a 1911. 1912. 1913". From— Loads. Loads. Loads. — Europe ... 97,651 96,564 140,921 Camada |i, "ts .octe hea eee 47,609 42,424 " United States— Eastern ports : 3,351... 4,041 Western ports. ne. sant ete 51 73 Australasia. “Ai. ° sats er ene Cee cee 28 150,497 143,130 177,675 Importance of the Filing Room = © It is a true saying that to do good work we must have good t it is false economy to try to do without them. I have filed for sev companies whose filing rooms were very poorly equipped, and course, they expected equal results as those who have well-equip filing rooms. On the other hand, I have worked for companies which had up-to-date filing rooms when the mill was first built, but they a not kept so. When any part of the machinery is broken they ne want to replace it; their motto is, “Patch it.” Patching is alright the time being. I have seen some good jobs done along the line « patching, which lasted for an indefinite time, but it can’t be depen upon. The sure plan is to order and replace the broken part at once. — The band saw grinder, for instance, is a very important machi and must be kept right to do good work. What I mean by right keep all the lost motion out, keep it well oiled, see that the cam and boxes are not worn, keep the finger pin ground smooth and ro and the gate and slide in good order. If not kept so the emery w will wear very fast. See that the emery dust does not accumulate the clamp that holds saw to machine. This dust will wear the saw the second quarter, and, if the pulleys on band mill are worn mutch, will cause center cracks where the emery dust wears : so be to clean dust off before clamping the saw. : vegas To set the mechine see that cam is set so that saw starts al fore the emery wheel starts up. This will keep the teeth ; ahead all the time, and not back; in other words, it will help to of that “hollow back” which seems to bother a great many filers ways keep the swage in perfect order, so that the grinder » freely and easily. Digg In‘a good’ many cases when the swage is not working well will think it is the grinder not doing its part. Perhaps the grit do very well after the first swaging, and on the second g1 emery wheel will grind hard on the front, with the exception and will only barely touch this. This being the case, the swa rolling ahead far enough, therefore the grinder bears the bla b In setting swage never set so that it will pull the metal to a poi but roll it to a point. When it is pulling to a point you will find that it will bite or nip it off, and leave the point very thin and brittle. Th you will have to upset or grind very heavily, and in either cas ea is wasted. . If swage is set so it will roll the metal to a point, then will neither have to be upset nor ground hard, for the swage is ro to a point where the emery wheel will hit it lightly and will not wear the steel fast nor cause fractures. a, Sa Every time I think of the saw-stretcher it reminds me of a mill ] * : - | 5 ‘0s ee LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 33 ee AWE, Taking out ties for the C.P.R.—A typical scene. filed in western Florida several years ago. It was a sing!e band, and at the time I took the position was cutting on an average of 25,000 ft. in ten hours. This mill could cut timbers up to 60-ft. in length (all long-leaf yellow pine), and should have been cutting from 50,000 to 60,000 ft. in ten hours, as it was all export bill stuff. The saws were running in the log so badly that they had to move the base of the car- riage 144-in. from the saw, to keep saw from running into it. When I arrived the general manager took me over to his office and related everything, saying he could not imagine why the saws were running in so badly. He advised me to stop the mill and investi- gate and fix any trouble that I found. With the determination of find- ing the trouble, I went into the filing room and was successful in locat- ing it. The first machine ] saw was a roll or saw-stretcher. I exam- ined this and found that the levelling block, or slab, was actually 4-in. higher than the rolls. Now just imagine this block being as much as l-in. or even %-in. higher. I could not possibly keep a smile from my face, for I felt that the trouble had been discovered at once. Without any further investigation, I lowered the block %-in. be- low the rolls. While doing this the old filer came into the filing room and asked me why I was lowering the slab. My reply was: “Did you ever level your saws?” He replied in the negative, saying he always left that to the rolls; that he never levelled the saws himself. Placing the saw on top of the bench, I began levelling it. The eyes of the old filer were as large to me as a full moon in August, when he saw the straightedge rocked on the saw. It-.was dished so badly that it took a half day’s work to level it. Then, giving it a roll and a promise, on the other side, I ground it and put it on the mill. Hon- estly, I believe it would have been impossible to bring a larger smile to the sawyer’s face without moving his ears. I filed this mill for some time afterwards and never came in contact with any other trouble. I once heard a conversation between two French-Canadians. One, who was relating his experiences on the Pacific coast, said: “I was Sawing in a mill out on the Pacific coast that was so large that the head filer was getting $65 per day and the company was furnishing him with fourteen helpers. The compound engine that drove the mili Was So ‘arge that it took a barrel of oil to every lubricator drop.” The Taking out ties for the C.P,R.—The crew at rest, other, in reply to this said: “I’ve had several years’ experience on the Pacific coast, and at one time sawed in a mill that did not consist of quite as much machinery for the big engine to pull, but the mill was seven storeys high, had a carriage on each floor, and a band saw 550- ft. long. They had a telephone system in this mill, so the filer could talk with*the sawyers on each floor at any time he wished.” Those were surely “some” mills —The Woodworker, Indianapolis. How the C.P.R. Protects Its Tie Supply The Canadian Pacific Railway Company are very extensive own- ers of forest lands, and through the Forestry Branch of their Depart- ment of Natural Resources are carrying out a large amount of work with a view to conserve their natural resources. Last year the De- partment cruised and valued timber to the extent of 645,330,000 feet B.M., in addition to preliminary surveys over 217,300 acres of forest. The company came into possession of large tracts of forest in con- nection with various railway charters taken over, and have main- tained an active interest in their forests owing to the necessity for finding ties for the tracks. This branch is at present engaged on a systematic forest survey, classifying the land on the present tie re- serves. Experienced estimators covered, during 1913, with this ob- ject, 265,338 acres in British Columbia. 769,000 ties were delivered to the General Tie Agent at Winnipeg during the year. The contract for 1914 is for 500,000, and of these, half had been cut and skidded to the Bull River by December, while 10,000,000 feet of lumber were in the water ready for the spring drive, and 7,000,000 feet on skids. Not the least important work of the department is the patrolling of the forests to prevent fires. An elaborate system is in force, and last year 127 fires were investigated. The railway companies now recognize the value of this work, not only as a means of preserving their own property but also the forest lands through which their lines pass. The C. P. R. Forestry Branch also plants trees for snow breaks along the western lines, 1,450,000 trees being used in 1913, and 250 miles of track protected with timber belts. Taking out ties for the C.P,R,—A driving scene, Taking out ties for the €.P,R.—A camp scene, 34 7 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Commercial Importance of White Pin Canada’s Most Useful Wood—Mainstay of the Timber and Lumber Trade J For Many Years—Fifth of the Series on Canadian Trees By R. G. Lewis White pine has always been a valuable timber of commerce and only in recent years has the sup- p!y begun to fall short of the de- mand. The cut of white pine lumber in Canada increased stead- ily each year, reaching a climax in 1911. The first decrease in pro- duction was reported in 1912, a year of general decreases in all classes of lumber production in Canada. This wood came fourth on the list in the United States in 1912 with a cut still exceeding 3 billion feet; over 2 billion feet more than Canada’s cut in that year. Minnesota now heads the list with over 40 per cent. of the total production. In Canada, the cut of white pine lumber in 1912 made a total of 911,427,000 feet, a reduction of over 12 per cent. from 1911. Six provinces contri- buted to the total, Ontario lead- Eastern White Pine ing with over 82 per cent. Two Canadian Species of Pine There are in reality only two species of pine in Canada that can properly be called “white” pine. These are eastern white pine (Pinus strobus) and western white pine (Pinus monticola). The former is found throughout the Maritime Provinces and in Quebec and Ontario south of the height of land. It is also found in South-eastern Mani- toba but only in scattered, small quantities. Western white pine is confined to the Province of British Columbia and is most abundant on the coast and in the Kootenay region. Out of the total cut of white pine in Canada in 1912: 911,427,000 feet, only 1.7 per cent or 15,543,000 feet were made up of the western species which comprised the total cut of white pine in British Columbia. The wood of the white pine proper is light, soft, not strong except in relation to its weight, fairly durable and compact. It has a fine, even, straight grain, is not splintery, can be easily and rapidly sea- soned, and once properly seasoned, holds its shape better than almost ° any other coniferous wood in America. The heartwood is reddish in colour and the sap-wood almost white. The following are Sargent’s figures for the properties of white pine (Pinus strobus) :— Dry weight of wood—24 pounds per cubic foot. Specific gravity—0.385. Ash—0.1 per cent of dry weight of wood. Fuel value—51 per cent that of white oak. Breaking strength (Modulus of rupture)—8,800 pounds per square inch or 55 per cent that of long-leaf pine. Factor of stiffness (Modulus of elasticity )—1,208,000 pounds per square inch or 57 per cent of that of long-leaf pine. Mature trees make a diameter of from 4 to 6 feet and reach a height of 75 to 120 feet. Individual trees have been measured that made a diameter of 7 feet and a height of 240 feet. This is probably the largest tree east of the Rockies. _ Western white pine (Pinus monticola) has very similar proper- ties :— Dry weight of wood—24.3 pounds per cubic foot. Ash—0.23 per cent of dry weight of wood. Fuel value—52 per cent that of white oak. . _ Breaking strength (Modulus of rupture)—8,700 pounds per square inch or 54 per cent that of long-leaf pine. Factor of stiffness (Modulus of elasticity )—1,356,000 pounds per square inch or 64 per cent of that of long-leaf pine. Western white pine is a smaller tree at maturity than the eastern species. Its average diameter is between 214 and 3% feet and its height from 100 to 175 feet. The Leading Wood for Building Material The two most valuable properties of white pine are the ease with which it can be worked and the fact that it holds its shape after sea- soning, More white pine is used in building construction than any other wood in Canada and the greater part of the lumber sawn is uesd ’ “ for this purpose. For sash, doors and blinds it has few successful co petitors except where its increased value has permitted the s {ution of some cheaper wood. White pine can be used to advante every part of a building from the shingles to the sills. Its sti and lightness are added advantages in its use for framing timb: houses and in barns. Hemlock is taking the place of white pir framing purposes to a large extent, being a cheaper and s wood, although less durable, harder to work, heavier and more I 1o warp and twist. a For all classes of inside and outside trim, siding, sheeting, vera’ dah work, ceiling, moulding, cornice, panels, base board and Lin coting, white pine is the king of woods for utility. It lacks a distinet figure and cannot compete with the more attractive hardwoods for beauty of appearance under varnish. But it is much easier to work and holds its place better than any hardwood. White pine does not make the best flooring when subjected to heavy wear but in many situations is superior to harder, coarser grained wood. Extensive Consumption in Boxes Next to its use for building material, white pine is used in great- est quantities by manufacturers of boxes and box shooks. The wood is light in weight and easy to nail although it does not hold the nails as well as some of the box woods. Once very plentiful, the wood was” used because of its cheapness and even now, when good white pine box boards are by no means cheap, the habit of use has become so strong that manufacturers find it difficult to substitute woods that are better suited for some classes of boxes. The medium and poorer grades form the greatest part of the lumber used, for this purpose. White pine boxes are used for packing all sorts of commodities,-al- though as a rule, non-resinous woods such as spruce are preferred for packing food stuffs or commodities that might be injured by the resin- ous odour of the pine. For inside work on furniture white pine is” valued for its lightness and permanency of shape. It is used fot drawer parts, frame work and filling and sometimes for core stock under veneers. White pine is still used for the tops of tables where edged tools are used, as it does not dull the tools. For drawing boards and heavy draughting tables soft white pine or “cork” pine is the favor- ite material. ; The Leading Wood for Patterns One of the most exacting uses for soft white pine is in the making — of patterns for castings. For this purpose the heart wood of mature trees gives the best results as it is usually softer and freer from knots, crooked grain and other defects. This soft pine has been given a num- ber of names by its users and by many is considered to be a distinct tree from the ordinary white pine. ‘ “Cork” pine, “pumpkin” pine and even “pattern” pine are among these names. Other woods are pur- chased in small quantities for making patterns that are to be used re- peatedly, or that are very complicated in form. Cherry and mahogany are used to a small extent but these are too expensive and difficult to work for the majority of patterns. White pine, grown in northern latitudes on good soil and allowed to reach maturity, produces a wood that is peculiarly suited for this purpose being solid without being hard, soft but not spongy, and free from defects. It cuts easily in any direction either with or across the grain, and above all, holds its” shape without warping, checking, shrinking or swelling. No satis- factory substitute has ever been even suggested for this wood for this particular purpose. Set _ . The manufacturers of matches have created a steady and increz ing demand for clear white pine match blocks. The scarcity of match wood is becoming more and more apparent every year. C er and less satisfactory woods are being used such as aspen, poplar a spruce but only because of the prohibitive cost of white pine. blocks used for match making must be of clear, straight grained terial. They are usually cut to a thickness equal to the length of match stick and split or cttt into sticks by automatic machin White pine is prized in this industry on account of its straight g and comparative strength, considering its weight and softness. — addition to these qualities white pine match sticks ignite easily and the glowing charcoal dies quickly after the match is extinguished. Unexcelled for Ship Decking White pine has always been a favorite wood with the shipbuilder and most of the Quebec pine exported to Great Britain was used in this industry. While the wood is not so durable nor so strong as some of the’ woods used for this purpose, it is very light in weight which is an important consideration in the building of ves- sels, Canadian white pine was for many years the only wood used in ‘ = a > ee A don ‘pel ee baal -_ _ quantity by British shipbuilders for decking. The decrease in its use for this purpose in late years is due only to the scarcity or rather the _ supposed scarcity of lumber of a suitable quality. White pine decks once well laid, kept their place, the cracks did not open in dry weather and the surface was always easily cleaned. A holystoned white pine _ deck always has that fresh clean appearance so desirab!e for high class passenger boats. ¢ Douglas fir and spruce have largely taken the place of pine for spars and in any case Norway pine was used more often than white ‘pine. One of the first instances of forest conservation in Canada was the setting aside of the Norway pine for spars for the British Navy. ding pails, tubs, firkins, kits and tanks white pine and cedar have ways been the favorite woods in Canada. For larger water-tight ontainers such as cisterns, vats and silos, white pine has only lately displaced by cedar and cypress which exceed it in durability in act with moisture. Miscellaneous Uses of White Pine * : : ae Bee-keepers and poultry-men consider that white pine is the best vood for bee hives, frames, brooders, coops, crates, and other acces- sories. Agricultural implement makers use the wood for straight box rk where strength is not an essential quality. White pine water were used in Canada and in the States when city and town water ms were first installed. Wooden water pipes have the advantage x metal ones in that they wear smooth inside with use instead of oming roughened with accretions. This gives a better flow of water by reducing the friction. Old water pipes of white pine re- _ moved in building the foundation of the New St. Lawrence Market in Toronto showed very few signs of decay although they had been in the ground for at least fifty years. Wooden water pipes are still manu- factured and used extensively as flumes for hydraulic work as well as _ water supply. They are now made mostly of cedar and Douglas fir. _ White pine pump heads and logs were always in demand and are _ now only giving way to substitution by metal. Cypress and cedar have taken the place of white pine for greenhouse construction. Cedar afid built-up veneers of other woods are now used more than ‘this wood for trunk boxes, where lightness and strength are essen- tials. For piano action parts and sounding board ribs, white pine is still chosen on account of its permanency of shape. It wouid be diffi- _ cult to mention an industry which does not use this wood directly or tly for some purpose and many industries demand it above all it > ie. * ee Mistakes in Installing Machinery One of the most common mistakes in installing machinery is in ulleys too small and then having to load down the tighteners nt belts from slipping, says B. J. W., in The Woodworker, olis. The loading down of tightener is, of course, not a mis- me means must be employed to prevent slipping and this is the first thing thought of and the cheapest way out of it for being. writer recently remodelled a mill in which the head rig (a -in. circulars) was driven independently by a 200 h.p. engine, short of sufficient power. The driver on engine crankshaft , 20-in. face, leading onto a 36 x 20-in. pulley 31-ft. centers, 20-in. belt and a tightener weighing about 1,500 Ibs. At the d of this shaft was a 36 x 20-in. pulley, driving an 18 x 20-in. r arbor, with a tightener riding with a load of 1,200 lbs. The as driven from the bottom arbor, using 20-in. pulleys and a elt, the tight side pulling over a 16-in. idler; the idler was on ide, being hung in a pivoted frame and loaded down with 800 scrap iron. The mill in this condition had been cutting about . in ten hours, and ‘had to hustle to do this much. _A new husk was provided and_the pulleys were rearranged. The 1 driver remained 6-ft., driving to a 54-in. pulley, then through a a 32-in. on saw arbor. Top saw pulleys were changed to 32- * same belts in all cases. The tight side of top saw belt was to pull direct by placing both idlers on the slack side. Tight- ere adjusted so as to not exceed their commission, the engine ded up from 160 to 210 r.p.m., the resaw drive was overhauled gly and the bevel gear to edger drive was discarded and a belt vo idlers was substituted. Cutting.was resumed with the same d sawyer and 60,000 ft. of good lumber was about the average ir cut. Plenty of steam was now at hand, where before they en “shy” a good part of the time. Me ere we have three times as much work with about one-third ore power, which all lies in the proper transmission. There are but y mills which are free from some of this drag. One of the most non places to find it is in the drive of band mills. Nearly all band have too small a pulley. Another place is the driving pulley of s, which in most cases is seriously too small. A belt will do bet- For all classes of what is called “straight stave” cooperage, in- , CANADA ,LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 35 ter running at a fast speed with a light tension than it will at a slow speed with a high tension. The subject. is one that demands close attention and judgment, but does not often get it. There are many saw mills that look to me like an aggregation of machinery designed to consume power rathe- than to manufacture lumber. One close to where I live, which has lately been rebui!t and generally overhauled, has one of the worst cases of the malady that I have ever noticed. They can't get steani enough; the boilers foam and discharge their water through the en- ginés ; they keep spending money to prevent this in every way but the right way, and are borrowing money to meet the pay roll. They have provided separators on the feed pipes, exhaust heads, condensers, boiler compound, etc., but there is absolutely no difference in the way the boilers throw off their water. The water has been ana- lyzed a number of times and pronounced pure. One engineer was dis- charged for telling them what was the matter; another was hired at a larger salary and has been provided with all the above improvements (?) and I heard the manager remark that the man at the head of his power plant was the only man he had employed whom he thought competent. The mill has three rigs and a gang edger and cuts from 20,000 to 30,000 ft. in ten hours. I once built a mill for a company, the manager of which was anx- ious to get the largest possible quantity of machinery for his money, and this is the way he went about it: Plans and drawings of the plant were made and approved; we were steering for a mill that would cut 75,000 ft. in ten hours. Schedules of the machinery and equipment were made out and makes and sizes given in all instances; material was provided and the work of constructing the mill begun. It was up to the wise and brilliant manager to purchase the machinery and equipment. He started out by getting prices on everything as specified, then tried to see how much cheaper he could get it. He had all the second- hand men and junk dealers chasing him, and about once a day he would come and tell me how much he had saved on a certain article. I would ask him the make and condition, and he would answer that it was as good as new and same as list. Soon the stuff began to arrive. About the first things that came were the four boilers, which were set in place and inspected, and a certificate was given allowing a pressure not to exceed 60 Ibs. Everything else in proportion came along and we set it up under protest, until I got tired of protesting, after which it was set up without protest and things séemed to go much smoother. Finally the mill was completed and started up with the 60 !bs. pres- sure of steam. I remained there finishing up odd jobs for about two weeks, and thought I could notice an air of disappointment in the manager's manner and felt that he.was blaming me for the great deficiency in the cut, for the mill would not do better than 30,000 ft. a day. When I came to settle up I asked him if he was satisfied with his mill. To my complete bewilderment he answered the question enthusiastically, saying he was more than pleased with it; that he had the best saw mi!1 in the state and had gotten it $10,000 cheaper than he had expected. Quebec Cullers’ Report The fellowing comparative statement of timber, measured and culled, is issued by the Supervisor of Cullers’ office, Quebec, under date of June 5th :— 1912 1913 1914 Cu. Ft. Cu. Ft. Cu. Ft. Waney white pine 124,880 5,720 52,520 Wht panes She ec. 2h Hate 80 MD) ~ > ganas Rene pine i 37. ase Rae ste yee | ae eee 1,320 360 32,240 Elm . 43,080 29,480 96,960 ee hy a ee eee 120 840 480 Birch and maple ... 38,640 47 680 50,800 Rapid Advance of Swedish Pulp Industry The wood pulp industry in Sweden is the subject of a report pub- lished by the Department of Trade and Commerce of Canada in its weekly report under date of May 26th. “As direct enquiries from Canadian pulp mills are frequently received in regard to the situation of the pulp market in Sweden,” the report says, “the following trans- lation is taken from the Norwegian official journal of recent date” :— ““The Swedish pulp industry is making rapid progress and plays an ever larger role in the trade balance of the country. The export from Sweden during 1913 was, of mechanical moist 580,300,000 Ibs., as against 479,020,000 Ibs. in 1912; of mechanical dry 129,820,000 Ibs. dur- ing 1913, against 126,390,000 in 1912; of chemical dry, 1,371,900,000 Ibs. during 1913, against 1,360,150,000 in 1912; of chemical moist 127,600,- 000 Ibs. in 1913, against 114,400,000 in 1912. This indicates quite a | >? - rapid rise throughout the whole line. 36 CANADA LUMBERMAN Yellow Pine and the Dry Rot Probler Important Report Prepared by an Expert on Behalf of Factory Mutual Insurance Companies—Causes and Precautions Explained - An editorial reference to a statement regarding yellow pine re- cently made by Mr. F. J. Hoxie, engineer and inspector for the. As- sociated Factory Mutual Insurance Companies, Boston, Mass., was published in the Canada Lumberman of February 15th. Mr. Hoxie, after studying the effect of dry rot upon mi!l timbers, especially in- textile and other factories where ideal conditions exist for the de- velopment of dry rot fungus on account of high temperature and ex- treme humidity, is reported to have said that hard pine of the old durable variety is now out of the market, and that sufficient to build a factory cannot be obtained in the sizes required, at a price com- petitive with other materials. This remark came in for widespread criticism in the lumber trade journals of the United States. ‘They gave Mr. Hoxie credit for attempting to point out a scientific and businesslike method of preventing the use of unsuitable timbers in the frames of mill buildings, but they found fault with many of the facts upon which he based his statements, claiming that good long leaf timbers were still obtainable at reasonable prices, and placing the responsibility for the use of unsuitable short leaf and loblolly tim- bers, upon engineers and architects, who failed to obtain the right class of timbers, because they did not insist upon them. They also criticised Mr. Hoxie’s conclusion that the resin percentage in these timbers .was the index of their durability, claiming that the resin occurred in small and isolated ducts, the antiseptic action of which was due largely to its waterproofing quality, and therefore, when so definitely segregated, resin could not protect the rest of the wood structure in which only traces of it could be found. Mr. Hoxie’s views upon this subject have now appeared in the form of an address presented at the annual meeting of the National Association of Cotton Manufacturers, and his report makes it pos- sible to arrive at a much more definite conclusion in regard to the very important subject which he had under discussion. So extensive has the use of Southern pine become in Canada for the construction of mill buildings, and in fact for many other classes of building in which it is used to support great strains, that the report of an expert engineer and inspector of Mr. Hoxie’s standing is of unusual import- ance to all who have to do with the selection of timbers for pur- poses of construction. Dry Rot a Recent Development in Timbers Hard pine, Mr. Hoxie says, has been used for the floor beams for the past fifty years and has given satisfactory service in all re- spects until within the last five years, when dry rot has appeared with such frequency as to demand investigation. Twenty cases have been brought to the attention of the Factory Mutua! Fire Insurance Companies within this period. The damage has varied from a few hundred to nearly a hundred thousand dollars. All common varieties of timber have been attacked, but yellow pine most frequently, as that is in most common use for mill frames. The cause of this rapidly increasing destruction is unquestion- ably the use of poorer timber than in former years. The frame of a mill is now rarely seen, of which North Carolina, shortleaf or Cuban pine do not form a considerable proportion. The best qualities of heart wood of these varieties are probably as resistant to rot as long- leaf pine, but they are less uniform and the poorer qualities are gen- erally more difficult to detect. In textile mills, the ‘high artificial atmospheric humidity un- doubtedly increases the tendency to rot. With 70 per cent. saturation of moisture and a temperature of 80 per cent. Fahrenheit in a weave room, a decrease. in temperature of 12 degrees or more will cause precipitation of moisture. This condition is frequently found in cold weather at roofs, windows or bearing ends of beams in the brickwork. The longleaf pine has proved more valuable for timber than the others owing to its greater strength and durability. The latter qual- ity is probably chiefly the result of the high percentage and uniform distribution of the resin and the smal! percentage of sap wood, the sap wood of the longleaf pine averaging about two inches in radius of mature trees, while that of the other three varieties varies from 4 inches to 6 inches of the radius. Good Timbers Available at Reasonable Prices In a recent trip through the longleaf pine forests of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, I found it evident that longleaf pine of suitable sizes for mill timbers can be had at reasonable prices. It remains to make specifications defining the qualities required, when a bill of timber for a cotton mill, or other important structure is sent out by the designing engineer or architects, to be sure of get- ~centive. However, there may be unreliable manufacturers who AND WOODWORKER a —_ * a a t a 2 ting timber that is strong and durable. Evidence of the inadequa of the specifications now in common use is plain in many ways ie I found in all cases shortleaf pine growing in the same fore with longleaf and cut by the same mills, which tends to disproy statement of a well-known authority that the p!ace or origin o ber, as shown by the bill of lading, serves as a suitable safeguard. is not enough that the most of a lot of timber shall resist fung secure a safe structure. All of it must be resistant. In no vestigated has all the timber of the mill rotted. a The need of more definite specifications for mill timbers ; columns, I find, is appreciated by the lumber manufacturers wh p duce good timber. Many examples were given by the manu where timber bought as “‘shortleaf” had been sold by middlen “longleaf,” or “merchantable” sold as “prime,” and the “square sold as “merchantable.” Ap The lower grade of hard pine timber called “square ed ; sound” does not pretend to be longleaf pine. All varieties (1 shortleaf, Cuban and loblolly) are manufactured indiscriminately to this grade. Its durability cannot be depended upon without tiseptic treatment. One of the most serious cases of rotting v has been investigated was undoubtedly due to the use of this of lumber in filling a specification calling for “the best quality leaf Georgia pine.” ‘ 4 Heart Wood Percentage the Grading Basis The percentage of heart wood in hard pine timber is now us almost exclusively as a basis for grading, and the fineness o grai an index of longleaf pine. Neither the one or-the other Pat Shortleaf pine has well defined heart wood which is highly tible to fungus attack. It also has grain bands which are frequ finer than those of the best longleaf. A suggestion made by Mr. Weiss, Director of the United S$ Forest Products Laboratory, which is excellent so far as it goes, that all hard pine timber should be clearly branded with its grade | variety, the name and location of the saw mill responsible for grading, thus making the manufacturer. responsible for the selec of the material. This suggestion is in the right direction and s put a premium on selected material, rewarding the careful manu turer for, his painstaking. With this system in use, there will be Calcasieu, the Wausau, the Newman, the Lutcher Orange or the K quality of timber rather than the present conventional “longleaf” “shortleaf.” eye The grading will still be upon a vaguely defined stan rd. value will depend upon the care and good judgment used by the mant facturer in sorting the material. It will make it less easy to falsi grades and facilitate locating the responsibility for mixing poor fail eet cient ae present conditions the dealer who can e most loblolly and shortleaf with his longleaf timber, ; get. accepted, has the advantage. it ae a ey : Clearly defined quantitative chemical and physical anc needed as a basis for timber grades, in addition to the br gested, so that there will be uniformity in the grading of di manufacturers. At present, any lumber dealer or inspector cide what is longleaf and what is shortleaf pine, as it has b legitimate to sell other varieties as longleaf, if they are longleaf, without defining its good qualities. Branding r number of judges, from everybody, to the lumber manufacturers are best qualified to know the botanical varieties which they | reputation of a reliable manufacturer for producing good n ‘should put a premium upon his product which should serve 4s < : ie ee no reputation to lose and to whom the higher price of high ¢ ber would be an incentive to mix in the largest possible a poor material, trusting that the time necessary for it to make manifest would be sufficient to cover their deception. Specif based upon the physics and chemistry of the timber can do mor anything else to raise it from the level of a gambling propositi the higher position in structural engineering that its many supe qualities deserve. : Europe Gets Much of the Best Pine Timbers It is a significant fact that much of the best longleaf pine ti e . y . . t ber produced in the South is being shipped to Bunge: The Encore an buyers consider quality first and are willing to pay a higher price for good timber. Too many of the Americans are chiefly guided _ price. Several lumber manufacturers, producing excellent long pine timber, stated that they hardly considered it worth while to - quote on true longleaf timber to the American trade, as mixed vari- eties sold at a lower price were practically certain to be accepted. Longleaf pine of mercnantable inspection inteistate rules of 19U) in sizes suitable for mill timber can be had, | am told, at about $33 pei _M., delivered in New England. Prime would be about three dollars more. ‘Ihe best quality “German Prime” would cost trom $40 to $50. Undoubtedly an inspector who has had long experience with the ‘several varieties of pine may make a very good guess as to their val- ues. his guess is largely intluenced by the apparent density and ‘resinous qualities of the wood. General experience in the past, as _ well as the results of the present investigation involving a large num- ber of mill timbers, indicate that resin and density can be taken as indices of strength and durability. ‘lhe centers of shortleai pine tim- bers which are more resinous than the outer portions resist the dry rot fungus much longer, as is shown in numerous examples where the centres have remained sound long after the outside has fallen to _ pieces with rot. Analyses of a number of specimens have shown that _ the percentage of resin at which dry rot stops in mill timbers is about _ 3 percent. Jhis does not mean that timber containing more than 3 per cent. of resin will not rot, but that it rots more slowly and that under average textile mill conditions the fungus will probably be killed before it has seriously weakened the beam. This suggests a ____ possible basis of grading which can place timber on a footing similar _ to that of steel and concrete. Numerous measurements by the United States Forest Products Laboratory have shown that the density oi _ yellow pine timber is an index of its strength; therefore these two . factors should be important in establishing a reliable standard of grading. Persistent Activity of Dry Rot a One of the most treacherous qualities of the dry rot fungus 1s that it can remain for a long time in a resting state and on being wet f can develop into its vegetable form and grow rapidly through the surrounding timber. Intected sticks frequently spread the disease to other sound timber with which they are placed in contact. With sus- ceptible timber, the most careful handling is not sufficient to guar- antee immunity. The only safe procedure is to give it a reliable anti- _ septic treatment as soon as possible after it has been sawed. Ventilation has been generally recommended for preventing dry -rot. Dry wood which is kept dry is undoubtedly incapable of fungus infection, but ventilation does not necessarily cause drying. ‘Tim- ber ventilated with moist air may be made to rot faster. Careful investigation has shown that a temperature in the neigh- _ borhood of 115 degrees Fahrenheit maintained for an hour is suffici- _ ent to kill the dry rot fungus. Its most rapid growth is in the neigh- borhood of 75 degrees Fahrenheit. In conclusion Mr. Hoxie discussed the various methods of pre- venting the development of dry rot, by treatment of the timber be- _ fore being used. Under varying conditions, coal tar compounds, creo- _ soted compounds, chloride of zinc and corrosive sublimate have been found very effective for this purpose. Mr. Hoxie concluded his re- _ port with a summary of the whole substance, as follows :— . (a) Specifications for hard pine mill timber based on its physics and chemistry are needed, in place of the present botanical names _ which have little significance. . (b) Density and resin are suggested as indices of good qualities. (c) Timber which is strong but lacking in natural resistance to fungi can be made serviceable by antiseptic treatment. _ (d) Of the several antiseptic treatments which have a record from irs of practical service on wood used for other purposes, kyanizing y use of corrosive sublimate appears to be best adapted to mill tim- _ ber. Other newer processes with which experience is lacking give _ promise of usefulness. * ol ‘ Piling and Drying Lumber ‘we By M. C. Berne __. The problem of time is an important one in the drying of lumber. Here, as everywhere else, “time is money.” A shortening of the time required to prepare lumber for the finished article is important be- ‘cause during this time it represents so much money standing idle, pro- cing nothing, but gradually consuming itself in interest charges. SG Time is also an important factor because the more rapidly lumber 1 be satisfactorily prepared, the less liable it is to receive damage. annual loss resulting from damage to lumber on this continent ; e is variously estimated to be from $15,000,000 to $50,000,000—a Sum sufficiently large in any event to cause every man who is interest- o stop and ask himself: “What proportion of this loss do I contri- ?” The loss is not altogether the result of overtime in drying; it o the result of defective piling, which either causes or allows the r to become crooked, as well as retards the drying process. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 37 Some men imagine that any man who can carry a board can pile lumber ; this is a mistake. Piling lumber requires brain power as well as physical power. The enormous waste mentioned indicates the ne- cessity for more intelligent care in the handling of this great national asset. I say national asset because it is something that affects every one, more or less. Lumber should be piled “high and dry,” and in such a location that the air can circulate freely among the piles. If this is not done, the air becomes stagnant and foul, which is a favorable condition for the spread of those diseases which attack lumber and which result in decay and discoloration. If the ground is low it should be filled in. It is not sufficient to pile the lumber high above low, damp ground, be- cause from the ground will come the cause of the trouble. There is nothing better for filling in low ground for a lumber yard than coal ashes and cinders, and very often they can be obtained much cheaper than other material. Beyond doubt the best foundation for lumber is concrete. It is cheap, solid and durable. If well constructed and put down below the frost line it will never move. The concrete pillars should be raised above the ground sufficiently to insure a good circulation of air be- neath. Air rises, and the openings between the boards will form so many flues through which the air may rise and carry off the moisture, if it be allowed to enter at the bottom. If the location is high, allow - 1¥4-ft. at the front, giving a drop of from 8 to 10-in. In order to insure straight lumber, be sure the tops are in perfect alignment. The usual way of piling lumber has been to pile it with one end of each board about 8 or 10-in. higher than the other. But men have been applying scientific knowledge to the piling of lumber, in an effort to save some of the enormous waste. It has now been found that in the usual way of piling lumber the cross-strips interfere with the nat- ural circulation of air through the pile, and consequently retard the process of drying and seasoning. Not only this, but when these cross- strips are placed at intervals between the higher and lower ends of the boards, the rain that beats in washes the dust and dirt down to the cross-stick, where it remains. This takes considerable time to dry out and very often starts a rot. When lumber is piled with one edge of the boards raised instead of the end, the air, which naturally rises, may go up the incline with- out being obstructed by the cross-strips, because they run the same way as the air. Another improvement has been noticed. Heretofore the tendency has been to place the boards with the edges close to- gether, depending on the shrinking to open them up. But this is not sufficient. The very time that the lumber most needs the open space to facilitate circulation is the time it has not got it. A small space shoud be left between the edges of the boards when first piled. The ideal condition for a lumber pile would be to have it covered with a roof high above the pile. This would protect the top boards from the sun and rain and yet allow free circulation of air. But this, at the present time, is not always practicable. The top boards, however, must be protected from the sun, and if we allow the air to escape or circulate through the top, it is difficult to keep out the rain. But rain coming in at the top of a lumber pile will do much less harm, if there is a free circulation of air to dry it out after the rain is over, than water driven in at the sides by a driving rain, if there is not that free circula- tion of air to dry it off again. Good, clean water does not injure lumber. It is the standing, soaking and consequent mildewing in a stagnant atmosphere that dis- colors wood and starts decay. The covering, therefore, should be suffi- cient to protect from the sun, but the space between the edges of the boards should be left open, to allow the air to come through. The cost of handling lumber is great. It is safe to say that the cost will range from 50c to $5 per 1,000 ft. every time it is handled. This means that it does not pay to move it any oftener than is neces- sary. And the strange part of it is that the place where the cost is highest is usually the place where lumber is handled most frequently, because these places seem to lack system in everything. A factory which has plenty of yard room should have tracks and plenty of trucks or cars, so the lumber may, in the first instance as far as possi: ble, be piled on these and be ready for the kiln as soon as the kiln is ready to receive it, without any further handling. : Much time and labor is wasted in storing lumber in the hsed after it has been through the kiln. Tracks should run from the kiln into the shed, and the lumber run in there and left on the trucks until it is re- quired in the factory. Lumber should not be used immediately after leaving the kiln. A short time should be allowed, in a good dry shed, for ‘ to adjust itself to the new condition before being worked up into stock. _ A great deal of damage is done to lumber by piling various lengths in one pile. When this is done the ends of the longer boards are left unprotected. The result is the unprotected ends warp, twist and check. Watch this closely, because a great deal of waste results from it—The Wood-Worker, Indianapolis. 38 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER The Care of Saws In the use of all swages employed in spreading the points of saw teeth, great care should be taken to see that the swaging dies are in the best condition possible, for, if they are not, they will not do the work required of them in anything like a satisfactory manner. The teeth should also be kept in proper shape for swaging. In many instances not enough care is given to the shape of the teeth. It is a matter of great importance that the teeth be kept in proper shape to swage, as the swaging, fitting, and shape of teeth, have much to do with the successful use of a saw. If a saw has a large, round gullet, with plenty of hook in the teeth, nicely swaged and fitted, it will take far less power to drive it, make better and more lumber, and require a great deal less work to keep the plate in shape than when these conditions are not properly met. The teeth should be slim enough to swage out easily, giving a good swage at front of tooth, but not slim enough to turn over or bend back in the cut. If the tooth is too slim, as shown in cut “E,” the swage will spread too much at the extreme points, and not extend far enough into the body of the tooth to give it the required strength. In this case the corners would be needle pointed, as in cut “F,” and would be likely to break off or bend back in the cut, and the saw will not run half the usual time before it will need refitting. On the other hand, if the teeth are too stout, as in cut “C,” the swage will spread too far into the body of the tooth, and not enough at the points. It will be seen that if a tooth is too stout and round on the back near the point, as in cut “C,” the top die, instead of bearing a little heavier at the point, as it should, bears too’ heavy on the high or round part back from the point, and bears scarcely any at the extreme point. Thus, instead of the point being spread as it should, it is pulled apart, and the result is checks and splits at the point. See cut “D.” Where there is such a large amount of material in the tooth, it re- quires double the amount of pressure to spread it. In fact, it does not spread clear through the tooth, but simply rolls the metal over at each side of the tooth, extending quite a distance down the back of the tooth, with scarcely any in front. : When it takes such a heavy pressure to spread the tooth, the dies acting on hardened steel have a tendency to crystallize and case-harden the steel. This will eventually cause checking and dropping of corners. Swages are now made that can be conveniently adjusted to the shape and point of the tooth. After the first swaging, if care is used to, not materially alter the shape of tooth, there will be no further trou- ble, as the swage will then fit the tooth, bearing equatly on the part of the tooth being swaged. After swaging, the tooth should be faced off on the front. r We submit a number of cuts of different forms of teeth for con- venience in illustrating our ideas on this subject. Cut “A” represents section of a tooth in proper shape to swage. Cut “B” represents the same tooth after being swaged, and before be- ing fitted. It will be seen that the tooth has been altered but very little in the process of swaging, requiring very little dressing to bring it to its original shape. Cut “C” also shows a tooth before being swaged, and cut “D” the same tooth after the operation. It can readi- ly be seen the great amount to force it must have taken to spread this amount of hardened steel, and also the work required to bring the tooth to a good working shape. A tooth in this shape makes trouble in swag: ing, and is detrimental to the general working of the saw, as the teeth will cut much harder, and for this reason the plate is more apt to crack at the gullets from the severe strain on the edge. Cut “E” represents a tooth before being swaged, and cut “F” the same tooth after swaging. In this case, as in the others, the shape of the swage is governed by the shape of the tooth before the operation. The tooth being too slim, the spreading was done at the extreme point, and the corners are therefore needle pointed and it will not stand in fast feed, or in fact in any kind of sawing.—The Simonds Guide for Millmen. At the annual meeting of the Campbell-MacLaurin Lumber Com- pany, Limited, Montreal, the following officers were re-elected: Messrs. Alex. MacLaurin, Montreal, president; De Witt C. Culver, Ogdensburg, vice-president; Arthur H. Campbell, Montreal, man- aging director; George L. Ryon, Ogdensburg, and Maurice Welsh, Toronto, directors. The accounts submitted showed that the fiscal year which closed on’ April 30 had been a very successful period. Status of the Retail Business By a Lumber Association Secretary. F bs That other material than lumber for building purposes has b widely exploited and extensively advertised is well known, and many of these things are finding their way into use is equally an tablished fact. Also the trade is pretty generally aware that last there was over 92,000,000 barrels of cement manufactured, mi which was used in building operations. Yet in the face of all this not easy to prove that there is a decrease per capita of lumber sumption in the United States due to a decline in the retail tra Exact figures are not available to show positively the ma of the retail business of the country to-day and its comparison few years back, but it is a safe bet that the retail business as a taking the country throughout, is larger to-day than it was twenty years ago. ‘ihere will likely. be, of course, certain lo where the settling up of the community rapidly made a boom time called for a much larger volume of lumber than is being consume building purposes in the same community to-day. But these ual communities are not the whole country, and taking the wh try over there is more lumber used to-day in modest home bu than ever before, notwithstanding the coming of substitutes, an uses of cement, brick and other structural material. There are se explanations and reasons for this. One is that the country is ine in population, and another is that more people are buildi homes, and still another is found in the subdivisions of smaller farms which calls for more home building. If ther loss in lumber consumption, the source of that loss will around the car-shops where steel has also made great inro these things that are making the big inroads into lumber cons and incidentally one of the things that has been helping to ble for the lumber manufacturers is in that they have pushed operations and concerned themselves more with getting ti turning it into lumber than they have with the conditions of t ber market and the inroads made by substitutes in these lines. It is hardly fair to make the retail trade the goat of the to-day and insist that the retailers are not progressive enougt showing enough aggressive activity in the pushing of lumber of all other offerings. The retailer is doing his duty by world fairly well, and even though other material enters ex into the stock of the retailer to-day, taking the retail trade as a it could perhaps be established if figures were available that it ling more lumber to-day than it was ten or twenty years course, there is always a chance to boost the game and ine volume of consumption by rlew lines of work and by more cultivation of the field and live advertising. It is perhaps a g a'so to occasionally make the retailer think he is not doing hi duty in marketing lumber in that it may arouse him to more st ous effort. But, and as the writer of the lame duck articles at \ ington would say, there are quite a number of buts, the retail doing very well, thank you, and the status of the retail busines is not a thing to go into fits over with generalizing, high statements that the trade is asleep and is not doing anything like the business it ought to do. Both the retail lumber business at jobbing planing mill business is in pretty good shape taking try over, and they are likely to continue in good shape and doing a fair volume of lumber business. Substitutes here made the inroads some people claim they have and have gener sulted in supplementary business rather than in displacing 1 reducing the quantity of lumber used materially. | KS A splendid demonstrative example of this is found in con with cement, which is to-day a big item in the retail trade. Se would have us believe that those 92,000,000 barrels of cement reple just that much lumber in structural work. Instead of this it vi known fact to those who have followed the matter up closely use of cement has increased the consumption of lumber. Th few cement houses, where it takes the place of lumber, but this than made up for by the lumber used in form work where ce! used for foundations and for big structures in which lumber has small place. Where the old house foundation used to consist of blocks set up on end or a few piers built with stone or brick, to-day the solid concrete and the concrete block foundations, the building of these more lumber is used than formerly entered posts and sills for supporting houses. In other words, cemen added materially to the business of the retailer, yet it has not reple lumber, but has often increased the demand for lumber to supply f material for the concrete work. This is the biggest item among substitutes that come into the retail yard, and since it helps the 1 tailer and doesn’t hurt the lumber business, what, one may ask, is use of all this talking of war on substitutes and the implication th it means disaster to the lumber business? So far as the retail trac concerned, the lumber business is in good shape, and the indic are that it will stay that way. qu ee CANADA LUMBERMAN Avoiding Claims Easier Than Settling Disputes One of the annoying things in business is the matter of claims. The unjust ones, of course, bother us the most, but even those that are just produce more or less a feeling of annoyance, because it is an infer- ence that we have made a mistake, and this is something we don’t like to have other people know. We put up a “bluff” of cheerfully rectifying an error on our part, and paying a just claim against us but at the same time we feel it a reflection on our self confidence. We “fret and stew” over what we know is an unjust claim, according to our individual sensitiveness, and particularly those that we submit to for policy’s sake, and if we kept tab on these, it would be surprising how many of them influenced us in this way. If we think a customer is honest in coming back on us with a claim for shortage; if we believe he thinks we have made an unintentional mistake, we are more apt to be charitable with him, and unless we can prove to him that the error is his, our considerations for his future good will and trade will impel us to give him the benefit of the doubt, if the loss is a minor one in amount. As I’ve intimated above, it is astonishing how business men do _ put up with false claims for the sake of policy. The manager of the book section in one of our department stores told me of two instances of this kind that I thought were particularly aggravating. A woman came in and bought two dozen of small programme cards with little pencils attached for use at a dancing party she was giving for her daughter. In a day or two, she returned the pencils and asked that they be credited on her account. Another woman sent her little girl to purchase a book of which there were several volumes. She took the first volume home and read it, and sent it back and got the second one and returned that and so on until the seven volumes of the series had been taken, read and returned. This was done without paying for the books or their delivery, for each book was delivered to the house as it was ordered. The manager said she spoke to these two women of the propriety of their paying for what they had taken and used at their homes. They refused, however to do this, claiming that they under- stood at the time they could return them, which of course, was not true. But both being wealthy women and their trade during the year being considerable, it was thought best not to press the matter any further, and suffer the imposition, as the money loss was compara- tively trifling. Not Quite As Bad Of course, we have nothing as bad as this, in the lumber busi- ness. Nevertheless, we experience some pretty unreasonable claims in the matter of returning unused stock that has been bought and sent out ona job. Dealers don’t like to do it, but it has become the custom in selling a bill, to agree to take back all that is not used, and whether agreed or not, at the same prices at which it was sold. The buyer, in either case will claim it, whether it was previously agreed or under- stood, or not. The question of shortage, also, is quite a fruitful one for dispute even where the dealer takes pains to check it out himself. Where the yard man checks out a load he is not so absolutely sure of it as when he personally attends to it, and no more annoying thing can happen than to have the person taking it out. come in the next day, or _ a few days after, and want to know why you didn’t send out the num- ber of pieces that were on the bill. You look and see that the item has been checked and you are perfectly sure that your count at the time was correct. Now, in a claim of this kind, it is very unwise to get into a dispute over it. The only way is to disprove it, and in the ab- sence of having a receipt for what went out on that particular load, a personal investigation is the only thing to do, if you want to make your word good. It is not always practicable to do this, but wherever it is possible, it will pay to do it for the moral effect, especially if it is a contractor that is making the claim. If you make one mistake like this with a contractor, he will always look for them in the future. If you are easy about the matter, the chances are of his liability to take an undue advantage of you in the future. But when he sees you deter- mined on seeking the proof of an alleged mistake, he will be more careful in being sure of it, than he otherwise would. I learned this by many an unplesant experience, and have spent more time in hunting out such claims, than the value of the alleged shortage several times sover. No business man can afford such claims made against him for it doesn’t take many of them to have a current remark being made of him that. “He will bear watching.” At the same time, the dealer may be wholly innocent of deserving such talk. It is his own carelessness and disregard of the moral effect it produces, that puts a stain on his busi- ness ways of doing. You had better spend $10 in hunting up a claim for shortage of fifty cents worth of stuff that you absolutely know was _ taken out, or delivered by your own team, rather than to have it get out _ that you will “bear watching.” I was very sensitive about this, so much so that rarely any stuff went out of the yard that I didn’t count _ before I made out a ticket for it. On busy days, I know this is hard to do, but it is on such days that most of the mistakes are made that AND WOODWORKER 39 rise up afterward to make us a lot of trouble in settling the claims. A few minutes spent tallying what is going out, will save future worry and time spent in hunting up alleged shortages in count or measure- ment. Except in a very few cases I have always been able to find that the stuff went out of the yard, and in most cases, the error was in the count on the job. A number of cases I found were p!ain attempts to hold me up and beat me out of what was claimed. In the earlier days, a good deal of material was stolen from a job after it had been delivered and the carpenter being careless about tally- ing it at the time of delivering it was not discovered until he wanted to use it. Consequently the dealer had to bear the blame, as it was the easiest to put it on him. A few of such cases, in those days, caused me to tell those who bought the stuff to be sure themselves of what they took before’it went out of the yard, as I would not be responsible for it after it had left the alleys. In the first yard I had a good deal of my trade was from a distance as far as fifty and seventy-five miles. The hauling was done mostly by regular teamsters who hauled goods to the towns where there were no railroads. I required every one to personally count the pieces, and keep tally of'the boards as I measured them out. Then I took a receipt for it all. Those were free and easy times, and I was told more than once, that I was too d—d particular. Be that as it may, I know, that with the understanding of my liability that I gave out and the tallying, and receipts which I held, I had no difficulty with my distant trade on the score of shortage. One instance 1 remember of a teamster who had it proved on him, of unloading a part of his load on his own homstead, but as it didn’t come from my yard, I had no part in the settlement. The Dealer’s Responsibility Ends In these days when lumber can be counted by the piece there is not the excuse for shortage claims that there was when every board had to be measured. The buyer then had to take the word of the dealer that he was getting the amount he was paying for, but now he can count the amount for himself. The duplicate bill that is given the buyer should show on it the number of boards as well as the amount of feet. If this is done, it can be checked off more easily by him as he takes the stuff out or when delivered as in the case with a job in town. But it requires constant care on the part of the dealer to see that his customers do their own counting before it leaves the yard whether the load be large or small. There are some customers who do this voluntarily. I like to see them do it, and consider it no reflection on my honesty, although I have seen men who acted as though they sus- pected me of possibly beating them if I could. You know there are some who are so suspicious by nature, that they are hardly satisfied with their own count. We like to have men trust, and show their confidence in us. This is all very well, but too much trusting of this kind is apt to produce laxity and carelessness. We know we are more particular with the customer who exhibits a sharp lookout for his own interests. When we are sure of the fact that he is going to count after us when he gets home, we are doubly careful that it is all right before it goes out of the yard. But the way to do, as I have said, is to have him satisfied that such is the case be- fore he leaves the yard. In other words, it is best to have your mis- understandings beforehand. Have this as a fixed rule also for your employees and hold them strictly to its observance, for, as you may have experienced, many a case of shortage has been owing to the laxity of a yard man in letting stuff go out of the yard without either he or the buyer recounting it. A customer who is in a “boozy woozy” state when he comes into the yard is in such a dependent condition, that one has to run more or less chances on him. He may be able to make known his wants, either verbally, or by some half obscure writing on a soiled piece of paper. He is loaded up, but is too befuddled to count it, or know whether it is all right or not. Maybe he is in fairly good trim, but should he have a bottle in his pocket, there is no knowing whether he will get home without losing some of the stuff that went out. If he does, he wont know it until the next morning when he is in his right mind and goes to count it. Perhaps, however, he wont discover the loss until he goes to use it, then he will, like as not, swear it on to the lumberman. Lost It Off the Load I had a case of this kind once, in which a customer lost a bunch of shingles. The roads were rough, and he was too stupid to notice when it fell off the wagon. I was careful in loading him, as I always was in such cases. And therefore I was positive that he took out what he was charged with, but he came back at once with a claim for shortage that under the circumstances, I would not allow, and for some time there was that difference between us in a settlement. Luckily, however, I found out that a neighbor of his had seen the bunch along side the road and took care of it till he found the owner. From that time on, I took the care to fasten on the load, and one or * 40 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ; two intsances I remember, I pinned the ticket on the inside of the fel- low’s coat so he wouldn’t lose it. Shortage in Measure One of the most frequent causes for shortage claims is board measurement. A man has figured out for himself the number of feet required to cover a certain area of surface. He tells you what he wants and you give it to him. He comes back with the claim that you didn’t give him enough. You look over your business for that day and you find you gave him a certain number of 8 or 10-inch 16-foot boards as the case might be, and it figures up to just the amount sold him. You know that both of you counted them at the time, but he lacks more or less to cover that space, which you perhaps don’t know any- thing about. The fact is, those boards were well seasoned and he has laid them close together and the shrinkage is the cause of the claim. Now, in a case like this, where a man has done his own figuring, you should get him to tell you the space he wants to cover. Then figure it yourself and add a few feet extra, because you know, that boards don’t always hold out in width and when a number are laid side by side they don’t cover the space of your board measurements. I always have taken this precaution to ascertain the space to be covered and did my own figuring to obviate any shortage claim, and I date this precautionary idea from an experience I had in my second year of run- ning a yard. At that time common boards were all widths and nothing less than 8 inches, and few of them. In fact, we would “kick” on a shipment that Had over 10 per cent. of this width which customers thought was too narrow for strength, usually they were from 10 to 22 inches wide, with an average perhaps of 14 inches. When these wide boards were pretty dry, we had to be careful in measuring. We paid for a 16-inch board that the rule showed to be 15% inches, which in a board 10 feet long would mean one foot less than we had bought. In passing the loss on to our customers we sometimes had a dispute. The case I speak of, was the sale of a lot of common boards to cover the shed roof of a horse and cow stable 30 feet long and 12 feet wide, which required 14-foot boards to cover it. I remember this size, because of the experience. The customer was a Frenchman, and a pretty sharp, shrewd fellow he was, too. He wanted the widest boards. He had figured the number of feet he wanted, and I gave it, for which he paid me on the spot. He was polite in his ways, and I was pleased over getting a new cash customer which were not overly plenty in those days. Ina few days he came in with a stormy look on his face, and claimed in French and English that I had cheated him. It was difficult to explain to him the reason for the shortage. All he could see was that he hadn’t enough. He being a new comer, I didn’t want to lose him for a customer, so I gave him what he wanted, and promised to come out and measure it all over, which I did the next Sunday. I found of course, that I had measured it all right in the first place, and I stayed there until I had convinced him that I had and he was fair enough to pay me for the extra I had given him, as well as a good dinner for my pains in coming out there to make it right with him. It was a lesson I never forgot for its influence in causing me to avoid all such claims, by figuring out for myself the right amount that was needed. Because of Incorrect Figuring There is many a claim made for shortage on a bill that is the fault of the man who made it out, but it generally falls on the dealer and his assertion that he has given all that was on the bill doesn’t al- ways convince the mind of the buyer as he naturally thinks his car- penter knows how to make out a bill sufficient for the job. It is there- fore of prime importance that the dealer should be able to have a gen- eral knowledge of what is required for the ordinary building. The bills should be figured as they come to him of course, and he should fur- nish the items as shown on it. But, if there is a shortage on any of them, he should be able to prove that it was not his fault. A dealer who can do this, has got the “cinch” on the carpenters who think they know how to make out a bill, but don’t. Another advantage which it gives the dealer is that he can tell when a bill is being “stuffed” on him. You know what this kind of “stuffing” means don’t you? In case some of you don’t, I’ll tell you. ‘In losing a bill some times, you wonder why. The reason may be that a carpenter wants your competitor to sell it, and wishing to seem friendly with you, gives you the chance to figure on it, but he gives you a larger bill than he does the other fellow who sells it of course because there is less in it than the one you figured on. This is a com- mon trick that is played in a yard “scrap” and the dealer who is not able to detect the “stuffing” of a bill is at disadvantage if he plays a square game. Then again, if he knows what a bill should be, he can prevent the sending out a lot of surplus material for the carpenter to pick over and return what is not needed, and in such a case, what comes back is not the same grade as was sent out. The large retail houses in the city have a claim department where everything of this character is sent for settlement. A man at the head of such a department must be especially gifted and fitted for such an onerous job, for, while there are just claims to settle, th larger proportion of them are all the way from frivolous to dows right dishonest. Yet, all claims of whatever nature are dealt wi a way that will afford the least friction with the customer, and a same time, conserve the interests of the house. An ordinary re however, has no one to whom he can pass on the complain claims to his trade, and therefore he has to act as his own head | department of his business, and it requires the same exercise of ta ful skill and patience as it does in a regular claim department of larger business. The main thing is to settle a complaint so as to he the customer, for a dissatisfied customer is an advertisement tha always working against him. Personal Feelings Should Be Subdued __ “a ‘g It is one of the hardest things to keep our personal feelings or the settlement of an unjust or dishonest claim. We like to tell su man what we think of him, and “get even” with him if we can. all this sort of thing is taboo with the modern style of doing b The central idea is the interests of the business. Carefulness ir venting as far as possible the cause for complaints is another prir thing to look out for and exercise on the part of ourselves an ployees. Often times it is the little trival things that have in 1 seed of future trade or the loss of a good customer. No doubt you have had men quit trading with you and you were ignor, cause and entirely innocent of the knowledge of having gi any reason for the action. If you have tried to find out, like was for some little thing in the way of a complaint that you ft nored as not being worth the noticing. a I remember one incident in my earlier experience where a plaint was made by a customer of two lights of glass being b a bunch of windows when they were opened out on his j claimed that I should pay what it had cost him to replace new lights. I know now, that it was faulty in me to ref: was so cranky and exacting about everything I put out on his besides, I had sold it at such close figures, that this claim was straw, so to speak, and I got contrary too, and wouldn't claim. I found out afterwards by the carpenter, that the was made through letting the bunch fall heavily to the gro time of unloading, for, as the carpenter said, “I heard the gla [t was many years before that man bought anything of me z lost his trade over a pretty small thing which I afterwards But it takes many years of training in the retail business b learns that it is best to be less rigid about this class of claims, a little rather than to run the chance of losing a much greate to your interests. , Because of Disputed Accounts A goodly proportion of the claims against us come from di accounts. Generally they are not made until the party comes final settlement and more often also, when the party has been for it. The disputed item may be, is one that was got many previous, and there is no way of proving it was got as charg by the entry on the books. There is a possibility of you and men distinctly remembering it, but this is not often the case. hard proposition to go back on one’s own books even though t cumstance is not remembered distinctly, and in the absence of t a receipt from the customer. It is a difficult matter to settle if | sists that the account is not correct. To do it, depends on whe not the material can be seen and proven by measuring or c or whether the amount in dispute is too small to risk the ] customer’s trade and gain his future ill will and advertising you as not to-be trusted. : One has to take all these things into consideration. For: I am strongly inclined to hold for what my books show. beca have told you, I am careful in not letting stuff go out the out I know it is correct, and in sending a ticket with the load t has his chance to verify it, by counting it himself. If he don’t d he has no reasonable comeback on me. One way of avoidin disputed accounts and difficulty in settling, is to give the ticket memorandum of the stuff at the time of delivery, an charged to him to send him a!so a statement of the account the the month, and request a careful examination to see if it is « Then if there is a dispute about it, it can be more easily remedied v it is fresh in the memory.—C. H. Ketridge in the Mississippi Vall Lumberman. “4 The Duluth office of the H. W. Johns-Manville Company has moved to larger quarters at No. 327 W. First Street, in order to care of its increased business. The new office is on the ground with windows for the display of J-M Asbestos Roofing, Pipe Cov ings, Packings, Sanitary Specialties, Auto Accessories and other ducts of this company’s well known and varied lines. ; CANADA LUMBERMAN Hook of Circular Saw Teeth In the March issue of Simonds Guide for Millmen there was a sen- tence reading as follows: “We find in our experience that the hook of a saw to be normal must be tangent to a circle whose diameter is one-half that of the saw.’ 3 Several queries as to just what was meant by this expression _ reached the office of the Simonds Manufacturing Company, and they % CIRCLE WHOS DIAMETER IS * & HALF OF THESAW realized then that a sketch should have accompanied the article when printed. Here is the explanation. This is standard when you consider a 60-in. saw with about 90 teeth. The circle which is half the size of the diameter would therefore be 30-in. in diameter, and the line drawn tangent to the circle, that is, merely touching the edge but not intersecting it, determines the proper amount of hook for the saw tooth. This is especially for sawing soft wood. __ As the saw is worn down and gets smaller by constant usage, the amount of hook slightly increases, because then you have a smaller saw with the same number of teeth that you had in the original large Saw. Shed Building and Retail Wrinkles I have just finished a good big shed. I am not going into details about it nor am I going to apologize for making it three storeys high, for every shed I would build on valuable ground I would build three storeys high. Now there are just two things that I want to tell you about and the one and less important one is to make your shed good and strong in the supporting part, also nailing well the joist that extends out to support the runway or platform, our shed being a large enclosed one with driveway iri the center and four foot walk on both storeys, and also nail the cross joists or supports running lengthwise of the shed well. Nail pieces of 2 x 4 on the front and back of the 4 x 6 posts to hold up the joist that support the weight of the lumber. This can be done without taking up any room whatever. You may think of it, and again you might not, so it don’t cost you anything to get reminded of it. _ Now what you, perhaps, don’t know about and had not thought of, is how to brace your shed without losing any room. Now there are all kinds of ways to brace a shed, but our shed was built close beside another shed of like construction and we wanted to build so that if we had a pile of twenty-four feet joist in one shed they could. -extend over where there was a 12-foot pile in the other shed so that if there would be braces in the rear of either shed they would be in the way. Well now, how would you go about bracing this shed to avoid losing any room, There was no trouble in bracing the shed to keep it from pitching forward or going backward, for you could brace it well at the ends and in each section from one 4 x 6 to the other up- stairs and down, but to keep it from leaning one way or the other longways was the question. Well, we found a way and it did not take up any room, either. We took braces and laid them flatways in each section, crossing them and nailing them in the center. What I mean is this. The shed had 2 x 10 joist. These joists "were nailed two in front, one on each side of the 4 x 6 which stood adgewise, the same in the center and also at rear; mitering the ends 9 of 2 x 4 to fit against the 2 x 10, they make a complete brace so that the shed can’t go either way. They take up no room and are not in the way. , » 4 ; . After you build nice and fresh; everybody buy them, etc., AND WOODWORKER 4! a shed you don’t want to lose any room with braces and at the same time you must admit that a poorly braced shed is a total failure. The Under Dog—Nit I have always said the truth is what hurts. It doesn’t make us mad to be accused of something we never did because we know that we won’t have to suffer in reality for that, because if a fel!ow quits us when we are not to blame he will come back some day and stay and be ours for ever. It is when we feel guilty and know we are at least in part to blame that we get sore. Well, what I was going to say, that the old “gag” of sympathiz- ing with the “under dog” is a thing of the past. If you expect to get the lumber business on a poverty plea or because you need it, you will get left. The people nowadays want to trade with the fellow on the top. They want to tie to the fellow who has the “dough.” They don’t care for the other “fellow.” It isn’t their fault he isn’t rich. The little fellow has to work his way up and show the buyer of lumber that he is there with the goods and the prices, too. And, another thing, the lumberman who lets the dead beats talk him out of his lumber on credit or into selling below cost and gets broke, doesn’t come in for any sympathy that he can buy anything with. There is a whole lot of reckless figuring going on in all kinds of business and the lumberman who does not follow a system and know where he is at will, someday, find out that he has only hurt himself instead of the fellow whom he tried to run out of business. Talking about a clear conscience, reminds me of a very pious old gentleman who came to our yard recently and bought a couple of cans of paint and had a bottle filled with turpentine and one with linseed oil and when he picked up his load he found that he had more than his hands full, so he told me to put the bottles in his pocket. Knowing his ways, I suggested that he let me wrap them up, but he refused and said, “I don’t care what people think as long as my conscience is clear,” and he was right, too. And, as to keeping up appearances, I saw a good example of that in our town, or rather we might call it “going where the crowd goes.” We had a bunch of Greeks come to our town a couple of years ago. They are an enterprising lot of fellows. They started into the con- fectionery business. Their competitors laughed at them and called them a gang of Dagos, but after they were here a month they started another store of the same kind and after they were here six months they threw out all their old fixtures and’bought the best to be had. Their competitors put the price of ice cream soda down to five cents per glass and used cheap stuff. They put it down to five cents also and used the best to be had. Their competitors cut their light bill down and the Greeks had more and better light put in and when their landlord would not make needed improvements for them, they went ahead and made it themselves, and I have sold these fellows ten times as much lumber as their competitors, who own their own buildings, have bought and they never ask a price either. They are enterprising and when we hand them a subscription list all they ask is, “How much you want?” And they say, “Put down, here is your money. We pay as we go, then we don’t need to sign our name.’ No one bothers them for credit and they tend to their own busi- ness and their places are popular resorts as none of them worry about anyone else’s affairs but their own. Another Greek trick I noticed at our country fair last fall was played by a bunch of Greeks who follow fairs and carnivals. These fellows had a concession right next to my exhibit build- ing and we struck miserable weather and in order to sell their ice cream cones they had to “spiel” rather heavy. When business. was rather dull three of the four would scatter out into the crowd and when a bunch of people would be going by, the other one would make a talk for his life and the three would rush up and throw down a nicke! and grab an ice cream cone and the “spieler” would holler, “Come on, see, see, how the crowd comes. Come, come quick before all are gone; ” and you know the crowd follows the crowd and they got the business, too. _ So it is with the lumber business. If you get the round. you are all right, but if you haven’t the ability to get the crowd. no matter how good a stock you have, it doesn’t help you out. Selling cheap doesn’t get the business. It only lends a cheap twan'g to your business, as quality is bound to win in the end.—The Lumber Doctor in the St. Louis Lumberman. Mr. Chas. E. Read, Jr., formerly of the Riordon Pulp & Paper Company, Limited, and Mr. J. B. White, manager of the wood depart- ment and saw mills of the same company, have entered into partner- ship as wholesale lumber merchants, with offices in the New Birks Building, Montreal. Mr. White. however, is not severing his connec- tion with the Riordon Company. 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Can be seen in opera- fresh, clean, straight and Senne Syne: tion. Write up diameter at small end, t. to 16 ft. long. Delivery to commence as soon as possible. 1 The Steel Company of Canada, Limited, Terms: 75 per cent. cash when alongside S ees track at railway per woee loaded = on cars. Write P. O. Box No. 1595, Mont- real, stating best price. et Second Hand Machinery 150 to 175 h.p. Corliss Engine, 16-in. x Wanted—Large Quantities l-in. x 5-in. and -up No. 1 White Pine Mill Culls. 1%-in. x 5-in- and up No. 1»White Pine Mill Culls. 14%-in. and 1%-in. .C. & B. White Pine. Quote prices and state amount for sale. Box 29, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 11-12 36-in., new two years ago. 75 to 100-h.p. Brown Automatic, 18-in. x 30-in., in excellent condition. 500 to 750 h.p. Buckeye; a good sawmill engine. Boilers, 72-in. x 18-ft. and 54-in. x 14-ft. THOMAS HOBBS, Mail Building, 7-t.f. Toronto, Ont, “42 in. Engine For Sale Single evlinder Corliss Engine,- 18° in. x Cylinder, 14 ft. flywheel. right hand. Can be seen in operation. Apply to The Steel Company of Canada Limited. 12 Montreal, Que. WOODWORKING MACHINERY FOR SALE: 1 MacGregor-Gourlay variable power 4 30-in. Ideal pedestal hand- saws; 1 54-in. Tackson-Cochrane band re- saw: 1 24-in. Ideal planer, matcher and moulder; 1 32-in. disk sander with. boring at- tachment: 1 No. 51 Crescent universal wood- worker; 1 sash and door tenoner with ent-off feed saw table; attachment; 1 &-in. three side moulder; 1 25- gallon Advance glue heater with warming chamber and & 2-quart pots. H. W. Petrie. Limited, Toronto. 12 Wanted-Emplogatea! : Advertisements under this heading one cent a word per insertion. Box No. 10 cents extra. Minimum charge 25 cents. Saw filer, band or circular, wants position. 25 years’ good experience. No booze fighte:. Good references. Can give satisfaction. Box 300, Canada Lumberman, 119 Board of Trade, Montreal. 9-12 BOOK-KEEPER wants position in saw mill. Worked in mill for five years previous to taking business course. Can scale and cull lumber. Box 40, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. Situation wanted by married man, thirty years old, as Accountant, Chief Clerk or Sec- retary-Treasurer in a Wholesale Lumber Firm. Ten years’ experience. Best of recommenda- tions. Apply to Accountant, P. O. Box 69. Three Rivers, Que. 12-18 A thoroughly practical lumberman wishes to connect with reliable firm either as sales- man or buyer. Ten years as partner in well- known Ontario lumber firm-—six years’ ex- perience selling on road. Familiar with every angle of lumber business. Would consider salary or commission proposition. Best of references. Full particulars from Box 37. Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 12-1 Wanted-Employees Advertisements under this heading two cents a word per insertion. Minimum charge 50 cents WANTED—A young man with experience as salesman for sash and door factory. Apply to Box 38, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 12-15 YARD FOREMAN wanted by medium sized factory in Western Ontario. Must be qualified to inspect hardwood lumber, and able to handle men unloading and piling. Ap- ply; stating qualications, to Box 386, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 12-13 WANTED-—Salesman calling on the lum- ber trade and contractors in the Eastern Pro- vinces, to handle Dr. J. M. Stewart’s Veter- inary Remedies as side line. Palmer Medical Company, Ltd., 10-t.t. Windsor, Ont. Business Opportunity For Sale—Woodworking shop fitted especi- general work. New and ‘up-to-date First class dry kiln. Blower sys- tem. Railway siding. Situated in a live and thriving Ontario town. Splendid local and shipping trade. This is an exceptional oppor- tunity to acquire a good business with a trade already established. Write J, A. C., Canada Lumberman, To- ronto. 10-12 ally for machinery. .Saga Forest Reserve tributary to the north at Sudbury and North Bay. ; For Sale } 500 square miles Crown Lands, St. rence River. Front limit. All improyvemer 1,500,000,000 feet Spruce, Pine, etc. If terested write Box 35, Canada Lumbern Toronto. } For Sale Complete sawmill outfit. Machinery tically new. Capacity 20 M. Two b 60 and 40 h.p., with cold blast grates, log chain, 8-in. steam feed; 3 block cz with boss dogs; friction canter and swe 3 saw edger; 2 saw trimmers and a full e plement of saws and belting. Also Mfg. Co. lath mill in first class cond will be sold with sawmill or separately. near White Hall, Ont. Apply to Box 4 Jordan Harbor, Ont. Timber Limits For Sale Can be quickly and profitably disposed by advertising them on this page. This where buyers of timber Bee look = portunities to invest. your “ad” is the investor will see it. i ee a Toronto, Ont. For Sale Rare bargain. Band mill located in best lumber and log center on Puget Sound. and cargo shipping facilities. Excellent t log pond. Ten and a half acres of land. one-fourth of appraised valuation. Must ee quick. Box 765, Canada Lumberman, To- — ronto. Ont. 8-t.f. For Sale The best timber berth in Alberta, contain- ing approximately one hundred million feet, — four-fifths of which is splendid spruce. A railroad will pass within one mile of the limit this summer, The situation makes it an exceedingly easy limit to operate. Price $2.00 per M., easy terms. On account of its close proximity to the prairie markets and easy logging, this is cheaper than B. C. tim- ber for nothing. For further information ap- ply to Box 25, Canada Lumberman, Toronto. 11-14 Timber Sale Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to noon of the 6th day of July, 1914, for the — right to cut the Red and White Pine timber — on Berths 1 B, 1 C, and 1 D, in the Missis- — shore of Lake Huron, each Berth containing — an_area of 36 square miles, more or less. For maps and conditions of sale apply to the undersigned or the Crown Timber Agents , at Thessalon, Sault Ste. Marie, Webbwood and Sudbury. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mine Toronto, April 18th, 1914. . N.B.—No unauthorized publication of this notice will be paid for. 9-13 Timber Sale ¥ Tenders will be received by the under- signed up to noon of the 15th day of pay : 1914, for the right to cut the Red and Pine timber on berths 1, 2 and 8, Township of Blyth, in the. District of Nipissing. For maps and conditions of sale apply ‘on the undersigned, or the Crown Timber Agents W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. — Toronto, May 4th, 1914. N.B. No unauthorized publication of this notice will be paid for. 10-13 For Sale Timber limit consisting of 10,000,000 feet of Pine, Spruce, Hemlock and Hardwood, tributary to Lake Nipissing. Also sawmill and logging outfit, boom timber and chains. Good reason for selling. For particulars ad- dress Box 846, Canada Lumberman, gi, 9 19-t.f. Fine Timber Tracts We have a number of timber tracts for sale in most all states at low prices and reasonable terms. Have few bargain tracts that are offered for quick sale. Write us what you want, we have it. THE JANESVILLE EXCHANGE, Timber Dept., Janesville, Wis. Dealers in timber lands, lumber yards, mill machinery, mills for sale, arranging loans, selling and exchang- ing cut-over lands, and a general real-estate business. - 1-t.f. Sale of Pine Timber on Metagami Indian Reserve Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to and including the 6th day of July next or the right to cut the Red, White and Jack ine timber over eight inches in diameter on the Metagami Indian Reserve, situate on the Metagami River in the District of Sudbury. For particulars, descriptions, conditions, etc., apply to the undersigned. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Department of Lands, Forests and Mines, Toronto, May 2nd, 1914. No unauthorized publication ‘of this notice will be paid for. 10-13 Tenders for Allan Water River Wood Limit . Tenders will be received by the under- signed up to and including Wednesday, the 15th ot July next for the right to cut ties from Spruce, Balsam, Banksian or Jack Pine, Poplar and Whitewood trees seven inches and upwards in diameter two feet from the ground sufficient to supply a tie preserving plant for a period of twenty-one years from unoccupied, unsold and unlocated lands of the Crown tributary to what is known as the - Allan Water River, tributary to the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway in the District of Thunder Bay. Tenderers shall state the amount they are prepared to pay as bonus in addition to the Crown dues of $2 per thousand feet board measure for anything not manufactured into ties, and for ties at the rate of 5c each, or such other rates as may from time to time os fixed by the Lieutenant-Governor in Coun- cil. . Such tenderers shall be required to erect within the limits of the territory covered by the right to cut ties, or at some other place approved by the Lieutenant-Governor in Coun- cil a tie preserving plant. - Parties making tender will be required to deposit with their tender a marked cheque payable to the Honourable the Treasurer of ‘the Province of Ontario for $25,000, to re- main on deposit as security for the carrying out of the conditions of their tender. The highest or any tender not, necessarily accepted. For particulars as to description of terri- tory, capital to be invested, etc., apply to the undersigned. W. H. HEARST, Minister of Lands, Forests and Mines. Toronto, Ont., April 27th, 1914. 10-13 Do You Want to Buy or Sell? If you wish to purchase or dispose of a particular stock of lumber or logs, a mill } ery or hand MAN ‘quick returns. Sale Department.” timber limit, or some second- machinery, the CANADA LUMBER- AND WOODWORKER will bring Use our ‘Wanted and For ‘is discolored in CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER i u Saw Mill Machinery For Sale Sawmill near Sellwood, Ontario, daily capa- city 60,000 feet. All machinery including :— Log Ladder, Bullwheel, Steam Kicker, Log Loader, Stationary Steam Nigger, 42-in. Steel Carriage, 10-in. Steam Feed, 8 ft. Double Cutting Bandmill, Cast Iron Lumber Table, 5-Saw Slab Slasher, 48-in. Big Champion Edger, Trimmer, Transfers to Edger and Trimmer Tables, Sorting Tables, etc. Also, Independent Lathmill, Filing Room Outfit and Power Plant complete. This machinery is of the latest design, practically new and in excellent condition. Offers will be accepted for all or any part of this machinery, where it stands or F.O.B. cars Sellwood. The Waterous Engine Works Company, 22-t.f. Brantford, Canada. A Plentiful Supply of Cars The greatest surplus of freight cars Shown by any report since January 6, 1909, was on May 15, 1914, when the total surplus was 239,406 cars, an increase of about 9,000 cars over the figures of May 1. ‘This is according to the semi-monthly report of the com- mittee on relations between rail- roads of the American Railway Association, issued May 22. IEvi- dently the railroad situation has been under heavy tension the same as other business and it is doubtless awaiting a _ favorabte decision from the Interstate Com- merce Commission before — busi- ness can be expected to revive. It is interesting to note that the surplus of 239,406 cars on May 15 was made up- of 82,890 idle box cars, 8,611 idle flat cars, 99,664 idle coal, gondola and hopper cars and 48,241 idle cars of mis- cellaneous types. Another ifiteresting feature in connection with the report is that the greatest surplus shown in any district of the country is in Group 3, comprising Ohio, Indiana, Michigan and western Pennsyl- vania, where the surplus is 66,450 cars, an increase of nearly 10,000 in the surplus in that district dur- ing the previous fortnight. Of this surplus 50,029 cars are coal cars alone. The Sapsucker’s Bill ‘The sapsucker is a pretty smal! bird, but he is very active along certain lines. It is claimed that his bill is one of the most expensive articles of its size in this country. He is fond -of exercising on the hickory tree by picking a few thousand’ holes weekly througi the bark during spring and early summer when the sweet sap 1s flowing. [le goes from hole to hole after he has pecked them, and sucks the sap that accumu- lates. The holes are about as large as would be made by a small nail. In after years “bird-pecked hickory” is the result. ‘The wood the immediate vicinity of the hotes and every year many thousand feet of choice hickory is degraded or rejected on account of this damage. The sap obtained from tiat source is pretty rich diet for the little yel- low hammer that does most of the picking. Ior the sake of a May morning meal of the sweet juice he spoils enough wood to make a buggy wheel. There is no rem- edy, as far as known. It is use- less to try to catch, kill, scare, or intimidate the sapsucker, and make him quit. He can dodge round a hickory trunk faster than anybody can follow him, and he pecks as he goes. Apparently, he does no good to offset his evil; for he catches no bark bugs or wood beetles, destroys no cater- pillars, eats no aphids or cynips, or in any way wars on the ene- mies of hickory during the period when the sap is obtainable. His bill strikes with the rapidity of a riveting machine from five in the morning until the whippoorwill calls him off at twilight. Working Freshly-ripped Lumber One of the reasons given for the giving way sometimes of glue joints in lumber glued up to make width is that the lumber is used too soon after edging or ripping. It is argued that after lumber is cross-cut and ripped up by the stock sawyer it should be allowed to stand for a day or two before working on the machines, and es- pecially before glue-jointing. This argument is based on the idea that cutting the stock up into smaleir dimensions perhaps releases some of the internal strain of the lum- ber and perimts it to set up others, and that it should be given a lit- tle time to adjust itself. This is perhaps good argu- iment except where it involves the use of smaller pieces of lumber that may be prevented from warp- ing and twisting by gluing to- gether. Where one is gluing up narrow strips into door stock, for example, the better plan is to work them up soon after they are ripped, because when once glued up into a mass the internal strain of each piece is counteracted and overcome. It is well enough, however, to remember that in ripping out solid stock for door 43 stiles or other work it is a good idea to rip it out and let it stand for a few days before using, that it may adjust itself to the new conditions as to strains, etc. BAUGHMAN’S BUYER AND SELLER Special Price, $1.60 Canada Lumberman - Toronto in NADIANOFFICE: Scu E (aM (Ex Hoo Fu Timber Cruises : Forest Surveys Water Powers, Storage, Logging and Lumbering Contracts, Reports for Fi- nancial Houses and Lum- ber Concerns. R. 0. SWEEZEY 164 St. James Street, MONTREAL » .& AE SY > er) Sales rs "p rere oe ut Ps Sa Cleans a building of Rats and Mice in short time, keeps it cleaned, for it is always ready for use. Made of galvanized iron, can’t get out of order, lasts for years. Large number can be caught daily. Go to Catcher morn- ings, remove device inside, which only takes few seconds, take out dead rats and mice, replace device, it is ready for another catch. Small piece cheese is used; doing away with poisons. Catcher is 18 inches high, 10 inches diameter. When rats pass device they die, no marks left on them. Catcher is always clean. One of these Catchers set in a livery stable in Scranton, Pa., caught over 100 rats in a month. One sent prepaid to any place in Canada or United States upon receipt of $3. Catcher, 8 in. high, for mice only, pre- paid $1. On account of shipping charges be- ing prepaid, remittance is requested with or- der. H. D. SWARTS, Inventor and Manufacturer, Scranton, Pa. For Immediate Shipment 15,000 ft. 25,000 ft. 12,000 ft. 50,000 ft. of ait of 1” of 2” of 2" No. 1 C. & B. Maple No. 1 C. & B. Maple No. 1 C. & B. Maple E. I. C. & B. Dry Birch Best Quality and Bone Dry Sawn in 1911 and 1912 and shipped according to the rules of the National Hardwood Lumber Association. Glengarry Lumber Company, Limited BERLIN 44 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Review of Current Trade Conditions — Ontario The trade in lumber in Ontario to-day is probably in a more curious position than it has been for a long time past. One can find firms of retailers, wholesalers and manufacturers, who report that they have all the business they can handle and one can also find firms which report that the bottom has fallen out of trade. Those who re- port plenty of business however, are very scarce. When one seeks for information upon trade details he cannot get it, as no one seems to have it. The discussion invariably turns upon crops and railroads and how long the quietness will last. In spite of the dullness, there is quite a good volume of business in progress, and lumbermen, on ac- count of not having overproduced, in Ontario, are not feeling the strain so badly as some others. Many reports have now been received re- garding driving conditions and it looks as though the quantity of logs left in the woods this year will be much larger than usual. In the Ottawa Valley some operators have been obliged to abandon large quantities of logs until next season. In northern Ontario, most of the logs have come out, but the cost has been much greater. A little improvement is reported in the trade at Ottawa, particu- larly in the export business. Prices however, remain unchanged with the volume of business light. Driving conditions have been far from satisfactory in many cases in the Ottawa Valley and reports received by the Canada Lumberman indicate important reductions in the out- put of some of the larger mills. One of the largest manufacturing companies in Ottawa is even reported to be considering the advisabil- ity of closing down its plant temporarily, partly on account of the poor market conditions and partly on account of the large quantity of logs which it has not been able to drive from the woods to the mill. Eastern Canada A little improvement is reported from St. John. House building operations have increased considerably during the past fortnight and are using up extensive quantities of spruce. Prices generally are un- changed, but manufacturers are showing no inclination to encourage weakness in the market. Those who have American stock will prob- ably hold it until later on. Stocks of English deals are light and busi- ness in the English market is only fair. No deals are being offered at St. John as all stocks have been sold ahead. It is likely however, that present prices would be about one dollar a thousand less than those of early Spring. Lath are steady at $2.90 to $3 on the wharves at St. John and stocks are light. Shingles are slow and about 25c per thou- sand lower than a year ago. Cedar logs are scarce at St. John and may have a tendency to steady the market. Most of the drives at the head of the St. John are in safe waters. The Kilburn drive is not expected to come out and this will reduce the amount rafted at Fredericton by seven or eight million feet, leaving the total about 45 or 47 million feet. At the recent “no mark” sale, spruce deal logs brought about $15.75, and spruce battens about two-thirds of this price. Cedar logs sold at $12, pine at $11 and hemlock at $19. The demand for eastern spruce at Boston did not attain the vol- ume which was expected during the spring season and the price in connection with most of the transactions for dimension stock is about $24. A few mills are asking $24.50. Some reports are to the effect that the base price of eastern spruce may go lower. Random is selling at unchanged prices, the quotations are not quite so firm. There is some business how in 2 x 4 at $22, and $22.50 is the top price. For 2 x 3, the price is $21 and $21.50. Other prices are as follows :—2 x 5, $20 to $21; 2 x 6 and 2 x-7, $20.50 to $21; 2 x 8, $22.50 to $23; 2 x 10, $24 to $24.50 ; 2 x 12, $24.50 to $25. At New York the price of eastern spruce continues steady, but the yards are not buying much in advance of their requirements, as the building demand is dull. Wholesalers are not undertaking any extensive contracts, as they expect to see a much stronger price situation some time in the near future. The demand for lath at Boston is falling behind the supply and prices are a bit uncer- tain. Recent sales for 15-in. at $4 have been reported and some makers of good lath have been securing $4.25 from particular cus- tomers. The going price to-day is probably $4.15, with a tendency to- wards accepting less. Most of the sales of 134-in. are at $3.70 with a little business at $3.75 and $3.80. British Columbia cedars are not so strong as they were recently. Excellent British Columbia extras are offered at $3.55. Washington shingles are quoted at $3.25 to $3.65. United States The lumber trade in the United States is still limited in extent and responds but little to any reports of good crops or other business im- provements which appear from time to time. It is now rather gener- ally believed that there will be no important improvement in trade u after the summer months. Already there are signs of the trade < tling down to a summer basis. Since last fall there has been no normal trade in existence and for this reason the actual settling to a summer basis consists rather in continuing at current prices ‘ a slightly less active demand. Large industrial concerns, and the roads, are keeping out of the market for supplies in excess of their et rent requirements. A great deal of attention is being paid by the ht ber trade to the probable outcome of the growing crops. The pre outlook is very promising and it looks as though, when the crops ai ready for movement, the railroads will be badly in need of rollin stock. They have not been keeping up their equipment, and a) shortage can scarcely be avoided. For this reason it is generall lieved that retailers would be well advised to make their purcha the late summer and fall trade, at present, when prices for lun all kinds are probaby as.low as they will ever be. Prices are e2 to continue along the present basis until a more pronounced ¢ develops. Northern pine stocks in eastern markets are well assorted. lock is unchanged. The demand is not so extensive as it was ago. Dry stocks are not any too plentiful and manufacturers the building demand to take care of everything. The building d at Buffalo is considerably better. Stocks at Pennsylvania mi scarce and many of the manufacturers are refusing to meet present prices. The hardwood trade is still of a hand-to-mouth character, manufacturers are holding up prices well. It is expected that ness will be better a little later in the year. Dry birch and ma scarce. Prices are firm and those who own any quantity of dry : are satisfied with conditions. Reports from the east state that of eastern spruce are gradually accumulating at mill points. The n ket lacks snap, as a result of the poor weather conditions which vailed during the spring and reduced the volume of building o tions. Prices continue fairly firm. Great Britain iitehe or no change is reported in lumber trade conditions ¢ don. The volume of business is fair. The deliveries at Lond for the week ending May 23rd amounted to 4,983 standards pared with 5,979 standards during the corresponding week of 1913. Churchill and Sim’s recent auction sale second Montreal spruce 3° brought £12. Third Quebec sold at £11 10s., fourth at £10 fifth at £9 10s. Second Montreal spruce 3 x 7 brought £9 temporary lull in trade is in progress in Liverpool on account a holiday season. Timber arrivals:have been only moderate. Pine ments are now reaching Liverpool steadily from eastern Freights naturally have a great deal to do with current wholes ber values. North American freights show little change and has been taken for deals from Miramichi to west coast of Great B and the east coast of Ireland for June loading. Spruce deals are | offered freely at Manchester and the arrivals onhand and expecte clude many useful and handy parcels for June and July shipm There is a good deal of uncertainty as to the probable course of p The building and many other industries are busy ee there are p pects of a good summer. : The timber trade at Glasgow continues quiet and of mc dimensions. Most of the demand comes from the shipping ya even from this direction the demand is less than usual. Consig of Quebec goods have consisted chiefly of birch logs, which ha with ready sale at firm prices on “ex quay” terms. Other ar from Quebec and Montreal have consisted largely of contrz liveries. The only sales of pine reported are a few stacks of 11 x 34 third and some sidings. Spruce transactions are also very few. Vi lu are only maintained with some difficulty. ; q At the meeting of the Royal Society held in Montreal, Dr. Gordon Hewitt, Dominion Entomologist, read a paper describing t enormous damage to timber by insects. More was destroyed in tl manner, he stated, than by fire. The destructive action of insects is not so easily appreciated on account of the insidiousness of their work while the damage done by forest fires is realized because it is so parent. Dr. Hewitt said that a loss in the forests of the Un States of over $60,000,000 annually was due to insects. He sho how insect-injured timber is more readily consumed by fire, wl that scorched by fire is most likely to be killed outright by the sub- sequent attacks of insects. No system of fire protection, therefore he continued, would be effectual unless insect control were included . pee Se ee ee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 45 B. P. Bore, Pres. FF. H. Gorr, Vice-Pres. E. C. Barre, Gen. Mgr. W. A. Saurwein, Ass’t. Mgr. Cleveland-Sarnia Sawmills Co., Limited Sarnia, Ontario View of Mills in Sarnia. BEAR IN MIND That we saw the year round and always have large stocks of esp and White == Pine Lumber = Dy cge timbers cut to order, any length up to6o feet, from Pineand B.C. Fir. Headquarters for Norway Silo Stock. 46 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Market Correspondence Ottawa Market Still Quiet Ottawa, June 8th (Special to the Canada Lumberman) : Thougn trade has shown some slight improvement since the last writing, it 1s still far from being as satisfactory as manufacturers and dealers would like. The slight improvement noted recently has been general, includ- ing export. Prices remain unaltered with the exception of mill cull shorts, l-in. by 4-in., and up 6- ft. to 11-ft., which have advanced from $16.50 and $17 to $17 and $18. Unless some very heavy rains come soon, operations along the streams tributary to the Ottawa River are likely to be stopped. The unusually dry weather of the past six weeks has caused a serious scarcity of water. Gilmour and Hughson’s mills up the Gatineau will close down shortly if the dry period continues, which will mean throwing about 150 men out of work. Mr. Grant Davidson, manager of the Estate James Davidson says the firm hoped to cut between 12 and 15 millions feet of lumber this year at their mills at Davidson, Que., on the Coulonge River, but it looks now as if 175 men at the: mills will have to be laid off soon and the plants closed down owing to lack of water. Firms operating on the Ottawa are not likely to be inconvenienced. The outlook is that this year’s cut will be consider- ably smaller than last year. Fires Cause Much Damage Recent rains prevented the bush fires, which were raging im:sev- eral parts of the Ottawa Valley from doing very serious damage. One of the heaviest losers by the fires was the Colonial Lumber Com- ‘pany, of Pembroke. Fire got into a valuable pine limit they owned in the Kippewa district and did several thousand dollars’ worth of damage. Last week a fire started from some unknown cause, com- pletely destroyed the lumber plant of R. T. Ritchie, Limited, Aylmer, and threw 150 out of employment. The loss is estimated at $75,000 against which there was $50,000 insurance. The volunteer fire brigade made a determined effort to prevent the fire from spreading. It start- ed in a shingle mill, but the flames spread quickly to the body of the plant and it, with all the machinery and a big lumber cut, was soon destroyed. Sparks from fireworks, are said to have been the cause of the fire which wiped out some big piles of lumber and useful build- ings at the yards of Barret Brothers, Catherine street, Ottawa. The loss was $20,000 covered by insurance. An order for five portable houses, built of three-ply seven-eighth white pine, has been given by the Dominion Government to the Estate James Davidson. The houses are to be used by the Royal North West Mounted Police at their Hudson Bay Station. A former order, placed last fall, was shipped, but had to be thrown overboard while the ves- sel in which they were being shipped was in danger during a storm. The value of the five portable houses is $4,000. Lumbermen generally are opposing the clause in the amended Railway Act, now before the government for consideration, which aims to put inland water carriers under the control of the Railway Commission, with respect to rates. Mr. Frank Hawkins, secretary of the Canadian Lumbermen’s Association, was present at the last meeting of the joint committee of the Commons and the Senate which is handling the bill, but was not given an opportunity to air his ob- jections to the clause in question. The act, however, as amended will not be passed this session of Parliament, but will be introduced early next session. Big shippers of lumber say, if the inland carriers are placed under the jurisdiction of the Railway Commission, they will be deprived of making contracts that will give them a special rate. Pembroke Company to Get Amount it Claimed The claim of $122,000 made by the Pembroke Lumber Company, against the Militia Department, for compensation for the expropria- tion of a large tract of land adjoining the Petawawa military training camp, will be paid by the government. When the supplementary estimates came before the House last Saturday considerable criticism was made against the payment of the claim by members of the oppo- sition, who claimed the amount was too large. Col. Hon. Sam Hughes, Minister of Militia, informed his critics that the price had been deemed reasonable by an independent board of arbitrators. A verdict against the Vancouver Lumber Company was given last week by Mr. Justice Cassells, in the Exchequer Court, in the case of the King vs. the company. The suit, which has been before the courts for sometime, was over Deadman’s Island, near Vancouver. The company claimed the property under a deed executed by Sir take oath to so many laths to bundle he could not conscientiou SPECIAL REPORTS ON CONDITIONS AT HOME AND ABROAD Frederick Borden, former Minister of Militia, in 1899. Judge Casse ruled that Sir Frederick issued the deed without proper authority. In declaring himself out and out in favor of free trade ‘in t Senate the other day, Senator Edwards stated that he derived no ber fit from a protective tariff. _ “How about cement duties?” queried Senator Murphy. “I do not derive a dollar from cement” replied Senator Edw I am a lumber manufacturer. I make my living from lumber very poor living too, at the present time when we are sellin kinds of dressed lumber in Toronto for $21 per 1,000 feet w costs us that much to put our logs on the ice.” Senator Edy urged that as the United States is ignoring protective tariffs Can should follow suit. : Among the survivors from the recent wreck of the Empress Ireland was Mr. J. H. Black, accountant for J. R. Booth, who wife was making a trip to England and France. Another survi Mr. Edward Seybold, of Ottawa, a relative of Mr. Booth. St. John Market Shows Slight Improvement St. John, N.B., June 5th (Special to the Canada Lumbe Locally, their is some change for the better in the lumber m House building operations have enlarged very much during the p two weeks and calls for order spruce for these buildings are along fast. Of course, there is no boom in building, but the in is felt to some extent on account of the slackness during the spring, there being practically no business to be had. Prices unchanged, from last reports, and are bringing no higher returns last season. If anything the returns are somewhat less, largely to the weakness of both English and American markets. Very enquiries are coming forward from the American market for spr and any persons who are looking for stock expect to buy at barg prices. Very few of the mills at St. John are open to do business these conditions and if they have any American stock will hold later. Only two mills, viz., Stetson Cutler & Company are sawin the American market, the balance sawing English deals. Messrs. son Cutler & Company have about six vessels loading here f United States with laths and long lumber, much of which has placed ahead on order. : No large stocks of English deals are on hand here, as the shi have been each loading a steamer cargo, mostly with outside but some taken from the city mills, these mills being late in sta: No great stocks have been sawn ahead. Business in the English ket is only fair, and it is said that Baltic stocks are being sold at duction. This will probably reflect upon spruce from this side, bu is to be hoped that business conditions in England will be so res as to bring confidence to the buyers of spruce. No deals are offered here as all stocks have been sold ahead, but probably any son having a cut to offer would have to sell at at least a dollar per less than early spring prices. an Laths are holding fairly steadily at from $2.90 to $3.00 per : wharves here, with no heavy stocks on hand. A new law has passed in New York State whereby the manufacturer, wholesa! retailer is supposed to stencil each bundle of laths marking the n ber of pieces in the bundle. This, the manufacturers here hay yet started to do, and if they should be called upon to do so i cause no end of trouble. The manufacturer would be unable each bundle himself. Therefore he would be at the mercy of h who are, in many cases not responsible, and if he were called up so. It is to be hoped that some solution may be had to this diff before the new law comes generally into effect. Shingles are selling hard, and prices are off to about 25c per W than last year with buyers hard to find. The stock of cedar logs John will not keep the mills which saw shingles at work over season. This probably is a good thing as it may have some tendenc to be a steadying influence on the market. , = All the drives on the head of the St. John, with the exception o John Kilburn for Murray & Gregory, are in safe waters. Mr. Kilb it is felt cannot get his drive to booms this season, being far from the main St. John and still in the brooks, and once a brook drive is aban doned on the upper St. John it is hardly possible to get mén back u it soon enough should rain come to do any driving. Probably betw 7and 8 million feet of logs will be left. This will shorten the amo for rafting at Fredericton booms down to about 45 to 47 million in- stead of 54 million which was the first calculation. The drive in the = a CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 47 Exercise Exercise your muscles for your ‘9 physical welfare and Exercise your judgment for your business welfare. You can exercise no better judg- ment in the selection of your require- ments for Dressed Spruce than to use Fenderson’s, the “ Quality Stock.” + This stock is the standard by which Dressed Spruce values are judged. We have never aimed to make the lowest prices—but we always do give the greatest value for every dollar. It’s like your clothes. You can buy them for half what you are paying, not as good, of course. It’s the same question of value. | Dry stock—prompt shipment—smoothest dressing— best grades. Try Fenderson Service You'll like it. John Fenderson & Co. eis Incorporated Sales Office Secabeo. oe pa Hall, Q ayabec, Que. ar Hall, Que. 27 Besse Place Salmon Lake, Que. St. Moise, Que. Springfield, Mass. 7 Jacquet River, N. B. WE CARRY THE LARGEST AND BEST ASSORTMENT OF DRY SPRUCE IN CANADA 48 Madawaska corporation are doing good work and have at this date a good pitch of water, although it is falling fast on account of the dry season. The St. John River Log Driving Company have brought in their first drive and returned for the second on the section between Grand Falls and Fredericton. About all the bank logs have been delivered to St. John, prices for logs remain firm. Fires have occurred in the forest in this section of the country but have not done any great harm as they occurred in a largely burnt over country on which the growth did not amount to much. Rain has fallen to-day and extinguished them entirely. Rafting operations will begin at the Fredericton Boom Compaiy’s plant about June the 8th. The “no mark” and mixed mark logs from the spring drift drive were sold during the past week and brought the following prices. Spruce deal logs $15.75 per M. Spruce battens, 2-3 of $15.75, sold to Murray & Gregory. Cedar, to Messrs. Stetson Cutler & Company, at $12.00. Pine, to Chas. Miller, at $11.00 per M. Hemlock, to Murray & Gregory, at $10.00 per M. The “no mark” and “five hack” logs which will be rafted at Fredericton during the coming season will be sold by auction during the next two weeks. Trade Still Slow at Montreal Montreal, June 9th (Special to the Canada Lumberman): Trade is slow, and as far as can be seen there is little prospect of any marked revival. Some retailers state that they are doing a fair business, but taking the market generally, there is nothing to talk about. Stocks are very short. Hemlock, spruce, and low ends of pine are extremely scarce, and some descriptions of dry lath cannot be obtained. The building permit figures are not encouraging. For the month of May they were $2,517,148, an increase of $43,540, while for the year to date they were $6.578,501, a decrease of $1,085,630. There is talk of labour trouble, and many of the carpenters have struck owing to the refusal of the contractors to increase wages from 42%4c to 45c per hour and to concede an eight-hour day. Reports from this province indicate that the continued dry weather has had a very bad effect on driving operations. A great many logs are piled up, and will not be got out this year. Sash and door factories are doing a small business and competition is very keen. . Exports are on a larger scale, and Watson and Todd, the largest shippers in the port, are now sending pine to the other side. -Ship- ments of this lumber and of birch, however, are still comparatively light, and the total exports this season are likely to show a consider- able falling off. A company possessing very large limits in the province reports a very active demand for spruce by United States buyers. Mr. H. M. Williams, of the Williams Lumber Company, Ottawa, purchased at public auction, the stock of lumber. mouldings, etc., of Ouellette Beaulieu, Limited, sash and door manufacturers, Longueuil, P.O.. in liquidation. The price paid was 50c on the dollar. The absence of rains, which has. lowered the streams to a degree not known for many years, will have a very material influence on the supplies of pulpwood, and consequently on the quantity of pulp and paper manufactured. The situation is practically the same in the State of Maine, and west of there the streams are rapidly falling. These circumstances will place ground wood in a stronger pdsition than it has been in for three years, and with ground wood higher, prices of news print are likely to rise. It is more than probable that there will be a good market for all the ground wood that Canadian mills can manufacture and put into stock before the summer is over. Chemical pulp is steady. The competition of European pulp has been very keen since the removal of the duty in the United States. and it is understood that there have been some spot lots offeted under. market prices. These lots are pretty well cleaned up, and foreign pulp for 1915 is not procurable at present prices. Although current quota- tions will probably prevail during the summer season, all indications point to a better demand after August, and with a more active demand, higher prices will rule for this class of pulp. Dullness Continues at New York ~ Chase, Talbot & Company, New York, in their lumber market let- ter under date of June Ist write as follows: In the Metropolitan Dis- trict we have progressed (or retrograded) to that. condition in the lumber trade where the question seems to be one of who needs “the order” most. Values apparently have no relation to cost of produc- tion. Unquestionably, it is a buyer’s market. The volume is small but very likely would be greatly increased and at a higher range of prices if buyers could look with favor upon pending legislation at Washington, The mid-year term is close at hand and unless the trade CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER ‘cient, should have an elementary knowledge of the process of facts of his knowledge can be rightly developed in one . om i ee | - soon takes on new life, we shall be forced to record the obituary | 1914. ny Prices current for stock delivered on dock to yard dealers are as follows :—Eastern spruce dimension average domestic schedules, $24 to $26. Ordinary spruce domestic random, $23 to $25. Provincia spruce random $21 to $22. West Virginia and Penn. spruce, $3 per ! off the list. Eastern hemlock dimension, $21 to $23. Eastern lock random, $19 to $20. North Carolina pine roofers $18.50 to $19.5 Long-leaf merchantable yellow pine dimension, $22 to $25. Sho t-l yellow pine dimension, $18.50 to $20. Pacific Coast merchantal Douglas fir dimension, $21.50 to $23.50. Eastern spruce laths, $4 to $4.25. Pacific Coast fir laths, $3.75 to $4.00. : The New York State Legislature recently passed a bill to t; effect to-day providing for the stenciling or tagging or all laths bundles marketed in this State, which marking must state the count of pieces in each bundle and requiring that bundles average less than 100 pieces for full bundles-or 50 pieces for half bundles. — Barbados Market Report S. P. Musson, Son & Company, Barbados, report under u date of May 22nd as_ follows:—Lumberstuffs—White pine have been no arrivals during the fortnight, but there are am in dealers’ yards. Spruce—no receipts, but dealers have s stocks on hand for present requirements. Pitch pine—No ai but the market is amply supplied. Shingles—No receipts of extra. No. 1, or Long Gaspe, but one or two cargoes of the have been contracted for. Shooks—No arrivals. Wood ho ceipts consist of 500 by the S.S. “Serrana,” imported on dea count. Efficiency in the Planing Mill Business The man of most importance in the conduct of a planing mill t ness is the one who does the estimating, for on him-rests the respec sibility of keeping the plant in operation with profitable business. _ There are mill estimators whose knowledge of costs is € r conjectural; they have never had the experience of following I from the yard, through the machinery and bench department, landed in the shipping room, a finished product, therefore, thing they know about. cost of production is what some one h them. 7 Many times they have been told correctly and sometimes the have remembered and estimated properly, but an estimator, to be facturing the articles on which he places an arbitrary price. Equipped with this basic information, he can analyze a fr. sash, a column, a door, a portico or a buffet into its component p material, machine work and bench work;-can place an intelligent ation on each segregation and to the total can add the propor amount of overhead expense and the margin of profit, which judgment and sound business policy dictates. Taken altogether, a reliable estimator must have a workin ledge of the product he is pricing, that is, his knowledge of m and mechanical construction should enable him to go into th and superintend any department; his knowledge of costs gaine personal experience in converting raw material into the fi duct should enable him to properly price any article of mi on a set of building plans or described in the specificatiot ledge of plans must be thorough, and his reading of spe tical in order not to overlook items of importance; the q takes off must be accurate, otherwise the total, if too large, v d sult in losing-the job, and if too small, in securing it ata loss. The estimator must also know the competitive conditions ex ing on the particular job he is figuring, that is, he must idiosyncrasies of the architect and the extent he can be sv modifying expensive construction, he must know the contractors 1 are figuring and how many of them can be depended on to gir a square deal or. possibly a little the best of it, he must know of his competitors are figuring the same job and whether t liable to be high or low, the latter sometimes determined — amount of work the competitor has on hand, sometimes by a sim of religious or political opinions held by the owner and the othe man, and occasionally by the fact that the other fellow has a ence. All these and more must the estimator know in order to r tain an efficiency of 100 per cent. in his ieee ete the | way only, that is by starting at the beginning and working by successive sta from apprentice to estimator. — rs ; If industry, observation and efficiency are maintained in the ] liminary work, they will reach their fruition by developing an | mator who is equal to any emergency that may aTiSes— 6 Pee , ne 4 "a ee’ eee CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER View I. We make a specialty of dealing in supplies for Camps and have now some particularly good values in some of the more important lines such as Currants, Raisins, Dried Peaches, Evaporated Apples, Figs, Prunes, etc. WE SOLICIT YOUR ORDERS H. P. Eckardt & Co. Church St. & Esplanade TORONTO A New Swage The Best Yet United States Patent for Sale This new swage invented by ourselves has all the good features of other swages plus some special patent features of its own. Those practi- cal saw men who have used this swage pronounce it ‘‘ The best yet.” View 1 illustrates a swage sawn in half to show its method of work- ing. The tooth is swaged by a series of three rollers which cannot bind. The tooth is rolled out and not drawn. A double thread is used on the locking lever. The first thread is rapid so that a slight movement of the lever allows the swage to travel on ' the saw without being lifted over each tooth. The second thread is slow so that the swage may be securely locked on the saw. The point at which the rapid thread ceases and the slow thread operates is governed by an automatic sprin We offer for sale the United States Patent. If interested write us. Breeze, Denison & Co. Newburgh, Ontario 49 50 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Fancy Woods and Veneers Walnut and Pianos A field which is drawing quite extensively on walnut for its raw material, and in fact that field which is probably realizing its possi- bilities in this direction more fully than any other line, is the piano trade. In this line of manufacture there is a steadily increasing quan- tity of walnut being used each year, but this is more particularly true in the middle western states than in the East, the reason probably being the fact that eastern concerns are naturally more conservative in their methods and more slow to take up with any changes in styles of raw materials, says Hardwood Record. A walnut man recently made the interesting observation, and his statement is unquestionably an absolute truth, that one of the biggest reasons for the continued absence of any quantities of walnut in fixtures and piano work (the condition which the walnut men are battling to overcome), is the widespread mis-information regarding the quantity of this stock avail- able and the price for which it can be purchased. This walnut man said that furniture and piano factories will frequently send out in- . quiries for walnut stocks, and instead of taking the trouble of look- ing up firms who make a specialty of manufacturing this line of lum- “ber or veneers, will write to the manufacturer of other hardwoods ask- ing for quotations in connection with quotations on their usual line of “manufacture. Asa consequence these concerns, who probably have not a stick of walnut on their yards, and have no means of getting it other than through walnut specialists, write back quoting on some- one else’s stock at prices ranging at $5 to $10 above what it could be purchased for direct. The consequence is that the piano and furniture men get an entirely erroneous idea of stocks available and prevailing values. They are consequently discouraged when it comes to using any of this class of material. Accurate information as to these two points is one of the first and paramount differences in primarily and adequately broadening the market for walnut. There is, and there will be for a long time to come, sufficient walnut to fill in the reasonable demand that might be created, and it is absolutely a fact that this stock can be had at prices which conform very fully to prices for other high-class cabinet woods. It is simply up to the walnut man to give the proper publicity to his stocks and to eradicate the vast amount of mis-information which has been pretty generally in the minds of those who would be possible purchasers ; and this is now being done. In the second place it is up to “the walnut man to educate the fur- niture and piano man to the beautiful possibilities which are dominant in walnut to be brought out by the proper finishing methods. Repairing Fine Checks in Veneer Work By Rudolph‘Kilbourne It occasionally happens that manufacturers of veneered goods run across a veneer that has a tendency to show up in fine checks after the goods are finished, and what to do with this defective stock in order to make it salable becomes a serious question. Frequently nothing more than the faintest outline of a check is visible until the goods are being rubbed, and then, almost before sufficient rubbing has been done to re- move the gloss, these faint outlines develop into bold checks. There are two or three ways in which these defects may be re- paired, and the method to be followed must depend largely on the quality of work desired. If it is a medium class of work, the goods may be sanded and one or two coats of varnish applied ; but if they are high-grade and a very fine finish is required, the better way is to rub these defective parts down in the usual way. For this purpose it would be better to use oil and pumice instead of water, because if the ’ water goes through the check in the varnish into the check in the veneer, it will swell the latter and make the breach in the varnish much greater and more difficult to repair. Goods that are rubbed down will not require so much varnish as will goods that are sanded, because the former makes a much smoother surface. But whichever way it is done, the main thing is to be sure and put on enough varnish to remove any danger of going through to the hard, dry varnish beneath during the second rubbing. When var- nish gets to a certain stage of dryness it will not unite or “knit” with varnish freshly applied ; and if we rub through the last varnish put on, into the under coats, it will look as though it had been scaled off. After the goods have been rubbed aoan take great care that all oil and pumice are thoroughly cleaned off and all lint dusted off. Ex- amine the checks carefully, to see that none of the edges are rubbed light in color. It frequently happens that, where water has been used -al development, it soon came about that they were called upon t THEIR ORIGIN, VALUE AND USE—COMMENT AND VIEWS ON AN IMPORTANT BRANCH OF THE TRADE. for rubbing, and comes in contact with the wood, the stain is dray out, and that part would show up light if not touched up before be varnished. For touching up, use the regular stain, but be careful 1 remove any that may get over the edge of the check onto the @ rf of the varnish. If any is left on the varnish it is liable to show | di than the rest, and much more liable to give it a bronze cast. e After all these things have been atténded’ to, apply with < a brush to the parts to be varnished a good coat of very thin unbleac shellac. Have this cut at the rate of about 1% lbs. gum to a galle spirits. Apply with as little brushing and as rapidly as possi le avoid leaving brush marks. The spirits in the shellac will cut i1 dry, hard varnish very rapidly, and there is great danger of th leaving ridges if brushed too much. When this happens consideral time will be required to sand them out. When the shellac is ase re thin, just brushing enough to put it on is a good plan, leavir flow out itself. There is not much danger of laps showing as ¢ of so little brushing, owing to the shellac being so thin. : Goods fixed up this way should not be allowed to become too ¢ before they are again rubbed out, or the same trouble will be e enced over again, and the work repeated. If there is much of t of goods on hand it would not be advisable to do up at one time than is likely to be required in the immediate future. I do not mez this that varnish, as a rule, should be rubbed before it is thore dry. This is a case where a little compromise is necessary. ~ latter coats of varnish have not removed the cause of the defects have merely repaired the defects themselves, and so long as the remains there is liable to be the same trouble if conditions are able for it. The duty now is to guard against these conditions by 1 bing the varnish: before it has lost too much of its elasticity, or bec seriously affected by the expansion and contraction of the broken fi in the veneer, which is the cause of the trouble-—Veneers. a A Cruising and Engineering Department of Lumbe The lumber industry has gone through many changes since t early days when it consisted largely of the cutting down o the manufacturing of boards, planks, etc. The pioneers of 1 in North America would be surprised at the great varicty acted t coming under the head of lumbering as it is carried on to-day. interesting example of the wide variety of work to which the lumber industry naturally leads is accorded by the case of the L. E. Campbe 1 Lumber Company, Detroit, Mich. This company had its origin in latter part of 1850 when Michigan was practically a wilderness, bo: fully blessed with various classes of timber. The forerunner of the sent company came from the east and began cutting oak and waln in the Lower Peninsula, shipping the product to the eastern ma Following the lumber industry in some of its important migratio: these people moved into Northern Michigan, to operate in the vir. pine belts adjacent to the shores of Lake Huron and they establis early in the sixties, the first sawmill of Campbellville, which g subsequently into the city of Alpena, long famous as one of the | cipal pine centres of the United States. ey After the depletion of the large timber in the late eighties, yo members of the firm turned their attention to the south and op among the hardwoods and other timber for which that country famous. At the same time other members engaged in the veneer ness covering a wide field and making investigations of tro ber in Mexico and the Latin American republics. Subseque operations led to the cutting of mahogany logs on the we; Africa and the shipment of large cargoes of mahogany from the of Axim to Liverpool and to the American markets. All these wide spread activities led to the members of the fi securing an exceptional acquaintance with the whole lumbering dustry, and with timber values in many parts of the Globe. Asa nz vestigate and report upon timber in various countries, and in som instances their services were drawn upon to take charge of lum operations which had been mismanaged, and which, after being put a strong basis were turned back to the original owners and success fully operated. All this work led to the cruising and estimating « of timber tracts in practically all portions of the world. One investiga- tion led to another until the services of the company were called upon in Chile and the Argentine, as well as in many sections of the far nore in Canada and in the Pacific Coast States. | The most important development i in connection with the company and its work was the creation of a cruising department. a Bis wa = . ae ie Be A es eel CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Mr. Lumber-Dealer Mr. Car-Builder Mr. Ship-builder a | a = THE PIONEER MAHOGANY MILL OF CANADA Teak, Black Bean, and all kinds of Mahogany in Lumber and Veneers. Door Stock in Ash, Oak, Poplar, and Birch cut to size or Log Run, Several Hundred Thousand Feet of Good Dry Mahog- any in all Grades and Thicknesses Ready to Ship. LET US FIGURE ON YOUR 1914 CONTRACTS | Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Company | Montreal West, P.Q. 52 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER natural result of the company’s expansion and to-day they have gather- ed together a cruising department which includes some of the best talent in the United States for undertaking and carrying out the cruis- ing of timber, map making, operation of companies and in short any- thing pertaining to the lumber industry. An attractive booklet has been issued by the company which de- scribes in detail the exact range of work done by this department. A copy of the booklet will be forwarded to anyone who is interested, and who. makes enquiry of the company at 1113 Ford Building, Detroit, Mich. Three Types of Business Management Strenuous, Systematic and Efficient Types—Rule-of-Thumb Management a Liabitity, Never an Asset* It is important for us to recognize in the very beginning of any consideration of the question of costs, that a cost system does not un- fold itself as a logical consequence of starting a business with a book- keeping department. A cost department is an entirely different unit. A cost system is not based upon the pre-determined scheme of things which flow from one to another in an inevitable and logical sequence. A cost system is the reflection of a man’s mind, of his manner of thought, of his education, of his sympathy, of his training and ex- perience, of his ability to manage, to anlyze, to synthesize, to co-ordin- ate, to harmonize, to grasp things in detail and in the large. We under- stand that cost keeping at its best is an efficient method of determin- ing exactly what time, work, and material is put into the production of any marketable energy, commodity, or service. ; Do not make the mistake of thinking that manufacturing is limit- ed to things that you can weigh on scales or measure with a foot rule: The electric light company manufactures a product as well as the automobile manufacture. The railroad company manufactures a pro- duct as well as the sugar refinery. The banker manufactures a pro: duct as well as the hat manufacturer. The department store manu- factures a product, and so does the doctor, the lawyer, and the adver- tising manager. The mere fact that in some of these a definite standard of measure- ment has not been obtained, does not preclude the idea that their work can and must be measured and its value approximated. Therefore, no man should adopt the attitude that they, can’t be measured. Some people think that advertising can’t be measured. This is not because it can’t be measured—it is because their education, their experience has not progressed far enough to give them the ability to measure it. The savage seeing the lightning in the sky would probably find it im- possible to imagine that the electric fluid could ever be measured, but it is being measured. The main purpose of any cost-keeping system is to find measures for many things that can be measured by the ordinary bookkeeping processes, or by the mere senses of careful foremen, and thereby arrive at standards of usefulness and value and determine re- lative costs of production for guidance in forming policies. If a cost system is a reflection of a man’s mind, or of the minds of a number of men, it becomes very important to find out what kind of men they are. There are three fundamental types of men in the world. There is the Strenuous type, the Systematic type and the Efficient type. These types fall into-divisions, determined by the methods they use and all of their mental and physical equipment. All these types are reflected in cost keeping systems. The strenuous man, for instance, is the hard working type. He may be called the “sweat” type. His philosophy in life is embodied in “DO IT NOW.” He is a doer worker of mus- cular type. We have had thousands of them in our factories as man- agers. They are busy—busy-ness is business with them. They are the men who get down to the office at six o’clock in the morning and work until ten o’clock at night. They never think of the factory hy- giene, of lighting, of plant planning, of functionalizing, of standards, of education. heir ideal is hard work. They take literally the proposi- tion that man must gain his livelihood by the sweat of his brow. When everybody worked that way, of course, strenuosity was the order of the day. It didn’t make any difference—the world was on a sweat basis. Then the man who was the most strenuous, made the most money in feeding a hungry market. It was a brute foree—physical stamina that won. One unskilled laborer was so good as any other unskilled labot- er. But when skil! came into competition with the man at the bench; when brains, forethought, planning and thinking came into competi- tion with the strenuous manager, then came the demand for protec- tion, and the outcry against competition. Thé purely strenuous type can be seen in a bookkeeper who works hard, who is loyal, but who fusses and fiddles over things, but the rule. of-thumb or strenuous man is the type that believes if he lowers his cost each month or each year, he has gained highest efficiency. He maintains that his business is different from any other busi- ness. He thinks the only thing worth taking from anybody else is to * By E, St. Elmo Lewis, advertising manager of the Burroughs Adding Machine Co, Va? ae steal a patent, or to steal a man who has shown that he.can do mior than anybody else. : The rule-of-thumb man says “each man is different,” that “y: can’t teach salesmen,” that this man who is doing things so success: fully has an unusual faculty possessed by nobody else. a His apprentices “learn by doing” (the good and the bad things) he hasn’t any school of workmen (they already know). A school f teaching salesmanship would make him laugh—and yet he is bt his cash registers, his adding machines, his insurance policies a loose-leaf devices, if he has any, from salesmen who have been in schools how to sell the produce to just such a man as he. J The rule-of-thumb man never joins business organizations ex to be a good fellow—he never makes a research to find out new th —he calls it “high brow theory.” You can’t tell the rule-of-th man anything, because you can’t tell any man anything that he doe know. : The rule-of-thumb farmer plants by the almanac and reaj the grace of God. ? ‘The rule-of-thumb mechanic has learned his good and bad by the side of an older mechanic, who learned his good and ods from another. Each loses a certain amount of efficiency in cess of learning. He doesn’t study trigonometry or geome doesn’t care anything about such “high-brow stuff,” but he is member of his organization and talks against capitalists “who d anything.” = The rule-of-thumb employer cares nothing for co-operation sees nothing but competition. The only kind of organization h to belong to is an anti-union organization. He is an anti-labo believes that you have to use the big stick, that you have to men instead of lead them because, “Well, you see, that’s the always has been done, and my father did it that way.” m, The rule-of-thumb banker, the rule-of-thumb retailer—all of t have ingrowing businesses because their education has never gone be yond the confines of their own particular experience. ay They can imitate, but they can’t adapt. ey They don’t really think about their business—they only about the dollars and cents. They don’t think about men, but they think about machines. Their costs are necessarily nothing but approximations, mo less distant, of an ideal set by the men who have worked under diffe: conditions of a more or less distant past. ns In such a plant you see “DO IT NOW?” signs all over the p In such places salaries are raised by the time clock and calendar. a manager has no methods of measuring men’s efficiencies because | doesn’t know what these efficiencies are. “ie His ideal of a cost system is a crude method by which the pi workers can be prevented from getting more than he thinks the worth. He says no laborer is worth more than $2.00 a day be that’s all he has ever paid, and he is perfectly satisfied if a sales increases his business 10 per cent. a year in his territory. If his ¢ petitor lowers prices, he wonders where his competitors “steal” raw material. “How long can he continue to lose money?” It occurred to him that a man can beat him at his own game and a fortune in the process. ; 2s He doesn’t analyze his business and its possibilities to find out real reason for his success or failure. He hasn’t time. He is “too b doing things.” i anuee In the hiring of people, his ideal is to “try them out—see y they can do.” Thé try and fail method is a gospel to him. He so! ly asserts that “you can’t tell what any man is able to do.” ““T other concerns are foretelling and finding out what types of men necessary for certain jobs, are pre-determining what men will jobs and then getting the men to fit the jobs, is a joke to him. Of course you can’t tell him anything about it because he d know anything about it. He doesn’t know anything about the idea because he has : seen it at work. If he did see it, he would probably dismiss it “The Employment Manager was better than usual ;” but as for law-or principle in any course of action, he dismisses it with— ae man who is doing the work, and the man who is getting the re sults.” ~~ The rule-of-thumb manager prides himself upon “knowing h business.” He never thinks of using outside counsel. If a man wou suggest to this type of mind that there is a better way in which t grind a valve, his first question would be, “how many valves hav you ground?” In other words, his attitude of mind is of the man look ing in the mirror when he is looking for all the reason for success. — _It is a type of mind of which we have had entirely too many, a1 which competition and the efficiency of skilled minds, applied to skil work, is gradually forcing out of American business. These rule-of- thumb managers ‘act as the priests of old, adopting a precedent as a sacred flame which has passed from hand to hand, from generation t generation, each keeping it inviolate, never changing it, until 7 = “aia lll i. eon ae re ao CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER TENTS of EVERY style for EVERYBODY Manufactured by Smart-woods | | D> Ga LIMITED i= 53 OTTAWA “ PRACTICAL Montreal en ae made by Toronto PRACTICAL Winnipeg MEN” LUMBERMEN’S TENTS a Specialty _Jenckes Boilers @ If it is a Horizontal Tubular Boiler in Dutch oven setting for permanent work, ora Locomotive Type Boil- er for portable work, or a Vertical Boiler for auxiliary work, we can furnish it at short notice built to any Provincial Inspection Law, and guaranteed. @ Our Boilers are built on honor and sold on merit. The Jenckes Machine Co. Limited Sherbrooke, Montreal, St. Catharines, Toronto, Cobalt, South Porcupine, Vancouver, Nelson Works: Sherbrooke, Que., St. Catharines, Ont. - 54 comes a sacred‘tradition before which youth, and skill and brains and power must bow in submission. The rule-of-thumb manager is always a liability and never an asset. He may be popular, he may have suc- ceeded, he may be succeeding, but just as inevitably as the sun rises, his day is done. Efficiency and Progression How often we find a mechanic capable in efficiency, but handicap- ped in progress! How often have men in this condition pondered over their inability to get in a position where they are enabled to climb to higher rungs of the ladder in our industrial world! There are to be found in many plants instances where men have been filling the same position for years and years; have operated the same machine con- tinuously through the best part of their working life. In all prob- ability they have advanced a little in wages and have naturally accu- mulated more skill, yet they have remained on the same step of the ladder. Some have been contented to do this, while others have not, says A. S., in The Woodworker, Indianapolis. Have there, in all the years they have put in there, been any vacancies wherein they might have taken a footho!d on a higher step - Yes, the old foreman has quit and the firm has sent out and hired a new one. ‘here are some plants where this is done differently and they promote one of their old men who is capable and efficient. Quite often this sending out for a new man has become necessary in order to give a general shaking up and replacing of men, with the thought that these changes mean more rapid progress to the business. ; The question arises, is it wise or practical to change positions in order to progress? This question comes up from the fact that there 1s often found a man who seems not able to make the progress he is en- titled to with the firm with which he is employed, and also because, on the other side of the argument, there are many men who flit around from job to job so frequently that they never attain any progress in their calling. We can study both sides of this question and still not determine an answer Satisfactory to all. Take the planing mills, for instance. There are undoubtedly many machine operators who are badly handi- capped at times where they are employed; that is, they are held from making any progress. In some instances it may be hindrance in the limit of the work to be done, the concern small and the duties simple. ~ In another plant it may be that there are other men ahead in the line, so that there is small chance to work up. Again, it sometimes develops that a man is not able to get recognition of his efficiency or the quali- ties he has developed unti! he quits, leaves his home city and casts his lot among strangers. I recall a certain firm which in the past had several men to de- velop into such efficiency as to warrant them in changing positions. They should have been promoted by this frm, but were not, tor seem- ingly foolish reasons. There is probably a fundamental reason for this, so let us try and see what it is. When one starts in young and ignorant of the work in any institu- tion, he has it to learn, beginning at the simpler duties. Quite often he will make errors, but give him time to learn all his duties and he may qualify for a position much higher than the one assigned him. Very often, and too often in fact, the foreman or manager continues to retain a mental impression of the errors and mistakes of this man, and even though he may work diligently for years in this same place after he has acquired skill and efficiency, it seems impossible for him to eliminate the impression retained of his early errors. Suppose this man goes away to other localities and tries to ob- tain employment among strangers. They know absolutely nothing about the errors of his earlier days; they take him at his word as to his ability and he is given a trial. His entry is clean and he has a chance to show this ability; he is measured by the results he pro- duces and not handicapped by the mental impressions of any one. He stays in his new place until he has acquired greater efficiency, then finds himself handicapped. His employers remember him as he was sized up on entering their service, and this impression is so stamped upon their minds that they cannot or will not see farther. So this man, desiring to progress, must again cast himself among strangers. These conditions are ever present and around us in all the walks of life, but we do not all take notice unless our attention it attracted. Now look at the other side of the question. There are men in many insitutions who have started at the lowest rung of the ladder and successfully attained the highest places, without making a change. There are men who, when mere boys, started in a planing mill as helpers and have wound up by being the owners of the mill. The men who are enabled to climb to the top of the ladder in the one institution present a shining example in comparison to those who flit from one position to another. We find some men who have traits about them that enable them to attain distinction almost anywhere they go. Again, there are some who attain distinction in certain plants CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER. because those in charge take pains to bring out their best qual Look at the many things which play important parts in the mecha development; quite often it is hard to pick out which part, among them all, deserves the credit for his progress. Take a man who has worked steadily for a long number of years with a firm and no recog- nition of his ability is given by his employers. He more than lik becomes discouraged and begins to look for new fields, so as to get ot of the rut he seems to be in and find a market for his acquired skill. We find cases where a man has acquired skill at his duties, b is never again given a chance of promotion because his employes knowing that he is a good man at his post, will not put a new m there and allow the old one to advance to a higher level. So na he is left there and a stranger comes in and takes the higher p that was justly deserved by the old employee. There are man who get into this rut and fall behind, who would be justified in s out and leaving behind all old connections. It is a question that th must ponder over and answer for themselves according to their ji ment. : I have in mind the case of a man who worked steadily for a f for eighteen years and had become highly efficient at his duties. | was entirely and absolutely capable of filling the position of fo man, which was open several times during his career at this ple I do not suppose his employers at any time considered him discharging these duties, and would send to other cities and g foreman. This man had gotten into a rut that looked hopeless, day a firm heard of him and wired him, asking if he would joining them as manager of their business. He became s thinking that probably he could not make good, as it was su prise to think that a chance had come for him to progress < efficiency had been noted by others rather than his old employers. — accepted this new position and in the years since has been progres: right along, and is thankful that he left the rut at the knock of op tunity. wee “a Forestry Convention, Halifax Sept. 1-4, 1914 : Arrangements are well under way for the Sixteenth Annual | vention of the Canadian Forestry Association which is to be h Halifax, N.S., September 1-4, 1914. The President, Mr. Wil Power, M.P., the well-known lumberman, of Quebec, and the V President, Mr. F. C. Whitman, also a well-known lumberman, of napolis, Nova Scotia, are both taking a keen personal interest in meeting, and under their direction the Secretary, Mr. James L: of Ottawa, will visit Nova Scotia in the latter part of June to | series of preparatory meetings in the different counties. — > While the different features of forest protection in Canada be discussed, special attention will be directed to condition in Scotia and the Maritime Provinces. Timberland in Nova Scoti owned nearly altogether in fee simple and about half of it in paratively small blocks of from 200 to 1,000 acres. The other owned in comparatively large blocks. A great deal of the ¢ has been cut over and the chief point to be discussed is how to pro and handle these cut-over areas which are not fit for farming, s to get the best results. “- cate ‘» Gerlach Company, Peter Knight Manufacturing Company Long Manufacturing Company, E. Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Payette & Company, P. SPRUCE Auger & Son Bartram Bros. Cameron & Company Canada Lumber Sales Company Cane & Company, Jas..G Christy-Moir Company Donogh & Company, John Eagle Lumber Company Elgie & Jarvis Lumber Company ERMAN AND WOODWORKER Fenderson & Company, John Fraser Limited Fraser-Bryson Lumber Company Gillies Bros Leak & Company Mackarell & Company, Thos. Mason, Gordon & Company New Ontario Colonization Co. Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. Quebec & St. Maurice Industrial Co. Quincy-Adams Lumber Company Rideau Lumber Company Snowball Company, J. B. Spencer, C. A. St. Gabriel Lumber Company STEEL CHAIN Coghlin & Company, B. J. McKinnon Chain Company Standard Chain Company SULPHITE PULP Partington Pulp & Paper Company SUCTION GAS PRODUCER PLANTS Anderson & Company, Geo. SNOW PLOWS Pink Company, Thos. TRANSMISSION MACHINERY Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company TIES Fesserton Lumber Company Spears & Lauder TIMBER BROEEES Cant & Kemp Farnworth & Jardine Frost Company, A. C. Lacey & Company, Jas. D TIMBER ESTIMATORS Lauderburn, D. E. Montreal Engineering Company Munson-Whitaker Company Sewall, James W. TUGS West & Peachey VENEERS Dominion Mahogany & Veneer Co. — Hoffman Brothers Company Webster & Bro., Jas. : Canadian Linderman Company we VENEER MACHINERY Merritt Manufacturing Company Perrin, William R. Philadelphia Textile Machinery Co. WATCHMAN’S CLOCKS Hardinge Bros. WIRE Greening Wire Company, B. Laidlaw-Bale-Tie Company WOODWORKING MACHINERy Berlin Machine Works Canadian Linderman Company Canada Machinery Corporation Canadian Fairbanks-Morse Company Defiance Machine Company Hamilton Company, William Long Manufacturing Company, E. Mereen-Johnson Machinery Co. Waterous Engine Works WOOD PULP New Ontario Colonization Co. River Ouelle Pulp & Lumber Co St. Gabriel Lumber Company For Cutting Pulp Wood | The Ryther Multiple Saw Slasher will cut 1,000 logs and over per hour into absolutely Uniform Lengths — Highest Possible Cutting Costs, Minimum Maintenance Repair. Efficiency — Lowest per Cord — an P Write for Catalogue The following is a partial list of Canadian plants equipped with Slashers designed and built by Ryther & Pringle Company, for other firms see future advertisements. Donnacona Paper Company, Donnacona, P.Q. Gres Falls Lumber Company, Three Rivers, P.Q. East Canada Pulp & Power Company, Murray Bay, P.Q. Riordon Pulp & Paper Company, Hawkesbury, Ont. Battle Island Paper Company, Ha Ha Bay, P.Q. RYTHER & PRINGLE CO. en Islands, P.Q. The Bronson Company, Ottawa, Ontario. North Shore Power, Railway & Navigation Company, Sev- Abitibi Pulp & Paper Company, Iroquois Falls, Ontario. Carthage, N. Y. | j a | Bs % CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 61 ENGINES and BOILERS OF ALL TYPES AND SIZES HEATERS, STACKS, RETORTS, TANKS We cater specially to the lumbering industries Write for Prices and Information E. LEONARD & SONS, LONDON, CANADA LIMITED Agencies and Warehouses:—ST. JOHN, N.B. MONTREAL, QUE. TORONTO, ONT. WINNIPEG, MAN. CALGARY, ALTA. VANCOUVER, B.C. The construction of this splendid Saw will appeal to you at once. It will save you lots of money if you have cut off work to do. It’s the sensation of the Saw World. Making good wherever used. Write for details and prices E. C. Atkins & Company Makers of Sterling Saws Factory, Hamilton, Ont. Vancouver Branch, 109 Powell St. PEAVIES | Cant Hooks, Boom Chains, Timber Dogs | Itis time to think about your logging equipment for the ensuing seascn. Let us figure on your requirements for Peavies, Cant Hooks, Timber | Dogs, Boom Chains, and Shackles, Mill Chains, Forged Steel, Log | Stamping, Hammers, etc. | Our products are the result of over 50 years of careful study of tke lum- _ berman’s requirements and we can offer the best equipment at. the _ lowest price. ’ i‘ 3 ° RG ALL BROTHERS Three Rivers, Quebec IRE and IRE PRODUCTS for Lumber Shippers, Pulp Mills, Shook Mills, etc. We stock Extra Strong Annealed Wire for Car Stakes, etc., Bundling Wire for Box Shooks, Laths, Pickets, Boards etc., and Wire Ties for Barrel and Keg Heading and Staves. Wire Bale-Ties, Single Loop and Crosshead Patterns, Wire Nails, Wire Staples, Wire Barrel Hoops. Write for Prices. Sole Manufacturers for Canada of the Carnegie Steel Company’s Patent Steel Hoop for all slack cooperage. Write us for particulars and prices The Laidlaw Bale-Tie Co., Limited Winnipeg HAMILTON, Vancouver Harry F. Moulden & Son ONTARIO George W. Laidlaw 62 ® ~ CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORK ER ALPHABETICAL INDEX TO ADVERTISERS a \ Dominion Timber Regulations .. 76 J ; Adams Launch & Engine Co. .. 2% Donogh & Co., John .. .. .. 13 Jenckes Machine Co., Ltd. ... .. 53 Quebec & St. Maurice Industria al Amer. Woodworking Mach. Co. Dudley,A Nes eee. .22 ae Jobuston, Al Pig ee). ee Company ee aaa Anchor Elevator Co. ... ... --. 55 Dwyer Company, W. Hz... .... 55 K , Quincy Adan aes ‘Ce -- am paiexsoe a ae Ce ae od Kent Cordwood Splitter Co. .. .. R Anderson Ofe. 273" eae ~ Eagle Lumber Co. : 15 Knight Mfg. Company ......... 72 Radcliff Saw Company somme Argall Brosz so ace 61 pany 7 a fs East Kootenay Lumber cs 2 16 Rat Portage as Co., Ltda Atkins Company, E.G... «. Eckardt & Co, H. P. ... ... 49 E Reed & Co., Geo. W. .. SE Auger & Sons eee oe ae Elgie Jarvis eer Cob. 13 Lacey, Jas. D. ete Reddaway & Co., Ky Fre Austin & Nicholson ... 11 e i Laidlaw Bale Tie Co. 61 _— ges Co. Ltd... re imouski Industrial Co. .. .. ee Fassett Lumber Co., Ltd. . 14 Lamontagne UaNate gna Ritter Lumber Co., W. M. Bartram Brothers, Limited .. 7 Lauderburn; Dy Ejeher Wet vat eee ae ¥ Farnworth & Jardine .. 11 F 4 River Ouelle Pulp & Paper ( Bathurst umber (Co, ..252.. soaeed , Laidlaw Lumber Co., R... .. .. 10 Rogers & Co., Samuel C. fea Windhad en Federal Engineering Co., Ltd. 57 Larkin C CA cece eal atts, Joimitedh= a. js) eee eee BO% “egecttou aber ied. ae arkin’Company,.C: Ay 37 .7 8 1a Berlin Machine Works S55 Pings A » Leak &-Compatiy to. .-ces onan 13 Russell Wheel & Foundry Co. Bie Niesmaotpeneee a Fenderson & Co., Inc., John .... 47 L “d& S E a Rutherford & Sons, Wm. .. i eee ee og Forest Mills of B.C... Oe _ Ryther & Pringle ... .... .... i ee H. *" "yg Fraser Bryson Lum. Co, Ltd... 6 eee om rs ee . ee ce s Pe ial der oe Da SRE Desa EEN ints Braser. Limited) sca.gs, se neues er 8 CS, ee ee ia oe e Bradley Lumber CojB; Co 7. 2 4 Prost ANC 56 Louisiana Red Cypress Co. .. . 8 Saw Mill Owners Sales rg oe Ul Breeze, Denison & Co. ... ... .. 49 OS aa i saps Erie ee i113 G ewall, Jas. on” sake nid 8 BB o> a % Galt Knife Works ... ... .....c. .21 »Mackarell & €o., Thos) :.; °.- 9 (57 “Sheldonspiimsteameeees ory, eee gc Nie . Garrett amber Co. 4 MacLean Daily Reports ... .... Sere ee Samuel Te : : Massee & Felton Lumber Co. ... 24 ye est SS oe Caflisch B 19 Gartshore, John J. wean eG) Siemen Brow ian a ads oc 1g Georgian Bay Shook ‘Mills .. 4, . 2 Mahoney, A. .. 17 Simonds Canada Saw Co., Ltd. .. Cameron & Company . se Georgian Bay Lumber Co., Ltd. 6 Mason, Gordon & ey . 35 Smart-Turner Mach Co., dees: = ; g y ” "ERE peebel eae Co. 28 Gerlach, Peter ... ... ... ....... 65 McGibbon Lumber Co. 12 Smart-Woods Limited . ane Canada Metal Company... ... . Gillespie, Jansen... Enea 10 McKinnon Chain Co... ....... 1 os ee 34 ne cy oe Canadian Locomotive Co. .. . 75 ee McL Belting ‘Co, J. iC 80 mit ompany, ee lity C id: 10 Gillies Bros: clstd. 4.20 cme. eee cLaren belting Co., J. \. ... - Snowball, J. B. 1 ye pana Wasd ppeeia! a ee: “Glengarry Lumber Co. ... ....... 43 McLennan Lumber Co., Ltd. .. 15 Spears & Lauder «2,5. 13 Can Mach Corporatio, Ltd 78 Goodhue & Coy J. bss «ab MereenJobnston Machine Co. << 74 Shane, GA cs 2 ” oo ; 9x Montreal Engi itis. (CO, \octaen aes os Can HCW. Jomus-Manilie eo. Goodyear Tire & Rubber Cane Saas ra dase Se oO Stearns Salt aka eee ae — Can. Lind Compan Gorton: & 'Ce. SSeGe te) no eee RUMP ER URE amc * Steel Co. of ‘Canadal sae ieeneeece 55 ee al ee x ae i Fr i Graves, Bigwood Co. =. .. .. si Sc Crane & Hoist Co., Her- St. Gabriel Lumber Co. ss. am che "Ce oe ar ge 43 Graton & Knight Mfg. Co. ... ... 59 aay ee 17 Superior Manufacturing Co. .. .. 1 ure ated om oc } Greetine Wine Gorse 94 Montreal Locomotive Works, Ltd. 74 1 Can. West C8: Saree De nT ees ga lee K b ee ae <2 Fgh 4 Grand Rapids Veneer Works ... Morin & Co., bi Ed. .. si T -. | ane Company, J. G.... ... ... Morgan ee Co. ... ... ... V1 Tessier, Alphonse’ 22022 ees) ae Cant & Kemp .. .. Ge hae "Munson Whitaker cn 11 Thomas, Ed. . -. Capital Wire Cie Co. 17 Gutta Percha & Rubber Lignited Sa Thus Flavelle Lamber G ae a Timberland Lumber Co. -2 >. = 3ie pasta it Base Aes e Haeberle Lumber Ca stp Sees OD N Timms, Phillips & Co. .. .. - ee - sist Arama te rhea katate ak L National Mfg. Company ... 5, Toronto Blower Go. ee i: Chisholm Milling Co. 55 liall, Adam... .. Turner & Sons) J. Jone Christy-Moir Compan 10 Hamilton Co., Ltd., Wm. og. / Newnan eee ; 0 ‘ = y oe Dee B New Ontario Golbntcaion Co. Vv Cleveland-Saraia Saw Mills Co... 45. Mardinee Bros. : vids | AO) ae pee tan ieee ee Fs Climax Mfg. Company ... ....... 75 Harris Lumber Co., i dade! Ge aE uN _ Victoria Harbor Lumber Co. .. & Cling-Surface Company ... ..... 6s, Hay, Peter... Peo Ne SOc O Ww o Clyde Iron Works ... ... ...... 71 Heaps & Co. Ltd, E. H. ... 69 os Wat Encine Works Co., Ltd. CophtiniGe,- Be lo.ns cuok eee i Heisler Locomotive Works ... . 75° Oliver Lumber Co. ... 13 Watson & Tedd . on Heyser Lumber Company .. 19 Pp Webb Lumber Company . ee . Hobart & C ae: 11 Dalhousie RimbersGoe «oli. ecaea Fates Lomber Company. 5 Parry Sound Lumber Co., Ltd. 17 West & Peachy ... ... ... — Dawkins Lumber Co.,W. H... .. 18 Host Son ho eet Partington Pulp & Paper Co., Ed. 9 Wiskes ae ee ee ; an con eee Patent Selling & Mfg. Agency .. 69 ‘Wilson Bros. ... ee te eee Se Dixon Ghucibte coe aes 69 Hoffman Bros. Co. a a Payette & Compan — 72 Wilson Lumber Co. . -2 Diver, J. M. 6 Hoyt Metal Company ... ... .. 80 y P - eyes. oe Wistar, Underhill & Nixon a mance tienes WN Works hd aye 9, Huther Bros. Saw Mfg. Cos Inc. 69 See Textile Machinery 75 Wuichet, Lois, 2 seater ee Disston .& Sons, Henry Wo. o.0 ee I Perrin & Congeee; Wm. R. 17 Y . a Dom. Mahogany & Veneer Co... 51 Inglis Company, John! ac Pink & Company . 25 Young Company, W. F. ... .... Webster & Bro. Ltd., James oe D : : | | | “Wilson Bros.” Flooring and Trim ‘6Wilson Bros. ”’ Hardwood and Pine. stamped on every piece of this flooring stands for Quality. Look for the name. Interior Finish of All Kinds. We are equipped to fill large or small orders on short notice. Wilson Bros., Limited Also Hardwood Veneer Doors to detail. Write us for prices. Collingwood, Ont. | CANADA. LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 63 When You. Overhaul Your Mill HERE are wet places in every saw and pulp mill where nothing but the highest class belting can ‘‘make good.” It is for these wet places that we recommend what most mill-men swear by—our . “ACME WATERPROOF” BELT This belt is especially made for a rough and trying service. It has less stretch than any other belt by 15 to 25 per cent. When you are overhauling try a Goodhue ‘‘Acme Waterproof” belt. Other Goodhue belts are “Extra” and ‘‘Standard.’”’ Prices and Particulars on Request. J. L. Goodhue & Company, Limited DANVILLE, - QUEBEC | The Ideal Drive For Out of the Way Places a ) Suction Gas Producers for Charcoal. High Class Gas Engines that are Absolutely Reliable. Horizontal up to 180 H. P. | GEORGE ANDERSON & CO. OF CANADA, LTD., a cuinc tuk tis, MONTREAL CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Ruthertord’s Stock Millwork If it's made of wood we can supply it. Our line of stock millwork embraces an immense variety of patterns in doors, newels, mouldings and other trim. Buy from our stock catalogue and you can save money and be sure of prompt shipment. We are also equipped to cater for special detail work and keep a large plant in operation for this purpose. The stocks we carry will always be found right up to the minute, and prices will be lower than obtainable elsewhere. WWiitemucedet cree § The Wm. Rutherford & Sons Company, Limited Montreal CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER 7" MANUFACTURERS se ‘“AMeBUILDERS oF? & 1a S - STAV Es: om ue BARRELS. eos HANDLE “FREEZERS oS CLOTHES: PINS “LUMBER | COMPLETE PLANTS aRELS, KEGS, mee > [pa OUR SPECIALTY. FOR PRICES AND oo PARTICULARS, . THPETER GERLACH Goreyeyano: Not altogether what we say but what users say ‘*We have used the Alligator or Warping Tug man- ufactured by you for the last 7 or 8 years, and con- sider them indispensable to lumbermen op waters of French River or similar streams.” Will move a bag containing 60,000 logs, in calm weather, 30,000 in a head wind. West & Peachey - Simcoe, Ont. ea See “Uy WOODEN WARE. Gumming Seven Twenty-Four Foot Saws a Day and the Wheel Has Not Glazed or Burned After Seven Months Use Aloxite Saw Gumming Wheels Are making such records as this —giving such real saw-gum- ming results. They cut fast, and clean—hold their shape—show long life, and they cut cool with- out case-hardening the saw. Let a Trial Wheel show yeu. THE CARBORUNDUM COMPANY _ PLANTS: Niagara Falls, N. Y. Manchester, Eng. Reisholz Dusseldorf, Ger. es STORES: New York Chicago Philadelphia _—_ Cincinnati . Grand Rapids Boston Cleveland Milwaukee 65 66 CURRENT LUMBER PRICES—WHOLESALE TORONTO, ONT. Car Lots White Pine: 1 inch No. 1 cuts and better $55 00 1% inch No. 1 cuts and better 64 00 2‘in. No. 1 cuts and better.. 67 00 1%-in. No. 2 C. B 50 00 Zin. No. 2 cuts and better .. 56 00 4/4 No. 1 cuts 5/4 and 6/4 No. 1 cuts 8/4 No. 1 cuts 4/4 No. 2 cuts ..--++ eeeere ° 5/4 and 6/4 No. 2 cuts 8/4 No. 2 cuts 4/4 No. 3 cuts 6/4 and 6/4 No. 3 cuts 8/4 No. 3 cuts 1-in. Good Shorts x 4 and 5 com. and dressing x 6 common and dressing .. x 8 common and dressing .. x 10 common and dressing .. x 12 common and dressing.. x 10 and 12 mill cull stocks. 1-in. mill cull sidings 5/4 and 6/4 x 4 m.r., m.c. out. 6/4 and 6/4 x 5 m.r., m.c out. oF and 6/4 x 6 m.r., m.c. out. 5/4 and 6/4 x 8 m.r., m.c, out. 5/4 and 6 /4x 10 m.r., m.c. out 5/4 and 6/4 x 12 m.r., m.c. out 2 x 10 common 2 and 3 x 12 common 1 x 8 box and common 1 x 10 inch box and common. 1 x 12 inch’ box and common . l-in. mill run sidings 1-in. mill run shorts 1-in. mill run Norway 2-in. mill run Norway Norway, c. and cf. 1-in. Norway, c. and cf. 1%-in. Norway, c. and cf. 2-in. Spruce mill culls ...... Hemlock No. 1: 1x4 and 5-in. x 9 to 16 ft. eneee eeeee eeesee oe eee ee ee eeee oe sere eee eeee ot tt Pe ween enee enceeeee se eeeeees 1 x 8-in. x 9 to 16 ft. x 10 and 12 in. x 9 to 16 ft. 7, 9 and 11 in. x 9 to 16 ft. in. ‘No. 2, 6-ft. to 16-ft. 4 to 12) 10 and 16 ft. 4 to 12-in., 12 and 14 ft. to 12-in., 18 ft. 4 to 12-in., 20 ft. 4 4 De ee 5x * mR eK to 12-i -in., 22 ft. NNNvNNYNy 5x ~ oe ° - ie 3 Leal oe . No. 2, 4-in, width, 6 to 16 ft. Clear in B. C. cedar, kiln dried. Douglas Fir Dimension Tiber up to 32 feet: 8x8, 10x10, 10x12, 10x14, 12x12, 12014, 14x14, 14x16 up to 32 Pars 6x12, 8x10, 8x12, 10x16, 12 x16, 16x16, 16x18, 18x18, 20x 20, up to 82 re fo Balt eis, "18x20, up ‘to Oxid, 8x16, 10x18, 12x20, ate: 16x20 up to 32 ft. 10x20, up to 32 ft. 6x18, 8x18, up to 32 ft. 6x20, 8x20, up to 32 ft. Timber in lengths over a att take the yoy additions: 33 to 50c; ss i 40 ft, $1; 41 to 45 ft., $3; £6 to bo ft ft., $7; 56 to 60 ft., $93 61 tg 88 fe $12. 50; 66 to 2p ft., $15; 71 to 75 ft., $18; 76 to 80 ft., $22. Fir flooring, edge grain ..... 44 60 No. 1 and ‘clear 1- in Fir rough 45 00 No. 1 and 2 clear 1%, 1% and 2-in. Fir rough .....--.+s+- 47 00 14%-in. No. 1 4-ft pine lath.. 4 560 ain. No. 2 4-ft. lath .......- 4 20 1¥%-in. 82-in. pine .......... 1 60 1%-in. No. 1 4-ft. hemlock lath 3 75 ger mill run hemlock lath 3 50 pine or cedar shingles ASC 1 05 XX_ pine or cedar shingles.. 2 25 xae pine or cedar shingles .. 3 20 B. C. cedar shingles ..... 2 35 xXx 6 butts to 2-Inv ........ 8 20 XXXX 6 to 23-16-in. ........ 8 40 D0... 0, Cae Ia ACEP ETC 3 70 Hardwoods—Per M. Feet, Car Lots Ash, white, 1sts and 2nds, 1% and 2-in. Ash, white, No. 1 common Ash, brown, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 Ash, brown, common and better Ash, brown, ists and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4. Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ..........-- Birch, No. 1, com. and bet., 4/4 .... Birch, ists and 2nds, 6/4 and 8/4 .... Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 10/4 and 12/4. < Birch, 1sts and 2nds, 16/4 .......... Basswood, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 Basswood, No. 1 com. and bet. eee eeeee eeeee 4/4. Basswood, No. 2 and 3, common .... 18 50 Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, ists and 2nds. 44 00 Basswood, 6/4 and 8/4, com. and bet. 38 00 Basswood, 4/4, No. 2 com. and bet. 32 00 Soft elm, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ........ 40 00 Soft elm, No. 1 com. and bet., 4/4 .. 34 00 Soft elm, No. 2 and 3, common . - 17 50 Soft elm, 6/4 and 8/4, 1 and 2 ...... cd 00 Rock elm, ists and 2nds, 6/4 x 8/4.. 55 00 Rock elm, No. 2 com. and bet. 6/4 and CANADA LUMBERMAN AND’ WOODWORKER 8/4. ssh oso ip cin wok ties 3 eeepe hae © 37 00 Soft maple, 1sts and 2nds, 4/4 ...... 33 Soft maple, com. and bet., 4/4 ..... . 28 00 Soft maple, 6/4 & 8/4, 1sts and 2nds. 35 00 Iiard maple, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ..... 87 00 Hard maple, common and better, 4/4. 30 00 Hard. maple, 12/4, & 16/4, Ists and 2nds. 46 00 Red oak, plain 1sts and 2nds, 6/4 & 8/4 70 00 Red oak, plain 1st and 2nds, 4/4 ... 62 50 Red oak, plain ists and 2nds, 12/4 and 16/4 i 75 00 oak, plain, lst ‘and 2nds, 62 50 oak, plain, Ists and 2nds, 1% 70 00 75 00 2-in. 85 00 er ee oak, plain, Ists and 2nds, and 16/4 5 oak, % cut, Ists and ‘2nds, oak, % cut, 5/4 and 6/4, oak, % cut No. y comunioat an Hickory, Ists and 2nds, 4/4 ........ Hickory, 6/4 and 8/4, Ists * a 2nds. ee eeee OTTAWA, ONT. Manufacturers’ Prices Pine good sidings: l-in. x (ae and up .....sseree $52 00 64 00 14%-in. & 1%-in. x 8-in. & up 55 00 58 00 2-in, x T-in. and up ....... ae 00 62 00 No. 2 cuts 2 x 8-in. & up .. 4000 42 00 ane ueeye strips: steslestel selemaetey. Deseo nwre's 40 00 42 00 iy: -in. and ASGAMNL. | (clatnteiaies 52 00 64 00 Q-inh ss ain Sebeaie. ances 52 00 55 00 Pine good shorts: l-in. x Tin. and up ........ 42 00 44 00 l-in. x 4-in. to 6-in. ...... 382 00 35 00 es -in. and 14%-in, .......... 50 00 54 00 Be ce Cie eR eee 52 00 54 00 qin to 9-in. A sidings .... 26 00 27 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing sidings .. 30 00 33 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing strips .. 29 00 80 00 Pine, No. 1 dressing shorts .. 22 00 26 00 Pine, 1-in. x 4-in. s.c. strips .. 22 00 23 00 Pine, l-in. x 5-in. s.c. strips .. 24 00 25 00 Pine, 1-in. x 6-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 24 00 Pine, 1-in. x T-in. s.c. strips .. 23 00 24 00 Pine, 8 s.c., 12 ft. to 16 ft. 26 00 27 00 Pine, 1-in. x 10-in. M.R. .. 27 00 28 00 Pine, s.c. sidings, 1% and 2-in. 28 00 30 00 Pine, s.c. strips l-in. ........ 100 23 00 1%, 1% and 2-in. ..... eae 00 26 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 1 x 4 to 6 in. 20 00 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1 x 5 2100 22 00 Pine, s.c. and bet., shorts, 1x6 2100 22 00 Pine, s.c. shorts, 6’-11’ 1”x10” 24 00 25 00 Pine, box boards:. 1” x 4” and up, 6’-11’ 18 00 19 00 1”x3” to 6”, 12’-16’ ..... 19 00 20 00 Pine mill culls, strips and sid ings, 1-in. x 4-in. and be * ft. and up ..... 700 19 00 Pine mill culls stock 1 x 12... 2100 22 Mill cull shorts, 1-in. x 4-in and up, 6-ft. to 11-ft. ...... "17 00 18 00 COPTIC aan Pr) Geeicmog conan 14 00 16 00 Red pine, log run: mill culls out, l-in. ...... 18 00 20 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ...... 19 00 21 00 mill culls out, 1%-in. ..... 19 00 21 00 mill culls out, 2-in. ........ 22 00 24 00 Mill culls, white pine, 1”x7” Qnd UP... cccwsecsciccse basee 20/00) 2100 Mill run Spruce: 1”x4” and up, 6’-11’ 17 00 18 00 1”x4” and up, 12’-16’ ..... 18 00 20 00 1”x9”-10" and up, 12’-16’ 22 00 24 00 14%"x7” 8-9” and up, 12’-16’ 22 00 24 00 1%"x10" and up, 12’-16’ 22 00 24 00 14%” & 2”x12” and up, 12’-16’ 25 00 26 00 Spruce 1-in. clear ae dressing and B) . mislead Meeisieiee 00 27 00 Hemlock 1-i ‘in. | Gace ae Pee 13 00 15 00 Hemlock 1-in. log run ........ 17 00 20 00 Hemlock 2x4, 6, a 10, "42/16". 19 00 23 00 AMIN ATACs sitive 1, wis een eu pei tatens 19 00 20 00 Basswood log ss dead culls GUISES Kin nlateicls sib la ain im Win intety stars iatage 22 00 24 00 Basswood ‘log ‘run ‘mill culls out 23 00 26 00 Birch fog: ren) S-cicse. «ise sates 19 00 22 00 Soft elm,-common and better, Ae.) 2 ial) tests) ost re siete 20 00 24 00 Ash, black, log run ........ 25 00 28 00 1 x 10 No. 1 barn ...... . 8300 36 00 1 x 10 No. 2 barn ...... 23 00 26 00 1 x 8 and 9 No. 2 barn ...... 22 00 23 00 Lath per M: No. 1 white pine 1%-in. x 4- i: 425 4650 No. 2 White Pine ...... 380 3 95 Mill run white pine ...... 400 4 25 Spruce, mill run 1%-in. ....... 3 25 Red pine mill run ...... He 360 3 70 Hemlock, mill run ...... o. 275 800 S2-tn, Math A. nul hae obte ate 200 200 Pine Shingles REX, LSM ae'acieie) we iieiniotalers 00 3650 i ad butt 18-in. ...... 250 3 25 paletetelet covera pokes 0.4 aelaw ieee 1 75 White Cedar Shingles: SAKE ALB altts. ces cess ete nals 875 4 25 Clear butt, 18-in. ...... 3800 3650 Snr t oeee Ata See ons hictete 2 00 Spruce logs (pulp) ...... 13 00 15 00 QUEBEC, QUE. White Pine—In the Raft First pane Ottawa waney, 18-in. av- erage, according to lineal Oak—Michigan and Ohio By the dram, according to average and quality cts. 70 By the dram, according to average and quality, 40 to 45 feet ..., 75 By the dram, yr ar ont to pi = ee and quality, 30 to 35 feet ..... 60 Ash 13 inches and up, according to aver- age and quality, Perens It. reps 30 Average AG ineW! .ccccss> «see's -.. 30 40 14 inch, per cu. 22 15 inch, per cu. 26 16 inch, per cu. 30 18 inch, per cu. 385 Quebec Spruce Deals 12Vft; aad Hp Aa eee $20 00 21 00 Oddments 00 18 00 16 00 18 00 weeee = fee eee SARNIA, ONT. Fine, Common and senna 1 x 6 and 8 in. 1 in., 8 in. and up wide .,... 1% and 1% in. and up wide ... 2 tn. and up wide eee ee twee ewes Cuts and Better 4/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better 6/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better 8/4 x 8 and up No. 1 and better ...... 6/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better ...... 8/4 x 6 and up No. 2 and better 6/4 x 6 and up No. 3 and better ...... 8/4 x 6 and up No. 3 and better No. 1 Cuts 1 in, 8 in. and up wide ...... .. 1% in. ., 8-in. and up wide 1% in., 8-in. and up wide ...... ...+.- 2 in., 8-1 -in. and up wide ...... ....e0. 2% and 8 and 8-in. and up wide.... 75 4 in., 8-in. and up wide 85 No. 2 Cuts 1 in., 6-in. and up wide ... 1% in., 6-in. and up wide . 1¥% in., 6-in. and up wide .. SESBRaS ween 2-in., 6-in. and up wide ...... 24, and 4 in. 6-in MD! WIE!) Jig 'srtictes ssisiciane as ete No. 3 Cuts 1 in., 6-in. and up wide ...... ...... 24 00 14% and 1% in., 6-in. and up wide.. 83 00 2-in., 6-in. and up wide ...... ...... 00 2%, 8 and 4-in., 6-in. and up WLS x 0:5 cccats (al) cr ajenpncnte eee ene 43 00 48 00 Common and Dressing Mill Run dein, x4. cere Soe eee on ae .. 25 00 Jin. XM. se tesa soi phate santas 25 00 T-in, x (Gini lo. ine, noe ceiek ecteenenten 26 00 Tein, x Sliinevers cee nee ete ecie’e’ inlay 1-in. x 10-in ‘ einis.o) ‘etctyinceaeel al aie I-in, x SZ: iaas ccneeee eee + «ee. 84 00 1 in. x 18 in. and up ...... neet-= ee 1%, 1% and. 2:n> “ No. 8 flooring ........ Mis SHIPLAP Pine or spruce ...... 8 to 16 ft., 6 in. ....... aise ‘a's BS Fir, 8”, 10” and. Io” shiplap 10/16 ft. Saale aa B. C. Fir 6” shipiap. 10/16 ae BOARDS—ROUGH OR S. 1 S. common pine, 10 inch ........$81 common pine, 10 inch ........ 25 common pine, mixed widths .. 20. common pine, mixed widths .. 14 common pine, mixed widths .. 10 SHINGLES peek C. Cedar... caw eouuue co 8 XX B.C. Cedar ..:.c., eee XXX Dimension ...... Scr 3 LATH No. 1 Mixed W. & R. Pine .......... $4 No. 1 B. C. Fi E. G. B..G; F. G. E. and Zz ° ArPwohe Tew eee weer ee we eeee BUFFALO AND TONAWANDA, NY. , White Pine Wholesale Selling Price Uppers 4/4 ...... Uppers 5/4 to 8/4 Uppers 10/4 to 12/4 ...... Selects 4/4 Selects 5/4 to 8/4 ...... Selects 10/4 to 12/4 .... Fine common 4/4 Fine common 5/4 Fine common 6/4 Fine common 8/4 ...... Cuts 4 Cuts Cuts Cuts 8, Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts Cuts 8/4 ..... Seodena AS 56- Dressing 1/4 vaeikiene nhesisi A Dressing 5/4 x 10 .._..- seeeee -eee Dressing 5/4 x 12 i oulding 5/4 .....5 seevse oe No. 1 Moulding 6/4 ...... .- .. No. 1 Moulding 8/4 ..---. (Continued on page 68) wane eae nae tee se eeee sees seeeee see wane weeeee eeeeee ete eee sete eters gos pits teen's a a er ee) 6, 4 x 8, 8 to 16 ft. ........$21 1 a’ rene « swccnecee SHO ZAAASHALBKSS ——* 61 C &2 0 43 50 4 33 34 36 46 51 52 58 58 5S C eR [4 Lath J 1 Cedar, Pine, Spruce .......... 5 00 4 e+ ft. severe. yecdse eee — 00. é 1 D0 / if) DO 00 . i other on the marist todny. Gnas se ree ’ La pies para = ms oa, no cyclone re- , €liminates back pressure on thefan. b cn pt Bros. aches Head can fs will ae to increase the ca seis e used on any circular saw man- of any system now installed 50 to 100¢ by the = b * f application of the Mahony Back P drel and is adjusted in the time it valve on your fan, without using = cerep takes to remove a saw. Sent on { +> YOU NEED this: Sipeiaieet your plant approval. Write for complete des- ee: te tare Patented aa qaoen cription and catalog. Write to-day for prices HUTHER BROS. SAW MFG. COMPANY, Inc., 3193,Universitv Ave A. Mahony, 512 Wellington West, Toronto worth. oD q If so, we can help you to obtain every dollar of its ® We possess the expert drafting and mechanical ability ; the essential machine shop and equipment for developing practical ave OU an models; the necessary knowledge for the proper investigation of . patent records, etc., and the procedure on obtaining patents | ti that will give you absolute protection. nven 10n We obtain and sell patents in every country. Write us for any information you desire. The Patent Selling & Manufacturing Agency James R. Cameron, M. E., Manager Patent Office, Suite 301-302, 22 College St., Toronto Factory & Workshops, 206 Simcoe St., Toronto 70 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER MATCHER 15" Double Cylinder Planer and Matcher Our No. 105 machine isa general purpose, medium heavy machine, especially suited for the general planing: mill. The feed range is from 45 to 100-feet per minute. Planes and matches 15° wide by 6° thick. : Full details and description contained in aller No. “Lom sent on request. Canada Machinery Corporation, Lista Galt - - Ontario Largest Builders of Woodworking Machinery in Canada SHAVING EXHAUST FANS for the Planing Mill S- The Sheldon Shaving Exhaust Fan is specially designed to give the best results in'the Planing Mill, having a saving in power and speed of 257% to 40%. . Write for particulars Sheldons Limited - Galt, Ontario Toronto Office, 609 Kent Building AGENTS: Messrs. Ross & Greig, 412 St. James St. Messrs. Walker’s Limited, 259 Stanley St. ’ Montreal, Que. Winnipeg, Man. Messrs. Robt. Hamilton & Co. Ltd., Bank of Ottawa Bldg., Vancouver, B.C. Messrs. Gorman, Clancey & Grindley, Ltd., Calgary and Edmonton, Alta. Morgan Machine Company — eee 1h ROCHESTER, N. Y. Manufacturers of— Nailing Machines, Lock Cor- ner Box Machinery, Box Board Matchers, Box Board Printing Machines. Every manufacturer of boxes; every manufacturer who has nails to drive in any article, or packages of any kind to manufacture, should write the Mor- } gan Machine Company for latest developments in machinery for the Box { Industry. Machine Company | Morgan 1 ROCHESTER, N.Y. CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER WICKES GANGS ‘As Staple in a Saw Mill as Sugar in a Grocery.” FLAT GANGS Unexcelled in the manufacture of Flooring Strips Silo Stock CLYDE Cedar Siding Door Stock Boards from cants and flitches, from either hard or soft woods. ROUND LOG GANGS JUST WHAT THE NAME IMPLIES —taking all your small logs just as they come from the pond and cutting them up into boards or dimensions, getting every board there is in the log, never over-slabbing (wish we could say this of all head sawyers.) Built to handle either one or two logs at once, up to 14 in. diameter. KEEP THE SMALL LOGS AWAY FROM THE HEAD SAW and CAR- RIAGE entirely, raise your cutting capacity, and install ecomony by the same stroke. “%, Not an EXPERIMENT, but an _» ECONOMIO NECESSITY. _ Think it Over Carefully, then Write eee} us for Details. Kt “The Gang cannot Overslab.” Wickes Brothers 410 White Building = »~ SEATTLE, WASH. Head Office, Saginaw, Michigan, U. S. A. Shiplap Box Lumber . wisi » 8 %Z gy Z LOO" D Ai ¥ x ¢ U A Z Wy ‘ Z zZ W Huy yy j Z g 7 ot Zi 7 ~ } j tif ZY ? i a 4 tye Jb’ ip o Z yj Q eens Ly, 2 Sone a 5 HORSELESS SIIDDIN - Sriaai 2 with mechan- 2 “ical rehauls to return lines to the woods is be- coming more and more pop: ular. Greater speed and independence from weath: er conditions constitute the principal reasons for this — ‘YOU WILL BE INTERESTED IN HEARING & SEEING ‘WHAT OTHERS ARE DOING WITH CLYDE MECHANICAL REHAUL SKIDDERS. Write us and we will arrange to Show you YRON WORKS DULUTH. U. S. IS a S| 72 CANADA LUMBERMAN AND WOODWORKER Pony Lath Mill This mill is built for use with a 10 to 15 horse power engine and as single mill only. It is specially suited to the re- quirements of thresher and saw — mill men operating in small ; tracts of timber, as both husk Size ‘‘S’’ Single Mill with 16-foot Carriage and carriage are of a size which will permit of easy loading be- ie Size Husk ;.. ... ... «.. & feet by 6 feet 3 anches Width, of Carriages; 2... ‘ S - ' . 7 . . > f ba ee aaa : q ‘ a , as ‘ t ! . : - ‘ ae, ‘ ' P Ls : - 4 ' u